2 Months Left To Claim $12,000,000 Lottery Prize

A winning SuperLotto PLUS lottery ticket, worth $12m, was purchased about 4 months in a Barstow, CA shop. The winner only has 180 days to claim the large prize. Hopefully the lucky winner will come forward. Here are the details as reported by the California Lottery.

Only Two months Left for $12 Million Lottery Ticket Sold in Barstow

SACRAMENTO – It’s been four months since a lucky California Lottery player purchased a SuperLotto Plus® jackpot-winning ticket in Barstow, and Lottery officials are still waiting for the owner or owners of that ticket to come forward. The prize is worth $12 million to the big winner – but only for two more months.

The winning ticket was purchased for the April 24 draw at Barstow Station Ice Cream, which located at 1611 East Main Street in Barstow. The lucky retailer received a bonus of one-half percent, or $60,000, for selling the jackpot-winning ticket. The winning numbers are 25, 27, 39, 6, 15 and the Mega number is 17.

The California Lottery would like to remind the winner to sign the back of the ticket, keep the ticket in a safe place and contact Lottery officials or visit their local Lottery District Office as soon as possible. Winners have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim prizes. This ticket expires October 21, 2010. Read the whole story...

The New 25 Year Old Millionaire Hid the Winning Lottery Ticket in her Bra

Hey, it's a great spot to hide something like a winning lottery ticket. She's a young new Canadian Millionaire! When the clerk told her she won 1 million dollars - she grabbed the ticket and stuffed it in her bra. Here's the story from CNews. Can you tell she's excited to be new lottery winner?

Million-dollar lottery winner hid ticket in her bra

WINNIPEG -- Alicia Jongstra received her big cheque from Western Canada Lottery Corporation officials at the Delta Hotel in downtown Winnipeg after striking it rich as the sole winner of a $1-million Maxmillions prize in the June 18 draw.

The 24-year-old Winnipegger, who works in a group home with disabled young adults, said she found out she was a millionaire when she stopped for gas at the North Main Co-op on her way to work and checked her ticket.

“I heard the ‘woo-hoo’ and thought I’d won 10 bucks but the lady beside me could see the screen and told me I’d won a million,” Jongstra. “I immediately took the ticket and stuffed it down my bra so nobody could take it away from me.”

Jongstra, who turns 25 next week, said she plans to use her new cash to get laser eye surgery and to build a home in the country near Stony Mountain where she grew up. Read the whole story...

He Won $5,000 a Month for Life!

It may not sound like a ton, but I would certainly take an extra $60,000 a year. This man won $5,000 per month for the rest of his life, an he's only 27. He won the lottery prize on the Connecticut Lottery "Win for Life" scratch card series. Here's the story from the Stamford Advocate.

Stamford man a lifetime lottery winner

STAMFORD -- If you're going to win a contest called Win For Life, it doesn't hurt to start collecting the winnings before turning 30.

Andre Bryant, 27, recently became the 50th winner in the Connecticut Lottery Corp.'s Win For Life series. Bryant will receive $5,000 a month for the rest of his life, which translates to $3,426 a month after taxes.

"I feel blessed. It really hasn't hit me yet," said Bryant, who lives in Stamford.

Bryant said he went to Richmond Hill Mini Market to purchase lotto tickets before heading to Cut Masters Barbershop, also on Richmond Hill Avenue. He bought three Win For Life and five Mega Money game cards.

"I just happened to go in and get some tickets to see what my luck would bring," said Bryant, who works at Whole Foods in Darien, where he does maintenance.

After scratching off one of the Win for Life tickets, revealing the letters W and I, Bryant said he screamed because he knew he had won.

Diane Patterson, director of communication with Connecticut Lottery Corp. in Rocky Hill, described winning the Win For Life ticket as "a life-altering experience."

"Win For Life is really unique because it's wholly determined by a person's longevity. Most games if you win the top prize, that's it," Patterson said.

Patterson said the Win For Life series paid $500 a week when it started in 1998. Over time, the prize structure for the series has changed. Patterson said the minimum payout for the Win For Life program is $1 million to each winner.

"If someone passes that one million dollars, which isn't to hard to do, we'll continue to make payments," Patterson said.

Bryant said he has plans for what he will do with the money.

"As of right now, I want to save, save, save. Eventually, I'd like to buy a house for my mother and take care of her," Bryant said. Read the full story...

A Lucky Mistake Results in $250,000 Mega Millions Lottery Win

he misprinted a man's ticket and decided to just buy the misprint for herself. Turns out - she made the right decision. This lucky market employee cashed in a $250,000 Mega Millions winning lottery ticket as a result. Here's the story from Online Casino Reports.

Accidental Lottery Winner

A recent mistake made by a store clerk in Lexington, Ohio, USA, bagged her a Mega Millions lottery prize of $250,000.

Naomi Mauller, aged 51, who works at the “Woolfe’s Huff and Puff” mini mart made the error when she was printing a local customer’s Mega Millions lottery ticket. He asked for a Kicker added to his game, but she forgot to include it. She printed him another ticket with the same numbers and the Kicker, and then bought the unwanted ticket for herself. When the lottery draw was made, Naomi and the customer scooped a quarter of a million dollars each!
A Lucky Mistake

“You can’t cancel the Mega Millions ticket.” Naomi explained, “So I thought, what the heck, I’ll buy it. That was a mistake I’ll never forget.”

Well, mistake it may have been but she’s certainly the richer for it. She realized she’d won only thanks to her boss, who called her at home to ask if she knew anything about two tickets with identical numbers which had come up trumps on the lottery draw. When she checked her numbers - 12, 17, 21, 23 and 30 - she realized she was a winner. Read the whole story...

Canadian Lottery Scam Artist Jailed for 9 Years

Watch out for the scam artists. They are espeically targeting the elderly. They tell folks they won large lottery jackpots and that they have to pay certain fees before collecting their lottery prize. This lottery scam artist was ripping off folks in the US while operating out of Canada. He's been put away for 9 years. Here's the story as reported by The Lottery Post.

Canadian gets 9 years for U.S. lottery scam

A Vancouver man was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday for running a lottery scam in the United States that defrauded dozens of elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Henry Anekwu, 43, was convicted in April of 10 counts of mail fraud and six counts of wire fraud, all of which were centered around a telemarketing operation that told victims they had won a lottery, but needed to pay taxes or other fees up front to claim their winnings. Individual victims paid as much as $60,000 into the scheme, which operated for about five years until 2003. Many of the 79 victims in the scam lost their homes as a result. Read the whole story...