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Mega Millions fever sweeps nation as jackpot hits $540 millionNews Story
Includes video report Waiting with anticipation for that big drawing tonight? Here's a news story and some videos to help pass the time and keep those dreams alive. Lines have been snaking around stores from coast to coast all week with customers looking to cash in on what has now become the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, tonight's $540 million Mega Millions drawing. A now eye-popping 400 million tickets have been sold in just the last 48 hours for the drawing set to take plac
Mar 30, 2012, 8:53 am - Lottery News

Rhode Island woman, 81, claims $336 Million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report Louise White, a vivacious 81-year-old of Newport, R.I., stepped forward today as the winner of $336.4 million, the third largest Powerball lottery in the history of the game. I want to say that I'm very happy and I'm very proud. This will make my family very happy, she said. We are truly blessed. Thank you. White took her bonanza calmly, speaking briefly and then leaving the crowded news conference for her new team of attorneys to handle. One of her attorneys,
Mar 6, 2012, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

Woman wants part of estranged husband's lotto jackpotNews Story
Includes video report The winner of a $34.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot wants to remain anonymous, but a woman who claims to be his estranged wife is demanding a piece of the prize. The lottery winner, whose name was not released, came forward Friday morning and took a lump sum of $15.9 million, lottery officials said. The winning ticket was sold in Shelbyville at the Smokers Host store at 903 S. Harrison St. Ericka Prather, of Shelbyville, said she and lotto winner James Prather g
Feb 28, 2012, 10:26 am - Lottery News

$14.3 million Hot Lotto prize claim withdrawnNews Story
Includes video report Someone really doesn't want to be a multimillionaire. Crawford Shaw, the enigmatic 76-year-old New York attorney who represented a trust attempting to claim a Hot Lotto jackpot worth as much as $14.3 million, abruptly withdrew any claim to the money Thursday evening. Apparently even Shaw doesn't know the identity of the person or persons behind Hexham Investments Trust, the group that sought the prize. Shaw told Iowa Lottery officials that the trust was a corporati
Jan 27, 2012, 7:16 pm - Lottery News

Three women vying for ownership of $1 million lottery ticketNews Story
Includes video report A winning $1 million lottery ticket picked out of a gas station trash can has become the subject of a three-way legal battle in Arkansas. Sharon Jones was at a Super One Stop in July 2011 in Bebee, Ark., when she went to a trash bin to pick up a handful of discarded lottery tickets, as she had done many times before, according to her attorneys. A program through the lottery commission website allows people to register non-winning tickets for points that they can us
Jan 26, 2012, 9:20 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery threatens to deny jackpot payout if winner stays anonymousNews Story
Unprecidented move by lottery may include criminal investigation Includes video report By Todd Northrop Iowa Lottery officials have set a 3 p.m. Friday deadline for the mystery winner of a multi-million dollar Hot Lotto jackpot to reveal themselves or their claim on the prize will be denied. Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich talks about the Friday deadline for an unclaimed Hot Lotto jackpot during a press conference Monday afternoon. (Rodney White/The Register) The mysterious winner or
Jan 23, 2012, 10:01 pm - Lottery News

New Mexico ticket wins Powerball's first $1M second prizeNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop Last night the Powerball multi-state lottery held its first draw using its new prize structure, and a New Mexico Lottery player has the distinction of winning the first non-multiplied second-prize ticket worth $1 million. The winning ticket matches the white ball numbers of 6, 29, 34, 44, and 50. The ticket missed the red Powerball of 28 for the night's $80 million jackpot. This is the nation's first $1 million Powerball prize following Sunday's
Jan 19, 2012, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

Iowa $16.5M Hot Lotto winner claims prize with two hours to spareNews Story
Includes video report Updated Dec. 31, 2011, 8:04 am, to include press conference video The winning ticket for a $16.5 million lottery jackpot was turned in Thursday less than two hours before it expired, the head of the Iowa Lottery said. Lottery officials tried for months to urge the winner to come forward and claim the prize. Iowa Lottery Chief Executive Terry Rich said the reminders worked as we had hoped, and brought in the winner just in time. The identity of the Hot Lotto win
Dec 29, 2011, 9:22 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Powerball mystery deepensNews Story
Includes video report Three money managers who claimed the state's record-breaking $254.2 million Powerball jackpot on Monday may still have a fight ahead of them in the court of public opinion. A day after the trio announced they had scored the windfall on a $1 ticket one of them bought at a gas station, media reports surfaced Tuesday that the men had in fact acted on behalf of an anonymous client. The speculation started almost immediately: Who could the mystery buyer be? A lucky hedg
Nov 30, 2011, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

$254M Ct. Powerball jackpot claimed by 3 asset managersNews Story
Includes video report The mystery winners of a $254 million Powerball jackpot, a record for Connecticut, need only look in the mirror for wealth management advice. All three work for a boutique money management firm in Greenwich, which has fewer assets under its control ($82 million) than their newfound winnings. Greg Skidmore, Brandon Lacoff and Tim Davidson of Belpointe LLC revealed themselves as the winners during a check presentation Monday at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters in
Nov 28, 2011, 8:12 pm - Lottery News