Joseph Zagami almost threw away the win of a lifetime, literally that is. He and his wife had bought lottery tickets at a supermarket,  put it in a bag and promptly forgot about it. 

A Brooklyn man may have used up his share of luck for many years.  James Geoghan, decided to buy another $20 ticket after his first time playing the Maximum Millions resulted in a $20 win. 

A Paris businessman has just won 22 million Euros in the lottery, and it may be just what he needs to save his 40-year old business. 

There are interesting stories about women winners last week including those of  a woman whose forgetfulness doubled her share of a jackpot prize, and another whose attempt to rid herself of loose change won her a million dollars.

There’s a saying that when life closes one door, another window opens.  I am sure that Tracy Tyler and Adam Young agrees with that.

Adam has just lost his job at an electronics wholesaling firm a few weeks ago, landing the couple in dire financial straits. 

The May 31 Mega Millions drawing has proven very lucky for New Jersey players.  The $30 million jackpot was won by Darryl and Judith Smith.  In addition, three other New Jersey players won $10,000 each and 31,153 others won prizes ranging from $2 to $120.

Portugal has been seeing a lot of Euromillions jackpot winners lately.  In the most recent draw, another Portuguese managed to match the five numbers and two lucky stars drawn to win a minimum prize of 15 million Euros. 

Seven years ago, while he was still working at his father’s convenience store in Syracuse, Andy Ashkar took a ticket that had won a $5 million jackpot from customer Robert Miles. 

I have never believed in horoscope, much less fortune cookie pronouncements keeping the opinion that these are either made in fun, or to take advantage of the more gullible among us. 

Onondaga County Judge Joseph Fahey is set to sentence Andy Ashkar to years in prison for stealing a ticket that won a $5 million jackpot.  Robert Miles, the real winner, had presented the ticket for checking at a Syracuse store owned by Andy’s parents.