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Miami Herald
10-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player spends $5 on a scratch-off and wins $1 million in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts woman won a huge prize after buying a $5 lottery ticket. Teresa Moreno purchased a Triple 777 instant ticket game at The Country Trading Post & Restaurant in Chicopee, according to a news release from the Massachusetts Lottery. Moreno then learned she won the game's jackpot of $1 million. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes. She said she plans to take a vacation, invest and enjoy retirement. In Michigan, a man won $4 million after buying the store's last three lottery tickets for the $4,000,000 Winner game. Another lucky player won $4.7 million in North Carolina by playing the Outlaw's Loot game online. Chicopee is about a 5-mile drive north from Springfield.
Miami Herald
08-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Mom of five wins millions in NC lottery — and can't wait to tell her children
A mom of five won a huge lottery prize — and couldn't wait to share the news with her children. 'I got them on a video call and told them, 'We are millionaires,'' Cesaltina Ribeiro told the North Carolina Education Lottery. As Ribeiro basks in her $4.7 million win, she plans to treat her loved ones to a new home and a family vacation. 'It's an amazing feeling,' Ribeiro told lottery officials in a July 7 news release. 'Now I can do a lot more.' Ribeiro was in bed when she went online to try her luck on the Outlaw's Loot game. It turns out, her $1 ticket beat 1-in-50 million odds to hit the jackpot, McClatchy News reported. The lucky winner called her kids right away, but they were concerned at first. 'I kept yelling so they didn't know what was going on,' Ribeiro told lottery officials. Ribeiro couldn't contain herself after scoring the second-highest prize ever won in the lottery's digital instant games. The record holder is a $6.7 million ticket sold in April, McClatchy News reported. Ribeiro kept $3.3 million after taxes. In addition to helping her family, the mother and grandmother hopes to invest her prize money. She lives in Elm City, a roughly 50-mile drive east from Raleigh.
Miami Herald
07-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player's $1 ticket turns into $4.7 million jackpot win in North Carolina
A lottery player scored a life-changing win on a lucky day in North Carolina. The player spent $1 on a ticket that won $4.7 million in the Outlaw's Loot game, results show. But the winner isn't the only person who's set to get richer. Another lottery player hit the jackpot in the Carolina Cash 5 game, making their ticket worth $318,544, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote in a news release. Both players won big Thursday, July 3, meaning they had extra reasons to celebrate as they kicked off their Fourth of July weekend. Here's where the lucky tickets came from: Outlaw's Loot ticket sold to an online player in Elm CityCash 5 ticket sold in Maggie Valley Outlaw's Loot, a progressive jackpot game that features a prize wheel and digital icons, offers online tickets starting at 50 cents. The winner beat 1-in-50 million odds to score the top prize, lottery officials wrote on their website. A spokesperson previously told McClatchy News the lottery can't pinpoint where digital instant tickets are sold. But it knows the $4.7 million winner is from Elm City, a roughly 50-mile drive east from Raleigh. Meanwhile, the Cash 5 ticket was sold at Maggie Valley Mart, a roughly 35-mile drive west from the mountain town of Asheville. To win a jackpot prize in that game, a player must match all five numbers picked in a drawing. The winning numbers from the July 3 drawing: 7-8-17-23-40. Lottery officials shared news of the wins July 4, when claims centers were closed for Independence Day. In North Carolina, jackpot winners have about six months to come forward, rules show.
