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Two friends from Pennsylvania win $150,000 Big Game prize. "Dave and Harry's Betting Club" lottery club of Glenshaw, Pennsylvania drove all the way to Michigan to buy a ticket for the August 28 Big Game drawing.Internet gaming under attack again. Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., Tuesday said that he would introduce a bill on Thursday that targets Internet gaming. As we've written in the past, this sort of legislation is bad news for those who value their freedom. The bills being legislated by some congressmen in Washington that limit your online activities and choices are dangerous and serve the personal agendas of certain individuals. Call and/or write your representatives in the House and Senate and voice your opposition to any bill that would limit Internet gaming, or any of your other online freedoms.Vermont Candidate Supports Powerball. Republican Jim Douglas, should he win the Governor's race in Vermont, will support bringing Powerball to the state.
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Jackpot Winner! There was one $11 million jackpot winner from Illinois in the Tuesday drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Illinois and 1 in Maryland. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $11 million Big Game drawing results!
Recent $150,000 Big Game winners from Michigan:
Vito Zuccaro of Harper Woods and Khalid Bahri of Warren
Saleh Hamati of Northville
Kenneth Brooks of Monroe
The nine members of the "Workers Lottery Club"
New tri-state lottery proposed. The Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico lotteries are moving toward creation of a tri-state numbers game, the Arizona Lottery's director said.S.C. lottery might need temporary ad agency. South Carolina's Lottery Commission will be forced to use a temporary advertising agency as challenges to the lottery advertising contract head to court.
Monday, October 29, 2001
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53 winners in lottery; one person holds 52. There were a number of unusual things about Thursday night's Ohio Lottery Buckeye Five drawing. There were 53 winning tickets sold — a record for the game and a number that's 10 to 12 times more than usual. Fifty-two tickets were sold at a Convenient Food Mart in Cleveland — all to the same person. (Thanks to Lucky for the tip)A Campaign for the New York Lottery. The New York Lottery will resume brand-image advertising for the first time since Sept. 11, introducing a campaign tomorrow for its Lotto game centered on vignettes of residents around the state singing along — euphoniously or not so — with an upbeat tune, "If I Had a Million Dollars," in television commercials.N.J. Eyes Meadowlands in Gaming War vs. N.Y.. A New Jersey gaming executive is threatening to launch an all-out battle with New York by building "the world's largest casino" on the Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel.House Committee Plans Internet Gambling Markup. Following its removal from a anti-money-laundering bill, language prohibiting most forms of Internet gambling will be introduced as standalone legislation for a House committee's approval this week, according to sources. NOW is the time to contact your state representatives to let them know that you STRONGLY OPPOSE the anti-Internet gambling measures that will be introduced this week.S.C. Lottery ad contract jettisoned. The state's top purchasing officer has overturned the South Carolina lottery's $7.5 million advertising contract, concluding that it should have been awarded to Charleston ad firm Rawle-Murdy Associates.S.C. picks firm to run lottery games. Scientific Games is the apparent winner of the lucrative and high-profile contract to run the S.C. lottery's numbers games, the chairman of the lottery commission confirmed Thursday evening.
Saturday, October 27, 2001
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 1 lucky player from Massachusetts matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, October 26, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $9 million Big Game drawing results!
Thursday, October 25, 2001
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N.Y. Senate Approves Gambling Plan. The state Legislature overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday night to expand gambling in New York, including an authorization to join the multi-state Powerball game, with leaders saying new revenue sources are crucial because of the World Trade Center attacks.
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
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Panel worrying about S.C. lottery ads. Progress is being made on South Carolina lottery tickets and finding retailers to sell them, but lottery officials are concerned about spreading the word about the games.Popular Triples Drawn in Pennsylvania. The total payout for The Daily Number 0-0-0 drawn Monday, October 22, 2001, of $2,940,800 represents approximately 2.4 times or $1.74 million above the amount players wagered. There were 11,972 players who chose the winning numbers. Triple 0s have hit a total of eight times since The Daily Number drawing began in March 1977. The last time 0-0-0 was drawn was February 25, 2001. The last time any triples hit was September 23, 2001, that number being 2-2-2.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Massachusetts, and 1 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Keith Tacklyn of Bermuda, who won $100.00 in the Tuesday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and selected his own numbers to match 3 of the first 5 numbers plus the Big Money Ball.
