Craig Henshaw was too busy travelling through Europe to realise he had become a millionaire back home in Toronto. And for 2 whole months while woodwork teacher Craig travelled with his girlfriend, the multi-million dollar lottery ticket sat there stuck to his fridge door. But he’ll never forget the day he finally got round to [...]

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John Holder bought a  ‘Jumbo Bucks’ scratch card whilst at a gas station. He scratched it, and realised he was $50,000 richer before he even left the store. The store assistant told him he should sign the back of the winning ticket right away, which he did, and also took a copy of the ticket [...]

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Here’s a timely reminder to keep your lottery tickets safe. A Western Australian woman nearly missed out on a $1.2 Million jackpot when she couldn’t find her winning ticket. She won a Division One prize on Saturday and has now come forward to claim the prize after locating her missing ticket, in the recycling bin. [...]

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Elida Betancourt was screaming so madly her son thought she was having a heart attack. But Elida had actually won $54 Million on the Mega Millions lottery. Or so she thought. I rechecked it about five times and they were still the same numbers and I started screaming and crying. I sat down on the floor. [...]

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Brian McCarthy, the 25 year old son of the Marriott Hotels boss Robert McCarthy, may have just become more wealthy overnight than his father. Robert McCarthy may have earned a salary of $1.2 Million in 2009, but his son just won $107 Million on the Mega Millions lottery. Brian was shopping at the Giant Food store [...]

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It was only a month ago we brought you the news of the Kraftmaid lottery winners. Well, it has now been revealed there is a potential 23rd member of the office pool – Edward Hairston. Edward is now suing the $99 Million jackpot winners for a share of the pool’s winnings. He claims he is [...]

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Apparently 54% of Irish workers would keep their job even after winning a lottery jackpot. The survey conducted by Peninsula Ireland, an employment law consultants, not only showed that most people would keep working – but that 45% would keep going until they reached retirement age. MD Alan Price said he found it admirable that [...]

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Rolant was happy enough with his first win. He got to appear on TV with a chance to win 5 Million Krona – and was guaranteed at least 100,000 Krona. But when he won the same prize again just 3 days later, he really couldn’t believe his eyes. Out of the two million ‘Triss’ scratch-off [...]

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A man from Christchurch, New Zealand was lucky twice over when he discovered he had washed a lottery ticket in his jeans pocket. Not only did the ticket survive the full wash cycle, it turned out to be worth $250,000. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, was doing his laundry when he discovered the [...]

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This story seems to resurface every once in a while – maybe it was a slow news day for the Daily Mail. Joan Ginther really is a lottery winner four times over though, although the most recent win was in 2010. But it’s still pretty impressive, even over the space of 17 years of playing. [...]

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