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23 St. Louis “Friends” Pool Ticket, Win $200,000 Powerball Prize

Brian Oswald of Hardin, Ill., accepted the role of spokesperson for a group of friends from the St. Louis area who won a $200,000 Powerball prize on Dec. 28.

They won playing the Missouri Lottery, incidentally.

Oswald collected money and bought the tickets for the crew of 23, who now hold Oswald in even higher regard. They were happy to learn that they hit the second-level prize.

“Yeah, it’s pretty good,” Oswald conceded. “Divided by 23 and after taxes, it really helps out after Christmas and what-not. Some of the other people, you know, it’s a huge amount for them, so it’s helping out a lot of people.”

Each of the winners will get $8,695 before taxes. In addition to helping with the holiday bills, Oswald said each of them pledged to “get one little stupid thing.”

“I was thinking about getting a tattoo,” he explained. “One guy is looking to buy a muscle car. Another is looking to get the biggest TV he can carry; things like that.”

Oswald, 40, bought the winning ticket in Florissant, Missouri.

Although Oswald said he would continue to play “on his own,” they won’t play together as a group any longer.

“It became work,” declared Oswald. “Trying to get everybody together and buying Read more

UK EuroMillions Raffle Winners Had a Very, Merry Christmas

A couple from Yorkshire has scooped £1 million in the special EuroMillions UK Millionaire raffle draw on Dec. 23.   The ticket was kept in an antique family teapot while the couple celebrated Christmas.

Judy and Frank Whitmore were one of the 25 ticket-holders who each banked £1 million on the amazing night. The draw was the finale of Millionaires Month, which saw the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Raffle create 50 millionaires in the UK between 25 November and Christmas.

Judy only bought the ticket because the draw was creating so many winners, and discovered the win on Christmas Eve. She said, “I got the laptop out and hadn’t won with my numbers so then looked through the 25 raffle numbers. I checked it six times and my husband and I kept reading them out to one another. In the end we decided we had better call my son to check.”

Judy’s son, who lives down the road, appeared in an instant, and eventually confirmed: “Yes Mother you have won it”.

“We screamed a bit,” Judy said, “and then my son had to call” to confirm the win.

Rather than rushing out for last-minute Christmas shopping, the couple decided it was best to go for a walk. “We just wandered down the river with great big smiles on our faces and occasionally laughing,” she said.

Judy was worried about where to keep the ticket now that it was worth £1 million. “My tickets are usually just in my purse or on the window sill,” she said. After a few ideas my husband suggested Read more

A Holiday Wish List Fulfilled: Iowan Wins $50,000 Playing Scratch Game

When an Algona, Iowa, man saw he’d matched a winning number on his “Holiday Wishes” instant-scratch ticket, he was expecting to uncover a $50 prize, but found a $50,000 prize instead.

Darrin Schealler, 43, said he hadn’t even considered that he could be a top-prize winner and was shocked at what he saw.

“I never thought it’d be fifty thousand,” Schealler said. “I actually had to call my girlfriend in to verify the ticket.”

Schealler said his mind immediately filled with thoughts of how he could use his winnings, and his girlfriend was excited as well.

“My folks told me I ought to hide it until I turned it in,” Schealler said with a laugh.

Schealler said he plans to use some of his winnings to pay bills and has thoughts of taking a vacation as well.

“We’ll just have to wait and see,” he said.

For Connecticut Raffle Winner of $1,000,000, It’s a “Super” Day

$3 Well Spent in Missouri; Man Parlays That into $55,558 Top Lottery Scratch Game Prize

Gary Parks of Joplin, Missouri, deemed an instant ticket purchase as “the best $3 I’ve ever spent.”

The 65-year-old won a $55,558 top prize on a “5 Times Bingo” Scratchers game the day after Christmas.

Happy holidays indeed.

“I went to get some refreshments before the Falcons and Saints football game,” Parks recalled, referring to a stop at Casey’s General Store, 201 S. Maiden Lane, in Joplin.

