Lottery Winners

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Man Threw Away Winning Tickets

April 14th, 2014

This is one of the most spectacular stories of luck literally thrown away.  A man who regularly plays the same number bought 25 Quinto tickets with his usual 4-3-4-1-8 combination from the Zhou’s grocery. 

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Euromillions Winner To Tour The World

April 14th, 2014

engineerMatt Myles, a former Cargill worker has won a £1 Million prize on the Euromillions raffle.  And he really was working as an engineer till he won £1million, after which he immediately resigned.

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Man Pockets $40 Million Powerball Jackpot

April 13th, 2014

A Brisbane man in his thirties who has remained unidentified has won a $40 million jackpot on the Australian Powerball lottery.  The man was the only punter lucky enough to post a first division win in the draw.

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Truck Driver Wins $18.8 Million

April 13th, 2014

A Brampton resident and immigrant from India has won a Canada 6/49 lottery jackpot of almost $18.8 million.  Truck driver Gurbhej Sran and his wife Jaspreet won using a free-play ticket on March 22.

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Bank President Hits The Jackpot

April 13th, 2014

Ron Minnaert works as the president of the State Bank of Graymont, but he buys l0ttery tickets just the same.  Apparently, the sight of money every working day of his life since 1979, has not extinguished his dream of having just a bit more. 

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Another Non Believer Wins £1 Million

April 11th, 2014

Carol Jones bought a Euromillions lottery ticket at Tesco in Llandudno Junction.  And then because she did not believe she would ever win, she put the ticket in her handbag and promptly forgot about it.

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$218 Million Lotto Winner Not Giving Money Away

April 11th, 2014

hoaxThere are a lot of scam artists out there and the latest scam involves unlawfully using the name of a lotto winner who pocketed a $218 million jackpot in 2012.

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Ten Finns Win 57 Million Eurojackpot Prize

April 10th, 2014

Ten lucky members of a Finnish lotto betting syndicate won the largest EuroJackpot prize ever of 57 million euros.  The winners were from Toijala in the Tampere region who purchased their winning ticket from a local R-Kioski outlet.

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Butcher Earns Pension During Coffee Break [video]

April 10th, 2014

A butcher from Brooklyn used part of her coffee break to buy a $10,000 A Week For Life scratch-off ticket for $20.  It is the best financial decision she has ever made.

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Man Claimed $1 Million 3 Days Before Expiry

April 7th, 2014

A Powerball winner from Monroe waited a year before claiming his $1 million prize.  Erwin Ishmael patiently waited till just before the ticket expired so he could avoid getting taxed for it in 2013, as he was retiring. 

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