Lottery

How This Man's Gambling Saves Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.24.2012

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They say it's not addictive. But every morning, David Chen and Shelly Robertson enter a $2 million jackpot. Unlike MegaMillions, they are not spen...

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Feud Over Lottery Ticket Found In Trash Escalates

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.24.2012

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge on Thursday ordered a new trial to decide who can claim a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket prize, a l...

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Couple Murdered Over Winning Lotto Ticket, Daughter Says

Posted 05.17.2012

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A Detroit couple allegedly killed in their home Sunday morning may have been murdered over a winning lottery ticket, according to Click On Detroit. ...

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Chicago Bakery Employees Sue Coworkers, Saying They Were Cut Out Of Lottery Jackpot

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

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Tossing a few bucks into your office lottery doesn't sound like the type of thing that would end in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Then again, no one ...

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You Already Won the Lottery

Michael Meade, D.H.L. | Posted 05.14.2012

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Rich or poor, lucky in life or oppressed by it, we each must eventually accept the lot we were given and play the hand we have been dealt or else be but a pawn in a game where others determine the outcome for us.

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Lottery Winner Who Threw Away Ticket: 'It's My Money. I Deserve The Money'

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.14.2012

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An Arkansas woman who threw away a $1 million winning lottery ticket told the "Today" show Friday that she does not feel bad for Sharon Jones, the wom...

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Bummer! Lotto Ticket Misprint Fools Man Into Thinking He's A Millionaire

The Huffington Post | Emily Cohn | Posted 05.10.2012

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Imagine holding what you believe to be a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million, only to find out that the ticket was printed in error and is worth n...

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Woman Who Found Winning Lottery Ticket In Trash May Have To Give Up Winnings

AP | CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 05.02.2012

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SEARCY, Ark. — An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw away the ticket af...

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Lottery Winner On Food Stamps Charged With Welfare Fraud

Posted 04.17.2012

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Amanda Clayton, a Michigan woman who won $1 million from the state lottery last year, was arraigned today in district court on felony charges stemming...

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When Jamaica Calls To Say You've Won The Lottery

AP | DAVID MCFADDEN | Posted 04.17.2012

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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- The 88-year-old retired Coast Guard officer hadn't been outside the U.S. in decades. Yet phone calls started pouring in from J...

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Alleged Mega Millions Winner Says She Lost Ticket

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

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BALTIMORE -- A woman who has claimed to have Maryland's winning Mega Millions ticket now says she has lost it. Wilson had previously said she hid the...

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All Is Fair in Love, Not Lottery

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 04.05.2012

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Something strange happens when a loved one dies and it's time to distribute the estate. No matter how close people are, money has the ability to widen wedges and force family members apart. Regardless of how those assets are distributed, someone will inevitably feel slighted.

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How the $640,000,000 Might Have Ruined Your Life

William Rose | Posted 04.02.2012

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That's just the thing about winning the lottery: winning it makes you rich, not wealthy. There is no more honor in luck than there is happiness in money.

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Maryland Lottery Director: Winning Ticket Unclaimed

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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BALTIMORE — Maryland Lottery officials say no one in the state has stepped forward with a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket yet. Spokeswoman...

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Soul-Talk: Are You Playing The Lottery Or Just Playing The Fool?

Russell Bishop | Posted 04.02.2012

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The difference between Mega Millions and every day fool's bets is that someone actually does win the lottery. Fools bet regularly and never win at all in the game of life.

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Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.30.2012

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RED BUD, Ill. — The Mega Millions winners – at least three of them – stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, ...

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What We Could Have Spent All That Money On

AP | PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — Americans are expected to spend $1.46 billion on Mega Millions lottery tickets. So how far does $1.46 billion go? How much of the ...

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I Have To Ask: What Is The First Thing You Would Do If You Won The Lottery?

Posted 03.30.2012

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Microphone in hand, I set out to ask perfect strangers one question that I just had to know the answer to - what is the first thing you would do if yo...

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Why You Don't Want To Win The Lottery

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.30.2012

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Strange but true: an extra-big lottery prize means you've got an extra-big chance of going bankrupt. That's the implication of a paper published in...

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How To Learn Tonight's Winning Mega Millions Numbers

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 03.30.2012

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Tonight's the night. The latest Mega Millions numbers will be picked in a drawing at 11 p.m. ET. The $640 million jackpot is the world's largest ev...

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What Would You Do If You Hit The Mega Millions Jackpot? Our Readers Weigh In

Posted 03.30.2012

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Exactly what would you do with $640 million? That's the question HuffPost Gay Voices posed its Twitter followers, many of which we can safely assum...

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Mega Millions Odds: What Would It Take To Win?

Posted 03.30.2012

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May the Mega Millions odds be ever in my favor. That's certainly the attitude thousands of hopeful ticket-holders are sporting as the Mega Million...

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Mega Millions: Why We Buy Into The Lotto

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 03.31.2012

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Americans have come down with a serious case of lotto fever. Symptoms, we've found, include a suspension of statistical reality, extreme optimism and ...

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States Salivating Over Possible Tax Windfall From Mega Millions Winners

AP | ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | Posted 03.30.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets aren't the only ones salivating over the record $540 million jackpot that could be won...

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They're Lining Up For Lotto Tickets

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.30.2012

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Thousands are lining up today across the country for their chance to win more than half a billion dollars. That's right, lottery fever is sweeping ...

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