Lorraine Smith and her friend Paula Barraclough played the lottery and set aside £25 wins toward a holiday fund. But when fortune decided to smile on a ticket Smith bought on the last £2 on her wallet, she knew she had to share that with Barraclough as well.

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Ten people in Georgia are celebrating a big lottery win. And they all have equal shares in the $1 million payout.

The lottery syndicate is composed of workers at the American Honda Motor Company’s power equipment headquarters n Alpharetta.

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A Canadian couple just beat odds of 1 in 28.6 million to win a Lotto Max jackpot worth all of $26,037,102.70!

The winners in the Feb.17 draw are the husband and wife team of Mike and Tricia Montminy of Tilbury.

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An old Australian couple decided to gamble the last money they had and managed to come up winners in the Lotterywest draw.

Before the win the couple had been in dire straits and were already contemplating selling their home if the mortgage payments become unmanageable.

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A man kept nagging his mother to stop playing the lottery; he said it was just a waste of money. However, with the lunar new year holidays coming up, he gave his mother three numbers to use.

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An Israeli couple from Tel Aviv was worried about an outstanding electric bill of 4,000 shekels so they bought a lottery ticket on Saturday. By the next day they no longer had any reason to worry about electric bills or any other unpaid bills.

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This weeks feel-good stories of lottery winners includes that of a hard-up steel fitter who won a quarter million pounds and a Canadian school janitor who is set to retire after winning a $60 million lottery prize.

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Arizona Lottery’s Windfall Willie has been out for the past three years, most likely prospecting somewhere. But now he’s back and has brought a new game for lottery aficionados to play.

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This guy from New Zealand has a curious way of playing the lottery. While some people join syndicates to increase their chances of winning, this Nelson lottery player plays the same numbers multiple times on the same draw hoping for a greater share of the prize should he win.

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In this digital age, information is king. Maybe that’s why the National Lottery has just released data on the average profile of Irish people who win the lottery.

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