MP Pushes Lottery Company To Find £64M Winner

September 23rd, 2012

MP for Stevenage, Stephen McPartland, is pushing Camelot to do more to find the missing £64 Million EuroMillions winner from June.

The MP called for the company to use more of the data at their disposal to trace the winner.

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Secrets Of A 3 Time Lottery Winner

September 20th, 2012

Lynne McGovern of Homer Glen, Chicago, just collected $325,000 from an $8 quick pick ticket.

But she also revealed that it was just a couple of years ago she was collecting $100,000 from a scratch-off ticket, and she had also previously won $45,000 on the Lotto.

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Walking Around With $1M In His Wallet – For 6 Weeks

September 19th, 2012

Like many of us Andres Salgado had a lottery ticket tucked in his wallet.

This ticket however was already 6 weeks old, and unknown to Andres had won $1 Million in the Powerball drawing from 25th July 2012.

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$10,300 From Collecting USED Scratch-Off Lottery Tickets…

September 19th, 2012

Robert Leamy has managed to win $10,300 from scratch-off tickets, without spending a dollar buying one!

His unusual strategy involves collecting used tickets, and entering them into second chance drawings.

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Are Lottery Ticket Scanners Reliable?

September 16th, 2012

In the main, I’m sure the ticket scanners are pretty darn reliable. They’re certainly well tested.

But how many incorrect scans is acceptable? 1 in a 100, 1 in a 1000?

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Man Almost Threw Out $27M Jackpot Ticket

September 15th, 2012

A man from Tauranga in New Zealand almost missed his chance at becoming instantly wealthy.

On checking his ticket for the Big Wednesday draw, the man (who chose to remain anonymous) decided he had not won.

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MegaMillions Winner: $120M Goes To Ronald Willis

September 15th, 2012

Ronald Willis has been revealed as the winner of this weeks $120 Million jackpot on Mega Millions.

He attended a press conference on Friday with his brother and fiance to support him.

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Janitor Wins $100K On Scratch-Off Ticket

September 12th, 2012

Norman Gilmore has long since been a janitor at Belfast City Hall in Maine.

And his day started just the same way as usual early on Monday morning – cleaning up City Hall (just not in the Batman sense).

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Can Forming a Trust Keep Lottery Winners Anonymous?

September 10th, 2012

When you win the lottery in some countries you get the option to go public or stay anonymous.

But that doesn’t happen everywhere. In the USA for exampe, many States require you to attend a press release, which is why we’ve had recent proposals from a lawmaker in New Jersey for at least a year of anonymity for winners.

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UK’s 8th EuroMillions Jackpot Win This Year!

September 10th, 2012

The UK have just claimed another EuroMillions jackpot, making their 8th this year so far.

Friday’s £37 Million jackpot is also one of their largest. Whilst not as big as the jumbo jackpots seen recently, it still ranks at number 14 for the UK.

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