Wales is generally not the first place you think of as the home of pro cage fighting. But that’s where new EuroMillions millionaire Gavin Davies lives, in Neath, South Wales. Gavin, 29, didn’t even realise he had won until 2 weeks after the 27th December draw – as he forgot to check the extra raffle [...]

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It was an embarassing week for the Illinois lottery, when winners started complaining that their winnings checks were not being honoured by the bank! In all 85 winners with winnings totalling over $159,000 were affected. The Illinois Lottery were quick to point out that the checks had not actually bounced, because there were sufficient funds [...]

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It was less than a year ago the syndicate of 16 workers from Montebello Unified School District won $12 Million on the Lotto. And they just struck it lucky again, this time from playing Mega Millions. They aren’t celebrating quite as loudly this time around however. After all, the group only won $262,743 this time. [...]

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Kathleen Crewe kept her winning lottery ticket in what she thought was a very safe place. Being somewhat more careful than many lottery players, she not only tucked her ticket safely inside a thermos flask. But then went on to put the thermos flask inside a flame proof bag! The ticket was worth $7 Million. [...]

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It’s been a typically insane ending to the ‘crazy as usual’ business of the Spanish El Gordo lottery draw. El Gordo 2011 did not disappoint, with the Spanish queueing around street corners right up to the very last minute to buy their tickets. Reports of security guards drafted in for crowd control to beat back [...]

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It’s not entirely rare for the wrong lottery results to appear. But normally it’s a third party – you know, a small newspaper printing last weeks numbers, or a regional TV show accidentally putting up last weeks graphic. Not this time. RTE is the Irish State broadcaster. They run the Irish lotto draw show. So [...]

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The Daily Mail just reported that Professor Marcus du Sautoy recommends you pick your lottery numbers consecutively – because it ‘increases your chances of winning’. Unfortunately, whilst it made a good headline, the Daily Mail got their conclusions entirely wrong from the facts Professor du Sautoy gave them. Yes, Marcus did recommend you pick consecutive [...]

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On Monday morning Wally Shihadeh was at the Louisiana lottery HQ, picking up his winnings of $709,106. But at the same time he was picking up his winners check, the Sheriff’s department was at his store in Minden collecting evidence to charge him with credit card fraud. By Wednesday Wally found himself a rich man [...]

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It could easily have gone the wrong way and ended up being one of those crazy US court cases where everybody sues anybody. Instead Kathy Scruggs, 44, walked away $25 Million richer. Kathy, who lives in Georgia, went to buy a ticket for Mega Millions. She asked for a Mega Millions quick pick, but the [...]

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It probably wasn’t quite the luxury home his wife had in mind. But Mark Benbow did keep his promise. Mark, 38, is a railway worker and self-confessed train enthusiast. So when he became a millionaire with the EuroMillions lottery, the big house was always going to have a room for his train set. But even [...]

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