Category Archives: Lottery

Powerball prices double; jackpot and odds of winning it increase

By doris | Published: January 4, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com When the price of Powerball lottery tickets increases from $1 to $2 on Jan. 15, Chris Taranto says, he will still buy them. So will a lot of other lottery players, he told phillyburbs.com. And their chances of winning will improve. “People like to dream in this country,” the Delran, N.J., [...]

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Donny Jones, Idaho Man With Disabilities, Wins $200,000 PowerBall Lottery (VIDEO)

By doris | Published: December 30, 2011

Full Story at huffingtonpost.com Winning the $200,000 PowerBall prize will enable Donny Jones to pay off his bills, but the Idaho native won’t be leaving his cooking job anytime soon, CBS3Springfield.com reports. “I love my job,” Donny Jones told the news outlet. “I love my bosses and everybody I work with here.” Jones lives with [...]

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Son prays for mom to win lotto — she does

By doris | Published: May 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com A Long Island man’s faith in God has been restored after he prayed for his mother to win the lottery and, the next day, she did. Sal Bentivegna jokingly issued a prayer for his mother, Gloria, to win the lottery after she lost money playing slots in Atlantic City. “He said [...]

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Sudden Wealth: Man Wins Lottery. Twice. On The Same Day.

By doris | Published: April 1, 2011

Full Story atgoodnewsblog.com  The chance of winning the lottery is often said to be a tad bit smaller than the chance of being hit by lightning. Lightning is said never to strike twice at the same place. So consider the odds of someone winning the lotter. Twice. On the same day. From the same lottery. [...]

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Winning the lottery: Does it guarantee happiness?

By doris | Published: January 9, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — She was a mother of three living in a small apartment and working four jobs. And then, as if in a fairy tale, she won her state’s lottery last year. But the story doesn’t have the happy ending you might expect. She didn’t do anything overly extravagant after the [...]

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Store clerk wins $258.5 million Powerball

By doris | Published: April 23, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Missouri man who won a $258 million Powerball jackpot says 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 who was raised by his grandparents in rural [...]

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SD lottery winner ‘will not squander’ $232M prize

By doris | Published: June 6, 2009

Full Story At News.yahoo.com PIERRE, S.D. – It has the makings of a Hollywood script: A young rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of the nation claims one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town [...]

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Co-workers to split $216 million lottery jackpot

By doris | Published: March 5, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com The 10, who work for Chubb Commercial Insurance in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, held a news conference Wednesday to announce their win. Bob Space of Toms River, New Jersey, held up a lottery ticket that clearly showed the winning numbers from Tuesday’s drawing: 26, 32, 35, 43, 52 and 10. “I [...]

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