A Canadian man has just won a $30 million lotto prize;  compared to that another man’s $500,000 win not have as much impact if the winner had not been homeless for the past six years. 

An oyster farmer landed a huge $10 million catch from the Massachusetts State Lottery’s $10,000,000 Mega Fortune game.  William Young Jr. bought the winning ticket while on a trip to the gas station. 

When lorry driver Stuart Powell won £55,000 in 2011, he was happy but it was not enough for him so he continued playing.  Now four years later, his patience has been rewarded by a bigger win – this time he scooped £1 million in the Euromillions UK Millionaire Maker Draw.

A family in need seemed to have some of their financial problems sorted when an Illinois Lottery ticket turned out to be a $400,000 winner.  But there were problems because the lottery ran into budget shortages causing payments to winners to be delayed. 

A Liberty man was shopping for Thanksgiving food when he gave in to an urge to buy an instant ticket.  Now Rodney Brown has a a million more reasons to be thankful.

An Aspen man who has been homeless for the last six years now has the lottery to thank for pulling him out of a financial rut. 

The Heart Of A Winner

Many of us play the lottery to chase after an all too elusive state of financial stability – we all hope to land the big jackpot that finally wipes away debt and see us through our sunset years.

Sometimes lottery winners come to the aid of people in distress, usually one at a time.  This time a lottery winner who won £4.8 million in 2011 helped an entire village celebrate Christmas.

A woman from Brownville, who believes she has as much chance as anyone else of winning a big jackpot, just did.  Pamela L. Campany won a million dollars from an instant ticket she bought at a Stewart’s Shops convenience store.