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Entire Town Wins Lottery&mdash; Except for One Guy
Entire Town Wins Lottery—
Except for One Guy
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Feb 5, 2012 9:36 AM CST

Entire Town Wins Lottery— Except for One Guy

Residents of Spanish village of Sodeto get piece of $950M jackpot

(Newser) - Costis Mitsotakis has to be more than a little annoyed. Of the 70 households that make up the village of Sodeto, Spain, his was the only one that didn't buy a ticket in the country's giant Christmas lottery. Which means he is now the only one who isn'...

Shady Lawyer Gives Up $7.5M Lotto Jackpot

For reasons no one is entirely clear on

(Newser) - A New York lawyer with a checkered past has relinquished his claim on a $7.5 million Iowa lottery jackpot, after being unable to explain how he got the ticket. It was the latest twist in what Iowa Lottery officials call the strangest episode in the game's 26-year history....

Rich Powerball Winners Might Be Hiding Real Winner

But their trust insists there's no anonymous partner

(Newser) - Rumors are swirling that the three wealthy money managers who claimed Connecticut’s biggest Powerball jackpot ever may not have actually bought the ticket. A neighbor of one of the three tells the New York Times that the trio claimed the money on behalf of another person. Tom Gladstone, a...

$254M Lottery Winners: Loaded Financiers

Trio waited a month to claim giant prize

(Newser) - A trio of loaded Connecticut businessmen dropped $1 on a lottery ticket, and won an extra $254 million for their trouble. It’s the biggest payout the state’s lottery has ever awarded, the New York Post reports. The three owners of an asset-management company were in no rush to...

Wrong Lottery Ticket Wins Woman $25M

Job-seeker wanted Mega Millions but got Powerball winner

(Newser) - A Georgia woman is reaping the benefits of a shop’s error. Kathy Scruggs asked for a Mega Millions ticket, and the clerk handed her one for Powerball; she decided to keep it anyway. Good choice: Turned out it was the winning $25 million ticket, and now the unemployed 44-year-old...

Marriott President's Son Wins $107M Lottery

Brian McCarthy is now a lot richer

(Newser) - In tough times, it's probably no surprise that sales of lottery tickets are booming across the country, as noted by USA Today . But a recent Mega Millions winner wasn't so down-on-his-luck to begin with: Virginia's Brian McCarthy, the son of Marriott hotels president Robert J. McCarthy, took...

Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby?
 Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby? 
only in the UK
Jul 6, 2011 8:42 AM CDT

Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby?

$32 lottery tickets go on sale this month in Britain

(Newser) - Beginning this month, would-be British parents who are struggling to conceive will have an unusual way to attempt to have a baby: via lottery. To Hatch, a charity that doles out fertility advice, will raffle off $40,000 worth of fertility treatments at a top clinic beginning July 30. Tickets...

Forget the Mini-Mart: Now You Can Buy Lotto Tix Online

Why go to all the trouble of buying a physical ticket?

(Newser) - Poker sites may be strictly verboten , but another kind of online gambling is starting to crop up: state lotteries. Minnesota has already begun selling lottery tickets online, even offering year-long subscriptions for its Powerball and Mega Millions games, USA Today reports. Several other states are considering following suit. A bill...

20 Costco Workers Hit $201M Lottery Jackpot

Long Islanders become quick millionaires on Powerball

(Newser) - A Long Island Costco store had to make do with a skeleton crew because 20 employees struck it rich in the lottery, reports the New York Post . They hit the $201 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday, meaning they'll pocket about $3.5 million apiece if they take the lump-sum payout...

Texan Sues Over Stolen $1M Lottery Ticket

Lottery board sued after store clerk makes off with jackpot

(Newser) - A Texas man allegedly scammed out of a lottery jackpot by a convenience store clerk is taking the state lottery commission to court. Navy veteran Willis Willis, 69, says clerk Pankaj Joshi told him his ticket was not a winner, then kept it for himself, cashed it in for $1...

