- February 17, 2005 Lottery ticket plucked from trash wins $100,000
- February 10, 2005 Mega Millions lottery to introduce changes when California joins game
- January 27, 2005 NJ Teachers just miss $130M Mega Millions lottery jackpot
- January 25, 2005 Lottery thief nabbed
- January 24, 2005 NJ Lottery may use environmentalist's idea for new game
- January 21, 2005 Georgia couple has $130 million Mega Millions lottery ticket
- January 14, 2005 One ticket wins $81M California lottery jackpot.
- January 13, 2005 Woman and two children claim $171 million Powerball lottery jackpot
- January 12, 2005 Mega Millions jackpot increases to $111 million
- January 06, 2005 Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $37 Million
- January 04, 2005 A couple of NY Lottery millionaires
- December 29, 2004 Mega Millions Jackpot Leaps to $58 Million
- December 27, 2004 Lottery riches are only one component of happiness
- December 24, 2004 Record Powerball winner's wealth may have contributed to kin's death
- December 21, 2004 NJ couple wins $2.2M Pick 6 Lotto jackpot.
- December 20, 2004 Illinois man charged with stealing lottery tickets
- December 17, 2004 UPS Employees Charged in Stolen Lottery Ticket Investigation
- December 14, 2004 Record Powerball lottery winner's life a mess after big win
- December 09, 2004 Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania
- December 05, 2004 Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $171 Million.
- December 03, 2004 Six Vermont State Employees Split $100,000 Powerball Prize
- December 01, 2004 Lottery winner dies in crash
- November 27, 2004 Minnesota Lottery plans to add new game
- November 26, 2004 One Florida Lotto ticket wins $60 million
- November 23, 2004 New York man wins $149M Mega Millions jackpot
- November 17, 2004 For some lottery winners jackpot is a 'nightmare'
- November 15, 2004 Mega Millions jackpot raised to $126 million
- November 10, 2004 Mega Millions jackpot increases to $106 million
- November 08, 2004 Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 million
- November 08, 2004 Suit seeks $213M in lottery winnings
- November 04, 2004 New York man claims $3 million lottery prize
- November 03, 2004 Mega Millions jackpot increases to $77 million
Lottery ticket plucked from trash wins $100,000
February 17, 2005
Finders keepers.
That's the word from the Hoosier Lottery after a winning ticket worth $100,000 purchased in Shelbyville was tossed in the trash, then plucked out by a luckier person.
"If I drop $100,000 in the street and walk away and the next person picks it up, it's their money," Ellen Corcella, the lottery's security director, said Wednesday.
The lottery paid the winnings, minus taxes, to Kerry Jeremiah, a Shelbyville woman who took the "Hold 'em Poker" ticket to the lottery's Downtown Indianapolis headquarters Feb. 10.
Jeremiah's luck is someone else's big loss. Two other people shelled out $5 for the winning scratch-off ticket Feb. 8 at the Chaperrel Café.
They asked a store clerk to check whether they had a $40 winner, Corcella said -- which they didn't. The clerk didn't check for any other amounts, the security director said.
Mega Millions lottery to introduce changes when California joins game
February 10, 2005
The California Lottery Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to join the multistate lottery Mega Millions in a drive to pump up annual ticket sales by $500 million.
Joining Mega Millions gives Californians the first significant new choice in lottery games since the California Lottery began 20 years ago - and more chances per year of winning jackpots of $100 million or more.
The state will continue to offer its signature SuperLotto game, which holds drawings twice a week.
California is the 12th and largest state to join Mega Millions, a lottery that has a minimum $10 million jackpot and held a drawing for $40 million Tuesday night. The top Mega Millions jackpot was $363 million about five years ago.
NJ Teachers just miss $130M Mega Millions lottery jackpot
January 27, 2005
A group of 82 teachers and staff members at School 10 in Paterson, New Jersey came within one number of winning the $130 million jackpot in last week's Mega Millions game.
