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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Unusual Project For £148 Million Winner
April 27th, 2013
Gillian Bayford remembers having to scrimp and save to allow her children to have their birthday parties at a local play barn.
After winning a huge £148 jackpot from Euromillions, she still plans to keep most things they way they are with one big exception: She has bought the play barn, which had closed earlier, and plans to operate it with a friend.
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Unusual Lottery Betting ‘System’ Catches Thief
April 27th, 2013
Bangkok taxi driver Wanlop Ou-thong, 54, had been very successful in running off with his passengers’ possessions after asking for help pushing his “out of gas” taxi of the road, that he managed to run the scam at least twelve times.
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Sweden Post New Record For Lottery Jackpots
April 26th, 2013
Swedish lottery operators Svenska Sel has announced that a man from Norrkoping in Eastern Sweden has won the biggest jackpot ever won in the country.
The huge 237,697,528 kronor ($36.2 million) win went to a single winner, a man in his fifties who, the officials described as ‘dazed but calm’ after receiving the announcement.
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NT$150.1 Million Jackpot Is Taiwan’s Second Highest
April 26th, 2013
The Taiwan National Lottery Company announced that a lucky person who bought an entry at an outlet in Shetou Township, Changhua County, Central Taiwan has won a huge jackpot of NT$150.1 ($50.6 million).
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Sevenoaks Winner Claims £3m Jackpot After Two Months
April 26th, 2013
The national lottery has announced that a jackpot won in the February 9 draw will now be claimed by a person from Kent, who wishes to remain anonymous.
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Two Lottery Wins In A Month For Iowa Woman
April 24th, 2013
Jamie Meyers of Cedar Rapids can be considered lucky for winning a $100,000 prize after playing the “Cash Inferno” game on Wednesday. More surprising is the fact that she has won $50,000 from the “Super Crossword” game just this 12th of April.
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Lotto 649 Winner Still Can’t Believe His Luck
April 24th, 2013
Chad Seguin, who was one of four winners to share a huge $63 million jackpot from the 6/49 game of the Canadian Lottery still cannot believe his luck.
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Grandfather Third Time Lucky To The Tune Of £1.4 Million
April 23rd, 2013
John and Pauline Alford from Trowbridge, won the top prize of £1,437,220 on the National Lottery with a lucky dip ticket, on the same day they won £2 on a scratchcard and £5 on the Thunderball.
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Euro Millions €26m Winner Is A French Mother
April 23rd, 2013
A mother in France, who has remained unidentified, is the latest winner of the Euro Millions Lottery. The €26 million jackpot has catapulted her from being broke to being a multi-millionaire.
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Luck Just Kept Coming Towards Tennessee Couple
April 23rd, 2013
Engaged couple Kelly O’Rear and Charles “Bubba” Sells bought a very lucky a Tennessee Lottery Black instant game ticket at the Sunshine Food Mart on Rossville Boulevard, after winning $100 on other lottery tickets three times.
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