Friday, April 13, 2012

Winning lottery tickets

  • One of two jackpot-winning Cash 5 tickets worth nearly $265,000 each from Thursdays drawing was sold at a gas station in Walnutport. The Pennsylvania Lottery said the Fast Fill at 325 S. Best Ave. sold the ticket.
  • (Allentown Morning Call)
  • BALTIMORE — The holder of a winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland claimed a share of the record-breaking $656 million prize on Monday, but will remain anonymous, state lottery officials announced.
  • (Washington Post)
  • We never like to see Lottery prizes go unclaimed so we are hoping the winner of this substantial prize will come forward before the winning ticket expires, said Lottery Executive Director Todd Rucci.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Ian McMurtrie of Abbotsford almost forgot to purchase the weekly set of lottery tickets that he and his three co-workers splurged on every Friday.
  • (Abbotsford News)
  • Someone in Pike County is probably a lot richer. The Pennsylvania Lottery said Monday that a Powerball ticket worth $2 million from Saturdays drawing was sold in Milford.
  • (Pocono Record)
  • Each retailer will receive a $500 bonus for selling a winning ticket. Lottery officials cannot confirm the identities of the winners until the prizes are claimed and the tickets are validated. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
  • (StreetInsider.com)
  • They would regret not winning with those other numbers in their mind more than they regret buying an extra ticket that turns out to be a loser.
  • (Tacoma News Tribune)
  • Louisiana Lottery Corp. officials say two winning lottery tickets worth $3 million each were both sold at the same gas station in Denham Springs. Each ticket contained three plays worth 1 million dollars each.
  • (Erie Times-News)
  • According to the Tennessee Lottery, a ticket purchased at the Kroger at 10721 Chapman Highway matched all five numbers plus the Cash Ball in Monday nights Tennessee Cash drawing to win the $653,338 jackpot.
  • (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  • A Greenville man says he will be debt-free by the end of the week, thanks to a $200,000 winning lottery ticket. The man, whose name is not being released, turned in the winning ticket on Monday. He bought the ticket from the Eagles on Pelham Rd. in Greenville.
  • (msnbc.com)

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