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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Winning $40,000 Powerball Ticket Sold in Gloucester County

Did you hit it big in the Nov. 28 Powerball? Find out where $1 million, $40,000 and $10,000 winning Powerball tickets were sold.

Unless you traveled to Missouri or Arizona this week, it’s unlikely you just won the record-setting $579.9 million Powerball. But maybe you’re one of New Jersey’s newest millionaires. Check your tickets for these numbers: 5, 16, 22, 23 and 29 and the Powerball 6. Eight winning $1 million Powerball tickets are floating around the Garden State. They were sold in Atlantic County, Bergen County (two), Hudson County (four) and Ocean County. Closer to home, a third-place $40,000 ticket was sold in Gloucester County at Dollar Stop Plus Convenience on North Delsea Drive, Clayton. Another was sold in Bergen County at 7-Eleven on Tenafly Road in Englewood. Three $10,000 winners were sold in Gloucester County as well: In all, 29 New Jersey Powerball …

Monday, November 26, 2012

Should Lottery Winners' Names Be Kept Private?

Does the public have the right to immediately know lottery winners’ names? Vote in our poll.

Someone’s life could change on Nov. 28 when the $425 million Powerball is drawn. If the lucky winner lives in New Jersey, should he or she get to remain anonymous, at least for a while? A local assemblyman thinks so, The (Bergen) Record reports. Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester/Salem) is proposing a bill to keep lottery winners’ names private for a year. Lottery winners’ names and contact information are public and for-profit companies make about 70 requests annually for that information, The Record says. Burzichelli says his bill would give lottery winners some breathing room from firms eager to offer financial advice (for a fee, of course) and even from long-lost relatives and friends who suddenly need financial help from the …

Shirley

4:13 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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