There are lucky people and there are insanely lucky people.  An Irish man who has opted to remain anonymous has won half of a €25.6 million jackpot after ticking the “wrong” number on his ticket.

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A woman waited six days before asking a work colleague to check her ticket on their store’s machine.  Ann Irving,who works as a shop assistant for The Cooperative store in Ryton, Gateshead, was most surprised to win a £52,294.90 jackpot off a lucky dip Euromillions lottery ticket. 

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A roofer who is just coming from a two week injury layoff, has won a £3,676,642 lottery jackpot.  Stuart Hunt of Crawley, West Sussex won with a , 11, 12, 13, 35 and 42 number combination.

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A recreational fisherman managed to “hook” a £100,000 jackpot off a £2 National Lottery scratchcard.  Now Mark O’Donoghue, from Enniskillen wants to pursue his lifetime dream of a fishing trip to Alaska.

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Bob Bytnar’s recent lottery win can be considered an answered prayer.  His daughter and grand-daughter have been praying for God to provide a way for Bob to retire, and now he is.

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The latest EuroMillions jackpot winner from Ireland has come forward to claim his half of a 25.6 million Euro jackpot in Friday’s draw.  The other half was won by a ticket sold in Spain.

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Janette Robertson of Forfar, like most lottery players, dream of winning a sum large enough to retire on.  When she found out she was one of the winners of the Euromillions Millionaire’s raffle, she and her husband decided to move the retirement they had originally planned for the later part of this year a few months forward.

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One of the most oft repeated statements from lottery winners is, “I can’t believe this would happen to me,” or variants of the same.  This suggests that most people only half-believe the lottery tickets they buy will actually win. 

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Dick Zelasko bought an easy pick ticket for the July 5 draw of  the Mega Millions from John’s Market on East Square Lake Road in Troy, and checked it a few days later.

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James and Catherine Paterson, of Alloa in Clackmannanshire, were happy to think their lottery ticket had matched five of the numbers drawn, which would have paid them a £986 prize. 

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