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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 :-)

Ticket Lost In Church Returned On April Fool’s Day

June 6th, 2014

How would you feel if you won a $50 million lottery prize  then lost the ticket while attending church services?  Haseem Nosiru had the winning ticket for the January 17 draw of the Lotto Max duct taped to his wife’s purse. 

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Single Mum Wins Huge Lottery Jackpot

June 6th, 2014

mumFor single mother of two Kerry Poxon, luck came after a mere eighteen months of playing the lottery.  And even then, she did not know she had hit the big jackpot for about two weeks while her ticket had remained unchecked, pinned by a magnet to her refrigerator. 

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Aussie Wins $687,000 Lotto Bounty

June 5th, 2014

Most winners really don’t believe they would ever win the big one.  That appears to be true of lottery players from the land down under as well. 

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Scot Fireman Scoops £1.9 Million Lotto Jackpot

June 5th, 2014

A  firefighter from Dundee is one of two winners who shared a £3,885,318 jackpot in Saturday night’s UK Lotto draw.  The man who requested to be allowed to remain anonymous has suddenly become £1,942,659 richer after managing to pick all six numbers in the draw.

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Retired Bus Driver Wins £800,000

June 5th, 2014

driverRetired bus driver Hugh Lundy has always dreamed of traveling the famous route 66 in America in style.  But after years of winning just the occasional tenner here and there, he never really expected the lottery to provide the means to make his dream travel come true. 

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Frenchman Wins €15 Million On His Birthday

June 3rd, 2014

The Euromillions Lottery just gifted a 40-year old office manager from Paris with a €15 million jackpot for his birthday.  The Frenchman, who has opted to remain anonymous, won the jackpot on November 29th, which just happened to be his birthday.

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Bathroom Visit Leads To A Million Dollars

June 3rd, 2014

bathroomRetired iron worker Salvatore Montante of Eltingville can thank his bladder for a substantial windfall.  On a trip home after he visited family, Montante just had to stop by the Bay & Bath Market on Bay Parkway on Brooklyn to find a restroom. 

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Sacked Auto Workers Win $16 Million

June 2nd, 2014

Many of us dream of winning big lottery prizes we can comfortably retire on.  Sixteen workers from the Toyota Plant in Victoria were told they were on the list of people 2,500 people who will lose their jobs when the plant shuts down in 2016. 

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This Week’s Top Stories

June 2nd, 2014

Lottery Stories Of The Week

This week’s stories of lottery success include that of a teen mom who won $7 million, an ‘occasional player’ who won $3 million and a man who won a million dollars after babysitting his grandchildren.

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Guard Wins $3 Million On ‘Lucky Break’

June 2nd, 2014

Who’d ever think a man can ‘earn’ more on his lunch break than on his regular job?  That is exactly what happened when Rockefeller Center security guard bought a $10 scratch-off ticket at a Midtown Pronto Pizza on his lunch break. 

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