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Texarkana Man Wins Big with Powerball Lottery

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:56:01 +0000

Texarkana resident Larry Upchurch picked four numbers and the powerball to get a pretty big payout from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. Larry hit a jackpot of $10,000 with a $2 ticket, if he had spent one dollar more for the “Power Payout”, his winnings would’ve been $40,000! Larry purchased his winning Powerball ticket at E-Z Mart [...]

Hope Resident Hits Big in the Arkansas Lottery

Jeff Easterling — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:35:43 +0000

Congratulations Osie Wyatt! Osie bought at $20 Arkansas Scholarship Lottery “$1 Million Riches” instant win ticket at A&A Super Stop in Hope, and hit a jackpot! Osie was an instant winner of $50,000! (Osie asked not to be pictured.) Tonight’s Poiwerball Jackpot is an estimated $90 million, and the Mega Millions drawing Friday is estimated [...]

Economic Woes Part Of The Reason Lottery Ticket Sales Are Up.

Aaron on Air — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:50:15 +0000

The economic downturn has been rough on a lot of businesses, but it’s been a boon for state lotteries.

Seems people who only have a few dollars to spare aren’t putting them away for a rainy day — they’re trying to parlay them into big bucks.

Teen Wins Lottery After Being Forced To Clean His Room

Wes Spicher — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:54:05 +0000

A teenage from a small city in Scotland is 100,000 dollars richer after winning the lottery. Ryan Kitching, had no idea he had the winning lottery ticket in his possession until he found it in a stack of laundry and potato chip bags. Ryan said yesterday: “My mother had been nagging me for weeks to [...]

Woman Finds 190k Lottery Ticket in Purse

Wes Spicher — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:02:03 +0000

Rhonda Williams, a 55-year-old Georgia woman, told reporters last week that she found the Fantasy 5 lottery ticket at the very bottom of her purse after she decided to clean it out on a whim. Turns out, she'd picked the winning numbers from a January 17 drawing worth 190 thousand dollars.

Man Finds $9 Million Lottery Ticket in the Nick of Time

Aaron on Air — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:34:45 +0000

Doing your taxes is a pain, and many people put off their preparation until right before the mid-April filing date. Chicago man Irving Przyborski is certainly grateful he got a bit of a jump on his 2010 taxes .