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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 :-)

The National Lottery Big Win advert [video]

March 23rd, 2013

What if a smile was something you can wear,  just like a bow tie?  This animation shows just how contagious a smile can be.

In this animation of a family of shrews, the husband wakes up, goes to a ‘bag of smiles’ and puts one on. 

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Man Blows £1.8m Lottery Win

March 21st, 2013

Bad investments and a taste for the fast life cost Roger Griffiths, who won a lottery jackpot worth £1.8 million, all of his money, his career and his marriage.

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Woman Wins $1 Million From $10 Ticket

March 20th, 2013

For Dianna Sills, of Dunn, N.C., hopped her way in the form of a $10 Ruby Red 7’s instant ticket her brother had brought for her from a store called Kangaroo Express.

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Pennsylvania Contract With Lotto Operator To Be Revised

March 19th, 2013

The administration of Gov. Corbett of Pennsylvania has decided to revise the contract it has offered to British company Camelot Global Services, in a bid to win the approval of the Attorney General and avoid a lengthy court battle. 

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Thirst Brings Luck To Middletown Man

March 19th, 2013

Bruce Barnhard turned a refreshment stop at Stup’s Market in Adamstown, Maryland into a golden opportunity, when he decided he might as well buy a Multi-Match ticket, while he was there.

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Lotto Win Allows Mechanic To Retire A Year Early

March 18th, 2013

An industrial mechanic from Big River, Sask .,  David Chaykowski, 59, may be retiring a year earlier than most.  David, who claimed a $30 million Lotto Max jackpot with his wife Gloria, says his first priority is to quit his job. 

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Twice Lucky For Winning Lottery And Beating Deadline

March 18th, 2013

One of four $1 million lottery prize tickets, sold last year at a gas station in Wood Dale had been unclaimed for almost a year.  Considering rules that limit redemption of winning tickets to just one year after the draw, lottery officials had posters made for people to check their tickets.

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Cornish Gardener’s Fortunes Have Blossomed with £1million Scratchcard Win [video]

March 17th, 2013

Does money grow on trees?  Gardener explains £1million scratchcard win.

A gardener, named Lee Orchard, followed a hunch and bet £5 he won earlier on a scratchcard. 

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Man Will Have Twenty Happy Birthdays To Come

March 17th, 2013

The Illinois Lottery has announced that Ryan Kreoger is the first-ever winner of its $5 “Birthday Surprise” instant game.  The $3.15 million win assures Ryan of annual payouts of about $150,000 ($105,000 after taxes) for the next twenty years, and the date of the payout is his own birthday.

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Golden Welsh Couple Gets £3m Anniversary Gift

March 17th, 2013

Tommy and Carol Lisk, who have lived together as man and wife in Swansea for the last fifty years received a £3m “anniversary gift” from the national lottery.

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