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Latest news about Canadian lottery winners, and the Canada lottery.

Couple Wins $1M After Playing 30+ Years

May 7th, 2015

rsz_reginaRegina couple Ronald and Barbara Hitchens had been playing the 6/49 lottery for more than 30 years without winning anything significant.  But that changed when their persistence was rewarded with a $1 million jackpot!

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This Week’s Top Stories

April 28th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

Two women each won at least a million dollars: one through a ticket given as a gift, and another through three successive instant ticket wins.  An online player in Canada bags a $100,000 lotto prize.

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Online Lottery Player Bags $100,000

April 22nd, 2015

Gary McCourt has found the advantages of making his lottery purchases online – no queues, no need to travel to an outlet, and you get notified by email when you win. 

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Hospital Syndicate Bag $5.8M Lotto 6-49 Jackpot

April 12th, 2015

A ten strong lottery syndicate who all work at the  Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare received a pleasant April Fool’s surprise:  their 6/49 ticket won a $5.8 million jackpot! 

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This Week’s Top Stories

March 23rd, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

A few people who may not even have played the lottery suddenly became much richer when their fathers won significant jackpots; a man who won a million dollars will share with two sons, and another who won $1,000 a day for life will share the bounty with his son.

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Lottery Millionaire Has No Plans Of Retiring

March 19th, 2015

rsz_bus_driverA Saskatoon bus driver used the same number combination for thirty years, only having to add an extra number when the game turned to Super 7. 

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Canadian Lotto Winner Just Wants New Car & False Teeth

March 13th, 2015

rsz_untitledWhen James Hanlon bought an Atlantic Lottery’s Set For Life instant ticket, he had no idea how much it would mean to his finances.  And when he managed to match three ‘set for life’ symbols, he was not even sure how much money that meant – until the clerk told him.

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FEATURE – Lottery Winner Of The Month (February 2015)

March 13th, 2015

Randall Rush collecting his $50M jackpot check

Randall Rush – Winner Extraordinaire

Randall Rush’s extraordinary lottery story started in a very ordinary manner. He had even less than the average person because he was so poor at one point when he was in his twenties, that he almost became homeless.

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This Week’s Top Stories

February 24th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

Two men took different routes toward lottery riches; one used numbers from the trucks ahead of him, and the other was led to a lottery ticket purchase by his taste for Nachos.

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Taste For Nachos Leads To $50M Win

February 16th, 2015

Many lottery winners attribute their success to  their commitment to play regularly; and they may be right.  But in the case of Gregory Nikolopoulos, it may be craving for nachos which lead him to a $50 million Lottomax jackpot.

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