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $7 million Big Game drawing results!Michigan Resident Takes Home $150,000 Big Game Prize. Joseph Fountaine of Pontiac, Michigan has a little more money in his pockets after matching the first five numbers in the October 9 Big Game drawing, to win a $150,000 prize.Unclaimed Big Game ticket sold in Virginia set to expire. A Big Game ticket that was purchased for the May 4, 2001 drawing turned out to be a $150,000 winner. It was purchased at Ararat Grocery, 4846 Ararat Highway in Patrick County, just a few miles from the Virginia / North Carolina state line.N.C. General Assembly gives lottery low priority. With a tax increase approved, a budget adopted and state legislators now preoccupied with drawing their own districts, the question of a North Carolina state lottery has moved to the back burner in the General Assembly.
Monday, October 22, 2001
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Falls Church, VA Man win $150,000 Big Game Prize. Melake Alemayehu of Falls Church, Virginia came to the Lottery's northern Virginia regional office in Woodbridge to claim his $150,000 prize from the September 25, 2001 drawing of The Big Game.Cochran, GA Woman is First Lotto South Winner. Violet Butler of Cochran, Georgia correctly selected the numbers in the October 13 drawing and won the $11 million jackpot. Ms. Butler chose the cash option and received $5,768,590 before taxes.Judge rejects lawsuit to repeal Oregon state lottery. Judge Paul Lipscomb rejected a lawsuit to throw out the 1984 ballot measure that created the state's lottery, ruling that the challenge was filed too late to be valid.
Saturday, October 20, 2001
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Dog wins lottery three times. A dog has won a pub lottery three times, netting £294.Ex-lender calculates his $14m lottery win. Forgive Paul Ware for struggling with a shot or two during his Thursday morning golf game at Kings River Country Club. He had a lot on his mind as he was shooting his 84. Namely, how to spend the $14 million he won the night before in a California SuperLotto Plus drawing.In Albany, Getting Serious About Casinos. The outlines of a sweeping agreement that would include casinos, New York's participation in the multistate Powerball lottery and the installation of video lottery terminals at horse-racing tracks emerged this week from talks among the Senate, the Assembly and the governor's office.Florida's $7 Million Lotto Ticket Expires. After the Florida Lottery launched its first-ever search for a winner of an unclaimed Florida Lotto ticket for an estimated $7 million, the ticket expired last night at the midnight deadline. By law, the ticket holder had 180 days from the April 21, 2001 drawing to claim the jackpot, however no one came forward.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in Georgia and 1 in Illinois. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Victor Hugo Can Echeverria of Mexico, who won $150.00 in the Friday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used a Quick Pick to match 4 of the first 5 numbers.
Friday, October 19, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $5 million Big Game drawing results!New York man wins $150,000 in Big Game Lottery. A man from Orangeburg, NY won the second prize of $150,000 in the Big Game lottery drawing held on Tuesday, October 2, 2001. For of our readers, this should answer one of the most often-asked questions, "Can a resident of a non-Big Game state win a top Big Game prize?"Lottery Brings Back Michigan Rolldown 'Bonus Play' Promotion. Beginning October 22, Lottery players all across Michigan will again be telling their local Lottery retailers to "gimme five" when purchasing Michigan Rolldown tickets. That's because the Lottery -- for the third time -- is bringing back its very popular Michigan Rolldown special promotion: "Bonus Play."Andrew N.S. Glazer: The best bad advice with a grain of salt. Some of the best pieces of bad advice about gambling.
Thursday, October 18, 2001
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Terrorist Legislation Passes, Spares Net Gambling. The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed HR 3004, more commonly known as The Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, but removed all references to Internet gambling from the final bill. While net gambling was (quite logically) removed from the anti-terrorist bill, those who value their freedoms on the Internet need to be prepared to help in the fight against similar measures that will come before congress in the future. The anti-Internet gambling forces have proven that they will employ every possible underhanded tactic they can to push through their personal agenda. It really makes you wonder why those anti-Internet forces aren't spending their time in congress finding more important things to legislate.Two firms make bids to run S.C. lotto. Two companies have bid to run the S.C. lottery's most high-profile games, but a third firm bowed out over fears that the Jan. 7 deadline to launch the lottery is unrealistic.
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
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Jackpot Winner! There was one $53 million jackpot winner from New Jersey in the Tuesday drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey and 1 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $53 million Big Game drawing results!Georgia Lottery Transfers Record First Quarter Amount to Education. The Georgia Lottery Corporation transferred its fiscal year 2002 first quarter profits to the State Treasury's Lottery for Education Account in the amount of $167,915,000, the largest first quarter transfer in the history of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.
