The jackpot offered by the Powerball Lottery in the US is poised to set a new record with estimates for Saturday’s draw reaching $675 million.  The previous record set in 2012 was for $656 million.

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When Marie Holmes won a $188 million lottery jackpot she immediately declared that she intends to give a tenth of her winnings to charity.  It seems like she is busy living up to her word.

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This week two incredibly lucky people won; one won two prizes from identical tickets and the other won her second million dollar jackpot. Even more lucky is an NYC man who bagged a much larger $10 million payout.

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A lottery player who had been disowned by his homophobic parents was ‘consoled’ by a $15 million prize from the lottery.  A retiring firefighter received $100,000 in additional retirement money from the Powerball lottery. 

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A Win Enough For An Entire Family To Retire On

Lottery winners have different plans for their fortunes. Some are content to live relatively unchanged lives, some who don’t need the money give it all away, many proceed to lead lives of leisure and a large percentage retire.

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A  firefighter received a pleasant surprise from the lottery a month before he retires.  Dave Hebert, who is also an Army veteran, won $100,000.  The Powerball ticket Hebert bought showed him winning just $50,000, but that was doubled since he paid extra for the Power Play option.

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There are many advantages to playing the lottery through a syndicate, the most obvious being an increase in the chances of winning; there are also supposedly more sets of eyes to check the entries. 

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This week’s incredible stories of luck include a lottery player became a firm believer in second chances after his ‘losing ticket’ gave him a $3.75 million jackpot and a Cash 5 lottery player won enough to purchase his own home.

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When lottery players hit big jackpots, many of them choose to retire and follow their passions in life.  But when Michigan native Julie Leach won a $310.5 million Powerball jackpot, she led her family in an exodus toward retirement.

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