Carol Jones bought a Euromillions lottery ticket at Tesco in Llandudno Junction.  And then because she did not believe she would ever win, she put the ticket in her handbag and promptly forgot about it.

There are a lot of scam artists out there and the latest scam involves unlawfully using the name of a lotto winner who pocketed a $218 million jackpot in 2012.

If you play EuroMillions in the UK (or want to… see below), this Friday night is a bonus “must play” draw, because…

Friday night is a EuroMillions Special with 10 x Guaranteed 1M Raffle prizes.

Ten lucky members of a Finnish lotto betting syndicate won the largest EuroJackpot prize ever of 57 million euros.  The winners were from Toijala in the Tampere region who purchased their winning ticket from a local R-Kioski outlet.

A butcher from Brooklyn used part of her coffee break to buy a $10,000 A Week For Life scratch-off ticket for $20.  It is the best financial decision she has ever made.

A Powerball winner from Monroe waited a year before claiming his $1 million prize.  Erwin Ishmael patiently waited till just before the ticket expired so he could avoid getting taxed for it in 2013, as he was retiring. 

This is a new twist on stories that tend to prove people buy lottery tickets yet never really believe they could win anything substantial.  A man walked into Shirley convenience store called JackSpot!

Two winners managed to claim their wins despite neglecting their tickets – one left it gathering dust in the garage, and another lost the ticket before finding it again after a frantic search. 

The Post’s investigation of the Florida lottery revealed that many players may be winning big prizes too often.  It seem that the finding is such that the frequency of the wins have started to look suspicious. 

Tina Ferrone  saw a commercial showing how large the Lotto Max lottery’s jackpot was and was tempted.  So for the first time, she bought a few Lotto Max tickets while on her lunch break.