
Lottery News - Archive 2008-12
$650,000 Lottery Ticket Found After Thrown in TrashImagine having a lottery ticket and losing it. Then imagine finding out that the lottery ticket you had could be the winner of a large cash prize. Very frustrating huh? Well one man from Vermont recently became very frustrated when he lost the lottery ticket his mother had given him as a Christmas present. (31/12)
Belgian Man Gives Away Half of His Lottery Winnings to Help Those Less Fortunate
As the holiday season is in full force many people step up to the plate and show what kindness is all about. Whether it be a simple gesture of a home cooked meal or helping someone who is down on their luck it seems there are still honest good people in the world. One Belgian man from a Flemish town near the Dutch border is showing the locals that miracles do happen. (26/12)
North Carolina Residents Warned of Lottery Scam
Officials on the Federal level are warning North Carolina residents of a lottery scam that is being run out of Canada. The scam is done in a form of telemarketing and one Gastonia, North Carolina resident lost money as a result of the scam as well as many others. (22/12)
Virginia Man Wins Lottery after Odd Ticket Choices
A Virginia man has won the local lottery but in an odd way. The man purchased eleven tickets with the same numbers. The numbers were a winner so he won the top prize of $100,000 eleven times which equals $1.1 million. (17/12)
Small Group of Gamblers from Ohio Win Major Jackpot
The Mega Million Jackpot has been growing and growing with no one being able to hit the massive jackpot. At the most recent drawing the jackpot had grown to $207 million; so many players were trying their best to hit the jackpot. (15/12)
California Hospital Workers Take down Large Lottery Prize
Co-workers often play the lottery together, each placing a small amount of money to buy a ticket or two and then if winnings were earned, the workers would split the prize. Fifteen employees of the El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California have been playing the lottery for years when it finally paid off. (12/12)
New Jersey Lottery Offers Holiday Themed Games
As the holidays are in full force many businesses have decorated and created a festive mood to entice their customers to shop and spend money. The New Jersey lottery has decided to spice up their games by adding six holiday season offerings that will have Christmas shoppers adding a little more to their holiday shopping list. (10/12)
Maryland Woman Wins $30,000 with Scratch-off Ticket
Debby Holland and her husband Arby went to the local General Store near their hometown for something to eat and to play Keno. The couple also decided to buy a few scratch off lottery tickets. Little did they know that decision would be a good one. (05/12)
Couple Will Resume Life as Normal After Winning £7.6million in Lottery
A Norfolk couple, Eric and Sue Tarry, have hit the jackpot. The couple recently won the rollover jackpot in the National Lottery for £7.6million. The couple runs their own business at their home which is an automotive garage and intends to continue running their business despite their large wins. (03/12)
Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Reaches New Heights
The latest Mega Millions Lottery drawing took place this past Friday and no winner was recorded. That means the lottery jackpot climbed from $111 million to $128 million for Tuesday night. If a winner is found then that person can take the cash out option of almost $85 million or choose the annuity payments of $3.3 million a year in 26 installments. (01/12)
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