Monday, October 15, 2001
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$26 million NJ Pick 6 winner claims prize. The New Jersey State Lottery announced that Eleanor Alston from Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey, has won the $26 million jackpot for the Pick 6 Lotto drawing held on September 24, 2001.First-ever Lotto South winning ticket sold in Georgia. A Lotto South ticket worth $11 million was sold in Georgia, lottery officials said Sunday.Copperfield Says German Lottery Forecast No Trick. American illusionist David Copperfield said Sunday he was bombarded by requests for tips on the winning numbers in Germany's national lottery Saturday night -- numbers he said he had predicted seven months ago.Delaware Lottery Revenue on Upswing. The Delaware Lottery added $204.6 million to the state's general fund last year, pushing lottery contributions to more than $1 billion over its 26-year history.Con artists run scam as lottery winners. A pair of con artists used a lottery scam to swindle a 67-year-old Modesto, CA woman out of $9,000, police reported.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Double-up betting will cost you plenty. Any system that is based on any pattern of increased bets, no matter how bizarre or impressively intricate it might seem, eventually runs into the same problem -- to wit, the long losing streak.
Sunday, October 14, 2001
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BigGameLottery.com increases capacity. This morning we have completed a move of our web site to a new, more powerful web server. The move has been in the works for several weeks, and represents a big step for us. With the increased power and capacity, we are able to handle many more site visitors than before, as our site's volume increases daily. Also, we have simultaneously made improvements to our database which powers the web site. Together, the improved web server and database will give BigGameLottery.com 99.99% uptime, which means we'll be here when you need us. If you experience any problems (or just want to send us a congratulations!) you can e-mail us at [email protected]. Good luck!
Saturday, October 13, 2001
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 1 in Georgia, 2 in Massachusetts, and 2 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Friday, October 12, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $47 million Big Game drawing results!
Thursday, October 11, 2001
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Forgetful Elvis fan wins lottery. A woman who inadvertently changed her regular lottery numbers when she forgot her own birthday has won a fortune.Talks to help senior citizens avoid fraud. A winning lottery ticket. An immigrant in need of help. A way to turn $2,500 quickly into $10,000. It sounds too good to be true. And it is - as one Arlington resident leaving a discount store discovered last year.Companies look to cash in on lottery. About 60 small business owners were looking for opportunities with the South Carolina lottery Wednesday at a forum hosted by the S.C. lottery at Midlands Technical College's Airport Campus.Ad agencies protest S.C. lottery contract. Two advertising agencies are protesting the awarding of the $7.5 million state lottery advertising contract to Greenville's Erwin-Penland Inc.
Wednesday, October 10, 2001
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The Big Game maintains top jackpot honors. With no jackpot winner in last night's drawing, The Big Game's $47 million jackpot held the honors of top lottery jackpot in the U.S. -- almost $20 million higher than the second-largest jackpot (Connecticut, $17.7 million).School buys 700 iBooks for wireless classroom project. Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes recently dropped by Rossville Middle School to check out its implementation of the Georgia Wireless Classroom Project. Rossville purchased 700 iBooks, equipping every student and teacher with one of the Apple laptops. The Georgia Wireless Classroom Project is supported by US$10 million over three years from lottery funds.Texas lottery rebounds after attacks slow sales. Texas lottery sales have bounced back after a drop-off following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, but are down more than 9 percent for the first five weeks of the new fiscal year, lottery officials said Tuesday.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, 1 in Maryland, and 3 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Michael Robertson of Agawam, Massachusetts, who won $100.00 in the Tuesday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used a Quick Pick to match 3 of the first 5 numbers plus the Big Money Ball.
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $41 million Big Game drawing results!$7 Million Florida Lotto Ticket Set to Expire. The Florida Lottery is launching its first-ever search for a winner of an unclaimed Florida Lotto ticket for an estimated $7 million.Kentucky Lottery Corp. reports record first-quarter revenue. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. reported its highest-ever sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2002, with sales reaching $175.3 million for the three-month period.
Monday, October 8, 2001
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Alert: Once again, certain politicians are attempting to limit your freedoms on the Internet! This time, though, it is even worse -- they are deceptively (and unscrupulously) using a much-needed anti-terrorist bill to try to slip some of their personal agenda through "undetected". Specifically, the bill's sponsors, Rep. John J. LaFalce (D-N.Y.) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio), tacked on a provision that would make it illegal for any Internet gambling site to accept money through credit cards, checks, or wire transfers. Click here to read the full text of the bill (you need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it) After reading the bill you'll scratch your head wondering what the heck the Internet gambling portion has to do with it. The rest of the bill contains a lot of terrific provisions to help the United States track terrorists' money around the globe and help our various agencies cooperate and share information. This is all much-needed in order to fight terrorism. Then, the very last part of the bill takes a left turn and throws in some garbage about Internet gambling. These politicians are using the urgency required by the recent attacks to rush through their own personal agendas. This is the worst kind of deception, because it preys on our country's need to pass an anti-terrorism bill quickly. (At this point, what politician would hold up an anti-terrorism bill by arguing over the details?) I urge you to contact your senators and your representatives immediately, and tell them that the bill must be changed to remove the anti-Internet gambling portion before it goes to a vote. This really has nothing to do with whether or not you (or they) agree with Internet gambling -- it has to do with eroding ANY PART of your freedoms on the Internet. They will listen if enough people let them know, and every voice counts!
