A broken windshield on her son's car turned out to be a lucky break for an upstate New York house cleaner. State lottery officials introduced 55-year-old Pamela Fitch of Mechanicville as the person who won $1 million on a Big Bucks instant ticket bought on Jan. 8 at a Stewarts Shops convenience store in Saratoga County.
On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.
Economic woes eased for thousands in Spain on Monday as the Christmas lottery — billed among the world's richest — dished out some euro2.32 billion ($3.23 billion) in prizes.
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Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Tennessee state lottery:
Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Georgia state lotteries:
Ecuador has picked a new temporary Supreme Court by lottery, but judges say they will boycott the tribunal.
For a Kansas City man, 2008 has been a great year when it comes to playing the Missouri Lottery. Arthur Watkins, 53, has won slightly more than $400,000 in two Powerball drawings within a four-month period.
A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year. Kory McFarren cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket in Great Bend Monday.
Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the Florida Lottery:
Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the Tennessee state lottery:
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These Delaware lotteries were drawn Thursday afternoon:
A woman and her accountant husband who claims he's developed a formula for lottery picks have each claimed $350,000 jackpots — twice.
This couple won't have to argue about how to spend their lottery winnings. That's because the Mount Horeb husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery.
A man who won $10 million in a California lottery game has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed three people.
Here are the winning numbers selected Sunday in the Georgia state lotteries:
The Thai Supreme Court on Monday accepted a lawsuit alleging abuse of power by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his former Cabinet and other officials in the holding of a government lottery.
A California state senator hopes to pump up the lottery's coffers by expanding prize offerings to include free gas.
A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist has won the right to sue the attacker who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison.
Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the South Carolina state lottery:
Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Georgia state lotteries:
Suddenly, a coaching search isn't the only big decision facing the Chicago Bulls.
A woman who won $5 million in the Georgia lottery a year ago has been found stabbed to death in her home, and her former boyfriend has been charged with murder, authorities said.
An anti-corruption body set up to investigate the activities of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government filed a court complaint against him, his former Cabinet and other officials Monday alleging abuse of power in implementing a government lottery.