This Week’s Top Stories

January 6th, 2014

Lottery Stories Of The Week

Lots of people started the year with substantial lottery jackpots, including a man who can now afford to winter somewhere warm, a retired couple driven to buy a lottery ticket at home by inclement weather, and two friends whose $1 investment in the Power Play feature doubled their win to a million dollars each.

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Driver Is Second $324 Million Winner

January 6th, 2014

Speculation had been rife when only one winner came forward to claim half of a $628 million Megamillions jackpot as a result of the Dec.17, 2013 draw. 

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Fireman Wins A Cool Million

January 6th, 2014

Harland Adams who works  a fireman from Marshall has won a million dollars from the North Carolina Education Lottery to start of 2014 with a bang.

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Ray Krov Wins $1,000 A Week For Life

January 5th, 2014

Ray Krov is a lottery fan.  So much so that once when he went over to the Hess Express on Dec. 27 to cash small amounts of winnings, he decided to invest another $10 in five ‘$1,000 a Week For Life’ tickets. 

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Retired Couple Post £1M Lottery Win

January 5th, 2014

euromillions winnerThe Euromillions New Year’s Eve Millionaires Draw have given a great start to 25 winners of £1 million each.  One of those lucky enough to start 2014 with a huge win include retired couple Bernard Grundy and Heather Clarke. 

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Four Paxton Residents Share $1 Million Prize

January 3rd, 2014

Four people from Paxton won a Powerball second prize of a million dollars when five of the numbers on their ticket matched those drawn in the November 23 draw.  

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Sub-Zero Canada 6/49 Winner “To Travel Somewhere Warm…”

January 3rd, 2014

Dennis NashDennis Nash went and bought a 6/49 lottery ticket one morning  betting on  important numbers and dates that his father had used.  When he called the lottery phone line just before going to sleep, he recalled that the winning numbers sounded familiar so he kept listening till the end.  

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Winners Still Have Most Of £1 Million Prize Left Unspent

January 2nd, 2014

A year after their £1m  Lottery win, Kim and Ian McCarthy still have most of it – £750,000 of it to be exact.  And it is not  because they were not generous.  

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Two Friends Share $2 Million Powerball Prize

January 2nd, 2014

When South Boston residents Edward P. Prakapas and friend Daniel McCarthy decided to go to Jimmy’s Korner on P street to buy a powerball ticket, they didn’t know they had given themselves a great start for the new year.  

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Catalonia Launches ‘La Grossa’ Lottery

January 2nd, 2014

In the Spanish region of Catalonia, there has been rumblings of dissatisfaction with the Spanish government.  It has grown so bad Catalonia wants to conduct a referendum regarding secession from Spain in 2014.  

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