Lottery Winner

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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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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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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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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Mega Millions Winner In Kansas Comes Forward

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 04.06.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Lottery officials say the winner of a share of a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot wants to remain anonymous. Lottery Di...

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Why Felix Salmon Is Buying A Lottery Ticket

Reuters | Felix Salmon | Posted 03.20.2012

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Have you bought your lottery ticket yet? The jackpot’s up to $241 million! An interesting thing happens, when the jackpot gets this big: if you a...

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Is Winning The Lottery A Ticket To Paradise?

Don McNay | Posted 05.13.2012

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Seems like a lot of lottery winners want to tear up the ticket. Some don't verbalize the thought. They just run through the money as fast as they can. Having unlimited wealth is a dream for many people. However, I keep running into others, consciously or subconsciously, who hate the idea of being rich.

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Lottery Winner Loses State Food Stamps

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — State officials say a Detroit-area woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but continued to get food stamps has been remo...

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WATCH: Woman Claimed Food Stamps Despite Jackpot Win UPDATE

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.08.2012

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Even with an extra million or two, it seems that some lottery winners are still trying to finding ways to save money -- on the government's dime. ...

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Starving Horses Found At Lottery Winner's Ranch

AP | Posted 02.16.2012

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SANGER, Calif. -- Eight starving horses have been found on the California ranch of a man who won $40 million in a lottery 11 years ago. Fresno County...

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WATCH: Man With Disabilities Wins $200,000 Lottery, Keeps Job As Cook

Posted 12.20.2011

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Winning the $200,000 PowerBall prize will enable Donny Jones to pay off his bills, but the Idaho native won't be leaving his cooking job anytime soon,...

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WATCH: Lottery Winner Uses Food Stamps

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.19.2011

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Leroy Fick, a Michigan man who won $2 million in the state's lottery, has sparked outrage after he admitted earlier this week that he still uses food ...

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Generous Lottery Winner: 'I Wish I'd Won A Billion Dollars So I Could Keep Everyone Happy'

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ten years after he and his wife won $64 million in the "Big Game" lottery, Alex Snelius wishes he'd won more money. The 73-year-old Palos Heights m...

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On Winning the Lottery, "Sin City" & "Big Money"

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay has been on a book tour, promoting his book, Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers, and What to Do When You Win the Lottery. In a ...

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Lottery Ticket Screw-Up Wins Clerk $250K

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio — An Ohio store clerk's mistake when printing a Mega Millions lottery ticket has won her $250,000. Naomi Mauller forgot to a...

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Chris Shaw Wins Powerball: Missouri Convenience Store Clerk Wins $258.5 Million Jackpot

AP | SARAH D. WIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A central Missouri convenience store clerk with $28.96 in his bank account and a stack of utility bills to pay came forwar...

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Sandra McNeil, Powerball Winner, Claims Her $211.7 Million Jackpot

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — A northern New Jersey school board member who held the lone winning ticket for a $211.7 million Powerball jackpot last month has...

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Cynthia Stafford's $112 Million Lotto Prize And How She Uses It To Give Back

Posted 05.25.2011

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Cynthia Stafford has always had a generous streak. As a child, Stafford donated her allowance money to UNICEF to help other children around the world....

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Renee Green Wins Lottery After Making Generous Donation To Haiti Relief

TakePart.com | Max Linsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reneé Green was sitting on the couch last Wednesday night when a story came on the news about the dire situation in Haiti. As she watched the images ...

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Powerball $211.7 Million Payoff: Winning Ticket Sold In New Jersey

Philly.com | Chelsea Conaboy | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. - The lone winning ticket for Saturday night's Powerball $211.7 million jackpot was sold in North Jersey. ...

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$2.5M Indiana Lotto Jackpot Goes Unclaimed

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier lottery players have been digging through their trash, scouring their cars and bringing fistfuls of old tickets, some in ...

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A Cremation Solicitation

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.17.2011

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It was only fortuitous but clearly felicitous -- the story in the Wall Street Journal about the increasing popularity of cremation and my printed invitation to get one for free.

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Lottery Winners May Owe $1 Million: Long Island's Richard And Mary Morrison Overbilled County

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Richard and Mary Morrison have plans for their $165 million lottery jackpot: paying off their mortgage, opening a restaurant...

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Abraham Shakespeare Missing: Florida Lottery Winner Disappears

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man, who won the Florida lottery in 2006, and has now gone missing. T...

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Video of What To Do When You Win the Lottery

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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This video of Greg Stotelmyer of ABC36 in Lexington, Ky interviewing Don McNay, author of Son of a Son of a Gambler: What To Do When You Win The Lo...

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