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Lotto Jackpot Winners Everywhere! Two Mega Millions Tickets Share $38 Million; One Euro Millions Ticket is Worth 15 Million Euros

It was an awesome weekend for players around the world. Two tickets, one from California, the other from Virginia, will share a $38 million Mega Millions jackpot. In Europe (country not yet released), one ticket hit the Euro Millions prize of 15 million euros. It was the second week in a row that a ticket [...]

Let it Roll! Powerball Jackpot Skyrockets to $150 Million.

There was no winner in the May 13 Powerball draw so the jackpot rolls to a pretty hefty $150 million on May 16. The winning numbers on May 13 are 19,30,32,37,40 and the Power ball is 37. The Power Play multiplier is 3. 7 tickets matched the first five numbers, but not the Power ball. [...]

Florida Lottery Winner Drives Away With Cash, Not New Car

People who don’t play the lottery too often don’t realize that state lotteries give away prizes…like cars, motorcycles, and trips and clothes… as well as money. In fact, the whole phenomenon of what those in the business call “second chance” games is designed to stir up business. To let players know that even if you [...]

Playing “World Poker Tour” Ticket, Idaho Woman Goes “All In,” Wins $100,000

Mary Murray, of Twins Falls, Idaho, is a great believer in luck. And lucky lottery stores. Another thing she  loves is  shopping at Winco in Twin Falls. After a visit last week to buy sandwich fixings turned into a $100,000 windfall, she may never shop any where else for groceries again. After she was done [...]

Virginia Lottery $100,000 Winner Ready to Retire

Ship ahoy! After 42 years as a shipfitter, Cornelius Barrow of Newport News was contemplating retirement. Then he won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Cash 5 game. “Now I can retire,” he told Lottery officials. Mr. Barrow matched all five winning numbers in the April 21, 2009, Virginia Cash 5 night drawing. He selected numbers [...]

Muy Bueno! Spaniard Ticket Holder Wins 126 Million Euros Playing Euro Millions (That’s $223.87 Million in U.S. Dollars)

A spaniard ticket holder has won the record jackpot of 126,231,764 euros ($223.87 million) in the Euro Millions lottery, smashing the record held for nearly four years by an Irish woman. The as yet unnamed player, who could if he wanted buy two Airbus A-320 jets, was the only one to tick the five correct [...]

Powerball: $92 Million Up For Grabs; Euro Millions Jackpot at 123 Million Euros ($162 million in U.S. Dollars)

There was no big winner in the May 5 Mega Millions game so the jackpot rolls to $17 million on May 8. The winning numbers for May 5 are 5,23,38,39,54 and the Mega ball is 3. 3 tickets matched the first five numbers and each of those tickets is worth $250,000. They were bought in [...]

D.C.’s $144 Million Powerball Winner Steps Forward …. Kind of…

I was happy to hear that D.C. Lottery had the big winner in the $144 million Powerball game, about three weeks ago. Of course, I played and wanted to win too. Be that as it may, I didn’t win and an anonymous 82-year old did. He is a widower with 10 children and 47 grandchildren [...]

Top Cops: California Police Officers Hold $75 Million Mega Millions Ticket

A few years ago, I ran into a Massachusetts cop (OFFICER LOTTO I called him in my book), who won $1 million on a scratch game. I also met a D.C. transit cop who won $10 million playing HOT LOTTO, a game much like Powerball. I love it when cops win. They’ve got a tough, [...]

Florida Lottery Scratch Off Player Takes it to ‘The Max,’ Wins $1 Million

Let’s hear it for Luis Aguilar Jr., 23, of Hialeah, who recently claimed the $1 million top prize at Florida Lottery headquarters. He’s not a regular player (he says), which gives all of us who play “only” a few times a week hope. I’ve said it over and over again on radio talk show…when I’m [...]

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