The winning tickets are about to expire. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

A Brunswick used car dealer is offering to send prostitutes who walk along his street bus tickets to Vegas in hopes they'll stay, too. picked by kakana 7 months ago

An animatronic Rocky Mountain goat installed at a Japanese boat-racing enterprise eats 500 losing tickets a day on average, preventing customers from throwing tickets on the floor and creating less of a mess to clean up. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

The study found those who drive the leviathans get 4.63 times as many tickets as the average driver, something the researchers attribute to the feeling of invincibility that comes from driving a rolling bank vault. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

After the Daily News wrote about a disabled veteran's dream of seeing the Yanks in the World Series, two dozen readers offered him either tickets or cash toward buying one. picked by suebe 1 month ago

A British lottery winner doubled his share of the jackpot to nearly £1 million ($2.4 million) after discovering he mistakenly bought two lucky tickets for the same draw. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars ($10 million) 10 months ago. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

After a habitual speeder painted her unusual message on the rear windshield of her car, she has not received any more speeding tickets from cops. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

A 3.2 x 2.1 meter (10 x 7 ft) work of Astro Boy pixel art made from 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets. See also: Mona Lisa from recycled train tickets. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The producers of an off-Broadway show are giving away free tickets to anyone who can demonstrate his or her chastity.

Hmmm, maybe "sex" isn't the best category for this story :P picked by Nicky666 2 years ago

Unpaid parking tickets proved fatal for a terminally ill New York man who died after callous cops locked him up for four days for a minor traffic offense, a lawsuit claims. picked by suebe 10 months ago

New York City agencies issued 9,955,441 parking tickets from July 2007 to June 2008. Here is an interactive map of them. picked by bernardblack 12 months ago

NY State Lottery officials are hoping to join the big 32-state lottery, Powerball, in hopes of generating more state revenue. Right now, Powerball is available only in neighboring states like Connecticut and Pennsylvania, so when there's a big jackpot, New Yorkers head out of state to buy tickets. picked by suebe 8 months ago

This list is pretty informative. Didn't realize a Hummer would get tickets, but I guess it's big enough to attract lots of attention, hehe :) picked by authoritynews1 10 months ago

The Plugg are giving away a pair of tickets to see Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation. picked by rustycat 3 years ago

He woke up in the hospital after colliding with a car. Then he found two tickets on his chest. picked by speedracer 3 years ago

Canoeist Dennis Bohrn and his companions were stunned when they saw a woman jump off the Perrine Bridge, her body landing near them in the Snake River. Many in the group were crying by the time they managed to reach the woman and paddle her body to shore. So Bohrn was shocked when an officer walked up and instead of thanking or comforting the group last Sunday, wrote out a couple of $85 tickets fo... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Biggie had it right when he said “Mo’ money mo’ problems”. Finding yourself up to your eyeballs in cold hard cash may seem like the answer to all your prayers but if you don’t know how to handle all this money (and the reality is most people don’t), winning the lottery can become a living nightmare. Following, are some of the worst cases of lottery disasters; th... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The Troy sisters were inseparable for much of their 80+ years. Then came the lottery. "I miss her so much, and I love her, and I don't like what's taken place," Sokaitis said. "But all I want is what is rightfully mine. All I want is my share, nothing more." picked by meggysue 3 months ago

They claim that for the last 5 years, the office workers pooled money for lottery tix. They were not at work the day the winning numbers came up, and so never got the chance to chip in. Both sides seem to have some valid points IMO. picked by Moe 11 months ago