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Smooth as Silk: Granny Takes Home $1,000,000 Scratch Game Top Prize in New York

Western New York’s newest millionaire thought she had made a mistake when she scratched off the winning space on New York Lottery’s new Smooth 7s instant game.
“I thought I must have scratched something wrong,” Debra Mauro said when  a check for $1 million was presented to her.
“I thought it just had to be [...]

How to Lose a $15.2 Million Dollars Lottery Jackpot in 8 Years and 5 Easy Lessons

Thanks again to Philadelphia News columnist Howard Gensler for bringing this story to my attention, and now yours.
It’s the lamentable story of Lotto winner Michael Carroll, back on the “dole” in the U.K., after spending his  £9.7 million ($15.2 million, in U.S. dollars) in eight years.
How he did it is the stuff of which lotto [...]

The Rise of Rome; Georgia Lottery Player Cashes in $400,000 in Fast Cash

Rome is burning …. up with fast cash. About $400,000, in fact.
The game was called Fast Play and Lisa Churchwell Chastain, of Rome, Ga., instantly won the top prize a few days ago.
Chastain scratched her ticket in the story, The Rome Food Market, in Rome, she said.
“I was very excited,” she said.
Well, no doubt. I [...]

Maryland Lottery Player is Two-Timer; Wins $50,000 Six Months After Winning $30,000

Twice is nice, they say. I usually don’t write about people without naming them (if you win be PROUD), but I do love stories about multiple winners.
A very lucky Pocomoke City, Maryland  man hit two Maryland Lottery scratch game tickets twice in less than six months.
I don’t know what he’s doing right, but it must [...]

Good Karma? Bah, Humbug. Convicted Murder Wins U.K. Lottery

Hey… I’ve been getting a lot of email from people around the world who want to contribute.
This one is from Lottie, in the U.K.
Thought everyone would enjoy reading this.
They say Karma will get you in the end and good things don’t happen to bad people but it seems that one story this week is proving [...]

Lottery is Hot Around the World: Powerball to $186 Million, Mega Millions at $124 Million; Euro Millions Tops 57 Million Euros

There are huge jackpots everywhere in the world this week.
There was no big winner in the Aug. 8 Powerball draw, so the jackpot is up to $186 million on Aug. 12.
The winning numbers on Aug. 8 are 4,33,37,45, 50 and the Power ball is 11. The Power Play multiplier is 4.
Two tickets bought in Florida [...]

Lottery Winners: Check Your Tickets; Sign the Back of Your Tickets

Jackpot and lottery winners: Did any of you happen to catch the report on Aug. 2’s DATELINE TV program about a lottery scam pulled off by a lottery clerk?
It may have been news to the TV audience, but I’ve been talking about it for years.
Briefly, California man matched 5 of 6 numbers playing the Mega [...]

May Day: Georgia Mechanic is $250,000 Lottery Winner

To those who emailed me over the weekend, I missed my Sunday blog due to illness.
No, it wasn’t the fact that I did not win the Powerball game. I was just sick.
But I’ll tell you one guy who isn’t sick today. A Warthen auto mechanic named Jimmy May, 49, who won a $250,000 prize playing [...]

From Working Three Jobs to a $16 Million Prize, After California Player Wins SuperLotto Plus

49 year old Clyde Persley, of Santa Cruz, is one of those guys who quietly works his ass off for his family, week in week out. For 20 years.
60 hours a week.
3 jobs. Candy maker. Limo driver. Restaurant worker.
Those days are over.
Presley turned in his winning SuperLotto Plus ticket to California Lottery officials recently, and [...]

Drive, She Said: Florida Lottery Second-Chance Winner Takes Home a Ford Mustang V6 Convertible

It began as the ultimate Florida baseball weekend.
And ended with a woman winning a Mustang convertible.
Remember how a few weeks ago, I talked about second-chance drawings and the better odds when you participate in those contests?
Well, a few days ago, Florida announced the results of the final contest in their Mustang Money Home Run Getaway [...]

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