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 :-)
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Lottery Winner Prioritizes Home Repairs
June 24th, 2013
Olive Scott, 66, from Kirkton, won £50,000 from the National Lottery after her ticket matched five numbers and the bonus ball in Saturday’s draw. But in the beginning she was excited she thought she had won £53; she only learned she had won much more when her won went to a local store to claim the winnings and was advised to go straight to the lottery offices.
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EuroMillions Jackpot Grows To £157 million
June 24th, 2013
This is bound to be welcome news for lottery players. In the last Euromillions draw, which offered a jackpot of £141 million, eight bettors were able to match five numbers and one lucky star and eighteen others were able to match only the five numbers; no ticket matched all five numbers and two lucky stars.
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Hillside Man Wins $500k Wedding Present From The Lottery
June 23rd, 2013
Louis Gardner, who had been living with his partner for the past fifteen years bought a 4th of July Millionaire Raffle ticket, because his wife told him about it.
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Spencer Caregiver Accused Of Stealing Winning Lottery Ticket
June 23rd, 2013
A caregiver has been accused of larceny after allegations were made that she stole and cashed a winning lottery ticket that belongs to an 80-year old client.
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Kentville Restaurant Workers Get $15.2M “Tip” From The Lottery
June 23rd, 2013
Kentville restaurant owner’s wife Wafaa Toulany and four restaurant workers received a huge $15.2 million “tip” from the lottery. The lottery syndicate of five, who have been playing the lottery for the past eight years, finally won big.
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Persistence Pays For Kimball $1M Lottery Winner
June 22nd, 2013
Loran Kramer, has been playing the lottery ever since he moved to Kimball in 1974. He even recalls winning $100,000 from the lottery once.
Last week, Kramer topped that, when the ticket he bought matched the first five white numbers drawn in Nebraska Lottery’s semi-weekly draw Tuesday night.
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Virginia Beach Couple Posts Third Big Lottery Win
June 22nd, 2013
While most of us still dream of having our first big lottery win, a Virginia Beach couple has done that multiple times. They have won $100,000 from Cash 5 in September 2006 and another $200,000 from a single draw in October 2011.
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New Member Of City Council Sells Winning Ticket
June 22nd, 2013
June 11, 2013 is a date that Michael Yun will remember for a long time. That day he won a seat in the City Council, and his store, the Garden State News on Central Avenue, sold a ticket that won a million dollars from the lottery.
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Lottery Luck Visits Man Twice In 24 Hours
June 20th, 2013
Most people go through life without ever winning a big jackpot from the lottery; with odds of winning a jackpot slim at best, that is understandable.
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Fireman wins $611k In NC Lottery
June 19th, 2013
Gastonia fireman Glenn Mace has recently won one of the biggest Carolina Cash 5 jackpots N.C. Education Lottery history, after a $1 ticket he bought at Mountain Stop on Archie Whitesides Road managed to match all five numbers drawn in Thursdays drawing.
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