Police officer nabs lottery jackpot
Dealing with stress is a daily job for a full-time police officer but six little numbers were able to take Mackinaw police Officer Mark Skiles to his breaking point. »
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005
Friday, Oct. 14, 2005
Hunch pays off as man rings up $250,000 lottery prize
An Elmore man who “just had an inkling” that he should start playing the Mega Millions lottery won $250,000 this week. »
$1 million winner: I rummaged through the garbage, and there it was
Cleaning off the kitchen table almost turned into a million-dollar mistake for a Lennox woman. »
Monday, Oct. 10, 2005
Lottery winner wants to buy sport star
A Swedish football fan who won a record $15.99 million on the lottery wants to buy Juventus and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for his local club, Swedish media said today. »
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005
They’ve shared laughs, tears – now $1 million
Friends bought Powerball ticket during ‘Thelma and Louise’-style road trip. »
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
Sometimes it’s about the people behind the winners
We often read stories about people who win big lottery jackpots. But what about the people who sell those winning tickets? »
Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2005
Man becomes U.S. citizen and millionaire
Moses Bittok says he immigrated to the United States from Kenya because he figured it was the land of opportunity. »
Schoolboy rakes in millions after lottery win
A schoolboy has become a millionaire after winning the lottery jackpot in Italy. »
Saturday, Sep. 24, 2005
New Jersey Couple Wins $258 Million in Mega Jackpot; retire
What to do with a piece of paper worth $258 million? »
Saturday, Sep. 17, 2005
Jobless man, son win $92m jackpot: From railway cafe to the high life
A jobless 55-year-old Frenchman and one of his seven children shared a prize of 75.88 million euros ($92.80 million) on Saturday after selecting combinations of the family’s ages in the multi-nation Euro Millions lottery. »
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005
90 year old couple wins $7.5-million lottery
A beaming Brockville, Ont., couple, who are both almost 90, have entered Canada’s millionaire club after cashing in their Lotto/49 ticket from the Aug. 6 draw. »
Friday, Aug. 19, 2005
Waitress gets Porsche tip
A SWEDISH waitress thought her elderly customer was joking when he offered her his Porsche as a tip, but he kept his word and gave her the keys to the car, daily Aftonbladet has reported.
“I thought at first he was joking with me,” 19-year-old Josefin Justin told the paper. »
Sunday, Jul. 31, 2005
Mother-of-six is biggest lottery jackpot winner
The luckiest woman in Europe lives in a small white bungalow with two horseshoe-decorated flowerboxes outside it. »
Saturday, Jul. 30, 2005
$10.5 million Lottery winner: ‘I’m the same Abe’
Abraham Wondergem Jr., a child of the Great Depression, was used to being poor for most of his 78 years. Until now. »
Monday, Jul. 25, 2005
Workers at machine shop win jackpot
Six co-workers at a machine shop in northeast Ohio are the winners in the latest Mega Millions drawing. »
Thursday, Jul. 7, 2005
15 co-workers won $10 million Powerball jackpot
A group of people who help families recover from floods and other disasters have won the ten (m) million-dollar Powerball jackpot.
Some of the winners are from Virginia. »
Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2005
Lottery winner shares news with rabbits
Lottery winner Morris Worrall was home alone when he found out he had scooped £15million - so he shared his amazing news with his rabbits. »
Saturday, Jun. 18, 2005
Did you hear? Lottery pays debts first
A man won over $50,000 in the South Carolina Education Lottery recently but never got a penny of the prize. »
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2005
Investment banker hits jackpot with $4.65 million Lotto ticket
A Seattle investment banker who wants to keep working in spite of his good fortune has cashed in the winning $9.3 million Lotto jackpot ticket for Saturday night’s drawing. »
Woman wins $20,000 in lottery
Martina Fox is the newest winner of the top cash prize in the Kansas Lottery’s $2 Bonus Crossword instant game. The 41-year-old Pratt woman claimed her $20,000 prize this week at the Lottery’s Great Bend office. »
Monday, Jun. 13, 2005
Highland couple celebrates $44 million Lotto win
After spending a sleepless Thursday night, Ronaldo Gipulan, a loyal Lotto player for nearly 20 years, learned Friday morning that he won $44 million, a 41,416,353-to-1 shot. »
Saturday, Jun. 11, 2005
It only takes a Minit to win 100K
John Ashman always joked with his friends at the 32nd Street Minit Market about a day when the cash register was not going to have enough money to pay off his lottery winnings. But when his wishful forecast came true, he did not know what to do with himself. »
Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2005
No question, this millionaire takes life easy
Brad Rutter is proof that the gods keep an eye out for slackers. »
Sunday, Jun. 5, 2005
Single player nets $106M grand prize
A single player has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing. »
Thursday, Jun. 2, 2005
Couple wins lottery 4 times in one day
LOTTO millionaires Michelle Turnbull and David Lindsay beat odds of 759,157,346,444,112-1 to scoop FOUR wins in one weekend. »
Tuesday, May. 31, 2005
Boise Man Claims $220 Million Lottery Jackpot
A Boise man has come forward with the winning Powerball ticket worth $220.3 million, a record jackpot for Idaho and the 10th largest prize ever awarded by the multi-state lottery. »
Lover tells checkout girl Sandra of £13M Lotto win at supermarket til
A supermarket checkout girl and her factory worker partner were celebrating yesterday after scooping £12.8million on the Lotto. »
Monday, May. 30, 2005
Powerball waits for winner to claim 10th-largest jackpot
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket here over the weekend has won a $220.3 million jackpot, the 10th largest jackpot ever awarded by the multistate lottery, officials said Sunday. »
Saturday, May. 28, 2005
Postal Workers Share $66 Million Lotto Jackpot
Shirley Stephens of North Richland Hills and four postal service co-workers had been spending about 50 bucks every two weeks on lotto numbers when they struck it big and won a $66 million jackpot. »
Friday, May. 27, 2005
Lotto winners say it won’t change their lives much
Johnnie and Bill Hagood won last weekend’s $5.6 million Lotto South drawing and promptly decided to become organ donors. »