Latest Lottery News Thursday 28 May 2009

$400K Lottery Prize Claimed 'Just In Time'
WGAL - Lancaster,PA,USA
A winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Cumberland County last year was set to expire Thursday. But just hours before the deadline the lottery announced ...
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Nigerians held in connection with Kolkata lottery scam
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
Two Nigerian nationals, who reportedly duped over 30 people in Kolkata of about Rs 40 lakh by promising them nonexistent Internet lottery wins, ...
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$1 million lottery winner revealed
KFDM-TV News - Beaumont,Texas,USA
The mystery of the $1 million winning ticket sold at a Bridge City convenience store has been solved. Bridge City resident Dennis Moore Junior came forward ...
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US and Jamaica team up to disrupt lottery scams
The Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — US and Jamaican authorities have formally announced a new joint task force to break up lottery scams based on the Caribbean island. ...
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Idaho Lottery Still Popular Despite Economy
LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
By Michelle Costa, Local News 8 Reporter CHUBBUCK - Everybody always says when they win the lottery they'll take a trip or buy a car or anything else they ...
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Lt. Gov. Visits UAFS to Discuss Lottery
KFSM - Fort Smith,AR,USA
Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter was in the River Valley today, to talk to students about scholarships funded by a state lottery. ...
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Lottery Sales in SC Up for Powerball Drawing
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USA
He's no stranger to buying lottery tickets. Boyd says he buys pick 3, pick 4, and Powerball tickets almost daily and has won up to $80 dollars. ...
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New York Daily News

Knicks fans need to hope for another LeBron miracle
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
A bad week for the Knicks, in what has been eight years of bad weeks, began with the club failing to move up in the NBA Draft Lottery and ended with LeBron ...
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Ohio lottery names Nicole Kemmer Teacher of the Month
Toledo On The Move - Toledo,OH,USA
AP Video TOLEDO, OHIO -- Nicole Kemmer, a first grade teacher at Crissey Elementary, was recently named Teacher of the Month by the Ohio Lottery. ...
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Fake lottery racket: 2 Nigerians held
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: The crime branch of Delhi Police has arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly running a fake lottery syndicate and duping over 30 people in ...
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BC family won't change lifestyle because of $1 million lotto win
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,tx,USA
"We never dreamed of a flood and we got it. We never dreamed of winning the lotto and we got that too," Moore said.
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Old lotto ticket nets struggling student $13m
ABC Online - Australia
A Perth university student struggling to scrape together some cash has discovered she is $13 million richer after checking a ten-month-old Oz lotto ticket. ...
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Student's $13 million win ends 10-month Lotto mystery
PerthNow - Perth,WA,Australia
A PERTH university student has come forward after 10 months to claim a $13 million OZ Lotto prize - after the winning ticket lay unchecked in a cupboard. ...
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Perth student claims $13m Lotto win after 10 months
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
The Perth student, in her 30s, received the ticket as a gift from her father who bought it from Beechboro Newsagency in a $50 million OZ Lotto jackpot draw ...
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Blue Chip investors win share of Lotto prize
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
The Mt Maunganui winners, who do not wish to be named, won $216279 after a last-minute Lotto ticket purchase on Saturday afternoon. ...
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Blue Chip Victims Win Lotto First Division
Voxy - Wellington,New Zealand
28 May 2009 - A Mt Maunganui couple who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars through Blue Clip investments are over the moon after winning a share of Lotto ...
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BC family wins $1 million Mega Millions lotto
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,tx,USA
By AMY MOORE Dennis Moore, Jr., of Bridge City has been named as the winning ticket holder of the Mega Millions $1 million ticket. ...
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NEW Where art thou, Yakima lotto winner? $3.4 million awaits you
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
After more than two weeks, lottery officials continue to wait to meet the winner of a $3.4 million lotto jackpot. They're asking the media and lottery ...
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Powerball winner could buy 180000 flat-screen TVs, or 27 Madoff ...
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
By SONJA ISGER So the odds of winning tonight's Powerball are 1 in 195 million - not quite as good as simply winning Florida Lotto, which clocks in at 1 in ...
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Mega Millions jackpot grows to $35 million
Boston Herald - United States
By AP ATLANTA — There has been another rollover in the grand prize for the Mega Millions multistate lotto game — to $35 million. ...
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