Instead, they will take home about $2,134 each before taxes, having won the second prize of $175,000. Although disappointed that they can't retire early, the winners who gathered Tuesday to pose for New Jersey Lottery photographs were happy they won anything at all.
"This is the biggest win I've ever had," gym teacher William Best said.
The group, which optimistically dubbed themselves the Mercer Street Millionaires for the school's location, matched five of the Mega Millions numbers, but did not have the Mega Ball number needed for the top prize. Joking and giggling, they donned New Jersey Lottery T-shirts on Tuesday to celebrate the win.
Lottery thief nabbed
January 25, 2005
A 41-year-old Lowell, Massachusetts man is facing armed robbery charges after he was nabbed walking away from a Bridge Street convenience store he had just robbed at knifepoint, police said.
Michael J. Silva, no known address, was arrested about 4 p.m. on Albion Street, where officer Stephen Morrill chased him after spotting him on West Fifth Street, police said.
Morrill was on his way to a reported armed robbery at Store 24, 494 Bridge St., when he spotted Silva carrying something blue and saw several people pointing at him.
The blue item turned out to be a lottery machine from the store, police said.
Silva held the store up by walking in, going behind the counter, and lifting a pair of large knives above his head while saying something incoherent, police said.
NJ Lottery may use environmentalist's idea for new game
January 24, 2005
The Department of Environmental Protection commissioner has promised to discuss with the New Jersey state treasurer an idea for a lottery game to benefit the environment, but he cannot promise that the game will receive approval, according to a letter from the DEP.
Bradley M. Campbell, commissioner for the DEP, stated in a letter Wednesday that he favored the idea of such a lottery but budget issues must be carefully considered.
"Given the current dedication of lottery revenues to support the state's educational programs, including higher educational opportunities for senior citizens, I believe an expanded dedication of a new lottery may negatively impact existing programs supported by these receipts," stated the letter sent to Ed Knorr, chairman of the environmental group Green Action Alliance.
Georgia couple has $130 million Mega Millions lottery ticket
January 21, 2005
A couple that lives just outside Washington, Georgia says they have the winning Mega Millions ticket, which is worth $130 million.
James F. Jones said that his wife, Margaret, bought the ticket on Tuesday. She played the same numbers she has played for years, he said.
"We're just glad the good Lord gave it to us and we plan to put it to good use," Margaret Jones said Wednesday night from her home as her family gathered to celebrate.
The Joneses, who own an automobile repair shop in Washington, said they were not sure what they would do with the winnings, which they had not yet officially claimed with the Georgia Lottery office.
But James Jones, who is active with the Shriners, did say he hopes to build a place for the local Shriners to meet and wants to raise money for Shriners hospitals.
One ticket wins $81M California lottery jackpot.
January 14, 2005
One ticket purchased in Orange had all the numbers drawn for an $81 million jackpot in the mid-week SuperLotto Plus game, California Lottery officials said Thursday.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 3, 17, 20, 28, 44 and mega-number 21. The winning ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven at 4427 E. Chapman Ave. in Orange, according to lottery officials.
This is the third time a winning jackpot ticket has been purchased at a 7-Eleven in the City of Orange.
The identity of the winner, or winners, was not immediately known.
"We're ready and waiting to process the ticket," said Lottery Director Chon Gutierrez. "We hope the person is just waiting for the shock of winning to sink in a bit and will call us soon. But there's the real possibility that he or she hasn't checked their ticket yet and doesn't know they're now one of the richest people in California," he said.
Woman and two children claim $171 million Powerball lottery jackpot
January 13, 2005
Florence Ayers, a Jackson, Pennsylvania bookkeeper who claimed the $93.4 million lump-sum cash prize from a $171.4 million Powerball jackpot, knows how to keep a secret.
Ayers, 69, was so tight-lipped for five weeks about the winning ticket that neighbors and her employer, Jack Basilon, were stunned Wednesday when the state Lottery announced she had won the second largest jackpot in Pennsylvania history. The drawing was Dec. 8.
