Monday, April 29, 2013
Howard and Katie Emory, who've lived in Saukville for 24 years together and regularly participate in the Badger 5 drawing, are "still pinching" themselves after the recent win.
As regular players of the Badger 5 Wisconsin Lottery, Katie Emory said it took her and her husband nearly 24 hours after the drawing to realize they had won $172,000. Emory said her husband, Howard — who goes by the name Skip — works third shift. After he had left for work, Emory went to the gas station and turned in her ticket. Workers at the local Tri-Par station, 305 W. Dekora St., put the lottery ticket into the machine, only for it to be "spit" back out, Emory said, telling her it had to be redeemed at a local lottery office. That's when the big win hit her. "All the way (home) I'm in tears saying, '(God), thank you ... thank you ... thank you," she said. "I have been thanking God for the last week and a half, still pinching …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Two winning tickets sold in Missouri and Arizona, while a West Allis gas station sells a $1 million winner.
Two winning tickets were sold in Wednesday night's record $580 million Powerball jackpot — in Arizona and Missouri. The winning numbers were: 5-16-22-23-29 and the Powerball was 6. While nobody won the big prize in Wisconsin, a $1 million ticket was sold at the Speedway gas station at 9130 W. Oklahoma Ave., West Allis, the Wisconsin State Lottery said Thursday morning. That ticket matched all five winning numbers correctly but did not have the right Powerball number. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the person who purchased that ticket had not yet come forward. Nine other tickets sold in won $10,000 and one additional $10,000 ticket was turned into a $40,000 winner because the player bought Powerball's Power Play prize multiplier feature, the state …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Did you get squeezed out of a deal on Black Friday? It may not matter if you cash in on the largest Powerball jackpot in history on Wednesday
So maybe you didn't get that large screen TV at Walmart because you weren't there early enough or valued your own personal safety to wait until later. It may not matter that you missed these deals if you can manage get to local stores to buy a lottery ticket by 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Powerball estimated jackpot now sits at $500 million, according to the Powerball website, the largest in its history. The previous top windfall was $365 million, and was claimed by eight co-workers in Lincoln, NE, in 2006. The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34. The lottery claimed more than 2 million winners on the Nov. 24 drawing, but no jackpot winners among the 42 states which participate. The jackpot could end up …
Madame Austin
8:06 am on Sunday, May 5, 2013
I love how merciful God is! Such an unexpected answer to prayer (and not a prayer for money either). But this certainly does take care of the old truck situation! Their generosity to single mothers and to friends far away demonstrates the depth of heart that these two have. So happy for them!! They certainly deserve these blessings! more ›