March 1st, 2013
All it took was $21 in bets, and the returns set a new record for jackpot wins in Calgary at $30 million.
Darrell and Laurie Szczerba, a carpenter and a legal assistant, are not used to the idea that their life has changed for the better in huge ways yet, although there are now plans for a long awaited vacation, new home and a better vehicle.
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March 1st, 2013
The deal for British firm Camelot to run the Pennsylvania State Lottery, has received a new lease in life when Camelot agreed to extend the validity of its bid to 18th March.
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February 28th, 2013
For almost six years Gavin Lapsley, a worker from Tillicoultry, Clacks, always bet on his favorite combination of 5, 11, 16, 25 and 28, plus lucky stars 7 and 9.
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February 28th, 2013
Thomas “Red” Cox, has always loved the carnival. So much so that he ran away with a carnival at the age of 17, and began at the bottom of the rung.
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February 27th, 2013
The Wyoming Senate has voted to approve a bill aimed at allowing Wyoming to participate in the Powerball Lottery.
The Senate version of House Bill 77, included a change on the beneficiary of the profits from the proposed lottery.
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February 27th, 2013
The identities of the Feb. 15 jackpot winners were finally revealed after Lottery Officials confirmed the win. Darrel and Laurie Szczerba from Calgary won the February 15 LOTTO MAX $30M jackpot.
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February 27th, 2013
Seven co-workers of a hair stylist who won a $9.5 million jackpot on a Hoosier Lotto ticket have sued for what they believe is their share of the winnings.
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February 26th, 2013
A winner of a £90,000 jackpot kept his winnings in a bank account, and failed to declare this asset while claiming for Job Seekers Allowance in 2008.
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February 26th, 2013
You can’t force lady luck to smile on you. This must be the lesson a man from Port Coquitlam learned, when he was arrested as a suspect in the theft of what the RCMP said was “a large number of lottery tickets.”
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February 26th, 2013
Jokes do sometimes come true in wonderfully unexpected ways.
A Maryland man, who had bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a gas station earlier, joked to his fiancee that they would wake up as millionaires the next day.
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