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A clerk in a convenience store who was a resident of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, Adams increased her weekly lottery spending from $25 to $100 per week over several years before she won two different multi-million jackpots in the span of four months – one for $3.9 million in October 1985 and the other for $1.4 million in February 1986, making her the first person in the history of the ...
This particular game was called Winfall. A ticket cost $1. You picked six numbers, 1 through 49, and the Michigan Lottery drew six numbers. Six correct guesses won you the jackpot, guaranteed to be at least $2 million and often higher. If you guessed five, four, three, or two of the six numbers, you won lesser amounts.
The Selbees had legally exploited a loophole, benefiting themselves and the state, making $120 million from the game. Their corporation grossed over $26 million, with nearly $8 million in profit ...
Sometimes, winning the lottery can end up setting you back far more than you could’ve ever imagined. Such was the case for William Post III, who, in 1988, won $16 million that wasn’t long for ...
Robert J. Ostrye Jr. of New Bedford won $4 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Monopoly Doubler” $10 instant ticket game. Ostrye chose the cash option on his prize and ...
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