Money can’t buy happiness, we often hear mostly poor people say.  But it seems like Jane Park, one of the youngest lottery winners in the UK already know that from first hand experience; what is more important is that she has managed to adjust to the pressures sudden fortune brings.

Incredible lottery wins this week include a woman who does not consider herself lucky winning a $90 million jackpot, and another woman whose win proved that the number 13 is not always unlucky. 

The possibility of a new house and a life free of debts await inland mail carrier Sheila Williams as Christmas approaches.  She has just scratched her way out of debt through a $750,000 jackpot prize.

All lottery players, whether playing alone or as part of a syndicate, dream of winning big. When lottery players read of big wins, they imagine what it would be like if they get a chance at the big money.

There are many superstitions about the number thirteen.  Usha Mehta insisted on going to see their doctor on Thursday the 13th, even if her very superstitious husband did not really want to go. 

Two workers won extraordinary amounts from lottery games this week;  a supermarket worker who won $463,000 and an offshore worker who won £1 million and a dream vacation from the Euromillions.

The saying “You’ll never know for sure till you try” should apply to Lisa Quam.  She says she thinks she is not a lucky person, yet when she bought her first Powerball ticket at the suggestion of a clerk , she won big – a huge $90 million jackpot prize.

It’s always good to hear of ordinary people winning lottery jackpots; it is consolation for many of us who have yet to win knowing the winner can really use the money.