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Unlucky Woman Wins Powerball Only to Find She Bought Ticket Too Late

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:35:18 +0000

Here’s proof that timing is indeed everything.

Brothers Blow-Up House After Winning Lottery

Joe Student — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:55:30 +0000

Everyone who plays the lottery has their own fantasy of what they'd do first if they won.
Two brothers from Wichita, Kan. celebrated their big lottery win by buying meth and weed, which resulted in them ac

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Photo of Winning Lotto Ticket That Went Viral Is A Fake

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:55:16 +0000

Nolan Daniels did not win hundreds of millions of dollars as part of last week's record breaking Powerball $588 million jackpot. But he did trick millions of people on Facebook into thinking he had.

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The Other Winner of That Big Powerball Prize? The I.R.S. — Dollars and Sense

Chris Chaberski — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:27:52 +0000

On Wednesday, the Powerball lottery reached a record $587.5 million. So far two winning tickets have been announced, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. But there's at least one more guaranteed winner: the Internal Revenue Serv

Powerball Jackpot Up to $425 Million

Lori Crofford — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:02:18 +0000

The Powerball jackpot is up to $425 million. That is a lot of money! The next Powerball drawing will be on Wednesday and someone has the chance to walk away with $425 million.

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Man Who Helped With Hurricane Relief Won New Jersey Lottery

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:40:17 +0000

It is often said that a good deed is its own reward. However, John Turner got quite a bit more than that when he went to New Jersey to help with Hurricane Sandy clean up.

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California Woman Learns She Won $23 Million Lottery Just in Time

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:30:21 +0000

A little more than five months ago, a Los Angeles woman bought a lottery ticket at Michael’s Market & Liquor. She then left it in her car and forgot about it, obviously not that enthused with her 18 million-to-one odds of hitting the jackpot.

Unbeknownst to her, she hit that jackpot to the turn of $23 million.

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Would You Quit Your Job If You Won the Lottery? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:21:48 +0000

According to a new survey from CouponCabin.com of 2,570 adults, 50 percent play the lottery. And of that percentage, 65 percent would continue to live frugally it they happened to win big.

But would a frugal life include keeping their job and continuing to draw their salary?

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Why Are People Buying So Many Lottery Tickets These Days? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:05:59 +0000

The economic downturn has been rough on a lot of businesses, but it’s been a boon for state lotteries.

Seems people who only have a few dollars to spare aren’t putting them away for a rainy day — they’re trying to parlay them into big bucks.

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Woman Who Lost Lottery Ticket May Still Get $1 Million

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:15:56 +0000

It takes a lot of luck to pick the winning numbers in a million dollar lottery. It takes a lot more to lose the winning ticket and still be able to claim the cash.

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Retired Illinois Couple Claims Share of Mega Millions Jackpot [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:40:02 +0000

Merle and Patricia Butler, a retired couple in their 60s from the small town of Red Bud, IL, stepped forward on Wednesday to claim their share of the record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot.

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$1 Million Lottery Winner Also Wins Welfare Fraud Charges for Remaining on Food Stamps

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:59:05 +0000

Money may not buy happiness, but it just might buy you a whole heap of trouble.

One Michigan lotto winner discovered that firsthand after she was arraigned on two felony counts of welfare fraud.

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Controversy Surrounds Reported Maryland Mega Millions Winner

Don Deane — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:45:06 +0000

Winning last week’s record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions lottery might seem like a dream come true, but it’s created a huge mess for Maryland woman Mirlande Wilson. The 37-year-old McDonald’s employee claims she bought a winning ticket independently, but fifteen of her co-workers say it was purchased as part of an employee pool and they want their share of the winnings.

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Did Someone Really Give Away a $260,000 Lottery Ticket?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:28:23 +0000

A California woman who won $1 million in a lottery earlier this year is claiming she also won $260,000 last week — but the ticket was stolen.

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What the…?! Michigan Lottery Winner Remained on Food Stamps [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:48:19 +0000

One would think that winning $1 million in a state lottery would automatically disqualify the recipient from getting food stamps. But one would be wrong.

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Teenager Finds Winning Lottery Ticket After Mom Makes Him Clean Room

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:45:17 +0000

Ryan Kitching’s mom had been nagging him to clean his room, as moms tend to do. When the 19-year-old from Midlothian, Scotland finally relented and attacked the mess, he found 12 old lottery tickets.

Figuring they must all be losers, he thought about throwing the tickets out with the rest of the junk. But then he had a “strange feeling” that he should check the numbers, and when he did, he was nearly $85,000 richer.

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Entire Town Wins Lottery — Except for One Person

Shauna Wright — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:55:01 +0000

We’ve all seen those stories about groups of people who routinely buy lottery tickets together, only to have one member of the pack fail to do so the week they strike it rich.

Now something similar has happened again — in Spain.

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Did Woman Who Won Four Lotteries Cheat Her Way to a Fortune?

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:45:09 +0000

Since 1993, Joan R. Ginther has hit the lotto jackpot four times, to the tune of $2 million, $3 million, $5.4 million and $10 million.

The chances of this happening are one in 18 septillion. For a point of reference, there are about one septillion grains of sand on earth.

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