While the focus on the recent $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot were on the three big winners, the record number of players also resulted in lots of tickets winning substantial consolation prizes. 

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The year did not start well for Alan Tyrie as he lost his welder job on January 11th.  But just two weeks later, he won a £1 million jackpot from the lottery – he did not even have a job to resign from by then!

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A mistake in punching caused by store clerk Michael Donnelly resulted in the machine spitting out a Cash4Life ticket instead of the Powerball ticket the customer wanted. 

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When Cynthia P. Stafford won a huge $110 million jackpot playing the California Mega Millions eight years ago things began to change very quickly.  From living on a very tight budget, she suddenly had much more than she actually needs.

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A Filipino man won a million dollar consolation prize in a powerball draw; and he was not even interested enough to watch the draw live.

It was only when he checked results later that Teofilo Mesina discovered he had become a millionaire. 

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It took a conversation with a cabbie to convince a Glasgow man to check his lottery tickets.  When he did, the man who did not want to be identified found himself a millionaire.

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They say need is the mother of invention; sometimes it spurs innovation too.  The recent huge Powerball draw which featured a $1.5 billion jackpot prompted a lot of lottery result searches. 

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People who play the lottery often dream of winning enough money to set them up for the rest of their lives.  There’s good news for lottery players in Maryland; the Maryland Lottery has just introduced a new Cash4Life game.

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