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This particular game was called Winfall. A ticket cost $1. You picked six numbers, 1 through 49, and the Michigan Lottery drew six numbers. Six correct guesses won you the jackpot, guaranteed to be at least $2 million and often higher. If you guessed five, four, three, or two of the six numbers, you won lesser amounts.
Known for. Winning the Powerball in December 2002. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) [1] was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever ...
The Lottery. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [ a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.
Jeffrey Dampier. Jeffrey Dampier Jr. (March 24, 1966 – July 26, 2005) was the winner of an Illinois Lottery jackpot worth US $20 million in 1996. He was murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend in 2005. [ 1]
June 10, 2022 at 8:00 AM. It was a small-town story that instantly felt ready-made for the big screen: A retired couple from the Midwest banked millions of dollars by winning various state lottery ...
Evelyn Basehore. Evelyn Basehore beat one in 15 trillion odds when she won $3.9 million and $1.4 million within five months, playing the Pick Six lottery in 1985. She gambled much of it away ...
3. Generosity Can Be the Lottery Winner's Ultimate Undoing. Suzanne Mullins found herself the victorious winner of $4.2 million in the Virginia Lotto back in 1993. Mullins opted to split the ...
It Could Happen to You is a 1994 American romantic comedy - drama film starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. In a plot inspired by a real-life news story, [3] [4] a New York Police Department officer (Cage) who is short on cash and unable to tip his waitress (Fonda), half-jokingly offers to share his winnings if he happens to win the lottery ...