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Irish Couple Bag €32 Million Jackpot

December 1st, 2013

Irish 32M JackpotAn Irish woman from Co Tyrone, who lives with her partner in a terraced house in Strabane, has won a huge €32 million jackpot from the Euromillions Lottery. 

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No Claimant For £12 Million EuroMillions Prize

November 30th, 2013

An unfortunate lottery player missed the 180-day period for claiming a £12 million EuroMillions prize from a ticket bought in the Ladywood area of Birmingham, at 11pm on Wednesday 27 November, 2013.

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£12m Prize Needs To Be Claimed By Wednesday

November 27th, 2013

EuroMillions prize expiring

The National Lottery is waiting till Wednesday for the holder of a winning ticket to come forward to claim a £12 million prize.  After Wednesday, the winning EuroMillions ticket which was sold in Ladywood, Birmingham on May 31st of this year expires and the prize amount will be turned over to the lottery’s good causes.

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Big Lottery Fund Donates £5 million Typhoon Victims

November 23rd, 2013

The Big Lottery Fund in the UK is donating £5 million to help areas in the Philippines devastated by typhoon Haiyan.  It stressed however that it wants its donations to be used for rebuilding the lives and livelihood of the victims, instead of just for immediate disaster relief. 

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Retiree Wins £2.8 Million

November 22nd, 2013

Retired Merseyside School caretaker Brian McTigue from West Derby has been playing the lottery twice a week for several years and until Saturday morning had only won a measly £78. 

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Woman Petitions Euromillions To Donate To Typhoon Victims

November 16th, 2013

Rachel Riddall, 43, was horrified at the scenes which she saw on television of extreme suffering in the Philippines in the wake of a devastating super typhoon.  

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£1 Million Win Will Finance Wedding

November 15th, 2013

Full-time mum Katie Smythe and partner Nicky Butler have three young children and with just £85 in the bank, were having a hard time making ends meet. 

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Finglas Woman Bags €500,000 Jackpot

November 15th, 2013

Two years ago, a Lithuanian woman who has been living in Ireland considered herself lucky after winning €2,000 from the EuroMillions.  The same woman, who is now with child and in her last year of college, is set to take home an even more substantial €500,000 from the Euromillions draw this week.

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Co Kildare Syndicate Win €500,000

November 8th, 2013

A syndicate composed of family members  from Co Kildare won a €500,000 jackpot from the Euromillions Lottery’s October 25 draw.  The family, who do not wish to be identified, bought the winning ticket at a shop in Athy.

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£8 Million Lottery Winner Will Not Leave His Job

November 7th, 2013

Nothing, it seems, can keep Ron Elliot from his job caring for vulnerable elderly people – not even a huge lottery win.

He had bought a Lucky Dip ticket at a news agent’s on the way to work Saturday. 

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