'Proud Grandma' Breaks Routine, Claims $100K Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Prize
Some kids are about to be real spoiled in Maryland after their grandmother won a massive lottery prize.
“Proud Grandma,” a veteran Maryland Lottery player, has big plans after cashing in on a “Six Figure” scratch-off game that earned her a six-digit prize.
The woman, who is only known by her moniker, said that she’s familiar to winning Maryland Lottery games, though she can only recall winning $500 twice, and $1,200 on a “Pick 3” game.
“Most of the time I win something,” she said, though this prize was a little bigger than those, and it came as she broke her normal routine, according to L…
North Jersey Restaurant Owner Wins $1,000 A Week For Life
A Passaic County restaurant owner is celebrating the Easter Sunday of a lifetime.
Jay Shortway won $1,000 a week for life from New Jersey Lottery, with a ticket he bought on Sunday April 9, from his own restaurant.
Shortway's Barn, which has been operating in Hawthorne since 1933, was closed for Easter, but Shortway was working to ensure everything was in order for the restaurant's reopening on Monday, lottery officials said. While in the restaurant, Shortway purchased a CASH4LIFE ticket for himself and put in his wallet, lottery officials said.
On Monday, April 10, a representative from N…
Like Father Like Son: Boston Man Uses Father's Numbers For 28 Years, Wins Big
A man who used his father's lottery numbers to win $100,000 now plans to share his winnings with his mother.
The odds of winning the $100,000 top prize in the Mass Cash lottery game is 1 in 324,632, but Theofanis Bougas used his family's luck to beat the odds and score the game's biggest prize on Friday, March 3, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.
Bougas, of Brighton, has been playing his father's lottery numbers, 6-8-19-20-26, for 28 years.
He bought his lucky ticket at 6-Twelve Convenience store, located at 628 East Broadway in South Boston. The convenien…
Meaningful Numbers Lead To $100K Powerball Prize For CT Resident
A New Haven County resident used some meaningful numbers to turn his dream of winning the lottery to a reality.
Michael Chesson, of Meriden, played the Connecticut Lottery's Powerball game with numbers that were a combination of the years when his parents were born and his house number.
When Michael checked his ticket for the Wednesday, Jan. 25 drawing while lying in bed, he thought he was dreaming, the lottery reports.
"I yelled, 'Alexa, turn on the light,' because I couldn't see all that well," Michael said, according to the lottery.
Michael Chesson bought the winning ticket at …
