The biggest Powerball Lottery winner ever has made good on a promise to help pay for repairs to her hometown’s high school.  Gloria Mackenzie, who won a record $590 million Powerball jackpot in May this year, sent a check for $1 million to the town officials of East Millinocket, Maine. 

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Changes in the prize structure of the Mega Millions Lottery has resulted in the first player in the country to win $3 million.  Everette Sloop Jr.’s

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Roger Douglas of Fort Wayne, Indiana sure is lucky with numbers.  After posting wins of $250,000 in November 2001 and $25,000 in a holiday raffle way back in November 21, 2006, he is back in the winning circle. 

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The National Lottery is waiting till Wednesday for the holder of a winning ticket to come forward to claim a £12 million prize.  After Wednesday, the winning EuroMillions ticket which was sold in Ladywood, Birmingham on May 31st of this year expires and the prize amount will be turned over to the lottery’s good causes.

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An immigrant from Hempstead, who does not speak English bought a $10 “Unwrap The Cash” scratch-off New York Lottery ticket from the Peninsula Deli and Grocery on Thursday. 

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Can one be so lucky and unlucky at the same time?  A lucky bettor bought a ticket that beat odds in excess of 1 in 175 million to  match the winning numbers of 2, 6, 19, 21, 27 and a Powerball number of 25 more than six months ago. 

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A woman who received a lottery ticket with a birthday card, found that she had actually received a $50,000 gift, and a man looking to win a lot of dough bought a winning Powerball ticket from a bakery. 

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Sometimes it takes a syndicate to bag a big lottery prize.  To increase their chances of winning, forty-one workers from fabricating shop The Newcan Company banded together and bought 177 lottery tickets. 

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A former sheriff from West Virginia, who was blessed with a fortune from a lottery win, continues to make charitable contributions to his community.  The latest project to be helped by his generosity is the new $2.3 million W.

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It took a big jackpot from a Multiplier Spectacular instant game for Belinda S. Garner’s life to change forever.  Garner from Huron, a community in southwest Henderson County, had bought the winning ticket at Major Market in Lexington. 

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