A Tattslotto syndicate that suspects a colleague pocketed a $16.7 million Powerball win may seek to freeze the funds as they await proof of whether the ticket was purchased with their money. The group of 14 Geelong transport workers have taken their concerns to the Victorian Supreme Court, which on Thursday ordered Tattslotto to hand over details of the winner’s identity and details of how he paid for the ticket.

I have something that has been weighing heavily on my mind and my heart these last few weeks: the Alabama budget crisis. Now, most of you read that line, laughed and asked yourself, “Why does an old football coach give a darn about the budget crisis?” The answer is simple – Alabama is my home.

UPDATE 5/27/2015 12:50 p.m.: A Salinas man is $2.7 million dollars richer after drawing a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket from Star Market last week, according to the California Lottery. The Lottery said Charles Messenger of Salinas, picked up 20 $1 Quick Pick tickets on Sunday.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for WICKED, which is returning to Denver with performances from June 3-July 5. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the Buell Theatre box office will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person.

Watson matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the $10,000 third prize, and an option purchased for an additional dollar tripled the prize. Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

TOPEKA How lucky can one guy get? In the case of Brian Batt, about $150,000 worth.

Vicky Millett trying out the Ridge climbing wall at the Link Centre. It is proposed to replace the wall with a trampoline park A LEISURE company’s decision to close the Link Centre climbing wall could be in breach of conditions associated with the National Lottery grant which built it.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has vetoed a bill to abolish the death penalty in the traditionally conservative state, sending it back to lawmakers who will attempt an override. Nebraska lawmakers passed the bill last week with a veto-proof, 32-15 majority.

The bill would allow winners of multi-state games such as Mega Millions, Powerball and Lucky for Life to remain anonymous. Bill sponsor Rep. Ray Franz says the measure is needed to protect people who win large amounts of money and then are barraged with requests for financial help or face pressure to leave their jobs even if they wish to continue working.

Barbara Quiles became ill after she purchased the winning New York Lottery scratch-off ticket on November 27, 2012 at the Prabhu Grocery Store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, according to the lawsuit. Quiles trusted her daughter, Linza Ford of Elmira Heights, NY, to claim the winnings on her behalf and have the money money deposited into her bank account – $50,000 a year over a 20 year term.

ST Mary’s Church is resubmitting a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund as it gears up to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its crown jewel. Fundraising for the historic church in Lydiard Tregoze has been taking place since 2011 to pay for vital repairs to the interior and medieval wall paintings which have faded and been damaged.

The mystery punter has picked up the entire Division 1 prize pool in Tuesday ‘s Oz Lotto jackpot – equalling the largest lotto prize to be won in the state. Lotterywest are now waiting to hear from the winner.

NJ Lottery revenues are falling short of expectations for a second straight year.

A PEER support project working with mums with low to moderate mental health issues should be ready to start in Bradford this September. The project will be the first to come from a A 49 million lottery grant awarded to the city last June to come up with ideas to give its children a better start in life and for those new schemes to be led by volunteers.

Philip Dunning’s calm exterior soon breaks as he bursts into laughter, saying: “I’m speechless, to be honest with you. I don’t know what to actually say” Cool customer Philip Dunning did none of the above.

A small street-side lottery seller talks about how he makes money selling lottery tickets & coming changes to the government lottery. their lucky numbers until it gets closer to the days when the numbers are drawn.

Clinton residents B.A. Gautier, Albert Smith, Joy Darden and Wilda Falatovich are celebrating after winning $1 million playing Powerball. The four friends matched all five white balls but not the red Powerball in Wednesday’s drawing.

While Saraphee Rukthong was looking at a termite hill in her house, a black cobra snake popped its head out from the hill . Many would have led and called for help, but Saraphee saw it as a sign of good fortune and instead made the snake an altar.

The UK is having its CCTV cameras switched off by councils who can’t afford to keep them running, the government’s surveillance camera watchdog said, warning of a deterioration in crime-fighting standards amid the government’s biting austerity cuts. For Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, this is an alarming development.

The Classic Lotto jackpot is approaching the $5 million mark as another drawing brought no tickets matching the winning numbers. Meanwhile, Mega Millions will select numbers Tuesday night for an impressive $214 million jackpot.