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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 :-)

Thousands Win In El Gordo Drawing

December 24th, 2013

Spain’s El Gordo Lottery lived up to its name by spreading Christmas cheer on thousands of bettors. Instead of awarding a huge sum to one winner, the lottery is designed to spread the prize pot to thousands of small winners. 

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Spaniards Hope Christmas Brings Lottery Luck

December 24th, 2013

Spain is one European country rich in Christian, mainly Roman Catholic tradition.  Christmas season is often associated here with the nativity scene, a sort of diorama depicting the moment of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

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UK Lotto Christmas Draw Special – 500 Raffle Prizes

December 23rd, 2013

UK Lotto Christmas draw specialThis Wednesday is a special day, mainly because it’s Christmas day of course.

But it’s also a special draw for the UK Lotto.

Now normally there would be 50 Raffle prizes of £20,000, but because it’s Christmas the UK Lotto have decided to boost that up to a huge 500 prizes of £20,000.

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Georgia Megamillions Winner Comes Forward

December 22nd, 2013

Lottery officials in Georgia have announced that a winner has come forward with a claim to half of a $636 million Megamillions jackpot.  The winner was identified a Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who used a number combination that contained family birthdays and her lucky number seven.

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Man Wins Second Lottery Jackpot

December 22nd, 2013

When C. W. Whitson of Spring Hill,won a million dollars playing the Tennessee Millionaire’s Club instant game in March 2010, he thought he was lucky.  But just this week he claimed his second big jackpot from the Tennessee Lottery’s Play It Again!

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Ticket Seller Earns $1 Million Bonus

December 22nd, 2013

ticket sellerMost people think that you have to buy a lottery ticket to have a chance to win a million dollars.  That may hold true most of the time, but in San Jose, California, all you have to do is sell a Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket.

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Georgia Woman Wins Share Of $636M Jackpot

December 21st, 2013

636m winnerA Georgia woman named Ira Curry has been identified as one of two winners of a $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, which is the second largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. 

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Ten Friends To Share $70 million Tatts Lottery Purse

December 21st, 2013

A group of ten people who regularly take lunch together every other week  made the best financial decision ever by using change left over their lunch bill to buy a lottery ticket. 

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Four Lottery Winners Turned Entrepreneurs

December 21st, 2013

While there are many lottery winners who blow through their windfalls in a heartbeat, there are those who boldly use their winnings wisely.  These four winners have found success in business after their wins.

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Tom Crist Will Give Away Entire $40 Million Win

December 20th, 2013

What does a man who really does not need anything do with a big lottery win?  While most will just say put it in the bank, or splurge big time, big Lotto Max winner Tom Crist plans to give away every cent.

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