Ayers abruptly quit work two weeks ago after 20 years on the job, which puzzled Basilon, owner of Basilon Inc., a chain of dry cleaners and tuxedo rental shops based in Mars.
"If I had $93 million, I guess I would not work here either," he said. "God bless her -- she's been a hard worker."
Ayers, her son, James Ayers, 41, of Mars, Pennsylvania, and her daughter, Sharon Kreindel, 48, of Beachwood, Ohio (near Cleveland), presented the ticket at the lottery's Middletown headquarters on Monday, but declined to participate in a lottery news conference or make any public statements.
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $111 million
January 12, 2005
The multistate Mega Millions lottery jackpot has grown to $111 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in the latest drawing.
No tickets matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball in Tuesday night's $92 million drawing.
A total of eight tickets won Mega Million's second prize: 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from Ohio, 1 from Virginia, and 2 from Washington. Each ticket had all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.
33 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball, for a $5,000 prize.
The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were two, 23, 24, 35 and 45. The Mega Ball was 18
Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $37 Million
January 06, 2005
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,093 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.2 million in prizes in America's Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $37 million.
The cash option for the Saturday, January 8th drawing will be an estimated $20.4 million.
The numbers drawn were 4, 7, 10, 30, 37 and the Powerball was 37. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
One player from Washington DC matched all 5 white numbers and won $100,000. Another lucky player from Pennsylvania not only matched all 5 white, but also the Power Play and won $500,000.
Twenty-one players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $5,000. Five additional players not only matched that prize level, but also had the Power Play for a total win of $25,000.
A couple of NY Lottery millionaires
January 04, 2005
Kicking off the New Year, the New York Lottery made two instant millionaires: Louise and Hamed Ganemtore, winners of $1 million instant game, and Cliff and Arlene Maxwell, who hit Lotto for $40 million on Quick Pick ticket four days before Christmas.
The New Year's first lottery millionaire is spending his fortune on a reunion that will be priceless.
Hamed Ganemtore, 34, and his wife, Louise, 25, have not seen their two young children since the couple moved to the Bronx from Burkina Faso, West Africa, six years ago, in search of a better life.
When Ganemtore uncovered the $1million jackpot on a Jumbo Bucks instant game ticket, he knew what he would be spending his winnings on.
"We miss them so much," he said. "I love America and I am going to move them here. We can't wait to see them again."
Mega Millions Jackpot Leaps to $58 Million
December 29, 2004
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $58 million dollars.
None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $48 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.
There were nine second-prize winners from last night's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.
Also, 24 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.
The winning numbers from last night's drawing were: 18, 29, 32, 38 and 43. The Mega Ball number was 50.
Lottery riches are only one component of happiness
December 27, 2004
Let's cut right to the chase here. How much money is enough? How much would make you happy this holiday season? We mean really happy.
A million? $10 million? $100 million? The age-old question of whether money can buy happiness plays out in the headlines daily.
• Jewel Whittaker, wife of the lottery winner who took home the richest undivided jackpot in U.S. history — a lump-sum payout of about $113 million after taxes — now says she regrets his purchase of the ticket that won the $314.9 million jackpot. Since winning two years ago, her husband, Jack Whittaker, 57, of West Virginia has been arrested twice for driving under the influence and ordered into rehab, faces charges that he attacked a bar manager, and is accused in two lawsuits of making trouble at a nightclub and a racetrack.
• Indiana Pacers star Ron Artest earns more than $6 million a year, but he didn't seem very happy that November night he was brawling in the stands in Detroit.
• The main character in Madonna's upcoming children's book, Lotsa de Casha, is an Italian greyhound who has all the money in the world. Guess what: He's not happy.
Record Powerball winner's wealth may have contributed to kin's death
December 24, 2004
Seventeen-year-old Brandi Bragg was laid to rest on Friday, almost two years to the day after her doting grandfather came into the great wealth that some say was Brandi's misfortune.
The only granddaughter of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was found dead earlier this week of what may have been a drug overdose.
