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All the latest interesting lottery news. As you may have guessed, we pretty much love lottery games and are borderline obsessed with them. So we spend far too much time reading about the lottery to bring you an easy to access summary of all the most interesting lottery news stories. Enjoy :-)

€5 Million Winner Still Works At Bookie Shop A Year On

July 16th, 2014

People never cease to wonder why Carol Loran continues to work at a local bookie shop a year after splitting 10.5 million euro win with a former boyfriend. 

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Waiter Who Pestered Boss To Buy Lottery Ticket To Get Half The Prize

July 16th, 2014

Waiter Mr. Ozcan dreamed he was in standing front of his boss holding a lot of money.  Convinced this meant his boss would win the lottery he pestered his boss Mr.

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Lottery To Deliver £1Million To Midwife

July 15th, 2014

midAs a midwife Ruth Breen of Poolstock, Wigan is  used to delivering babies.  But after having won in the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw, it is the Lottery’s turn to deliver to her the sum of £1 million.

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Lotto Winner To Pay For College Scholarships

July 15th, 2014

A worker at Shaw University has just won $2 million in the Powerball Lottery after she matched five of the numbers drawn.  Her prize was doubled because she paid for the Power Play feature. 

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This Week’s Top Stories

July 15th, 2014

Lottery Stories Of The Week

There are some interesting lottery wins this week, including those of a Dane who beat the entry deadline to win big, an Irishman who wins after nearly losing his house, and a group of Canadians who won after the man designated to purchase tickets persisted despite a ffailed first attempt.

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Fourteen Workers Bag $1 Million Powerball Prize

July 13th, 2014

A group of fourteen co-workers at the Kimberly-Clark plant had a simple solution for increasing their chances of winning: contribute $5 per week for 35 chances to win the Powerball jackpot. 

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Canadian Group Wins $30 Million Lotto Max Bounty

July 13th, 2014

It seems like, lady luck sometimes tests those whom she would like to visit.  Take the case of David Primmer who heads a syndicate of eight employees of United Rentals; his first attempt to purchase tickets at the store failed when his bank card did not work, so he purchased the syndicate’s entry at Jubber’s Convenience as soon as he got to back Labrador. 

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Woman Will Use Part Of Lottery Win To Fund Scholarships

July 12th, 2014

Marilyn Fields enjoys playing the lottery.  When she bought a Powerball ticket at the Food Lion on Six Forks Road in Raleigh, she never imagined that it was time for her to reap the rewards for all the times she played without winning anything big.

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Dane Beats Deadline To Bag Lottery Jackpot

July 12th, 2014

A story of lottery luck in Denmark illustrates just how blessings find their way to their intended recipient.  A Danish man won the lottery after just beating the deadline for submitting his entry ticket – he purchased and registered his lucky lottery entry just 81 seconds before the deadline! 

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Man Takes Poverty Vow Then Wins $259.8 Million

July 12th, 2014

monkLady luck can be a bit cruel sometimes.  There are many of us for whom the dream of a big lottery jackpot has yet to be realized, yet a man who has taken a vow of poverty goes on to win a huge $259.8 million Powerball jackpot! 

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