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Nothing says love like giving your future spouse a winning $250,000 lottery ticket. That's what happened in Ballwin, Mo., where Robert Russell, 33, surprised his future wife, 30-year-old Tracie Rogers, with the "$250,000 Payout" scratcher, purchased at a QuikTrip in St. Louis. "I thought it was a...

In these hard times, gambling and lottery revenues are up, with people putting their faith and a little bit of money toward these get-rich-quick schemes. While WalletPop in no way endorses gambling or playing the lottery, we were curious to find out what are the odds when putting some cash toward...

For thousands of Pennsylvanians, the state's Big 4 lottery coming up 7-7-7-7 Wednesday meant a lucky windfall. But for numerologist Tania Gabrielle, it meant more. If you believe in such metaphysics, Pennsylvania and its neighbors are in for something, well, big. "It's indicating a sudden event --...

Talk about dreams really coming true.An actress who played Snow White at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., won the $5.2 million jackpot Saturday on the "Make Me a Millionaire" show by the California Lottery.Natalie Marston, 22, was working as Snow White when she bought a lottery ticket in February....

Poor people can rest a little easier in Tennessee tonight. Or at least poor people who play the state lottery.A bill that would have capped lottery winnings at $600 for anyone receiving state or federal assistance, also called welfare, died in a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday morning, according...

The Tennessee Legislature is looking to make life a little more difficult for the poor.A bill is scheduled to be discussed at a committee hearing Wednesday, April 8, that would prohibit anyone receiving state or federal assistance, sometimes called welfare, from winning $600 or more in the state...