Forgetting his glasses paid off in a big way for a Roanoke man.
Bobby Guffey and his wife Janell have claimed a $3 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot.
Guffey says he always plays the same numbers. But on the day he forgot his glasses, he inadvertently marked different numbers on the lotto sheet.
David Parsons stuffed the Summer Cash Florida Lottery ticket into his wallet when he bought it two weeks ago and never gave it much thought after that. The drawing was Aug. 6.
On Sunday, he pulled the ticket out and glanced at the numbers. He glanced again.
A group of residents from Ontario and a winner from Quebec will be splitting Wednesday’s $45-million jackpot.
Peter Bray, the owner of Bray Motors, in Sundridge, Ont. and 24 employees are sharing the winnings of $22.5 million.
The Florida Lotto jackpot has rolled over seven times – for a total of $30 million for Wednesday’s drawing.
For $2, players have the chance at $40 million; and for $3, players may win $55 million! The next Florida Lotto drawing is Wednesday, August 13, at 11 p.m.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. Nobody won the Washington State Lottery’s $2.4 million Lotto jackpot or the $130,000 Hit 5 cashpot …
The grand prize in the Illinois State Lottery’s Lotto game has grown to $4.5 million.
The rollover occurred because no player matched all six winning numbers from Monday night’s $4.25 million drawing.
The next Lotto drawing will be Wednesday night.
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Stories usually don’t start with numbers.
But then lottery tickets worth nearly $10 million usually don’t go unclaimed, either.
It’s been a month since a Lotto drawing for a ticket worth $9.7 million. The prize purchase was made at a 7-Eleven store in Shoreline, at 1232 N. 185th St.
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