Lottery Winners

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Two Kiwis Share Record Prize

April 10th, 2011

The record Powerball prize was shared between two winning tickets on Saturday night.

Each ticket will collect $17,612,427 – half of the total jackpot prize of $35,224,854.

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Supermarket Wins EuroMillions

April 8th, 2011

In a confusing turn of events for the lottery companies legal experts, the Tesco supermarket in County Meath, Ireland just won €500,000.

How is that possible?

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

Mum Gets A Bungalow While I Travel The World

April 6th, 2011

Last Saturday he was a temporary machine operator scraping by on just £210 per week.

By Sunday his life had completely changed and he found himself £2,388,987 richer.

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Winners Ship Comes In At Port Hope

April 5th, 2011

Another lucky St Patricks day winner, Valerie Deziel, was shocked to discover she was the second prize winner in the Canda Lotto 6/49.

She told the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation:

I literally ran all the way home.

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Where Do You Hide Your Winning Lottery Ticket?

April 5th, 2011

Lottery companies do have to deal with some fishy claims at times.

But some are more fishy than others. Such as the winner Camelot (UK) say kept their ticket ‘safely’ inside a packet of cat treats.

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Saved From Homelessness By Scratchcard

April 3rd, 2011

Things really had got that bad. Alison Hollick, 48, had lost her telesales job, and was in arrears with the mortgage.

With little other option, the house had been put up for sale and a buyer had already been found.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

Armagh Five Share Three-Way Jackpot

April 1st, 2011

Five workers from the HCL call centre will each be depositing £155,306 after their numbers came up on the UK Lotto last Wednesday.

The jackpot of £2,329,590 was shared by 3 winning tickets, making each ticket worth £776,530.

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Albany Lottery Winners Revealed [pic]

April 1st, 2011

The Albany lottery winners have been revealed.

The lucky office pool of 7 that won last Friday’s Mega Millions have now been made public via a press conference in Schenectady, New York:

The pool of IT workers all put in $2 each when the jackpot is over $100 Million.

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Postman Pat Hits The Jackpot

March 31st, 2011

A popular postman from Cork won half of the €14Million Irish Lotto jackpot on Saturday.

Pat Broderick from Kinsale is a father of four, and husband of Mary.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

Best Movie Night Ever For Canada 649 Winners

March 31st, 2011

It was supposed to be just a quiet Friday night in.

Both Paula George and Brad MacArthur were suffering from colds, so Brad stopped off to rent a DVD on the way home.

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