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Winner: Gene Bath
Instant Game: $200 Million Cash Spectacular
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan October 1, 2007
ALLIANCE...
Gene Bath of Alliance was a $1 million winner after scratching the $10 instant ticket $200 Million Cash Spectacular.
Winner: Gary Miller
Online Game: Mega Millions
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan October 22, 2007
LORAIN...
For hitting four numbers plus the Mega ball, Gary Miller won $10,000.

Miller bought his winning Mega Millions ticket at Convenient Food Mart #720, in Elyria, and made his claim in the Lorain regional office.

Winner: Caron Gerald
Instant Game: Ultimate Match 3
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan September 10, 2007
DAYTON...
Caron Gerald of Dayton is one happy winner after claiming $10,000 on the Lottery's $2 instant game Ultimate Match 3. She made her claim in the Dayton regional office.
Winner: Robert Miller
Instant Game: Cash Action Tripler
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan September 10, 2007
ATHENS...
Robert Miller came to the Athens regional office to claim his win in the Lottery's $2 Cash Action Tripler game. Miller won $15,000.
Winner: Kristen Alves
Online Game: Rolling Cash 5
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan September 10, 2007
MENTOR...
Avenue Beverage owner Marc Gruen congratulates his employee Kristen Alves on winning the October 29 Rolling Cash 5 drawing for $655,000.

Alves, a clerk at the store, won $8 playing instant games and bought eight auto-pick tickets for the Rolling Cash 5 game with her winnings.

Winner: J. Scott Bushley
Online Game: Mega Millions
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan September 10, 2007
COLUMBUS...
J. Scott Bushley of Dublin shows off his 5-of-5 $250,000-winning Mega Millions ticket.

Bushley bought his ticket at the Giant Eagle in Dublin and made his claim at the Columbus regional office.

Winners: Regina and Walter Mayo
Instant Game: Special Edition Cashword
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan September 10, 2007
ATHENS...
Regina and Walter Mayo of Ironton happily display their winnings in the $5 Special Edition Cashword game. The Mayos won $100,000 and made their claim at the Lottery's Athens regional office.

The Park Avenue BP in Ironton, where Walter bought the ticket, receives a $1,000 agent sales bonus.

Winner: Deborah Leon
Online Game: Ten-OH!
Winner Deborah Leon with her daughter Katie Finucan September 10, 2007
LORAIN...
Deborah Leon (right) brought along her daughter Katie Finucan (left) to claim her $6,000 prize for correctly choosing nine of the numbers drawn in the Sept. 9 Ten-OH! drawing.

Deborah, of Avon Lake, made her claim at the Lorain regional office.

Winner: Julia Day
Instant Game: Mega Slots
Winner Julia DaySeptember, 2007
CINCINNATI...
From left to right: Sales representative Eldridge Fancher offers his congratulations to Julia Day of Bethel, who won $250,000 playing the Lottery’s $5 instant game Mega Slots. Her husband Chuck and father August Hensley joined her at the Cincinnati regional office.
Winner: Alfred Bruce
Instant Game: Ruby Red 7's
Winner Alfred Bruce and his daughter Kim Widdowson September, 2007
LORAIN...
Alfred Bruce of Elyria played the Lottery’s $5 Ruby Red 7’s instant game and won $7,000. Alfred, who made his claim at the Lorain regional office, brought along his daughter Kim Widdowson.
Winner: Michael Milojevich
Instant Game: Cash Action Tripler
Winner Michael Milojevich August 28, 2007
CLEVELAND...
Michael Milojevich of Cleveland happily poses with a Cash Action Tripler sign after the $2 game made him a $15,000 winner. Michael made his claim at the Cleveland regional office.
Winner: Tonia Reed
Instant Game: Indians-Reds
Winner Tonia Reed and boyfriend John Ettinger August 17, 2007
ATHENS...
Tonia Reed, of Little Hocking, poses with boyfriend John Ettinger and her $100,000 honorary check after claiming the top prize for the Lottery’s $5 Indians-Reds instant game.

John purchased the ticket at Peoples News & Books, where Tonia is employed as a manager. This isn’t the first Lottery win for Tonia – in July, she won $1,000 playing $5 Million Cash Winfall.

Winner: Grace Cook
Instant Game: $200 Million Cash Spectacular
Chris Pauley and Sam Pauley August, 2007
COLUMBUS...
Grace Cook of Washington Court House is a $1 million winners on the $200 Million Cash Spectacular instant game.  She could have taken a lump sum but instead decided to take the annuity option. After mandatory federal and state taxes totaling 31 percent, Cook will receive $34,500 yearly for the next 20 years.

Cook, who buys two to three instants a week, said she would use her winnings in her plans for retirement.

Winner: The KICKER Group
Online Game: KICKER
August, 2007
Toledo...
A group of Jeep retirees filed a claim in the Toledo regional office for a winning $100,000 KICKER ticket. Pictured above from left to right are Bernard R. Jakab of Whitehouse, David Beakas of Waterville, James M. DeVol of Toledo, John A. Wisniewski of Bowling Green, Robert L. Deshetler Jr. of Molland, Willie R. Miller of Toledo and Darien N Banks of Toledo.
Winner: Robert Ringer
Online Game: Mega Millions
May, 2007
CINCINNATI...
Robert Ringer, of Blanchester, filed a claim for $10,000, after matching 4 of 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball in the May 11, 2007 Mega Millions drawing.

Robert filed his claim in the Cincinnati regional office on May 17.

Winner: Kristina K. Schneider
Instant Game: Magnificent Millions
Christina K. Schneider
May 18, 2007
NORTH CANTON...
Yesterday she found $10 dollars, today she's a millionaire. Kristina K. Schneider of Akron won $1,000,000 on Magnificent Millions. She filed a claim in the North Canton regional office this morning.

The single mother of nine-year-old Janae said she would use her win to pay off bills and invest for college since she is a student. After mandatory federal and state withholding taxes totaling 31 percent, Schneider will receive $34,500 for the next 20 years.

“A customer came in and bought two Magnificent Millions tickets leaving one left on the roll. I tried to convince him to buy it but he said no,” she said. “It was the last ticket; I used the ten dollars that I found to buy it.”


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