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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 :-)

Manhattan Biotech Workers Syndicate – 16 New Millionaires

May 4th, 2015

Some people don’t join lottery playing syndicates because they think it would dilute any prize they win. But sixteen workers at a biotech company who formed such a syndicate are all celebrating the millions each of them now have. 

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New Head Of Massachusetts Welfare Dept. Won The Lottery In 2011

May 4th, 2015

rsz_welfare_chief(1)The new chief of the state of Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance was a big lottery winner 4 years ago.  Jeffrey McCue and his wife were going back home from visiting their son at college when his wife asked him to stop at a food Market in Wymouth to buy an instant lottery ticket. 

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This Week’s Top Stories

May 4th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

In these week’s top stories a factory cleaner learned that instant tickets sometimes result in significant instant prizes.

Two people were rewarded for their patience:  A man from the UK who had been playing since the lottery began found himself £1,000,000 richer, and a man from Bo’ness won a £7,864,529 after playing the same number combination for 11 years.

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Woman Forgoes Cone For €500,000 Winning Ticket

May 4th, 2015

One woman from Cork who bought a Euromillions ticket instead of a cone one hot day about six weeks ago is celebrating a cool half million euro win.

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Man Wins National Lottery Jackpot After 11 Years

May 3rd, 2015

For a shift manager from Bo’ness, the secret to lottery success lay in playing the same number combination every week for the last 11 years.  Philip Dunning was stunned when his persistence was finally rewarded in Saturday’s draw to the tune of  £7,864,529.

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Regular Player Wins £1m EuroMillions Prize

April 29th, 2015

Ivan Brown, who had been playing the lottery since it started, finally bagged a significant jackpot.  A ticket he had not intended on purchasing won £1,000,000 in the UK Millionaire Maker draw of the Euromillions last Friday.

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This Week’s Top Stories

April 28th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

Two women each won at least a million dollars: one through a ticket given as a gift, and another through three successive instant ticket wins.  An online player in Canada bags a $100,000 lotto prize.

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Factory Cleaner Wins £100000 Instant Ticket Bounty

April 27th, 2015

A factory cleaner at Weetabix found herself £100,000 richer after winning the top prize in the Triple Payouts instant game.

Elfriede Bliss used winnings of £6 to buy three more Triple Payouts tickets which she scratched at home. 

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Ticket Given As Gift Wins A Million Dollars

April 26th, 2015

What is one of the best ways to make a birthday celebrant happy?  For Theresa Dybalski, that could very well be including a lottery ticket in a birthday card.

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Woman Bags $1,005,100 In Three Scratchers Wins

April 26th, 2015

rsz_winner_3xYamilet Torrez sometimes tries her luck playing lottery scratchers; that is especially true when she wins money she can use to make her lottery ticket purchases.

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