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  • News Lottery winner Deeandra Harden (WQAD Photo)

    Albany waitress becomes millionaire in lottery

    An Albany, Illinois waitress says she plans to use her lottery winnings to repay friends and family who have helped her.

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    Powerball jackpot is at least $550-million

    The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing will be at least $550 million, the third largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

  • News powerball

    $50-million Powerball ticket sold in Illinois

    The jackpot-winning Powerball ticket for the Saturday, March 30 drawing was sold in Freeport, Illinois.

  • News POWERBALL

    Powerball makes new Iowa and Illinois millionaires

    Someone bought a ticket in Iowa that won $2 million in the March 23 Powerball drawing.

  • News MO Lottery Winners Give Back

    Couple wins lottery, buys sewage treatment plant?

    After winning half of a staggering $587 million Powerball payout in November (netted to $136.5 million after taxes) Mark and Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Missouri, had unlimited options.

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    Illinois lottery winner’s death ruled a homicide

    Illinois lottery winner Urooj Khan died of cyanide toxicity and his death has been ruled a homicide.

  • News iowa lottery

    Iowa Lottery revenue up more than 14%

    Iowa Lottery officials say they got a clean report after the state auditor reviewed their financial operations.

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    Body of Illinois lottery winner exhumed

    The body of an Illinois lottery winner was exhumed Friday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office after toxicology results showed he died of cyanide poisoning.

  • News urooj khan

    Body of poisoned Illinois lotto winner to be exhumed

    The body of a million-dollar lottery winner will be exhumed for additional testing after toxicology results revealed the Illinois man died of cyanide poisoning.

  • News urooj khan

    Illinois man fatally poisoned after striking it rich in lottery

    One day, Urooj Khan literally jumped for joy after scoring a $1 million winner on an Illinois lottery scratch ticket. The next month, he was dead.

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    Many lottery winnings go unclaimed

    Winning lottery tickets big and small often go unclaimed.

  • News powerball

    Million-dollar Powerball tickets sold in Illinois

    Two $1 million-winning Powerball tickets for the November 28 drawing were sold in Illinois. According to the Powerball website, two…