Rakel Daniele in Fort Lee, New Jersey was excited to see her lottery numbers had come up.

The excitement quickly faded however when she discovered the $250,000 she thought she had won, was actually a broadcasting mistake!

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Rachel and Tony Bryan just didn’t want the fast cars, designer clothes and luxury home.

So instead of blowing their £2.6million prize on the usual trappings of wealth, Rachel and Tony chose the self-sufficiency dream instead.

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I’ve seen some odds lotteries over the years.

70 lucky winners of the LCBO lottery won the right to buy a bottle of beer for $114-95.

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And now here’s the winning lottery numbers for tonight. Ah, no wait a minute, here’s the real winning numbers 🙂

Confusion struck again for South Carolina when the wrong graphic was shown for the Pick 3 lottery on Tuesday.

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Most of us plan to give away some of our big win. And most winners do give some to family and charity.

But Allan and Violet Large went far beyond what most of would do.

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Most of us would be on the case instantly – but Raleigh and Erin Hill of North Carolina knowingly held on to their winning ticket for 6 months!

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On Friday Allen Hudaifa, 57, of Houston, was charged with claiming a lottery prize by fraud.

He tried to cash in a scratch off ticket back in February 2010.

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You know lottery winners usually pay off their mortgage, and maybe buy a new car?

Well Joe Denette won a big payout on the Mega Millions back in 2009, and rather than retire quietly, he decided setting up his own truck racing team would be far more fun.

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A new lottery game is being trialled in Puerto Rico.

Every time someone buys something in a shop, their receipt now contains a number.

And every week those receipts could win prizes ranging from $100 to $1,000.

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Money can’t buy you love, happiness… or common sense it seems.

Ryan Magee, 28, was driving along in his shiny red Ferrari with his mobile phone glued to his ear.

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