Tee Time for Lottery Winner Means Buying the Club
How’s this for a hole in one? A recent lottery winner Wally Markham bought his club club (he was a member) because it was in danger of closing up. The story first showed up in an Associated Press report. You see, Markham bought a Hot Lotto jackpot in November, netting about $3.5 million after taxes. The [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Stories
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Lotteries Around the World: Top 10
Here are the top 10 lottery jackpots currently in play, worldwide, and the dates of the next drawings. Good luck everyone. 1. $90 million, Powerball, May 16 2. 50 million euros (about $67 million in U.S. dollars), Euro Millions, May 15. Euro Millions is played in nine European countries including the U.K., France, Spain, Portugal [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, European, Lottery, Lump Sum
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A “Hull”-of a Win….1.3 Million U.K. Pounds won by Plumber and his Wife
Our UK correspondent just emailed me with news of a green-fingered couple from Hull celebrating after scooping a £1.3 million Lotto jackpot. The win happened back in March. Lance Cram, (48), a plumber and his teaching assistant wife Marie, (46), were out buying onion seeds to sow in their allotment when they purchased their winning [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Lottery
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Powerball Dos…and Don’ts…..Some Questions Answered
I have been asked all kinds of questions about lotteries over the years and one of the most frequent (and easy to answer)…is how to cash out. So I went to someone I knew at the Powerball headquarters and asked the same question. Most players, by the way, know all this (so forgive me if [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Random Facts
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Top Jackpots, Mega Millions….All Time
Rank Amount Date Number of Winning Tickets States With Winning Tickets 1 $656 million 3/30/2012 3 Kansas, Illinois, Maryland 2 $390 million 3/6/2007 2 Georgia, New Jersey 3 $380 million 1/4/2011 2 Idaho, Washington 4 $336 million 8/28/2009 2 California, New York 5 $330 million 8/31/2007 4 Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia 6 $319 million [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum
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Lotteries’ Top 10 Around the World
Here are the top 10 jackpots currently in play around the world…and the dates of the next drawing. Wherever you live, there is money to be won. 1. $70 million, Powerball, May 9 2. $50 million Canadian dollars (about $50.3 in U.S. dollars), Lotto Max, May 11 3. 32 million euros (about $42 million in [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum
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$103 Million in Play May 1: Mega Millions Jackpot Once Again Growing
Big jackpot in play, again, on May 1 in Mega Millions game. But 2012 has been pretty lucky for a few players….. Here are the two big winners so far this year. Are YOU gonna be next? Or me? I hope so. March 30, 2012 – $656 million jackpot – 3 winning tickets ($218.6 million [...]
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Posted on May 1, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Lottery
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Lottery Jackpots Around the World: Top 10
Here are the top 10 jackpots currently in play: 1. $102 million, Mega Millions, next drawing is 5/1 2. $50 million Canadian ($50.3 in USD), Lotto Max, next draw 5/4 3. $50 million, Powerball, 5/2 4. $25 million, Lotto Texas, 5/2 5. 15 million euros, about $19.8 million U.S. dollars, Euro Millions, 5/1 6. $14.2 [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Random Facts
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What a Country; New York Player, Originally from Yemen, Wins $1,000,000 Playing Mega Millions
Twenty-nine-year-old Fath Nagi Zookari of Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood travels to his native Yemen “every two years or so” to visit family. It’s an expensive ticket. And now, thanks to the NY Lottery, he doesn’t have to worry about that anymore. Zookari, a deli manager in the Bronx, said his recent $1,000,000 Megaplier win from [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Stories
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Minnesota Family Wins $2.9 Million; One Powerball Winning Ticket in Pennsylvania Hits for $173 Million
Three members of a North Mankato, Minnesota, family have stepped forward to claim the $2.99 million Hot Lotto jackpot from the March 14, 2012 drawing. Thomas H. Browne, his son Lee Browne and his daughter Elaine Pleiss presented the winning ticket at Lottery headquarters. Thomas said he heard an announcement on the radio that the [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2012 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Lump Sum, Stories
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