In the article I posted above it says an Australia consortium tried to purchase all 7 million combinations for a Virginia lottery in 1992, but only got through 2.4 million before time ran out. From what I can find, they actually purchased 5 million tickets out of the 7 million, and did win the $27 million dollar jackpot by getting all six of the 44 numbers. The payout was $1.35 million per year over twenty years.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/25/us...pagewanted=all
There was a little bit of controversy to see if they had won:
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/07/us...-virginia.html
The ticket was deemed to be bought in accordance with all rules, and the payout was awarded to a gambling syndicate, that included 2,500 investors.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...winning-ticket