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Yahoo
a day ago
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Big winner! North Canton man wins top million dollar prize on scratch-off ticket
**Related Video Above: Unclaimed lottery ticket worth big bucks in Ohio expires NORTH CANTON, Ohio (WJW) — One North Canton man, who recently played a scratch-off game in Northeast Ohio, is now quite a bit richer. Purchasing a VIP Millions scratch-off ticket, the man managed to turn $50 into $1 million (which is the game's top prize), the Ohio Lottery reported Friday. Local Speedway sells 9 winning lottery tickets The winning ticket was sold at Greentown's Spee-D-Foods on Cleveland Avenue Northwest. Ohio Lottery did not name the winner. With the annuity option (which the man chose), the money is doled out at $40,000 a year for 25 years. But due to taxes, the man is going to receive $28,000 a year for that time period. Are Mega Millions changes paying out in Ohio? The Ohio Lottery said that as of Friday there are 32 top prizes left in the game. You can find out more about the VIP Millions game right here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
10-06-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Vet bought a lottery ticket to get change for a pizza tip. Then he won all the dough
Talk about raising serious dough. A retired veteran in California to extremely lucky when he bought a scratch off lottery ticket to break a $100 bill to tip his pizza order. McKinley Nelson, 72, of Winters, recently picked up a pizza for his wife at Round Table but needed change from his large bill to leave a cash tip. Nelson, who said he's played the California Lottery since its inception 40 years ago, went next door to Winters Wine & Liquor, bought the ticket, then picked up his order. 'I had a $100 bill. So, I got two tickets,' Nelson told lottery officials. 'I think it was $20, and I went to the truck and started scratching.' 'I think this one's a million, but I'm not sure,' Nelson said he told his wife about a Loteria Grande scratcher. The cheesy remark turned out to be correct, and Nelson is now $1 million richer. 'So, my wife almost had a heart attack,' Nelson told lottery officials about her reaction. 'And then we had to go in and buy the pizza. It was all because of her, she's the one that likes the pizza.' Nelson said he plans to use the winnings to pay off his home, save a little, and buy a camper van for a road trip with his wife so that they can visit both their families.
CBS News
06-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Michigan woman wins $500K scratch-off jackpot after store clerk's suggestion
An Upper Peninsula woman won a $500,000 lottery jackpot thanks to a suggestion from a store clerk. Amanda Hughes, 42, of Gwinn, bought her winning Wild Time 50X instant ticket at Kwik Trip, located at 301 M-553 in Marquette. "I don't play scratch-off tickets a lot, but I do buy one every once in a while," said Hughes in a news release. "When I was at the store, I asked for the $20 Wild Time game, but they had sold out of it, so the clerk suggested 50X Wild Time. "When I scratched the ticket off and saw the prize of $500,000, I wasn't sure if it was real at first. I thought I must not have read the instructions correctly, so I reread them and then went back into the store to scan the ticket and have the clerk look at it. It was surreal when I realized I really had just won $500,000!" With her winnings, Hughes plans to buy a house and then save the rest for her children. "I still can't believe this is real! This money is going to be life-changing for my family," said Hughes. Since the game launched in February 2024, players have won more than $67 million playing 50X Wild Time, according to the Michigan Lottery. Each $10 ticket gives players the chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $500,000. More than $24 million in prizes remain up for grabs, including 52 $10,000 prizes.
CBS News
27-05-2025
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- CBS News
Scratch-off worth $1 million sold in Westmoreland County
A scratch-off ticket worth $1 million was sold in Westmoreland County. The Pennsylvania Lottery says a winning $1,000,000 Winnings scratch-off ticket was sold at Rick's Tobacco Outlet on South Main Street in Greensburg. The store gets a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The lottery says scratch-offs are sold at random, so it's not known where winning tickets are sold until after a prize has been claimed. It's not the only winning ticket that was recently sold in the Pittsburgh area. A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Treasure Hunt ticket that sold in Washington County for Friday's drawing matched all five balls drawn: 6-13-18-27-29. The person who bought that ticket at the Grab-N-Go on Steubenville Pike in Burgettstown will win $146,552. The store will get a $500 bonus. To play Treasure Hunt, players pay $1 and select five numbers from 1 to 30. More than 51,200 other Treasure Hunt tickets won prizes in Friday's drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery says. Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prizes. 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.
CBS News
23-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
$5 million scratch-off ticket sold in Secane, Pennsylvania
A store in Secane, Delaware County, sold a scratch-off ticket worth $5 million, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced on Thursday. The Pantry Food Mart at 629 South Avenue near Imperial Pizza sold the $5,000,000 Lion's Share ticket worth $5 million. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. $5,000,000 Lion's Share is a $50 scratch-off ticket that offers top prizes up to $5 million. The Pennsylvania Lottery says that scratch-off tickets expire one year from the game's end sale date. Winners of the lottery are encouraged to sign their ticket and call the Pennsylvania Lottery at 1-800-692-7481. Any lottery prizes more than $5,000 are subject to applicable withholding.
