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Powerball Jackpot $50 Million

Kristine Bellino — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:17 +0000

Is fifty million enough to float your boat? Apparently not for many…Powerball is not grabbing headlines today because this week’s jackpot pales in comparison to the nearly six hundred million available last week. No one won Wednesday night’s jackpot, but there were 490,000 smaller prize winners. At least one two million dollar winner came from [...]

Office Workers Who Won $1 Million in Lottery to Generously Share Winnings With Colleague Who Didn't Buy Ticket

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:02:42 +0000

There are about a million reasons why Jennifer Maldonado has the best coworkers in the world. Maldonado’s colleagues at Keller Williams Partner Realty in Plantation, Florida are sharing their $1 million Powerball prize with her, even though she didn’t go in on any tickets. And you think the guy in your office who springs for [...]

Eric Meier's Winning Mega Millions Ticket [PHOTO]

Eric Meier — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:08:05 +0000

I’d never seen a winning Mega Millions ticket until Tuesday night. Following the 11PM drawing, I found myself in possession of a winner! The Mega Ball drawn on Tuesday night was 24. Which is my birthday, and the number I play as the Mega Ball. Unfortunately, there were no other matching number on the ticket. So you’re [...]

Did Someone Really Give Away a $260,000 Lottery Ticket?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:28:23 +0000

A California woman who won $1 million in a lottery earlier this year is claiming she also won $260,000 last week — but the ticket was stolen. Mountain View resident Emily Leach, who won the million-dollar prize in January, bought a pile of Scratcher tickets last Friday, and says while one of them was worth [...]

Lottery Winner No Longer Will Receive Food Stamps

Dave Wheeler — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:08:32 +0000

Amanda Clayton of Michigan won one million dollars in the Michigan State Lottery. But, for some crazy reason she still was receiving food stamps after she won. Clayton was able to buy a new car, a new home, and live an all new life, but apparently thought she was still entitled to assistance. Clayton claims [...]

What the…?! Michigan Lottery Winner Remained on Food Stamps [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:48:19 +0000

One would think that winning $1 million in a state lottery would automatically disqualify the recipient from getting food stamps. But one would be wrong. Amanda Clayton, an unemployed 24-year-old mother of two from Michigan, got the big payday last fall, after which she bought a house and a new car. But when residents spotted [...]

Entire Town Wins Lottery — Except for One Person

Shauna Wright — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:01 +0000

We’ve all seen those stories about groups of people who routinely buy lottery tickets together, only to have one member of the pack fail to do so the week they strike it rich.

Now something similar has happened again — in Spain.

Visit the Miracle Mile in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin – The Luckiest Place in America

Eric Meier — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:52:08 +0000

Residents in the central Wisconsin city of Fond du Lac are considered the luckiest souls in America, at least when it comes to playing the lottery. Conveince stores on a strip of South Main Street in Fond du Lac, dubbed ‘The Miracle Mile’ have sold more than $300 million in winning lottery tickets. Lottery hopefuls [...]

Lottery Winners Almost Too Late

Trudy — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:10:56 +0000

Winning the lottery. Alot of us have imagined what that would be like and how we’d spend the money. If you ever did happen to win the lottery, how long would you wait before you claimed the money? One North Carolina couple waited until the last day before coming forward to claim the money. Erin and [...]