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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 :-)

Family Takes A Week Before Realizing Ticket Is A $30M Winner

January 2nd, 2016

The Dianella family has just won a $30 million Oz Lottery prize, but they were completely unaware of the amount until the man was told they were multi-millionaires.

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Mystery Person Leaves 2,000 Lotto Tickets

January 2nd, 2016

Someone in Japan seems to have intentionally left 2,000 lottery tickets at the Tochigi Prefecture City Hall.  It looks like the mystery person is trying to donate the tickets.

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Man Bought $7 Million Winner From Bagel Store

January 2nd, 2016

rsz_17mIt’s now official; construction company owner Rigoberto Mejia Mendoza is the latest winner of the Golden Ticket instant lotto game jackpot.

The lucky man bought the winning ticket from a bagel store during lunch hour. 

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£6.9 Million Lotto Prize To Be Used For Daughter’s Care

January 1st, 2016

Paul and Debbie Lawton have had a rough life.  Their daughter Tracey was born with cerebral palsy which had left her blind, unable to walk and talk. 

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Migrant Wins $7 Million Golden Ticket Jackpot

January 1st, 2016

People come to the US to get a piece of the American dream.  Some, like Rigoberto Mejia Mendoza of Staten Island, have found a shortcut – playing the lottery. 

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El Gordo Trigger Celebrations Across Spain

January 1st, 2016

There were lots of celebration in Spain as the El Gordo Lottery once again spread lots of Christmas cheer.  Although the lottery is known for the biggest prize pot, it spreads the pot prize very widely; there are 1,000 winners of the big one and 24 million winners in all.

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This Week’s Top Stories

December 22nd, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

One of the most incredible stories this week is that of a BC man who knowingly waited 21 months before claiming a $50 million prize.  There is also a woman whose purchase of a ticket on a sudden whim made her a millionaire.

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30 Finance Workers Share £1.16M Christmas Lottery Prize

December 22nd, 2015

The Channel Islands Christmas Lottery just made 30 finance workers very happy.  The syndicate composed of mostly junior staff of the Jersey Financial Services Commission scooped a £1,161,750 jackpot.

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Torrington Man Becomes An Instant Millionaire

December 19th, 2015

Torrington resident Patrick Fuoco Jr. won a million dollar prize off a CT Lottery Star instant game ticket.  The winner went to to claim single payment of $774,740 before taxes. 

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BC Man Claims $50M Prize After 21 Months

December 19th, 2015

Back in 2014 a lone ticket went on to win a $50 million Lotto Max jackpot.  For the next 21 months after the draw, nobody came to make a claim.

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