Have you ever seen the joy on a man’s face while spraying champagne in celebration of a £10.3 million Lotto win?  Well watch this!

Forfar resident Jake Bowman is shown joyfully spraying champagne all over the place. 

People who win the lottery have good reason to be concerned.  Many former winners have squandered their fortunes in a short time and some were harassed and even murdered for the money. 

A man who says he has always liked to take chances in life has just won enough for him to take much bigger chances.  William “Champ” Villeco won the top prize of the Set For Life game of the New York Lottery.

Lady luck decided to come to the aid of a poor Indian family from Kerala.  Nabeesa, a rubber tapper who has an ailing mother and a sister who lost a leg to an accident, has won the 11th ‘Stree Shakti’ lottery. 

This week’s stories include those of a couple whose family has been beset by health issues of late found financial help in the form of a $2 million lottery win and that of a taxi driver has decided not to retire even after winning a million pound jackpot.

Lottery Winners Keep It Simple

There are lots of stories of big lottery winners who become overwhelmed by the sudden arrival of incredibly large sums of money. 

The family had been having a lot of health issues, including a heart attack for the father, when luck decided to intervene.  They anonymous couple were actually at a hospital emergency room when the wife realized their Mega Millions entry had matched five of six numbers drawn.

Those crazy Euro folk have decided it’s time for another shake-up to the popular EuroMillions game. Starting with the draw on Tuesday 27th September 2016, these will be the latest changes to the game:-

• Ticket price will increase from €2 to €2.50 (£2 to £2.50 in the UK)
• An extra Lucky Star ball will be added
• The odds of winning the jackpot will go from 1-in-116 million to 1-in-140 million
• Jackpots will increase, now starting at €17M and will roll over more often

The jackpot cap still remains at €190M however, so this could reduce the maximum length of time before a jackpot is won.

A woman whose cop husband bought one Mega Millions ticket when all she wanted was Powerball entries is happy with her $169M Mega Millions jackpot, and two Texas retirees have posted a million dollar win while on a trip visiting friends.