Whittaker and others say her sudden access to vast wealth had brought new friends and dangerous habits.
"Since she won the lottery she had too much money," said Becky Layton, who once took care of Brandi when she lived with her grandparents. "I could point fingers all day long. The money is the root of it all, I would say."
Brandi had her own apartment and several vehicles, including a Hummer and a Cadillac Escalade--indications of a teen with too much money, Layton said.
NJ couple wins $2.2M Pick 6 Lotto jackpot.
December 21, 2004
A Bayonne couple has claimed the winning ticket in the Dec. 2 New Jersey Pick 6 Lotto jackpot drawing, which carried a jackpot of nearly $2.2 million.
Acting New Jersey Lottery Executive Director William T. Jourdain said that Zoltan and Elizabeth Lamos of Bayonne bought the winning ticket at the Bergen Park Deli, 27 West First St. in Bayonne.
The couple will receive more than $1.6 million in a lump-sum payment after taxes are collected.
Lottery spokesman Everitt Merrill said that the couple had also the option of taking the jackpot prize as an annuity at 4.9 percent a year in interest. The 26 annual installments would yield a total of $3.75 million, but the Lamoses opted to take the money up front, Merrill said.
Illinois man charged with stealing lottery tickets
December 20, 2004
A Schaumburg, Illinois man is accused of stealing hundreds of lottery tickets around Chicago's northwest suburbs over the past two weeks.
Police say 35-year-old Anthony Lazzaro told them he took the tickets because he was trying to get Christmas money for his daughter. He has been charged with three counts of retail theft and his bond was set yesterday at 40-thousand dollars.
Buffalo Grove Police Detective Anthony Gallagher says Lazzaro would buy a couple of one-dollar tickets at one store, take them to another store and claim he won money from the tickets.
Gallagher says he'd tell clerks that two of his tickets were winners for 150 dollars and that he wanted 150 dollars worth of lottery tickets.
Once the clerk pulled out the new tickets, Lazzaro would allegedly grab them and run.
UPS Employees Charged in Stolen Lottery Ticket Investigation
December 17, 2004
New Mexico Lottery security agents have identified 12 Albuquerque-area men and women allegedly involved in the theft and receipt of 24 packs of Lottery tickets, stolen while in transit at an area United Parcel Service shipping hub.
Charges have been filed against some of the suspects, and information from the investigation has been forwarded to the Bernalillo and Sandoval County District Attorneys.
The face value of the packs was $7,200 ($300 per pack). However, advertised prizes ranged from $1 to $100,000 for 17 different games.
Initial filings include a mix of felony and misdemeanor larceny, embezzlement and conspiracy charges. Additional misdemeanor charges are pending, including unlawful redemption of stolen lottery tickets.
According to Tom Romero, the Lottery's executive vice president of security, ten of the suspects are adults and two are juveniles. Seven were allegedly involved in the initial thefts, and five individuals were allegedly involved with the receipt of the stolen tickets.
The packs' disappearances were quickly detected by the Lottery's computerized tracking system. Most of the tickets have already been accounted for.
"Agents were able to trace the stolen tickets to various stores in the metro area where the suspects were trying to redeem winners," Romero said. "Our agents conducted their own surveillance and also relied on surveillance tapes from retailers. At least three separate groups have been identified cashing the stolen tickets."
Three packs of tickets were stolen in mid-November, en-route from the Lottery to authorized retailers. While that theft was being investigated, another 21 packs were stolen in early December from the same UPS facility. Additional details about the suspects, the individual games or the particular UPS facility involved are not yet being released pending the completion of the probe.
Record Powerball lottery winner's life a mess after big win
December 14, 2004
The world’s first glimpse of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the poor.
Two years later, the picture the public is seeing now is a mug shot of a haggard, somber Whittaker.
Whittaker, 57, has been arrested twice on charges of drunken driving in the past year and has been ordered to go into rehab by Jan. 2 for a 28-day stay. He also faces charges he attacked a bar manager, and is accused in two lawsuits of making trouble at a nightclub and a racetrack.