Pushy Customer Misses $319M Lottery Jackpot

He cuts in line, and next person gets winning Quick Pick

(Newser) - How’s this for karma: A man in Albany pushed ahead in line for a Mega Millions lottery ticket—and the guy he shoved aside got the winning Quick Pick. The man “actually cut in front of me to buy a ticket,” said Mike Barth. “I thought...

Meet the Unluckiest Guy in America

You skip one office lottery pool...

(Newser) - Here's a tip: If you're going to join your office's lottery pool, best to be consistent. One man in New York decided to take a pass last week because he wasn't feeling lucky ... and that was the week seven of his co-workers won the $319 million Mega Millions jackpot. "...

Statistician Cracks Scratch Lottery Code

His method determined winners 90% of the time

(Newser) - The numbers on those cheap "scratch and win" lottery tickets might seem random, but there is a pattern—the randomness is just a "mathematical lie." Statistician Mohan Srivastava received two tickets as a gag gift and became intrigued when he won $3 on a tic-tac-toe scratch game....

Hurley's Lost Numbers Turn Lucky for Lottery Players

Nearly 10,000 win $150 by playing them

(Newser) - Hurley’s lucky/unlucky number sequence from Lost was pretty lucky last night for the nearly 10,000 people who played it in the lottery. The winning sequence (4 8 15 25 47 42) included four of those infamous Lost numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42), and in the right...

'El Gordo' Holiday Lottery to Pay Out $3B

World's richest lottery spreads the wealth

(Newser) - Spain is bringing billions of holiday good wishes to winners of the world's richest lottery. The contest known as "El Gordo"—the Fat One—is paying out a whopping $3 billion in cash. But the money doesn't go into a single jackpot. Instead it's doled out in a...

Lottery Winners Give Entire Jackpot Away
 Lottery Winners Give 
 Entire Jackpot Away 
that's $11.2M
Nov 5, 2010 12:31 PM CDT

Lottery Winners Give Entire Jackpot Away

Allen and Violet Large say keeping money would have been 'headache'

(Newser) - When you’re daydreaming about winning the lottery, you probably don’t imagine giving the entire $11.2 million jackpot away. But that’s exactly what Canadian couple Allen and Violet Large did. “What you’ve never had, you never miss,” explains Violet, 78. The retired couple is...

Man Wins Lottery Twice in 3 Months

57-year-old wins $3M from two tickets

(Newser) - A 57-year-old Missouri man has struck it rich in a million-dollar lottery this year—again. Ernest Pullen won $1 million on a "100 Million Dollar Blockbuster" ticket in June, then got another $2 million with a "Mega MONOPOLY" ticket this month, reports AP . He's taking the lump sum...

Woman Hits Lotto Jackpot —for 4th Time

And she's not even a resident of the state where she won

(Newser) - Everyone knows your chances of getting hit by lightning are way better than your chances of winning the lottery, so Joan Ginther must live in perpetual fear underground. The 63-year-old scored $10 million in the Texas lottery—her fourth win since 1993 for a total of $20.4 million, reports...

Mo. clerk says he'll use $258M jackpot on bills
$258M Powerball Winner May Keep Job
Apr 23, 2010 4:00 PM CDT

$258M Powerball Winner May Keep Job

Missouri store clerk making minimum wage will pay bills, fix teeth

(Newser) - A Missouri man who won a $258 million Powerball jackpot said he hasn't decided yet if he'll quit his job at the convenience store where he bought the winning ticket. Chris Shaw, a 29-year-old tattooed father of three, came forward yesterday as the winner of the 10th-largest Powerball jackpot ever,...

In Pennsylvania Lottery, 7s Are Really Wild

3,107 winning tickets force lottery to pay $7.2M above drawing revenue

(Newser) - Lucky sevens abounded in Pennsylvania Wednesday night as 3,107 tickets won a total of $7.77 million in the state lottery’s Big 4 drawing when the winning numbers came up 7-7-7-7. Quadruple-number hits are rare, as evidenced by the fact the lottery will lose about $7.2 million...

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