Lorraine Smith and her friend Paula Barraclough played the lottery and set aside £25 wins toward a holiday fund. But when fortune decided to smile on a ticket Smith bought on the last £2 on her wallet, she knew she had to share that with Barraclough as well.

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This weeks feel-good stories of lottery winners includes that of a hard-up steel fitter who won a quarter million pounds and a Canadian school janitor who is set to retire after winning a $60 million lottery prize.

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The Christmas season has just passed but a Limerick man who collected a €209,241 has decided with his wife to share the blessings with family and friends.

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Single dad Andrew Nabb, who has been in and out of work for the past 12 months, bought a lucky dip EuroMillions ticket from a local shop and promptly forgot about it.

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An Irishman was watching his country’s Six Nations loss to Scotland last Saturday when he thought about checking his Euromillions ticket from a previous draw. While the man is expected to be disappointed with his side’s loss in the rugby match, he had some consolation from the National Lottery.

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There are always stories people deciding to retire right after winning big lottery jackpots – it’s just something most people do. But in the case of a woman from Denver, she quit her job a few days before winning the lottery!

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A man from Cranbrook volunteered a couple of hours manning a Christmas Kettle for the Salvation Army at the Canadian Tire outlet.  After his shift, he went to the mall and bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket and promptly forgot about it, but not before jokingly telling the clerk that he may make a donation there. 

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Kevin Jones and  his wife Michelle were in very dire straits early this year.  They had just returned from Spain after losing all they had in a burglary.  

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Angela and Brian Feiring bought lotto tickets for the same reasons most of us do – hoping to win big bucks.  The pair always made it a point to buy quick picks, perhaps knowing that the odds remain the same whatever number combination you choose. 

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The good thing about winning huge sums of money in the lottery is that it allows you to do pretty much whatever you like.  Some winners grab the opportunity to sit back and relax, buy lots of expensive stuff or travel to exotic locations around the globe. 

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