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First Ever Powerball Winner in Texas Claims $40 Million Jackpot

Townsquare Media | Wichita Falls — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:47:58 +0000

(AUSTIN) – Paul McDowell of Ravenna (located in northeast Texas) visited Texas Lottery® headquarters in Austin today to claim the $40 million advertised jackpot from the May 29 Powerball® drawing. McDowel

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Lucky Cashier Sells Herself Winning $1 Million Powerball Ticket — One Week After Another Win!

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:33 +0000

Some jobs pay better than others.

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Unlucky Woman Wins Powerball Only to Find She Bought Ticket Too Late

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:18 +0000

Here’s proof that timing is indeed everything.

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Office Workers Who Won $1 Million in Lottery to Generously Share Winnings With Colleague Who Didn't Buy Ticket

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:02:42 +0000

There are about a million reasons why Jennifer Maldonado has the best coworkers in the world.

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Happy Holidays! Man Gives Away Lottery Tickets to the Unemployed

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:47:05 +0000

Goodwill towards man has become goodwill towards the unemployed man this holiday in Spain.

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Winning Powerball Jackpot Tickets Sold in Arizona and Missouri – But Wait! You Could Still Be a Winner

Aaron Galloway — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:10:47 +0000

So you didn't win the Powerball last night. If you did, you'd be on a private jet to Bora Bora right now - not sitting here reading this and debating whether to go to Burger King or McDonald's for lunch

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5 Tips For Winning the Powerball Jackpot Tonight

Aaron Galloway — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:13:22 +0000

Tonight is the record $500 MILLION Powerball drawing. And your odds of winning are one in 175 million. Those aren't very good. Fortunately, we've got a little advice here that might increase those odds just a little bit. Here ar

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Would You Quit Your Job If You Won the Lottery? [POLL]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:21:48 +0000

According to a new survey from CouponCabin.com of 2,570 adults, 50 percent play the lottery. And of that percentage, 65 percent would continue to live frugally it they happened to win big.

But would a frugal life include keeping their job and continuing to draw their salary?

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Why Are People Buying So Many Lottery Tickets These Days? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:05:59 +0000

The economic downturn has been rough on a lot of businesses, but it’s been a boon for state lotteries.

Seems people who only have a few dollars to spare aren’t putting them away for a rainy day — they’re trying to parlay them into big bucks.

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MIT Students Create Ingenious Way to Strike It Rich in the Lottery — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:41:57 +0000

The odds of striking it rich in the lottery are remarkably small, but apparently it really helps if you’re a math genius.

Several years ago, a group of students from the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology cracked the lottery code that enabled them to win millions of dollars — and state officials did nothing to stop it.

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Defective Lottery Ticket Dashes Man's Millionaire Dollar Dreams

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:34:15 +0000

A defective lottery ticket raised and then dashed an out-of-work man’s dreams. It was like a printing machine played a cruel trick on him.

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How Were Six $1 Million Lottery Tickets Sold at One Arizona Store? [VIDEO]

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:44:28 +0000

Not one, not two, but six $1 million Powerball tickets were sold at the same QuikTrip gas station located in Glendale, Arizona.

Only one person has come forward thus far to claim their ticket and therein lies the source of a difference of opinion between lottery officials and the owner of the establishment that sold the tickets.

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Woman Defies the Odds and Wins $1 Million Lottery Twice — On the Same Day [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:00:01 +0000

The odds of picking winning lottery numbers are remarkably slim — let alone doing it twice with the exact same numbers. Yet that’s what happened to a Virginia woman who won a $1 million Powerball lottery twice on the same day.

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$1 Million Lottery Winner Also Wins Welfare Fraud Charges for Remaining on Food Stamps

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:59:05 +0000

Money may not buy happiness, but it just might buy you a whole heap of trouble.

One Michigan lotto winner discovered that firsthand after she was arraigned on two felony counts of welfare fraud.

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12 Unforeseen Downsides to Winning $656 Million in the Lottery

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:47:12 +0000

Getting to take home a giant check worth millions in lottery winnings might sound like a dream come true, but it can also be a nightmare. Now someone out there has won at least a share of $656 million and we don’t know who will get the dough. Perhaps there’s a good reason for that.

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$105 Million is All Mine: Mega Millions Winner Refuses to Share the Jackpot With Lottery Pool Coworkers

Aaron Galloway — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:00:02 +0000

And here we go. Less than four days after the record Mega Millions drawing, we’re already heading toward our first lawsuit.

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What Important Steps Should You Take After You Win the Lottery? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:52:24 +0000

Odds are you don’t possess one of the three winning tickets in the $656 million Mega Millions lottery, whose numbers were drawn on Friday.

But if you are, or if you have the good fortune to come into a fortune by hitting a jackpot in the future, there are some things you need to know.

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Three Winners So Far For Friday's $640 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

Tony Kerns — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:22:06 +0000

Three lucky ticket holders in Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois will be sharing Friday’s $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, believed to be the largest lottery jackpot in history.

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Did Someone Really Give Away a $260,000 Lottery Ticket?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:28:23 +0000

A California woman who won $1 million in a lottery earlier this year is claiming she also won $260,000 last week — but the ticket was stolen.

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How Can You Win the Lottery? Here Are Some Tips — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:41:33 +0000

The jackpot for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery now stands at $363 million, causing even those who don’t normally play to throw their hopeful hats into the ring for Tuesday night’s drawing.

Are there things you can do to boost your chances of winning?

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