A New Jersey man almost missed out on a huge lottery win just because he can’t be bothered to check his tickets promptly.

Jimmie Smith, of East Orange, has been buying tickets ever since the 1960’s.

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When lottery games are hit with technical glitches, it can be costly for the operator. Such is the case with the Arizona lottery these days as it has been hit with the problem of duplicate winning numbers from supposedly random number generators.

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Having lottery draws televised improves transparency. But then any glitches become immediately apparent and sometimes cause controversy.

This was the case in Saturday night’s Ireland’s Lotto Plus 1 draw where the top prize was £4.5 million.

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Personally I really dislike lotteries with endless rollovers. But some games do stop this madness by using a ‘roll down’ rule.

The UK Lotto is one of them.

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Dean and Stella Hardman have learned that winning a large lottery jackpot opens a lot of possibilities. After their £6.75million lottery win in 2006, there were a lot of letters asking for money, one even suggesting they buy the Bury FC team.

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People working for the government of the city of New York have just been advised that they can no longer join an office lottery pool if the participants include bosses and subordinates.

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Some lottery winners would rather have a yearly stipend, but not Charles “Chuck” Svatos. At the ripe age of 92, no one is wondering why he chose the lump sum option.

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For a Cumbrian couple, the silver lining in the clouds came courtesy of the wife finally being cleared of cancer closely followed by a significant lottery win. 

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Can you imagine the feeling when you thought you had won $60,000 dollars only to be proven wrong by the store clerk? That just happened to Robin Walker and husband Brett McCoy.

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Miguel Pilgram was like most lottery players. He regularly bought $20 worth of tickets per week but was not so diligent in checking the results. Good for him the clerk at the gas station where he buys tickets insisted he check.

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