State Del. Riley E. Ingram has been driving a 1992 Ford pickup on his way to and from work at General Assembly; that is about to change in a big way after the lawmaker won a brand new Jeep Rubicon off a $5 scratch card he bought at the Virginia Pork Festival in Emporia.
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State Lawmaker Obtains New Wheels For $5
July 1st, 2013
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18-Year Old Wins £22m EuroMillions Jackpot
June 30th, 2013
An eighteen-year old lad has just won a £22 Million EuroMillions jackpot. There have been some speculations he will blow his fortune in much the same way lotto lout Michael Carroll squandered £9.7m in prize money he won in 2002 at the age of 19 .
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Farmer Reaps Reward From EuroMillions Lottery
June 29th, 2013
For the past few years, Ronnie McDonnell from Knocklore in Ardee, County Louth, has been driving to Jonesborough twice a week to buy tickets to the Euromillions Lottery.
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Michigan Legislature Blocks Funding For iLottery
June 29th, 2013
The Michigan Lottery has set aside plans operate on the internet after lawmakers blocked nearly $3.4 million in funding requested by Gov. Rick Snyder for the project originally set to launch in 2014.
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Psychologists Claim Winning The Lottery Might Not Equal Happiness
June 28th, 2013
Psychologists Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton claim that instant riches, such as winning the lottery, might not lead to lasting happiness.
In their new book ‘Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending’, they state that for most people, more money does not always equate to happiness.
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Bahamian National Lottery? [video]
March 11th, 2013
The Bahamas would like a National Lottery. They’d also like it to be owned by the people of the Bahamas.
At least that’s the message from a group calling themselves the ‘Bahamians for National Progress’.
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Politics And The Thai Lottery: Lucky License Plate Numbers..?
February 24th, 2013
At least two candidates for the post of Governor of Bangkok has raised doubts about the drawing of the Thai Lottery. One man who is candidate no.
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories
$5M Milk Stop Man Now Set For Life [video]
February 18th, 2013
James Mason only stopped off for milk, but is now Set For Life having claimed a $5 Million win on the New York Lotto.
Here’s James story:-
His wife didn’t believe he had won – she was too busy watching The Batchelor on TV.
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Man Wins $200,000 On The Same Scratcher Twice!
February 18th, 2013
It pretty common for lottery winners to go on buying tickets. Sometimes out of habit, but often simply because we buy tickets because we enjoy playing.
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Powerball Winners Mark & Cindy Hill Giving Back [video]
February 17th, 2013
When Mark and Cindy Hill won $293 Million playing Powerball, they always said they would do some good things with the money.
Well here’s what they’ve been up to:-
Locals said the Hill family had always been generous good people anyway, long before the money happened.
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