Lotteries New Jersey

Shoppers at the local Pathmark supermarket might have to wait a little longer for someone to ring up their purchases. Thirty-three of the store's 250 employees shared one of the two winning tickets for a Big Game lottery jackpot worth $115 million. The other half of the Friday night jackpot in the multistate game goes to the holder of a ticket sold in Camden. Paul Silecchia was the first Pathmark worker to realize he and his colleagues were rich.

The mysterious New Jersey winner in last week's Big Game lottery has come forward to claim his share of the $331-million jackpot, but lottery officials said Thursday that a pool of office workers is also laying claim to the $59-million cash prize. "Obviously it sounds utterly confusing and convoluted, which it is," said Tom Rosenberg, spokesman for the state Lottery Commission, which has launched an investigation to resolve the dispute.

"If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven." --Matthew 19:21 Eleanor Boyer's house is paid for. She has her pension. And no, even though her 1968 car is in the shop, she doesn't need a new one. What could she possibly want with the $11.8 million she won this month in the state lottery? "God takes care of me," said Boyer, a 73-year-old retiree who prides herself on her self-reliance and her unshakable faith.

Shoppers at the local Pathmark supermarket might have to wait a little longer for someone to ring up their purchases. Thirty-three of the store's 250 employees shared one of the two winning tickets for a Big Game lottery jackpot worth $115 million. The other half of the Friday night jackpot in the multistate game goes to the holder of a ticket sold in Camden. Paul Silecchia was the first Pathmark worker to realize he and his colleagues were rich.

A $23.7-million lottery prize went unclaimed because no one could produce the winning ticket within a one-year deadline, officials in Trenton said. Saturday was the last day to turn in the June 9, 2000, ticket and collect the prize. The Big Game jackpot will be returned to the lottery agencies in the seven states that participate in the game. The jackpot was $46 million, but because the lump-sum payment option was chosen the ticket was worth $23,748,052, before taxes.

Sometimes it pays to remember. In the case of Melvin B. Milligan, it paid $46 million. The 40-year-old computer technician collected his prize Friday, days after lottery officials declared no winner existed for a multi-state lottery jackpot. It turned out Milligan, who has a forgetful streak, had stuffed the winning ticket into a drawer full of junk and losing lottery stubs. Last June, he bought the Big Game ticket at Krauszer's Convenience Store in Montvale, N.J.

A son who was sued by his mother after he refused to share a $2.15-million lottery jackpot agreed on Monday to give her nearly a quarter of the prize, his lawyer said. Phyllis Klingebiel claimed she and her son, Michael, had a decade-old agreement to buy lottery tickets together and share any prizes. Each month, she sent him $20, while he also put in $20, to buy 40 lottery tickets. In 1991, they split a $500 prize.

The cops were smiling Friday in this northern New Jersey suburb after 18 department members won a $27.9-million lottery jackpot. Police Chief Howard Shaw, himself a winner, said 16 officers, one dispatcher and a secretary, out of a total force of 28, each chipped in $5 for the Thursday night drawing. That works out to approximately $1.5 million per person, or about $70,000 a year before taxes for the next 20 years, he said.

The mysterious New Jersey winner in last week's Big Game lottery has come forward to claim his share of the $331-million jackpot, but lottery officials said Thursday that a pool of office workers is also laying claim to the $59-million cash prize. "Obviously it sounds utterly confusing and convoluted, which it is," said Tom Rosenberg, spokesman for the state Lottery Commission, which has launched an investigation to resolve the dispute.

The Chicago Bears' Mike Singletary testified before a Senate subcommittee this summer and described a crucial game he played against the Minnesota Vikings. His finger was gashed to the bone -- "one of the most gory injuries I have ever had" -- and the team physician put a dozen stitches in the finger so that the linebacker could get back in the game. Singletary returned just in time to help in a goal-line stand that preserved the win for Chicago.

Sometimes it pays to remember. In the case of Melvin B. Milligan, it paid $46 million. The 40-year-old computer technician collected his prize Friday, days after lottery officials declared no winner existed for a multi-state lottery jackpot. It turned out Milligan, who has a forgetful streak, had stuffed the winning ticket into a drawer full of junk and losing lottery stubs. Last June, he bought the Big Game ticket at Krauszer's Convenience Store in Montvale, N.J.

A $23.7-million lottery prize went unclaimed because no one could produce the winning ticket within a one-year deadline, officials in Trenton said. Saturday was the last day to turn in the June 9, 2000, ticket and collect the prize. The Big Game jackpot will be returned to the lottery agencies in the seven states that participate in the game. The jackpot was $46 million, but because the lump-sum payment option was chosen the ticket was worth $23,748,052, before taxes.

A son who was sued by his mother after he refused to share a $2.15-million lottery jackpot agreed on Monday to give her nearly a quarter of the prize, his lawyer said. Phyllis Klingebiel claimed she and her son, Michael, had a decade-old agreement to buy lottery tickets together and share any prizes. Each month, she sent him $20, while he also put in $20, to buy 40 lottery tickets. In 1991, they split a $500 prize.

"If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven." --Matthew 19:21 Eleanor Boyer's house is paid for. She has her pension. And no, even though her 1968 car is in the shop, she doesn't need a new one. What could she possibly want with the $11.8 million she won this month in the state lottery? "God takes care of me," said Boyer, a 73-year-old retiree who prides herself on her self-reliance and her unshakable faith.

The cops were smiling Friday in this northern New Jersey suburb after 18 department members won a $27.9-million lottery jackpot. Police Chief Howard Shaw, himself a winner, said 16 officers, one dispatcher and a secretary, out of a total force of 28, each chipped in $5 for the Thursday night drawing. That works out to approximately $1.5 million per person, or about $70,000 a year before taxes for the next 20 years, he said.

By any measure, the California Lottery has been a phenomenal success, selling more than $800 million in tickets in the first three months--or about $30.30 worth for every man, woman and child in the state. A sociologist attributes it to traditions Californians inherited from the '49ers and from the movie industry--trying to get rich quick, and trying whatever is trendy. The people running the operation here credit careful planning, good management and the state's diverse cultural heritage.