Lottery winner receives check, is killed by car
A lottery winner who was struck and killed by a car in northern Ohio on the day she got her check had just spent some of the money on wedding rings for her and her husband.read more
View ArticleClerk Keeps Elderly Man's $14M Lotto Ticket
A New York convenience store clerk refused to hand back an elderly man’s winning $14 million Lotto ticket, the New York Post reported Saturday. Milledge McCassell, 72, went to lottery vendor Dynasty...
View ArticleMichigan cuts off food aid for $1-million lottery winner
Beware of too much good luck, warns a classic Greek myth – a lesson that a Michigan woman who won a $1-million state lottery jackpot has learned the hard way. Michigan’s Department of Human Services...
View ArticleMcDonald's Worker 'Loses' Mega Millions Ticket
A mother-of-seven who claimed she was one of the winners of the $656 million Mega Millions lottery told NBC News on Thursday that she has lost the ticket. Mirlande Wilson, 37, claims she bought the...
View ArticleWoman who lost Ark. lotto ticket entitled to $1M
An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw away the ticket after she bought it, according to a judge's ruling Tuesday.
View ArticleWhile celebrating a lottery win, two Kansas brothers blow up their home.
Two Kansas brothers were lucky -- then, not so lucky -- and then fortunate again, after they both survived an explosion that destroyed their house. The Wichita Eagle reports that two brothers were...
View ArticleWoman sits out office Powerball pool — and coworkers win
It’s a lottery nightmare: You decide not to kick in for the office Powerball pool — and your coworkers strike it rich. It happened at a real estate agency in Florida. Jennifer Maldonado, who started...
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