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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 ...
2. The More You Win, the Faster You Can Lose It All. In 2002, a building contractor named Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. based in West Virginia purchased a golden Powerball ticket, winning $114 ...
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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