Mega Millions Jackpot Soars to $121 Million; Powerball at $65 Million; Euro Millions Rolls Over to 28 Million Euros ($39.6 Million USD)
There were no jackpot winners in the Jan. 22 Mega Millions game so the top prize rolls over to a VERY attractive $121 million.
Helluva way to start the new year, by winning that, eh?
The Jan. 22 numbers are: 8,13,27,28,52 and Mega ball 9.
9 tickets matched the first five numbers (but not the 9 ball) and [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2010 by DocLotto | Filed Under European, Lottery, Lump Sum, Opinion, Picking Numbers, Random Facts
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Merry Christmas …. and a Happy Lottery New Year
To the thousands of viewers who have come to this site over the past year… a very Merry Christmas to you all.
It’s been a tough economic year around the world. Let’s make this next decade one of prosperity and joy.
May everyone reading this win a lottery game. Jackpots. Top scratch game prizes.
I’ll continue to write [...]
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Posted on December 25, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Lottery, Opinion
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A National Indian Lottery in the Works; Jackpots Projected to Start at $50 Million
This sounds pretty cool.
Even as Powerball and the Mega Millions states scramble to work together (is a national lottery far behind…I think now)…the Indian nations are already there.
A small northern Idaho Indian tribe has announced what might be the most audacious venture yet in the rapidly expanding world of Indian gaming: a weekly lottery that [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Opinion, Stories
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London Teen Blows Through Nearly All of Her $3 Million Lottery Winnings
A few years ago, I was on CNN talking about my first book.
All they wanted to talk about was lottery winners who lost it all. I told them the truth. That far more lottery winners have financial advice…and don’t throw it all away.
Or blow it all away, as British teen lottery winner Callie Rogers, did.
Rogers, [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under European, Lottery, Opinion, Picking Numbers, Stories
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$1 Million Instant Ticket Winner is “Rich”
Caroline Rich, from Marietta, Georgia, is rich in more ways than just her name.
A real estate recruiter, she recently won $1 million playing a game called “World Class Millions.”
One recent day, she was feeling lucky, so she asked her son-in-law to run to the store and purchase a ticket. Old Mountain Park CITGO, in Roswell, [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, European, Lottery, Opinion, Photos, Picking Numbers, Random Facts, Stories
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Georgia Contractor Hits $12 Million Mega Millions Jackpot
Four days after two players shared a $33 million jackpot, a Georgia contractor, Wayne Reese, hit a $12 million Mega Millions jackpot. He discovered the win while checking the lottery’s web site.
”I said, ‘Whew’ like wrestler Ric Flair,” he said with excitement. “I shouted out to my family, ‘Y’all won¹t believe what¹s right here!’”
Winning numbers [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Government, Lottery, Opinion, Photos, Picking Numbers, Random Facts, Stories
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Military Justice: Supervisor Salutes $250,000 Mega Millions Prize
I love it when the men and women in our military win big lottery prizes.
A quarter-million dollar lottery win is the latest hire for one military supervisor.
Shirley Devlin, a resident of Sharpsburg, Georgia, matched the first five winning numbers in the Aug. 14 Mega Millions drawing, winning a second prize of $250,000.
”It’s hard to believe,” [...]
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Posted on September 1, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Lottery, Opinion, Stories
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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 [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Cheating, Culture, European, Lottery, Opinion, Scams, Stories
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How High is High? Jackpots Exploding Around the World: Powerball $138 Million, Mega Millions $84 Million, Euro Millions 42 Million Euros
We’re talking serious jackpots now.
The big multi-state (and country) games all had no big winners last week, so the jackpots keep on rising.
This is a good time to pool at the place where you work; increase those odds, OK?
There was no Powerball winner on Aug. 1 so the jackpot rolls to $138 million on Aug. [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under European, Lottery, Lump Sum, Opinion
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When $5 Equals $250,000: Florida Lottery Winner Makes That Claim
Photo of April Lopez courtesy of Florida Lottery
When does a $5 bet result in a $250,000 win? Not too often.
But it did in Florida, recently, when April Lopez, 36, of Ruskin, scratched, won and claimed the top prize of the “$250,000 SPIN” Scratch-Off game.
Lopez said she hasn’t been able to sleep for the past three [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, European, Government, Lottery, Opinion, Photos, Picking Numbers, Random Facts, Stories
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