Considering that all lottery players dream of winning a big jackpot, it is a constant wonder how many jackpots go unclaimed each year.  Though unclaimed prizes benefit the lottery’s charities, still it is more inspiring if the winners come forward to claim the prize they have dreamed of winning for a long time.

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While most couples fret about the financial strains of a coming child, mom-to-be Julie Kelly and her husband don’t really have to.  Julie just won an early Christmas present of $1.6 million on the December 7th Lotto 6/49 draw. 

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Lee Orchard expects this Christmas to be completely different and many times better than the year before.  While they had to make do with very little last year, a £1 million lottery win will see to it that they celebrate this Christmas in style and with all the trimmings.

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One would think that a person who wins a million dollar lottery prize is blessed, and in most cases that holds true, but not Urooj Khan who died less than two months after winning a lottery jackpot. 

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In Sterling Massachusetts, a huge lottery win has turned the town of only 7,800 people upside down, and people don’t even know who really won.

What set things in motion was an announcement that Appletown Market on Main Street sold one of the two winning tickets which won a $122.9 million Powerball jackpot, in Wednesday’s draw. 

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Guy Havey of Atchison may just have received a late inheritance from his late mother, a year after she passed.  He won a million dollars from the Powerball lottery using a number combination of his late mother’s birthday and the date she died, which he had been placing a bet on since she passed.

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They say there is a time for everything under the sun.  A few years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery phased out Gus, the groundhog character it used in promotions, with Penny. 

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When surveys revealed a majority of people feel pressured to find special Christmas gifts for their loved ones but some are unsure what to buy, the National Lottery came up with the Secret Santa scratchcard promotion. 

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Graham and Amanda Nield became £6,676,215 richer after the August 17 draw of the National Lottery.  But old habits die hard and for this couple, spending money on themselves in excess of what they used to just won’t do.

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Even as Christmas is just around the corner, a lot of people have received blessings sure to make their holidays a lot more cheerful.  Nine hospice workers who take care of and spread cheer among sick elderly people will share a million dollars to add to their own Christmas cheer.

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