Powerball Jackpot Totals $320 Million
Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Just because your March Madness bracket is busted doesn’t mean you should stop pressing your luck.There’s still time to purchase a ticket for Saturday night’s Powerball lottery drawing and the chan…
Ariz. Couple Who Won Million-Dollar Lottery Twice Credits Persistence
ABC News(PHOENIX) — An Arizona couple who beat overwhelming odds to win a million-dollar lottery jackpot twice in less than 20 years says it was not luck, but persistence and a healthy dose of superstition that led to their wins.Diane and Kerry Carmic…
How to Avoid Foreign Lottery Scams
USPS(NEW YORK) — By any accounts Clifford Curtis is an intelligent man. He completed high school at age 16, and later became an engineer and an attorney.So his daughter Laura was shocked when she noticed a Western Union receipt indicating her 83…
Indiana Hairstylist Wins Lottery; Court Battle Follows
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) — Millions of Americans dream of winning the lottery. An Indianapolis hairstylist says she did — and now she’s being hauled into court by seven of her friends.Eight stylists from Lou’s Creativ…
Defense Worker Buys $217 Million Winning Lotto Ticket
Courtesy of Virginia Lottery(FREDERICKSBURG, Va.) — A Virginia husband and wife won the $217 million Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lotto prize ever won in the state.Dave and Nancy Honeywell of Fredericksburg, Va., both work for the Defense Dep…
Poisoned Lotto Winner’s Widow Said She Has Proof of Her Estate Claim
Hemera/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — The widow of poisoned lottery winner Urooj Khan has presented documents purporting to show that most of Khan’s estate belongs to her.Al-Haroon Husain, an attorney for Khan’s widow, Shabana Ansari, said Khan signed a docume…
Arkansas Couple Wins Lottery Twice in One Weekend
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery(NEW YORK) — An Arkansas couple struck gold twice after winning $1 million and $50,000 jackpots, both of them during this past weekend.Stephen, 54, and Terri Weaver, 55, of Stuttgart, Ark., left on Friday for a weekend trip…
Poisoned Lottery Winner’s Exhumation Approved
Hemera/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — A judge has approved the exhumation of the Chicago lottery winner who died of cyanide poisoning.Judge Susan Coleman of the Probate Division of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois Friday approved the county medical ex…
Wife of Poisoned Lotto Winner: ‘I Want the Truth to Come Out’
Ann Cutting/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The wife of a $1 million Chicago lottery winner who died of cyanide poisoning told ABC News that she was shocked to learn the true cause of his death and is cooperating with an ongoing homicide investigation.”I want …
Body of Lotto Winner Who Died of Cyanide Poisoning Likely to Be Exhumed
Ann Cutting/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — The body of a $1 million lottery jackpot winner will likely be exhumed from Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, according to the Cook County medical examiner, who determined that the winner died of cyanide poisoning.Last J…
Costco Co-Workers Split $50M Powerball Win
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(WALTHAM, Mass.) — The Massachusetts Lottery confirmed two Costco co-workers are the winners of a $50 million Powerball prize.According to lottery officials, 52-year-old Rosa DeLeon and 54-year-old Reginald LeBlanc, who…
DeeDee Moore Found Guilty in Murder of Florida Lottery Winner
Hemera/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — DeeDee Moore, the Tampa woman accused of swindling and then killing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, was found guilty today of first degree murder and other charges, after she declined to take the stand and the defe…
Florida Lottery Murder Trial: Victim’s Ex Calls Suspect Manipulative
Hemera/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — The ex-girlfriend of Abraham Shakespeare, the Florida lotto winner who prosecutors say was swindled out of his money and killed by Dee Dee Moore, testified at Moore’s trial that Moore lied to her about Shakespeare’s ru…
Search Is On in UK for Unclaimed $100M Lottery Ticket
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Several people in Britain are going through their drawers on Wednesday, looking for an unclaimed lottery ticket worth $100 million.The drawing was in June but nobody in Stevenage, a small town north of London where the t…
Florida Lotto Murder Trial: Judge Orders Escorts for Jittery Jurors
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — The jurors hearing the murder trial of DeeDee Moore, the Florida woman accused of killing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, will be accompanied by a security escort into the courtroom after they told the ju…
Florida Lottery Killing: Suspect Claims Anaphylactic Shock in Jail
Kevin Horan/Stone(TAMPA, Fla.) — Dee Dee Moore, the Florida woman on trial for allegedly swindling money from lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, then fatally shooting him and burying his body, said on Friday that she went into anaphylactic shock whil…
Powerball Comes to California
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Less than 24 hours after the winning Powerball lottery numbers were announced, California’s five-member lottery commission voted unanimously on Thursday to bring the Powerball jackpot to the state…
Winning Tickets for Powerball Jackpot Sold in Arizona, Missouri
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Winning tickets for the record Powerball jackpot worth more than $587 million were purchased in Arizona and Missouri.Missouri Lottery official Susan Goedde confirmed to ABC News Thursday morning that one of…
Suspect in Florida Lottery Winner’s Murder Cries During Her Trial
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — Doris “Dee Dee” Moore swindled money from Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, then fatally shot him and buried his body, prosecutor Jay Pruner said Wednesday during opening statements at Moore’s trial…
Powerball Fever Sweeps the Nation, Fuels $500 Million Jackpot
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesUPDATE: The Powerball jackpot is now up to $550 million.(NEW YORK) — The allure of the record $500 million Powerball jackpot has led to long lines across the nation at local mini-marts and gas stations, with Americans hoping …