Winning the South Carolina Education Lottery’s $1,000-a-day winning Lucky for Life game was a life changer.  The winner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, later opted for a single lump sum payment of $5.75 million instead of a thousand dollars a day for life; that will leave about $3.9 million after taxes are deducted.

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It is always heartwarming to read of stories where the lottery comes to the aid of people at the end of their ropes.  And that was an apt description of Wayne and Desiree Home before they won in the Euromillions Raffle draw.

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Spain’s El Gordo is an annual lottery draw widely known as the biggest lottery draw on earth with prizes exceeding €2.2bn.  Drawn every Christmas season, the el Gordo may soon have add another distinction – having one of the best lottery ads ever.

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People who travel in the course of their work have more opportunities to play the lottery.  In fact Arlen Brennaman of Syracuse won the richest instant ticket prize offered by the Hoosier Lottery while on business trip.

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Most lottery players dream of the big jackpot but when luck finally decides to visit them, a lot of them are stunned by the changes it brings. 

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Limerick hurling team captain Donal O’Grady was very excited to receive a call from the lottery. He did not win the lottery, but the ticket which won €4 million was sold at O’Grady’s Spar and Topaz where he works as manager.

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Should a winner share with his parents?  Should he be generous even if they have disowned him for being gay?  These are questions now troubling a gay man who won a $15 million lottery jackpot.

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People generally play the lottery because they dream of winning big jackpots.  So when Illinois Lottery officials announced a delay in payouts for prizes in excess of $600, interest in the tickets waned. 

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When Camelot relaunched the lottery last month, they pledged to make 25 players millionaires.  Unfortunately, however, a human error caused the wrong Millionaire Raffle codes to be shown in their websites during the first 40 minutes after the draw.

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