Lottery Winners

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This Week’s Top Stories

July 19th, 2016

Lottery Stories Of The Week

This week’s stories include those of a couple whose family has been beset by health issues of late found financial help in the form of a $2 million lottery win and that of a taxi driver has decided not to retire even after winning a million pound jackpot.

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FEATURE: Lottery Winner Of The Month (June 2016)

July 17th, 2016

Geoff and Judith Coombes

Lottery Winners Keep It Simple

There are lots of stories of big lottery winners who become overwhelmed by the sudden arrival of incredibly large sums of money. 

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Couple Discover $2 Million Win While At Hospital ER

July 16th, 2016

The family had been having a lot of health issues, including a heart attack for the father, when luck decided to intervene.  They anonymous couple were actually at a hospital emergency room when the wife realized their Mega Millions entry had matched five of six numbers drawn.

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ASDA Worker Wins In The Millionaire Raffle Draw

July 16th, 2016

rsz_asdaAsda worker Amanda Lewis got lucky in a previous draw and decided to use part of her £2.60 in credit to purchase a lucky dip.  Having done the same countless times, she promptly forgot about it; but this time the results were very different!

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$4.1M Lotto Winner To Buy A House By The Ocean

July 10th, 2016

rsz_instantA Set For Life ticket allowed Dana and Leslie Graffunder to retire in their dream home early.

After Leslie bought the lucky ticket at Stewart’s Shop on South Main St.

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Lottery Winners Establish Charitable Foundation

July 10th, 2016

When Paul and Sue Rosenau won a Powerball jackpot worth $180 million back in 04 May 2008, they knew what they had to do.  After they received a one time payment of $44 million net of taxes, they used $26.4 million to establish The Legacy of Angels Foundation dedicated to finding a cure for Krabbe disease which claimed the life of their grandchild five years earlier.

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Broadstone Bus Drivers Win €24m

July 8th, 2016

It is believed that 22 members of a syndicate composed of Dublin bus drivers have won a EuroMillions jackpot of nearly €24 million.

The syndicate who are said to all work at the Broadstone garage in North Dublin have bagged €23,845,060 from the Friday EuroMillions draw. 

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Cabbie Not Retiring After Lotto Win

July 6th, 2016

Taxi driver Gordon Rees plays the lottery regularly.  But on the day he won, he had changed one aspect of his play by buying his lucky dips from the co-op where he had also bought a pint of milk.

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Two-Time Lotto Winners Remain Grounded

July 6th, 2016

rsz_tempeKerry and Dianne Carmichael have been playing the lottery for more than 30 years, and they have been handsomely rewarded for it.  The couple have won big twice:  a $2.5 million Pick Jackpot Kerry won in 1995 and a $1 million Powerball payout for Dianne just before their annuities from the first ran out.

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Texas Retirees Win A Million While Traveling

July 6th, 2016

People usually travel after they win substantial amounts in the lottery;  retirees Joseph and Anetia Roseman are a bit different.

The couple were traveling, on a visit to friends in North Carolina when they decided to try their luck on a Mega Millions quick pick ticket from the S.M.

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