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New York Lotto Presents 77-yr-old Winner With $1M Check

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

77-year-old Al Nanni has just become the fifth New York Lotto millionaire from Onondaga County in two months! The Fayetteville resident hit the million-dollar jackpot last week on a New York Lotto Emerald 8’s instant scratch-off game. The ticket, which cost him $5, was purchased at DeWitt Wegman’s, where Nanni goes every day “to shop and play [his] daily numbers”. The septuagenarian came up with a slogan which he shared at his award ceremony this week: “No scratch, no cash!”

Florida Lotto Plays $19M This Weekend

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

The Florida Lotto is a another one that will be playing a bigger jackpot for the weekend. The $17 million up for grabs in the tropical state found no owner in Wednesday night’s draw, which means that Saturday’s Florida Lotto game has gone up to a cool $19 million! Even though nobody managed to match all 6 numbers, there were still a whopping 32 tickets that matched 5 of those 6. Most of them took home over $6,000 each, but three of them were lucky enough to use the Xtra multiplier and turned that number into almost $25,000 apiece!

Mega Sena Reaches Amazing R$ 70 Million

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Brazilian lottery Mega Sena’s jackpot has been rolling over since July 28th, which means the jackpot has reached historic levels. Since the former R$ 43 million jackpot found no winners in this past Saturday’s drawing, the sum up for grabs this Wednesday is at a staggering R$ 70 million! Nonetheless, the weekend did see quite a few lower-tier prize winners. Among thousands of other winners, 251 players matched all numbers but one to take home almost R$ 15.000 each. These winning numbers were 5, 14, 17, 30, 35, 38.