Lottery Winners

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Man Wins Second Lottery Jackpot

December 22nd, 2013

When C. W. Whitson of Spring Hill,won a million dollars playing the Tennessee Millionaire’s Club instant game in March 2010, he thought he was lucky.  But just this week he claimed his second big jackpot from the Tennessee Lottery’s Play It Again!

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Georgia Woman Wins Share Of $636M Jackpot

December 21st, 2013

636m winnerA Georgia woman named Ira Curry has been identified as one of two winners of a $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, which is the second largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. 

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Ten Friends To Share $70 million Tatts Lottery Purse

December 21st, 2013

A group of ten people who regularly take lunch together every other week  made the best financial decision ever by using change left over their lunch bill to buy a lottery ticket. 

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Four Lottery Winners Turned Entrepreneurs

December 21st, 2013

While there are many lottery winners who blow through their windfalls in a heartbeat, there are those who boldly use their winnings wisely.  These four winners have found success in business after their wins.

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Tom Crist Will Give Away Entire $40 Million Win

December 20th, 2013

What does a man who really does not need anything do with a big lottery win?  While most will just say put it in the bank, or splurge big time, big Lotto Max winner Tom Crist plans to give away every cent.

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A Dozen Million-Dollar Tickets Lie Unclaimed

December 20th, 2013

12 missing winnersConsidering that all lottery players dream of winning a big jackpot, it is a constant wonder how many jackpots go unclaimed each year.  Though unclaimed prizes benefit the lottery’s charities, still it is more inspiring if the winners come forward to claim the prize they have dreamed of winning for a long time.

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Mom-to-be Wins $1.6 Million Lottery Prize

December 19th, 2013

mom to be wins millionsWhile most couples fret about the financial strains of a coming child, mom-to-be Julie Kelly and her husband don’t really have to.  Julie just won an early Christmas present of $1.6 million on the December 7th Lotto 6/49 draw. 

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Lottery Winner Expects Best Christmas Ever

December 19th, 2013

Lee Orchard expects this Christmas to be completely different and many times better than the year before.  While they had to make do with very little last year, a £1 million lottery win will see to it that they celebrate this Christmas in style and with all the trimmings.

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Widow And Daughter Share Lottery Winner’s Prize

December 19th, 2013

One would think that a person who wins a million dollar lottery prize is blessed, and in most cases that holds true, but not Urooj Khan who died less than two months after winning a lottery jackpot. 

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Mystery Sterling Resident Bags Powerball Jackpot

December 18th, 2013

In Sterling Massachusetts, a huge lottery win has turned the town of only 7,800 people upside down, and people don’t even know who really won.

What set things in motion was an announcement that Appletown Market on Main Street sold one of the two winning tickets which won a $122.9 million Powerball jackpot, in Wednesday’s draw. 

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