A couple who have been buying tickets with the same number combination for 27 years finally hit a big jackpot of €5.3 million.  But it was an additional quick pick line, the man bought “for insurance” which gave them their win.

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There are plenty of truly lucky people this week.  Foremost among these are two men who were reunited with winning tickets they have thrown in the trash, one of them through his own efforts and the other through the help of an honest storekeeper. 

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When Russ Standish could not find his £30,000 winning ticket at home, he realized he must have put it in the trash bin at work.  By the time he got back to the office the binmen had emptied his bins, but left one bin bag behind.

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There are inspiring stories of Lady Luck pursuing people she wants to visit with financial blessings.  A retiree has just become a millionaire via the newest feature of the UK lottery, while a therapist won $5000 a month for life. 

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A retired barmaid found lottery luck in a new feature of the lottery.  Mary Galbraith became one of the first to win a million pounds in the new Lotto Millionaire Raffle Draw of 10 October.

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When Alan and Jane Slater from the Isle of Wight discovered they had won a £149,089.30 jackpot, they were elated.  But thanks to their dog, their winnings have been doubled.

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An Angel must have whispered something to Anne Canavan, because she bought an extra ticket for the Friday night draw of the Euromillions Lottery; normally she would have bought only one. 

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Interesting stories this week include two men from the UK who each won prizes in excess of £2 million – one of them is named Rich. 

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Some people who win big money want to announce their good fortune to the world.  Others, like a recent winner from Lincolnshire, would rather not be known. 

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