All the latest interesting lottery news. As you may have guessed, we pretty much love lottery games and are borderline obsessed with them. So we spend far too much time reading about the lottery to bring you an easy to access summary of all the most interesting lottery news stories. Enjoy :-)
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Quaker Oats Lottery Syndicate Revealed
July 7th, 2012
The 20 members of the Quaker Oats lottery syndicate that won the $241 Million Powerball jackpot has been revealed.
They originally resisted publicity, and it was thought they were going to seek a legal injunction to prevent their names being released.
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7 Month Pregnant Single Mum Wins $10,000 a Year For Life
July 7th, 2012
Dana screamed in the car, and her mum and aunt thought she had gone into labour.
But instead 7 month pregnant, single mum, Dana had just scratched off a lottery ticket.
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Leicester Millionaires Raffle Winner 3 Days To Claim
July 5th, 2012
Time is fast running out for a mystery millionaire in Leicester, UK.
The unknown ticket holder won £1 Million in the EuroMillions ‘Millionaire Raffle’ game drawn on the 10th January 2012.
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Widower Terry Wins $16M on 6/49 Lotto
July 5th, 2012
Terry says he had been shaking like a leaf from the moment he found out he was $16 Million better off.
He says a few beers were required just to help calm himself down.
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Quaker Oats Lottery Winners Could Be Revealed Friday
July 4th, 2012
So far the identities of the $241 Million Powerball winning Quaker Oats workers have been kept secret.
But officials have now said their identities could be revealed as soon as this Friday.
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Jackpot For Rhode Island Winner 1 Day After His Son Wins
July 4th, 2012
His son was pretty happy after winning just $1,000 with a scratch-off ticket on Friday.
But then the man from Cranston checked his Wild Money ticket on Saturday night to find he had just scooped the jackpot.
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Air Force Vet Tapes $1M Ticket to Chest
July 4th, 2012
Military training and gaffer tape came together for Matthew Packebush who was just revealed as a $1 Million Powerball winner from this weekends draw.
After discovering he had won, Matthews first thoughts were how to keep his quick pick ticket safe.
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More Consecutive Lottery Results in Florida
July 4th, 2012
I know this really sets the conspiracy theorists ablaze, but I only mention it here just to reinforce that these things do happen. And they happen in a perfectly normal lottery game.
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Biggest EuroMillions Jackpot in 12 Months – This Friday
June 7th, 2012
They did promise more rollovers for EuroMillions – and here they are.
Tuesday’s mega jackpot was not won, so now we have a crazy £126 Million draw approaching fast on Friday evening.
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Mega Millions Refuse ‘Syndicate’ $118 Million Jackpot
June 1st, 2012
It just goes to show how critical it is to have an agreement in place.
This will get resolved, and the winners will get their money but they’re in for a painful delay and some expensive legal bills.
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