Dennis Nash went and bought a 6/49 lottery ticket one morning  betting on  important numbers and dates that his father had used.  When he called the lottery phone line just before going to sleep, he recalled that the winning numbers sounded familiar so he kept listening till the end.  

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A year after their £1m  Lottery win, Kim and Ian McCarthy still have most of it – £750,000 of it to be exact.  And it is not  because they were not generous.  

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When South Boston residents Edward P. Prakapas and friend Daniel McCarthy decided to go to Jimmy’s Korner on P street to buy a powerball ticket, they didn’t know they had given themselves a great start for the new year.  

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Who would have thought that big treasure could lie in big pile of leaves?  But that is exactly what Long Island landscaper Marvin Rosales-Martinez found while at work raking. 

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For teenage mother RebeccaTierney, it’s really a season to be jolly as she just received a hefty gift from the lottery.  The 19-year old was just out for a drink of coke when she saw a bunch of scratch off tickets on display.

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Watch this video of Arizona Lottery official Karen Bach announcing that the second winner of a $577.5 million Powerball jackpot has come forward.  The winner is a man in his 30’s who lives in Fountain Hills Arizona.

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Twenty-two employees of the Grand Avenue Pharmacy in Cochrane have won an extra $22,700 each this Christmas season, thanks to their purchase of lottery tickets on a whim.

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Emma Wildin reflects on the year gone past since her million pound scratchcard win and says that their life remains essentially the same.  They don’t splurge and still budgets their spending to match what they make.

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Spain’s El Gordo Lottery lived up to its name by spreading Christmas cheer on thousands of bettors. Instead of awarding a huge sum to one winner, the lottery is designed to spread the prize pot to thousands of small winners. 

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Lottery officials in Georgia have announced that a winner has come forward with a claim to half of a $636 million Megamillions jackpot.  The winner was identified a Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who used a number combination that contained family birthdays and her lucky number seven.

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