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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Gulf Breeze man wins Florida lottery
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WKRG) — A Gulf Breeze man won the lottery with a '$1,000,000 a Year for Life' scratch-off ticket. Arson arrest made in connection to recent Mobile fires According to a news release, Fadil Begic, 49, bought the winning ticket at the Publix on Tiger Park Lane in Gulf Breeze, and claimed the $1 million prize. WHERE THE WINNING TICKET WAS PURCHASED: Begic chose to take his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000, according to the release. The scratch-off tickets cost $50 each, and players have the chance of winning one of two prizes of $1 million a year for life, or one of 234 prizes of $1 million, the release said. Fort Gaines commemorates 161st Battle of Mobile Bay anniversary 'Since inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $66.9 billion in prizes, created 2,350 millionaires, and generated more than $20.09 billion for the state's Educational Enhancement Trust Fund,' the release said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
CBS News
5 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Lottery ticket worth $1 million sold at Pittsburgh-area Giant Eagle
Someone who bought a scratch-off lottery ticket at a Pittsburgh-area Giant Eagle is a whole lot richer. The Pennsylvania Lottery announced on Monday that a $1 million-winning $1,000,000 Winnings Scratch-Off was sold at the Giant Eagle on Frankston Road in Penn Hills Township. The lottery says the store will get a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The $1,000,000 Winnings is a $20 game offering top prizes of $1 million. Scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game's end-sale date posted online. The lottery says anyone with a winning ticket should immediately sign the back and call 1-800-692-7481. The Pennsylvania Lottery says it distributes scratch-offs randomly, meaning the lottery doesn't know where winning tickets will be sold and only finds out after a prize has been claimed. The Pennsylvania Lottery says since it began selling tickets in 1972, it has contributed more than $36 billion to programs that benefit older residents, like tax and rent rebates, transportation and care services.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Kentucky Man, 23, Was Thrilled to Win $10K on Lottery Ticket Purchased on His Lunch Break — but There Was More to Come
Cameron Greenwell said it took a while to comprehend the actual size of his winningsNEED TO KNOW A Kentucky man bought a lottery ticket while on his lunch break from work Cameron Greenwell of Waverly bought a Millionaire Club scratch-off ticket and at first thought he had won $10,000 The 23-year-old later discovered his prize was actually $50,000A Kentucky man on his lunch break ended up with much more than a sandwich. Cameron Greenwell of Waverly purchased a Millionaire Club scratch-off ticket and quickly found out he had won $10,000, according to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery. "I scratch the top part of the ticket for matching numbers, and the first one was the win of $10,000," the 23-year-old recalled. "I figured that was it." But the story didn't end there. Greenwell — who works with his father spraying crops — folded up the ticket and tucked it into his pocket before returning to work on his tractor. When he got home later that day, he went on the lottery's website to print out a claim form for his $10,000 prize. "I was just printing my form, so I was sitting there at the desk doing nothing," Greenwell said, per the release. "I decided to scratch off the rest of the ticket. That's when I saw that I hit four '50X' $20 boxes." Uncertain about what he was seeing, Greenwell called his father. "My dad knew it was 10 grand, and I told him, 'I scanned it and it's not 10 grand,' and he said, 'What is it?' I said it was 50 grand," he recounted. "Dad said, 'Oh my God, like that's pretty cool.' " Still not believing the size of his winnings, Greenwell downloaded the lottery's app. "I scanned [my ticket] like three times," he said with a laugh. Greenwell later drove to the Kentucky Lottery's headquarters in Louisville to claim his jackpot in person, a requirement for larger prize amounts. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. He told lottery officials that this was only his second time ever playing a Kentucky Lottery game. Ultimately, Greenwell took home $36,000 after taxes. He plans to put some of the money into savings and use the rest on farming supplies. "Things are just so expensive," he said. Kentucky Lottery's Millionaire Club ticket, which was introduced in September 2023 and costs $50, has one top prize of $1 million and 69 second-tier prizes of $50,000 remaining. Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
CBS News
31-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Metro Detroit man's go-to scratch off game earns him $2 million prize
An Oakland County, Michigan, man's go-to scratch-off turned out to be rewarding when he walked away with the $2 million top prize. According to Michigan Lottery, the 34-year-old man, who requested to remain anonymous, bought a Colossal Cashword ticket from a USA 2 GO Quick Store on Grand River Road in Brighton. After learning he won $2 million, he took the winning ticket to the Lottery headquarters and chose to take a one-lump sum of about $1.3 million. "I scratched the ticket right after I bought it and was excited when I got nine words. When I got the 10th word for a $2 million prize, I was in total shock. Winning is such a great feeling," the man said in a news release. Officials say the man plans to pay off his student loans and buy a new car with his winnings. Colossal Cashword launched in September 2023, players have won more than $96 million playing the scratch-off. "Scratching off a $2 million winning ticket is the type of thing Lottery players dream of, and it became a reality for this lucky player who won a Colossal Cashword top prize!" said Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli in a news release.
Yahoo
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wife hits $500,000 lottery jackpot after husband forgot to buy tickets
After her husband forgot to buy their lottery tickets, a woman took matters into her own hands — and hit the jackpot. The unidentified woman recently stopped at a Redi Mart gas station in Lyman, South Carolina, and bought herself three Money Madness Extra Play scratch-off game lottery tickets. She told the South Carolina Education Lottery that the 'bright, shiny, and glittery tickets caught my eye.' She didn't win anything from the first two tickets after scratching off the hidden numbers. However, she said her third ticket was 'magical,' since it won her the top prize of $500,000. 'I felt like Jed Clampett when he discovered his bubblin' crude,' she said, referring to the character on The Beverly Hillbillies discovering oil on his land. This resulted in Jed's family's new wealth and their move to California. The woman also shared her plans for her earnings, adding: 'I'll have a little fun, take some trips, and retirement will come sooner rather than later.' As a result of her win, the gas station where she got the lottery ticket received a commission of $5,000. According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, the odds of winning $500,000 in the Money Madness Extra Play game are one in 1.152 million. This isn't the first lottery player in the U.S. who ended up winning big. Earlier this month, school bus driver Russell Ruff, who's based in Connecticut, discovered that his lost lottery ticket was worth $150,000. He lost the ticket shortly after purchasing it on Friday, June 13, at a gas station. So, it was 'miraculous' that his 16-year-old cat was the one who later discovered the Powerball ticket. 'We lost the ticket at home. It went behind a headboard, and we didn't think too much of it,' he said in the release shared by the Connecticut Lottery. 'We didn't really check the numbers.' Ruff said he had to move his bed when he realized the cat was stuck behind it. With the ticket back in his possession, he realized he had four of the five winning numbers, plus the Powerball number. He also had Power Play added to his ticket, which allows you to multiply your non-jackpot winnings by a specific amount. As a result, Ruff's prize increased from $50,000 to $150,000. In June, a Kentucky woman, Pamela Howard-Thornton, also won the state lottery after nearly losing the winning ticket by throwing it in the trash. Howard-Thornton bought four tickets for the Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game at a rest stop store in nearby Lebanon Junction after having a dream about winning a large jackpot. 'The first three were not winners, so I put them in the trash,' she added. 'Then I was like 'Where's my fourth ticket?' I looked in the trash and I was like, 'Oh, my gosh, I threw it away.'' Luckily, Howard-Thornton was able to recover the ticket and won the game's top prize of $80,000, or $57,600 after taxes.
