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Distillery Worker In High Spirits After Lottery Win

December 17th, 2013

Powerball Guy HarveyGuy Havey of Atchison may just have received a late inheritance from his late mother, a year after she passed.  He won a million dollars from the Powerball lottery using a number combination of his late mother’s birthday and the date she died, which he had been placing a bet on since she passed.

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Big Lottery Winners Still Buy From Thrift Shops

December 16th, 2013

Graham and Amanda Nield became £6,676,215 richer after the August 17 draw of the National Lottery.  But old habits die hard and for this couple, spending money on themselves in excess of what they used to just won’t do.

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Lottery Winner Andy Garth Gives Back

December 13th, 2013

Andy Garth Lottery WinnerWhen Andy Garth won £1 million from the Euromillions Millionaires Raffle draw on Christmas day last year, he never imagined that the Christmas cheer would still be going strong a year later.

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Snack Run Leads To £1 million

December 12th, 2013

What does a man who wishes to have a bit more Christmas cheer do?   Well for Jamie Grieve of Lowestoft, the answer is, buy a National Lottery Merry Millionaire card. 

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Nine Hospice Workers Share $1 Million Powerball Jackpot

December 12th, 2013

A betting syndicate composed of workers at the Eger Lutheran Homes and Services have just won a million dollars.  The workers, whose jobs involve taking care of sick elderly people had pooled their money to buy Powerball tickets, one of which gave a million dollar return on investment.

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This Week’s Top Stories

December 9th, 2013

Lottery Stories Of The Week

There is no shortage of incredible stories of luck as a bad case of cold leads a man to his second significant jackpot, and the Ontario Lottery tracks down a woman who won $50 million despite having lost her ticket. 

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Retirement Home Workers Share A Million

December 8th, 2013

16 retirement home workers winIn another proof that joining betting syndicates greatly increase winning chances, a group of sixteen retirement home employees have just bagged a $1 million prize.  The group, who have been dubbed “sweet sixteen,” are all employees of Edinburgh Hall at Parkland Estates retirement home in Truro.

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Fear Of Scams Almost Cost $6.2 Million Prize

December 8th, 2013

There are so many stories about scams, some involving the lottery, that people are understandably suspicious when they receive calls about big sums of  money.  Tammy Schwartz-Stobel received a few such calls from a woman introducing herself as a lottery official, and hung up on the caller thinking it was a scam. 

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NC Man Hits Cash 5 Jackpot

December 6th, 2013

Carroll Sears, who works as a customer service specialist for a Wilmington retailer, buys $12 worth of Cash 5 tickets each week, hoping one of these days he would win the jackpot.

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Irish Woman Bags £27 Million Prize

December 4th, 2013

Margaret Loughrey wins £27mUnemployed Margaret Loughrey, from Co Tyrone has won almost £27 million in the Euromillions lottery – the biggest jackpot ever won in Northern Ireland.  Her ticket had matched five numbers and two lucky stars.

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