Glinda Salgado bought a Megamillions ticket at the Elden Market & Deli, which her family owns, and promptly forgot about it.  Perhaps like most people, she would make an occasional bet but never really believed she would win. 

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These days we often hear about how inflation has eaten into the value of the dollar.  Some people even recall the days when a dollar bought a gallon of gas. 

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A $400 million Mega Millions jackpot has been won.  This time the big prize is going to be shared by two lucky winners.

Lottery officials have revealed that the first winning ticket was sold at a Sunoco convenience store in Florida, while the other was sold in Charles County, Maryland. 

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A Nepalese immigrant became the latest embodiment of the oft repeated “American Dream” success story.  Taxi driver Mahendra KC, who had always dreamed of winning the lottery since he came over 10 years ago, won a $1.9 million Mega Millions prize Tuesday night.

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His girlfriend, who plays the lottery a lot, convinced a man from Chesterfield, Virginia to play the lottery.  The man obliges and buys a Mega Millions Ticket. 

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Raymond Wills, who leads a betting syndicate of 22 c0-workers, was attracted by the $425 million jackpot in the Megamillions Dec.13th draw.  Because of this he bought lottery tickets in behalf of the group. 

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Retired state worker Bettina ‘Tina’ Still and her son Jonathan have claimed the $61 million Mega Millions prize Friday afternoon.  They had waited a full week before coming forward with the claim so they could plan what to do with the windfall. 

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Speculation had been rife when only one winner came forward to claim half of a $628 million Megamillions jackpot as a result of the Dec.17, 2013 draw. 

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Lottery officials in Georgia have announced that a winner has come forward with a claim to half of a $636 million Megamillions jackpot.  The winner was identified a Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who used a number combination that contained family birthdays and her lucky number seven.

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Most people think that you have to buy a lottery ticket to have a chance to win a million dollars.  That may hold true most of the time, but in San Jose, California, all you have to do is sell a Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket.

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