How would you feel if you can suddenly afford to retire at the age of just 21?  We can perhaps ask a Puerto Rico native, and New York resident named Jeanette Pizzaro. 

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On December 22, Spain’s Christmas Lottery will be drawn and €2.24 billion (that’s $3 billion) in prizes will be given away.

The ‘El Gordo de Navidad 2013’ will be composed of 160 series of 100,000 tickets each, with each full ticket costing €200 and each tenth share being sold at €20 each. 

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In another case of dispute over lottery winnings, former partners Howard Browning and Lynn Anne Poirier have been to  an appeals court which in turn just asked the Florida Supreme Court for help in coming up with the proper ruling.

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Just last spring, people were envious of an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who won a huge $338 million Powerball jackpot.  There was even more praise for winner Pedro Quezada, who promised to pay for the his neighbors’ rents. 

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A textile industry worker won a 26 million NIS ( new Israeli shekel) jackpot, after he dreamed of having won a big lottery prize.  A week prior to his his big win, he had also correctly guessed a lottery combination that gave him a 1,000 NIS payout.

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Remmele Mazyck, the former deputy director of security at the Arkansas Lottery commission who admitted in July to stealing more than $420,ooo in tickets and cashing them, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $482,000 in restitution. 

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A syndicate composed of family members  from Co Kildare won a €500,000 jackpot from the Euromillions Lottery’s October 25 draw.  The family, who do not wish to be identified, bought the winning ticket at a shop in Athy.

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Nothing, it seems, can keep Ron Elliot from his job caring for vulnerable elderly people – not even a huge lottery win.

He had bought a Lucky Dip ticket at a news agent’s on the way to work Saturday. 

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Two weeks after the draw, the winners of a $213 million Powerball jackpot have come forward.  Retired hospital workers Carl and Lulu Mitchell only took their sweet time so they can have the opportunity to think things over carefully.

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