Lottery winners

• The Mega Millions lottery created a stir across the country, with people rushing to buy the $1 tickets in time for a shot at the humongous jackpot. In all, more than a billion tickets were sold.
(Reuters India)
• (AP) - The Mega Millions winners - at least three of them - stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the worlds largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth.
(msnbc.com)
• While some lottery winners live the good life, others go broke because theyre not used to the wealth, theyre swindled or theyre hassled for a part of the money.
(msnbc.com)
• RED BUD, Ill. — The Mega Millions winners — at least three of them — stayed out of sight.
(Toledo Blade)
• Top news coming in to San Francisco is about the Mega Millions lottery winners.  Sadly, there was nobody in San Francisco who was among them. Thousands of tickets, nevertheless, were sold around the San Francisco Bay Area as hopefuls tried their luck.
(Examiner)
• ST. LOUIS (AP) — Congratulations, Mega Millions winners! Youve just won the biggest lottery in history! Move over Bill Gates and Warren Buffett! Not so fast, Richie Rich. Theres no doubt that youre now each a member of the 1 percent.
(Associated Press)
• ATLANTA, March 31 (Reuters) - The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history of $640 million has at least three winners who bought tickets in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas, and officials were waiting on Saturday for the winners to come forward.
(CNBC)
• "Its like a small town," she said. "Ill bet Ill know someone who knows the winner." Maryland does not require lottery winners to be identified; the Mega Millions winner can claim the prize anonymously.
(Riverside Press Enterprise)
• The three winning tickets will split the largest jackpot in US lottery history. If the winners opt to take cash rather than annual payouts, theyll share $462 million, before taxes.
(Pocono Record)
• According to several academic studies, a majority of lottery winners turn out just fine. And some wind up happier, healthier and wealthier.
(Wall Street Journal)