What are the odds a man will win two lottery jackpots from tickets purchased at the same store?  It must be zillions to one, but Homer Buffaloe, a tobacco farmer from Wake County, North Carolina has defied those odds.

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Michael Duthie, had admitted to having received £13,000 in benefits in 2010 after having won £250000 in the lottery in 2010, earlier.  He managed to obtain the benefits after failing to declare the lottery windfall.

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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced that the latest winner in their 6/49 lottery drawing has won a whopping $30 million.

The the winner to asked a store clerk to verify the win via an OLG terminal. 

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Did a newcomer to a 17 member Dublin Airport lottery syndicate bring them luck?  It appears that way, as the syndicate won €6 million in the national lottery, just three months after the 17th member joined. 

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What is the surest way for an unemployed truck driver to find a job?  Well if you are James Lovell of Clinton, Maine, you would have just won $2 million Powerball jackpot, so you can buy your own truck with snow plows.

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“Lady Luck” who has been the face of the Virginia Lottery since 1990 is being retired.  The character, played by actress Melanie MacQueen, had been a wry and disheveled fairy princess. 

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Teddy Williamson, knew there were very few Holiday Millions tickets being sold and had a hunch he must get one.  He is glad he followed that hunch because, after scratching the cards he read “millions” and was stunned.

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David Czarnik of Easthampton must be so blessed; he has just won $1 million prize on the Massachusetts lottery’s “50X The Cash” instant game.

That is just half of it though, because he had already won $1 million from the lottery’s $800 million Spectacular game in October 2008.

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A retired postal contract postal carrier from Lansing, who had been regularly betting on the lottery, finally won $19 million in the Mega Millions draw.

Judy Juntunen only checked her entries when a grandchild called her up to say that the Michigan Lottery had announced that the winning entry was sold at the store where she usually buys her tickets.

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Malcom and Claire Sills and their friends Martin and Claire Tait, all from Stockton had wanted to use £40 they won on a scratchcard, while they were on a night out, towards dinner. 

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