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Becoming the 3rd Powerball winner in Wisconsin, Kenneth Grogan matched all five of the white numbers on Wednesday night’s drawing. The second-tier prize for matching the five white balls and not the red Powerball is worth $200,000. But Grogan, who opted for the Power Play choice when he bought the ticket, automatically transformed it into a cool million dollars!
Two Iranian-Americans and a Russian born citizen were among the winners of the state’s lottery, as well as a Turkish woman whose brother had won one of the New York lotto games two years earlier. A janitor, an electrician and a plumber from various areas throughout New York were also caught by surprise as lucky, millionaire winners.
California Lotto is cancelling its show ‘Make Me a Millionaire’. It was launched in 2009 and replaced ‘The Big Spin’, which had been on the air for 20 years. The new shows’ ratings have fallen, so it will only be airing through July. The nearly $23 million budget will be destined to the California Scratch games!