Most lottery players dream of winning the big one, so they purchase tickets regularly to get a chance every draw.  Given that most lottery players lose money, most players would be interested in finding out ways to increase the odds of winning. 

There are many of us who keep playing the lottery, dreaming of the big win that may be in the next lottery ticket, and thinking of how we would enjoy our winnings. 

An avid golfer has hit it big, not in the golf course but in the Euromillions Lottery.  John Kingsman, a retired greengrocer and now an employee at Wholesales and Catering Supplies in Winchester managed to match five numbers drawn and one lucky star to win a £154,144.50 prize. 

A person in Texas just missed a wonderful New Year’s gift.  The person or persons who had bought the winning ticket for the Jan.1 Lotto Texas draw have just let their ticket go past the redemption period without making a claim. 

Sheboygan resident Dave Resnick has been faithfully buying lottery tickets every day for the last 26 years in the hope of landing the big one.  Despite not winning anything substantial for many years, he continued believing the day will come when lady luck will visit him. 

When blessings are meant to come your way, there is just no stopping it.  Four lottery winners found their way to riches via different routes.  One waited thirty years to win, one planned gifts she would give her daughter when she won, another bought a winning ticket on a whim, and the last one defied the supposed ‘bad luck’ that comes with Friday the 13th to post a big win.

Eighteen workers of Rolls-Royce kept purchasing Powerball tickets twice a week for a period of five years.  All that time, they never won anything significant, but they played on. 

Two men who pooled money to purchase Powerball tickets were lucky that one of their entries won a million dollars.  However, their luck did not last long enough for them to hold on to their winning ticket. 

Eurico Chin was in a Safeway when he suddenly had the urge to buy a lottery ticket.  He gave in to his urge and bought a SuperLotto Plus ticket. 

Players of the New Jersey took a long time before one of them managed to win their Pick 6 game.  The prize had snowballed to $20.1 million in the 53 draws since Dec.