“I had $3 left, so I was trying to choose between ‘Crossword’ and ‘Bingo,’ and I finally took the ‘Bingo,’ because it takes longer to scratch it.”

After returning home, settling in on his favorite recliner and turning on the television, the grandfather-of-four began “watching pre-game stuff and scratching.”

“All of a sudden, I realized that I had won,” he shared.

He joked that his first post-win thought Read more

Montana Couple Have the Right Ticket, Win $1 Million; Heckuva Way to Start 2012

Vern Wallace and Mara Lovelace of Billings, Montana claimed the $1 million Montana Millionaire grand prize with a ticket they bought in Billings.

Vern has played Montana Millionaire for the past few years.

This year, he got one ticket for Mara and one ticket for himself on his way home in December. Vern’s ticket was the lucky one, but the couple definitely plans to share the winnings.

Only immediate family were aware Vern and Mara were holding the winning ticket before they drove to Helena to claim their prize.

“My mom flipped out,” Vern said. “She was jumping around the house, hugging me every 15 seconds,” Mara added.

Vern and Mara are the third grand prize winners from Billings.

At 35 and 33, they are also the youngest winners to date.

The couple plans to buy a house with the winnings and invest the remainder.

And a happy New Year to you two, from lotterymoments.com

Life is “Golden” for Georgia Pizza Delivery Man: Wins $100,000

One Rincon, Georgia man partied like a rock star on New Year after a win from the Georgia Lottery.

David Laudermilk, 29, played the instant game Golden Ticket and won a $100,000 top prize.

Laudermilk said he stopped ain Rincon, for an energy drink and decided to buy a ticket.

“It was on Christmas Day, and I got lucky,” he said.Scratching the ticket while in his truck, Laudermilk was in a daze.

“I was pretty excited,” he shared. “I couldn’t say anything. I just pointed at the ticket.”

A pizza delivery driver, the lucky lottery winner intends to Read more

Once a Year Virginia Player Wins $100,000: Happy Holidays

So many winners I run into play a lot.

Confession: I do too.

But I also know that it only takes one time to win. And that’s exactly what happened to Cynthia White, of Virginia. She said she plays the lottery just once a year – when she buys some Virginia Lottery tickets as stocking stuffers for her family and herself.

But once was all it took!

The Norfolk woman scratched a Jingle Bens ticket that she put in her own stocking and won the top prize of $100,000.

“Oh, did I really just win that?” she later recalled thinking.

She was the last in her family to scratch Read more

In New York, What an Awesome Way to Start 2012, With a $12,000,000 Win

After 15 years of working as a grievance representative for the Service Employees’ International Union local 32BJ, nothing could keep Edward Foti, 50, of Staten Island, New York, from finishing out his work day. Not even a $14,000,000 Lotto jackpot.

“I found out I was a winner, and I went back to work.” said the longtime SEIU employee. “I represent people who are out of work, so I have to do my work.”

The father of one purchased his ticket at Clinton News on Clinton Street in Brooklyn on August 17. Of the 10 number combinations on his Lotto Quick Pick ticket, the fourth matched all six numbers drawn that night: 18, 20, 34, 37, 42, 56.

“This is like getting hit by lightning ten times,” he said of his random turn of luck.

Foti elected to receive his prize as a one-time lump sum payment of $9,140,573. He will receive a net payment totaling $5,681,232.

“I vacation on the Jersey Shore, and I think it’s time for an upgrade,” Foti said of his plans for the windfall. “I would love a place near the ocean.”

What an awesome way to start the New Year.

Happy New Year, Everyone (Here’s Wishing You Many Lottery Winnings in the Year Ahead)

Happy New Year

Felice anno nuovo

Bonne annee

Ein gutes neues Jahr

Xin nian yu kuai

To you all..a most happy, healthy and wealthy New Year.

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