Quick Picks

Never believe a lottery expert that says ‘avoid quick picks’ – because they do win, all the time. And here’s the proof. Quick pick tickets are just as likely to be winners as any other ticket. Just ask these folks.

Son Of Marriott President Robert McCarthy Wins $107M On Lottery

September 11th, 2011

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.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

21 Year Old Wins $3.5 Million On Lotto 649

August 30th, 2011

Possibly one of the most unusually named recent lottery winners, Kricket Slik of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada just hit the jackpot with a win of $3,489,606.80 on the Canada Lotto 649.

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Laid Off Dad Is $32M Mega Millions Winner

August 24th, 2011

The latest Mega Millions winner has now come forward, in Boston.

Candido Oliveria, 47 and a father of 2, has just been announced as the winner of the jackpot from Friday 19th August.

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Irish Millionaires First Thought For Charity

August 23rd, 2011

Maire McKibbin and her family syndicate of 6, just won a cool £1,134,307 on the UK Lotto.

But once the money is divided up, Maire intends to give most of it away to 2 charities she supports.

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Gateshead Syndicate Turn £16 Win Into £54,777

August 17th, 2011

The syndicate of 25 people from a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealers in Gateshead normally only play the Friday draw.

But this week they decided to use their £16 win from the previous Friday, 29th July, to buy 8 lucky dips in the Tuesday EuroMillions draw.

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Minnesota Powerball Winners Thankful They Can Now Retire

August 14th, 2011

Retirement was not looking promising when they met their financial advisor last week.

minnesota powerball winnersBut now the latest Minnesota Powerball winners, Thomas and Kathleen Morris, have a new appointment with their advisor.

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Record Cash 5 Jackpot Winner

July 29th, 2011

Scanning his third Cash 5 ticket into the lottery machine, Ronald Flickinger was not exactly overwhelmed when it said ‘You won $1’.

His first two tickets were losers.

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I’ve Gotta Kiss Her – It’s Her Name On The Winners Check!

July 26th, 2011

Ernie Stephens, 63, smiled and kissed his wife, Judy, 56, for the cameras at the Missouri Lottery news conference. He joked:

I’ve gotta kiss her. Her name’s on the check.

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€500,000 Lottery Win ‘Just A Top Up’ Say Two Time Winners

July 25th, 2011

To most of us the prospect of winning half a million Euros would seem quite exciting.

But for one very lucky couple, it was just a mere ‘top up’, as they had already won €6.5 Million just 5 years ago.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

Scottish EuroMillions Winners Richer Than The Beckhams? [pic]

July 18th, 2011

We just wrote a story about the Scottish lottery millionaires get-together. And now it has been revealed that the huge EuroMillions jackpot has been claimed by Colin and Chris Weir… from Ayrshire in Scotland.

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