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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Fort Erie Couple Wins $3.4 Million Playing LOTTO 6/49
June 8th, 2013
Bob and Madeleine Birrell, a retired couple who settled in Lake Erie six years ago, have won a $3.4 million jackpot playing lotto 6/49. Robert, who used to play using numbers that correspond to significant dates, used the quick pick option to record the win.
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Gloria C. Mackenzie Claims $590 Million Powerball Jackpot
June 8th, 2013
Gloria C. Mackenzie, 84, has just come forward to with the winning ticket for the May 18 Powerball drawing, which won for her a whopping $590 million.
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Retired Journalists Win £6million
June 8th, 2013
Cathy and Richard Brown, retired journalists from Ipswich were aboard their yacht, on a trip of a lifetime, when they learned that they had won £6million.
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EuroMillions Winner Chooses Anonymity
June 7th, 2013
A recent Euromillions jackpot winner has claimed the prize but has chosen to remain anonymous. With the jackpot won a huge sum of £81,381,673.30, we may be disappointed with the decision, but we certainly understand the need for anonymity.
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$590 Million Lottery Winner’s Identity Still A Mystery
June 7th, 2013
It has been two weeks since history was written, and the biggest powerball jackpot of $590 million was won. Lottery officials have announced that the winning ticket has been purchased in Zephyrhills Florida.
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Missouri To Test ATM Ticket Sales
June 7th, 2013
Missouri is set to be the second state to allow lottery ticket sales via ATM’s and gas pumps, as the state lottery commission has scheduled a pilot test of the concept in the fall.
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Rumor Says £81 Million EuroMillions Winner Could Be From Little Lever
June 5th, 2013
Days after the a UK ticket holder won a huge £81,381,673.30 payout from the Euromillions Lottery, rumors have been circulating that the winning ticket was sold at Tesco Little Lever.
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Buying Identical Lottery Tickets Does Not Improve Chances Of Winning
June 3rd, 2013
For lottery player Harry Black, the unusual strategy of buying two identical lottery tickets has paid off quite handsomely. Instead of getting a mere third of the more than $63 million 6/49 jackpot, he gets to keep half ; he owns two of four winning lottery tickets.
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Lucky Orange Helps Man Win
June 2nd, 2013
Samuel Deleon Reyes of Providence credits an orange for helping him win $10,000. Samuel used the four digits he saw stamped on his orange when he placed a dollar bet on two four-digit straight tickets.
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British Man Claims £81m EuroMillions Jackpot
June 1st, 2013
A British man has claimed a jackpot worth £81 million from the EuroMillions lottery after matching all five numbers drawn and the two lucky stars. The lucky ticket holder, who has chosen to remain anonymous, can now also claim the distinction of being sixth in the National Lottery Rich List.
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