“That’s probably the unfortunate situation of maybe having too much money, too much time on his hands,” said Steve Zubrzycki, who works for a company that started selling “Where’s Jack?” T-shirts after authorities issued an arrest warrant for Whittaker earlier this month.
Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania
December 09, 2004
A Powerball ticket that could pay $171.4 million over 29 years was sold in Pennsylvania, lottery officials said.
The Pennsylvania Lottery did not say early Thursday where in Pennsylvania the ticket had been sold.
The winner has 60 days from the date of claiming the prize to decide whether to take the $171.4 million annuity paid over 29 years or a lump sum of $93,428,155.06, Pennsylvania Lottery officials said.
Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $100,000 each, and there were nine of those. They were sold in Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
The $100,000 winner in Tennessee also bought the Power Play option, boosting their prize to $200,000.
Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $171 Million.
December 05, 2004
There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 19 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut (1 with Power Play), 2 from Indiana, 2 from Kentucky, 2 from Minnesota, 1 from Missouri, 1 from New Mexico (1 with Power Play), 2 from Pennsylvania, 1 from Rhode Island, 1 from South Carolina, 2 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play), 1 from Vermont (1 with Power Play), 1 from Wisconsin and 1 from West Virginia
Six Vermont State Employees Split $100,000 Powerball Prize
December 03, 2004
The Vermont Lottery announced Wednesday that Stephen Brochu, Louella Buckles, Rose Dutil, Norma Gregory, Mary Lou Jacobs and Manon Perrault came forward on November 23 to claim their $100,000 Powerball prize from the November 20 drawing.
The six winners are all employees from the Vermont Department of Employment and Training located in Newport. They are regular Powerball players who each put in $1 per drawing to purchase tickets for the group.
The player who purchases the tickets traditionally checks Saturday's winning numbers on Sunday at the Lottery website, but was unable to do so until Monday at work where they all discovered their luck.
Plans for the prize money include a new television, a family trip to South Carolina, $2,000 towards a daughter's school trip to Russia, and "just to have a nice Christmas."
Lottery winner dies in crash
December 01, 2004
An Oregon woman was killed in a Salem car crash last week after winning the lottery just a few days earlier.
Shirley Randall, 59, of Gladstone, had turned in a winning Keno ticket at the Oregon Lottery office Nov. 22, the day she died. Police found the check for $10,632.88 in her purse.
Randall was hit and killed when a UniFirst delivery van, driving westbound on Mission Street SE, crashed into the driver's side of her Pontiac Firebird as she tried to turn from Airport Road SE onto Mission.
Officials said that Randall likely was headed home from the Oregon Lottery office, which is less than a mile from the crash site.
Randall won the money Nov. 19 at Pete's Place on State Street in downtown Salem, said Chuck Baumann, a spokesman for the Oregon Lottery. She selected seven numbers that popped up in a Keno game.
Minnesota Lottery plans to add new game
November 27, 2004
Minnesota's new lottery director said the state will need to introduce a new lottery product if the lottery hopes to meet its revenue goals.
The Minnesota State Lottery wants to double its revenue in the next 20 years -- from $100 million to $200 million by 2024.
Lottery Director Clint Harris said to achieve the goal the lottery will need to collect about 4 percent more revenue a year. He said the current games aren't likely to generate that kind of growth.
Harris said the lottery has sent a report to state lawmakers estimating revenues from the legalization of slot machines, keno and various video products being used by other states.
Harris, 49, was came from the South Dakota lottery in September. He replaced Michael Vekich, a businessman who agreed to temporarily run the lottery when longtime director George Andersen committed suicide in January.
One Florida Lotto ticket wins $60 million
November 26, 2004
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $60 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
The winning ticket was bought in the city of Altamonte Springs, officials said.
Convenience store clerk Jose Sotomayor said the person who bought the winning ticket at a Cumberland Farms had not come back Thursday. But many other customers had him look at their tickets.
