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He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. After winning the lottery, he was proximate to a number of crimes, and experienced several personal tragedies. [2]
Abraham Lee Shakespeare (April 24, 1966 – c. April 7, 2009) was a casual laborer from the US who won a $30 million lottery jackpot in Florida, receiving $17 million in 2006. In 2009, his family declared him |missing, and in January 2010 his body was found buried under a concrete slab in the backyard of an acquaintance.
The Kentucky Lottery offers more than 40 Scratch-offs at any given time, ranging in price from $1 to $50. The Fastest Road to $3 Million, Break Fort Knox, and 300x (as of 2024) are $30 tickets offering a $3 million top prize, the largest top prize ever offered by the Kentucky Lottery.
A store in Owsley County — a county on the eastern side of the state with a population of just 3,929 — sold a scratch-off worth over $2.2 million.
Mark Perdue of Bowling Green, Kentucky bought a Powerball ticket for the Oct. 30, 2023 drawing, then lost the ticket for three months. When he found it, he learned it was worth $50,000.
In 2016, the Oxygen network told the story of Jeffrey Dampier, a lottery winner found murdered in his truck in 2005. In 1996, he won the Illinois lottery to the tune of $20 million.
McNay was a published author and weekly columnist for The Huffington Post, writing frequently on financial issues and the poverty industry.. McNay has written eight books: Brand New Man: My Weight Loss Journey, [13] Death By Lottery, [14] Don McNay's Greatest Hits, [15] Life Lessons from the Lottery: Protecting Your Money in a Scary World, [16] Son of a Son of a Gambler: Joe McNay 80th ...
The lottery winner recently completed his last chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Cancer patient’s huge lottery win in Kentucky ‘couldn’t have come at a better time’ Skip to main content