Lotto winner gives ticket to parish

Maybe it was divine intervention.

A Long Island church is $3 million richer – thanks to a generous parishioner who hit the lottery and donated his winning ticket.

$30 million Lotto ticket sold in Waco

Business at the Waco store that sold Wednesday night’s $30 million winning Lotto ticket has been brisk this morning, said a clerk at the EZ Stop.

Other lottery players are apparently hoping the store can bring them luck, too, said the clerk, who said he could not give out his name. EZ Stop is at 3730 N. 19th St.

Lottery sales hit record; scratch tickets in lead

Lottery ticket sales in Minnesota reached a record amount for fiscal year 2008, with $461.5 million sold, lottery officials said this afternoon.

That total is 9.2 percent more than the 2007 sales amount, the Minnesota State Lottery said.

Winners Of Second Biggest Lotto Win Ever To Return To Work

You’ve just won the lottery – what are you going to do next?

For employees of auto dealership Bray Motors in Sundridge near Huntsville, the answer is planning to return to work.

Local lotto winner still at large

The person who bought a winning lottery ticket at Mayer’s Freeway Shell Station in Newhall hasn’t claimed the $108,813 prize, a California Lottery spokesman said Tuesday.

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $132 million

The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $132 million.

None of the tickets sold for Tuesday’s $114 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing is Friday.

Greensburg man wins $77K in Hoosier Lotto

Michael McKinsey of Greensburg liked the look of the Hoosier Lottery Scratch-off Ticket Scorching 7’s because it was number 18 in the display case at a local gas station. His son turns two October 18, so he chose that ticket, resulting in a $77,777 win.

“That lady [the clerk] was jumping up and down,” he said. “She said ‘I can’t believe I just sold that winning ticket.”

$10M lotto winner gets prison in fatal SoCal crash

A man who won $10 million in a California lottery game has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed three people.

Thomas Turnour had pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and causing injury while driving intoxicated.

Floyd County lottery players claim large prizes over past year

Linda Drewelow of Ionia was the Iowa Lottery’s biggest lotto winner in Floyd County during fiscal year 2008 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008), winning $10,000 in the Hot Lotto game. Drewelow purchased the ticket at Hy-Vee Gas in Charles City.

Melbourne ticket splits $30M Lotto jackpot

He didn’t win the big prize, but that didn’t stop Gary Danley from buying a Florida Lotto ticket at the Circle K where one of the two winning tickets for a $30 million payday was sold.
The winning tickets were bought in Poinciana and at the Circle K at 4420 West New Haven Ave. in Melbourne, officials said.

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