"I tell them and they rush to their cars, grab their ticket and come back for me to check their ticket. But no luck," he said. "It's fun to know that I helped someone win $60 million."
New York man wins $149M Mega Millions jackpot
November 23, 2004
Like most parking lot attendants, Juan Rodriguez knows how tantalizing and frustrating it can be to drive a luxury car, only to have to surrender it all too quickly for a pair of crumpled dollars.
But now, after 20 years of anonymous toil for a legion of well-heeled motorists near the United Nations, the Colombian-born Ozone Park resident can sit in his own heated leather seat.
Sunday, New York Lottery authorities declared him the winner of the largest jackpot ever won in the state, $149 million. The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot were 135 million to one.
"I want to say thank God! I love him," Rodriguez, 49, said, shy and visibly nervous behind a pair of blue-framed sunglasses before a bank of a dozen television cameras outside the Turtle Bay convenience store where he bought the ticket Friday.
For some lottery winners jackpot is a 'nightmare'
November 17, 2004
For a lot of people, winning the lottery is the American dream. But some say the reality is more like a nightmare.
"Winning the lottery isn't always what it's cracked up to be," says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once but twice (1985, 1986) to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer.
"I won the American dream but I lost it, too. It was a very hard fall. It's called rock bottom," says Adams.
"Everybody wanted my money. Everybody had their hand out. I never learned one simple word in the English language -- 'No.' I wish I had the chance to do it all over again. I'd be much smarter about it now," says Adams who also lost money at the slot machines in Atlantic City.
Mega Millions jackpot raised to $126 million
November 15, 2004
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $126 million Saturday.
None of the tickets sold for Friday's $106 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.
There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from Maryland, 2 from New Jersey, 3 from New York and 2 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.
Also, 46 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.
The winning numbers from Friday's drawing were: 5, 31, 33, 35, and 51. The Mega Ball number was 1.
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $106 million
November 10, 2004
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $106 million Wednesday.
None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $90 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.
There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York and 1 from Virginia.. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.
Also, 37 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.
The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 11, 20, 26, 28 and 52. The Mega Ball number was 7.
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 million
November 08, 2004
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $90 million Saturday.
None of the tickets sold for Friday's $77 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.
There were 11 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 2 from Michigan, 2 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 2 from Texas, 1 from Virginia and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.
Also, 28 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.
The winning numbers from Friday's drawing were: 3, 29, 30, 41, and 43. The Mega Ball number was 1.
Suit seeks $213M in lottery winnings
November 08, 2004
Clarksdale City Commissioner Charles "Buster" Moton has already thought about what he would do with a $213 million Powerball winning.
Build state-of-the-art recreational facilities for young people, help churches repair or rebuild and assist families that can't afford decent housing, he said.
He must convince a judge and jury, however, that he is a jackpot winner in the May 8 Tennessee Powerball lottery.
Moton filed suit last week against the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. saying he lost a Powerball ticket worth $213 million after the lottery's telephone voice recording gave him the wrong winning numbers.
"I am the winner," he said. "I did win that day."
He won't discuss how he is going to prove he had the winning ticket, saying that is confidential.
New York man claims $3 million lottery prize
November 04, 2004
Wouldn't it be great if one day you found out you were a millionaire and you had no clue? That's what happened to one Rochester man after he won more than a million bucks.
“The next day I went to the store and the girl was like you win the lotto last night how you know. Let me see your ticket, so I showed her the ticket to find out if I had the winning number. Yup didn't know I won,” said Willie Alston.
Alston got the luck of the draw. He paid for one lottery ticket, but the machine ended up giving him two. The store clerk told Alston to keep both tickets and one turned out very lucky. $3 million lucky in the New York State Lottery.
Alston took the lump sum and now gets $1.5 million.
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $77 million
November 03, 2004
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery has grown to $77 million.
None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $66 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.
There were three second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Illinois, 1 from New Jersey and 1 from New York. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.
Also, 23 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.
The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were 24, 32, 42, 49, and 50. The Mega Ball number was three.
