While there are many lottery winners who blow through their windfalls in a heartbeat, there are those who boldly use their winnings wisely.  These four winners have found success in business after their wins.

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What does a man who really does not need anything do with a big lottery win?  While most will just say put it in the bank, or splurge big time, big Lotto Max winner Tom Crist plans to give away every cent.

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Considering that all lottery players dream of winning a big jackpot, it is a constant wonder how many jackpots go unclaimed each year.  Though unclaimed prizes benefit the lottery’s charities, still it is more inspiring if the winners come forward to claim the prize they have dreamed of winning for a long time.

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Lee Orchard expects this Christmas to be completely different and many times better than the year before.  While they had to make do with very little last year, a £1 million lottery win will see to it that they celebrate this Christmas in style and with all the trimmings.

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One would think that a person who wins a million dollar lottery prize is blessed, and in most cases that holds true, but not Urooj Khan who died less than two months after winning a lottery jackpot. 

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In Sterling Massachusetts, a huge lottery win has turned the town of only 7,800 people upside down, and people don’t even know who really won.

What set things in motion was an announcement that Appletown Market on Main Street sold one of the two winning tickets which won a $122.9 million Powerball jackpot, in Wednesday’s draw. 

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Guy Havey of Atchison may just have received a late inheritance from his late mother, a year after she passed.  He won a million dollars from the Powerball lottery using a number combination of his late mother’s birthday and the date she died, which he had been placing a bet on since she passed.

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They say there is a time for everything under the sun.  A few years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery phased out Gus, the groundhog character it used in promotions, with Penny. 

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When surveys revealed a majority of people feel pressured to find special Christmas gifts for their loved ones but some are unsure what to buy, the National Lottery came up with the Secret Santa scratchcard promotion. 

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Graham and Amanda Nield became £6,676,215 richer after the August 17 draw of the National Lottery.  But old habits die hard and for this couple, spending money on themselves in excess of what they used to just won’t do.

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