Lottery
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Winning Powerball numbers: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
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This week's Powerball jackpot rose to a staggering $$579.9 million before Wednesday night's drawing. Check the winning numbers here.
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Powerball jackpot grows to $579.9 million
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Wednesday night's massive Powerball jackpot just keeps growing. The winner of tonight's drawing will now walk away with a cool $579.9 million (before taxes, of course.)
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Powerball jackpot reaches at $425M
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Wednesday night's drawing is one of the biggest multistate lottery takes in U.S. history.
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Julie Cervera claims $23M lotto prize just in time
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Julie Cervera, a widow who has lived on disability for 20 years, said her family has been through difficult times recently. Cervera had only 180 days to claim her prize. If she hadn't acted, the millions would have gone to California schools.
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Troubled Michigan lottery winner found dead
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Police say a Detroit-area woman who collected welfare benefits despite winning a $735,000 lottery prize has died of a possible drug overdose.
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Nick Ruth wins $250,000 in Mega Millions
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Nick Ruth, a leukemia survivor, won $250,000 in Friday's Mega Millions drawing. He says he wants to donate some of his winnings to cancer organizations.
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Virginia Mega Millions jackpot shared by 17 co-workers
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Seventeen co-workers in Bland County are making plans to spend money after they won a $250,000 Mega Millions jackpot.
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Virginia Powerball winning ticket set to expire
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The Virginia Lottery says a $1 million Powerball prize and two other big prizes will expire later this month if they're not claimed.
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Maryland casinos brought in $44.6 million in August
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The Maryland Lottery says the state's three casinos brought in $44.6 million in August, down from $48 million in July.
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Roberto Ruiz, Falls Church man claims $1M Powerball prize
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Roberto Ruiz, of Falls Church, has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize.
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Lottery mistake leaves Massachusetts man $1 million richer
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When a store clerk gave a Massachusetts man a different kind of scratch-off lottery ticket than he asked for, he didn't make a big deal about the mistake; he said he just "rolled with it." It was a good decision.
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Powerball: $337M winner in Michigan; Va. schools net $487M
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A $337 million jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold in Michigan and eight other tickets were worth $1 million, including one sold at a Falls Church 7/11. Virginia earned a record $487 million to help pay for area schools.
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Powerball winning numbers: Aug. 15, 2012
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Here are the winning numbers for the Aug. 15 Powerball drawing.
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Aug. 15 Powerball jackpot at $320 million
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If someone's ticket matches all six numbers, they could either take the full amount in 30 annual payments or a one-time cash option of about $213 million before taxes.
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Joseph Sylvester wins Virginia lottery twice
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Joseph Sylvester first won $100,000 in the Lottery Cash 5 game on April 3. That’s the top prize in the lottery and there’s one chance in 278,256 that a ticket willl win. And then he won again.
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Va. Literary Fund awarded unclaimed $250K Lottery prize
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The Virginia Literary Fund will receive a $250,000 Mega Millions prize after the holder of the winning ticket didn't claim it.
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Va. Lottery: $250K lottery prize to expire June 20
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Time is about to run out for the holder of a Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000.
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D.C. Powerball: William Lindsay wins $1 million
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A Fort Belvoir hospital worker, who recently retired from the Marines after 27 years of service, just became $1 million richer.
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