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Rural Family Bids Farewell To Money Woes With Record Lotto Win

Dan Verbeck — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:10:13 +0000

Friends of the Dearborn, Missouri couple who are half-winners of a record $587.5 million Powerball Lottery jackpot think Cindy and Mark Hill will do some good with their winnings.

Missouri Powerball Winner ID'd Today

Mark Memmott — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:57:00 +0000

"I think I am having a heart attack. I think we just won the lottery!"

That's what 51-year-old Cindy Hill of Dearborn, Mo., says she told her husband, Mark, Thursday morning after figuring out that she had, indeed, bought one of the two winning Powerball tickets. Her family can now collect more than $192 million (before taxes) by choosing the game's "cash option."

The Missouri Lottery confirmed at mid-day the reports that the Hill family had one of the big tickets.

Top Of The Morning News: Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Maria Carter — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:15:28 +0000

Advocates are calling for Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to restore funding for early childhood programs now that the state has received its tobacco money. That and more news from KCUR.

Lottery Win Means More State Tax Collections

Stephen Koranda — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:17:21 +0000

A Kansas lottery ticket winner is helping the state's bottom line. The still-anonymous resident won a nearly $160 million jackpot in a lottery drawing last month.

Last Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Turned In

Mark Memmott — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:05:00 +0000

Lottery officials in Illinois say the third of the three winning tickets in last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot has been turned in.

We'll learn who the winner is on Wednesday, The Associated Press says.

Illinois is the only one of the three states where winning tickets were sold that doesn't allow lucky players to stay anonymous.