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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Woman Sues Lottery Company For Failing To Stop Her Losing $331,000
October 4th, 2012
It’s a crazy world when you can sue a lottery company for letting you play.
Joyce May Ross admittedly has a serious gambling addiction. But short of locking her up, I’m not sure how the lottery company is supposed to have stopped her buying tickets.
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UK Lotto’s First Ever Quadruple Rollover Jackpot
September 29th, 2012
In a first ever for the UK Lotto, tonight is a quadruple rollover jackpot.
Nobody won again on Wednesday, so the pot has now rolled over to become a jumbo £19.6 Million!
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The Mystery $202M Powerball Winner
September 28th, 2012
The sole winning Powerball ticket was bought in Bondurant, Des Moines at a convenience store.
That’s right. Just one ticket matched all 6 numbers and will claim the full jackpot.
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Cancer Survivor Wins The Lottery
September 28th, 2012
Nick Ruth, 19, could barely speak when he checked his Mega Millions ticket – he waved it at his mum in an attempt to communicate the good news 🙂
He’s only been playing the lottery for a year – not surpisingly really since he’s just turned 19.
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Norwegian Family Are 3 Times Lotto Winners
September 27th, 2012
So what is the secret of winning 3 jackpots in a period of just 6 years?
According to Hege Jeanette you just have to get pregnant…
Her brother Tord just won £1.3 Million in the last week at just 19 years old, while Hege herself won over £880,000 two years ago.
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Lucky Lotto Feeling Produced $1 Million Win [video]
September 26th, 2012
Retired corrections officer John Bunce says he only plays when he has that lucky feeling.
And it certainly paid off this time.
John will receive an annuity of $33,000 per year after taxes, for the next 20 years.
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FREE DRAW: Win EuroMillions Tickets
September 25th, 2012
This Friday is a Superdraw on EuroMillions, which means a guaranteed jackpot of €100 Million.
Not only that, but it’s guaranteed to be paid out. Which means even if nobody matches all the numbers, it will roll down to the next level – which could mean a far better chance of you winning a big prize.
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Assembly Panel Approves Lottery Winners Privacy Bill
September 25th, 2012
Good news for lottery winners in the USA as New Jersey moves forward with it’s plan to provide more privacy for new lottery winners.
In a bill, now approved by the Assembly Panel on Monday, winners would be allowed a year of anonymity if they should choose it.
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Toronto Resident $3.3M Richer
September 24th, 2012
He’s almost there, but Desmond Suico has just one more hoop to jump through before they write him out a nice cheque for $3.3 Million.
As his daughter is works at a place that sells lottery tickets, he has to go through some extra checking under the ‘related party’ rules – which includes making Desmond wait an extra 30 days just in case any additional claimants come forward.
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$100,000 A Year For Life For Sacramento Man
September 23rd, 2012
Thomas Reese, 58, buys scratch off tickes a couple of times a week.
But this particular ticket sent the cashier in the store berzerk, and had his wife in total disbelief, just repeating ‘no, no, no’!
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