With 2 lottery winners and an NBA team, we're in a lucky state

 
By Tony Thornton
Published: July 4, 2008

On the same night Oklahoma City learned its new NBA franchise would begin moving here within hours, two people won multimillion-dollar prizes in Oklahoma playing the lottery.

Now that's a hot streak.

A Powerball ticket purchased at a Stripes convenience store in Altus won the $84.9 million grand prize from Wednesday night's drawing, lottery officials said Thursday.

Additionally, a Hot Lotto ticket bou...


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