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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 :-)

RNLI Benefits From Lottery Winner’s Generosity

January 24th, 2016

rsz_ambleA 59-year old cleaner won £300,000 off a scratcher ticket she bought from a Co-Op store in Amble.  Though she was in dire financial straits before her win, she has already decided to donate £5,000 to help the Amble station of the RNLI purchase a new boat.

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Co Cork Family ‘Saved’ By Euromillions Win

January 23rd, 2016

A big lottery win was just what a family from Co Cork needed badly; they were down to €30 and were worried how they would survive the following week. 

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Retiree Wins A Million Dollars In Big Powerball Draw

January 23rd, 2016

rsz_retireeA retiree just won a million dollars off the Powerball lottery while on a visit to Santa Cruz when the record $1.5 billion jackpot drew him towards buying an entry. 

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Israeli Lottery Helps Keep Winners Anonymous

January 23rd, 2016

There will always be discussions on whether the identities of lottery winners should be revealed.  Some say that revealing winners’ names helps keep the lottery honest; it makes it hard for crooks to rig lottery games. 

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This Week’s Top Stories

January 19th, 2016

Lottery Stories Of The Week

An Aussie couple won a huge $70 Powerball jackpot to equal the record biggest ever won in the country and a young Irish worker won a £4 million jackpot just a few months before his wife is due to give birth to their first child.

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Teenager Wins $2 Million With His First Lottery Ticket

January 18th, 2016

How many tickets does it take to win a big lottery jackpot? A nineteen-year old has learned first hand that it literally takes just one lottery ticket.

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Million Dollar Winner Donates Blood

January 18th, 2016

rsz_1kentuckyIf you were to win a million dollars what is the first thing you would do?  For single mother of three Linda Windey, it was to give blood at a Red Cross Bloodmobile. 

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Refugee’s Luck Turns With Million Euro Lotto Win

January 17th, 2016

A Syrian man in his thirties, who fled to France in 2011, has won a million Euros from a French Lottery scratch card.  At the time of his win, the man had been working as a labourer.

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How The Martins Told Their Daughter They Had Won £33M

January 17th, 2016

Lisa, the daughter of David and Carol Martin was apprehensive she received a call from the UK.  She was in Australia driving to work when her mother called and asked her to pull over. 

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Hawick Couple Bags £33m Share Of UK Lotto Jackpot

January 17th, 2016

David Martin and his wife Carol were totally shocked to win the biggest lotto jackpot ever won in Britain, all £33 million of it.  This came about when one of their entries claimed half of the huge £66 million top UK Lotto prize.

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