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The Big Game has the largest jackpot in the U.S. With a jackpot of $41 million, The Big Game jackpot is more than double the second-highest (Connecticut, $17.5 million).S.C. lottery account up for bid. Before the S.C. lottery can start selling tickets in January, it needs a bank, and with daily receipts expected to approach $1 million, the lottery account will be sizable and possibly lucrative for the winning bank. More: Lottery account too big for most.Schools examine potential impact of S.C. lottery. South Carolina technical college officials are studying how much attendance will increase, and how colleges will be affected, once a free technical college education is available through South Carolina lottery funds.Andrew N.S. Glazer: Online poker is easy, but beware. The technology has gotten sophisticated enough that people in different locations all over the world can sit together at a virtual table and play for real money. The Internet poker room acts as a clearinghouse, ensuring that you get paid -- if it doesn't go under.
Saturday, October 6, 2001
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in Georgia, 2 in Illinois, 1 in Massachusetts, and 1 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Chi On Chan of Hong Kong, who won $150.00 in the Friday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used a Quick Pick to match 4 of the first 5 numbers.
Also, congratulations to John Giansante of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, who won $100.00 in the Friday Big Game drawing! The lucky winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and selected his own numbers to match 3 of the first 5 numbers plus the Big Money Ball. This is Mr. Giansante's second $100.00 prize playing at PlayBigGame.com.
Friday, October 5, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $36 million Big Game drawing results!Ga. firm granted lottery card deal. Atlanta-based Scientific Games Inc. will create and distribute the first S.C. lottery tickets.
Thursday, October 4, 2001
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Three recent $150,000 Big Game winners from Michigan (click the links for details):
Michael Lennox of Hillsdale
Richard Richardson of McMillan
Elizabeth Gordon of Lansing
Camelot, the company that operates the UK national lottery, will be getting a new chairman. Click the links below for details about the transition.
Grade takes Camelot top job - BBC
Who's The New Lottery Boss? - Sky News
Grade is new lottery chief - The Scotsman
Grade gets the round table - The Guardian
Media kingpin Grade set to inherit throne at Camelot - Independent
Grade will head Camelot after Russell retires - Glasgow Herald
Lottery wins award for financial reporting. The Missouri Lottery's Accounting Program recently was recognized for the high quality of its annual financial reports by the Government Finance Officers' Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada.N.Y. loses $7.6 million in lottery revenue - 2nd story. New York has lost more than $7.6 million in lottery revenue since the terrorist attacks, and the damage still occasionally disrupts some ticket computers in lower Manhattan.Lottery group OKs background checks. The South Carolina Education Lottery Commission on Wednesday approved strict regulations on background checks for the retailers who will sell lottery tickets.
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
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S.C. Lottery game in March? Odds are long. South Carolina wanted its new lottery to offer number-picking games beginning in March, but that may be too ambitious, a possible bidder for that work said Monday.N.C. Lottery foes arrive in force at hearing. Opponents of a North Carolina lottery outnumbered supporters 2 to 1 at a public hearing before a House committee yesterday.Redistricting squabbles stall N.C. lottery referendum. Legislation creating a North Carolina state lottery referendum has gotten bogged down in a squabble over the shape of lawmakers' districts.Big Powerball jackpot boosts state budget. New Hampshire hit it big last month thanks to the millions of dollars would-be millionaires laid out to buy Powerball tickets.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey and 3 in Georgia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $32 million Big Game drawing results!N.C. lottery to get hearing. Gov. Mike Easley finally will get the lottery hearing he’s waited for all summer, but it’s unclear what effect more speeches on this enduring issue will have on legislators.Poll Shows Strong Support For Oklahoma Lottery. A new poll shows Oklahomans favor a statewide lottery by a 2-to-1 margin.Lottery makes changes to win back players. The Washington State Lottery is making some changes in Lotto and Lucky for Life, trying to win back players who've stopped taking chances.Gaming foes plan to target churchgoers . Hoping to sway voters before a November 2002 decision on a Tennessee lottery, gambling opponents say they're launching a grass-roots information campaign that will first target churchgoers.
Monday, October 1, 2001
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Seymore, Tennessee man receives $150,000 Big Game Birthday Present. Larry Humble of Seymour, Tennessee won $150,000 by matching five of six numbers in the August 31 Big Game drawing -- the day after his 60th birthday.
