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48 Transit Workers Win Lottery Jackpot

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — A pool of 48 workers at Philadelphia's transit agency scored the jackpot-winning ticket in this week's $172.7 million Powerball d...

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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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Is Winning The Lottery A Ticket To Paradise?

Don McNay | Posted 05.13.2012

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Don McNay

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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How To Win The Lottery

Scientific American | Garth Sundem | Posted 05.12.2012

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So goes popular opinion: the lottery's an egregious societal evil implemented and overseen by shape-shifting, blood-drinking reptilian aliens. And tha...

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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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Coworkers Going To Court Over Huge Lottery Jackpot

AP | Posted 05.06.2012

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ELIZABETH, N.J. — Five New Jersey construction workers are suing a former colleague who claims he was the sole winner of a $38.5 million Mega Mi...

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Powerball Jackpot Soars To $310 Million

The Huffington Post | John Stephens | Posted 02.09.2012

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The multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $310 million Thursday after no player matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing, which had...

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Pa. Couple Claims $128M Powerball Prize In Md.

AP | Posted 01.06.2012

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BALTIMORE -- Lottery officials say a Pennsylvania couple has claimed a $128.8 million Powerball prize in Maryland. The couple chose to stay anonymous...

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$2.4 Million Worth Of Unclaimed Lottery Winnings Set To Expire

Posted 12.21.2011

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The Illinois Lottery on Wednesday announced that some $2 million worth of prizes from the past year remain unclaimed and are set to expire beginning J...

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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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Lottery Mistake Pays Offs A Cool $1 Million

Posted 11.14.2011

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Some mistakes are going to cost you -- big time. But as luck would have have it, a cashier's error turned out to be best thing possible for a man ...

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Store Clerk's Error Helps Georgia Woman Win $25 Million in Powerball Lottery

AP | Posted 12.04.2011

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ATLANTA -- Georgia Lottery officials say a store clerk's mistake led to a woman who has been searching for a job to win $25 million. The lottery says...

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Costco Employees Win $200 Million Powerball

Posted 08.03.2011

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A group of about 20 employees at a Long Island Costco won the $202 million Powerball jackpot. Although the identities of the winners have not yet b...

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Illinois Has Its First Powerball Winners... But Who Are They?

Posted 05.25.2011

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As of today, Illinois has its first-ever Powerball winner: a family in Oak Park has won $18.75 million, splitting the grand prize with a Kentucky winn...

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UPDATED: What to Do if You Win the Mega Million Jackpot & can you stay anonymous

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

You would think that after having overcome trillion-to-one odds, the idea of running through the money would seem silly to most lottery winners. But 90 percent of people do just that within five years of winning the jackpot.

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New Year's Wishes: Should Be Better, Could Be Verse

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Here's hoping that the days to come are better than the days behind, That someone makes you smile (or giggle!) even if you're not inclined.

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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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Children Getting Too Much Money, Too Soon

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Many young people who blow their money look back and wish they had a second chance to do it right.

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What Are We Going to Do About Gambling Addicts?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

My solution to gambling addiction would be same one that seems to be helping keep track of sexual predators: A national registry. If widely shared, such a list could prevent addicts from any legalized gambling.

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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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Tearing Up the Lotto Ticket

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Almost all of us have our own "lotto moment." We make decisions about money that will either give us long term security and happiness or bring on pain and regret.

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Abraham Shakespeare: Death by Lottery (video)

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

http://www.youtube.com/user/mcnayonthemoney#p/a/u/0/t-nYOCaF2cM Here's a video of my comments on the death of Florida Lotto winner Abraham Shakespe...

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Death By Lottery

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Abraham Shakespeare should have been on top of the world. In 2006, he won $16.9 million in the Florida lottery. Last week, they found his body buried five feet deep under concrete.

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