This Wednesday is a special day, mainly because it’s Christmas day of course.

But it’s also a special draw for the UK Lotto.

Now normally there would be 50 Raffle prizes of £20,000, but because it’s Christmas the UK Lotto have decided to boost that up to a huge 500 prizes of £20,000.

Lottery officials in Georgia have announced that a winner has come forward with a claim to half of a $636 million Megamillions jackpot.  The winner was identified a Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who used a number combination that contained family birthdays and her lucky number seven.

When C. W. Whitson of Spring Hill,won a million dollars playing the Tennessee Millionaire’s Club instant game in March 2010, he thought he was lucky.  But just this week he claimed his second big jackpot from the Tennessee Lottery’s Play It Again!

Most people think that you have to buy a lottery ticket to have a chance to win a million dollars.  That may hold true most of the time, but in San Jose, California, all you have to do is sell a Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket.

A Georgia woman named Ira Curry has been identified as one of two winners of a $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, which is the second largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. 

A group of ten people who regularly take lunch together every other week  made the best financial decision ever by using change left over their lunch bill to buy a lottery ticket. 

While there are many lottery winners who blow through their windfalls in a heartbeat, there are those who boldly use their winnings wisely.  These four winners have found success in business after their wins.

What does a man who really does not need anything do with a big lottery win?  While most will just say put it in the bank, or splurge big time, big Lotto Max winner Tom Crist plans to give away every cent.

Considering that all lottery players dream of winning a big jackpot, it is a constant wonder how many jackpots go unclaimed each year.  Though unclaimed prizes benefit the lottery’s charities, still it is more inspiring if the winners come forward to claim the prize they have dreamed of winning for a long time.

While most couples fret about the financial strains of a coming child, mom-to-be Julie Kelly and her husband don’t really have to.  Julie just won an early Christmas present of $1.6 million on the December 7th Lotto 6/49 draw.