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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Canada Lotto Winners To Give Half $25M Winnings To Family
August 28th, 2012
They do say sharing is caring. And what a way to share.
Ron and Susannah Higgsfrom Ontario are one of the Lotto Max winners from last Friday’s $50 Million draw.
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UK Gets Lottery Alert To Help Prevent Stolen Tickets
August 28th, 2012
Following the successful prosecution of a UK shopkeeper who attempted to steal a ticket worth £1 Million, Camelot has now announced that UK lottery terminals will be upgraded with audible win alert.
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Gold Medal Winner Thanked For Big Lottery Win
August 28th, 2012
Libby and Alisdair McRae from Aberdeen in Scotland pay thanks to Gold Medal winner Mo Farah for their big win!
It was double gold winner Mo who lapped Libby in a charity run earlier this year, and Libby says she has incredibly lucky ever since that day.
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Modest Win Makes Reddy’s Dreams Come True
August 27th, 2012
John and Carol Reddy didn’t win a headline stealing sum on EuroMillions, but it still put £445,440.80 in their bank account – more than enough to make their wishes come true.
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Reasons To Stay Anonymous: 400 Begging Letters & Counting
August 27th, 2012
It may not always be possible to choose anonymity when you win the big jackpot.
And it doesn’t always work when you do.
But unless you want to bombarded with begging letters and crazy requests for why you should give your winnings to someone else, it’s worth giving it a try.
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Million Dollar Winner Shares His Experience [video]
August 26th, 2012
Church goer and grandfather of 7 just won $1 Million on a $2 scratcher in East Texas.
Here is Bernardo Orozco telling his story:-
He only bought two tickets, the first of which lost, but the second was the million dollar winner.
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Million Dollar Ticket Left In Car For a Week
August 23rd, 2012
A man in his twenties from Cairns, Australia, was thrilled to discover the ticket he had left lying around in his car was actually worth $1 Million.
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Two Big Wins In A Month
August 23rd, 2012
Donnie does play the lottery most days so perhaps isn’t your typical lottery players – but even he was surprised when he managed 2 x $50,000 wins in a month.
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Dave Dawes Gets His £3.5M Pad Near Chelsea Football Ground
August 21st, 2012
Dave did say he wanted to get a place near to Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea Football Club.
Well now he has.
The £3.5 Million apartment is in a plush apartment block in Chelsea Harbour.
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Jail For EuroMillions Ticket Fraud Shop Worker
August 20th, 2012
The shop worker from Manchester who stole a winning lottery ticket from 78 year old Maureen Holt has been jailed.
Farrakh Nizzar, 30, scanned her ticket in the shop but told her it had won nothing.
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