Lottery Winners

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Irishman Bags 12.8 Million Euro Jackpot

September 11th, 2013

The latest EuroMillions jackpot winner from Ireland has come forward to claim his half of a 25.6 million Euro jackpot in Friday’s draw.  The other half was won by a ticket sold in Spain.

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Lottery Win Moves Retirement Forward

September 11th, 2013

Janette Robertson of Forfar, like most lottery players, dream of winning a sum large enough to retire on.  When she found out she was one of the winners of the Euromillions Millionaire’s raffle, she and her husband decided to move the retirement they had originally planned for the later part of this year a few months forward.

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Dick Zelasko Wins Huge $80 Million Jackpot

September 11th, 2013

One of the most oft repeated statements from lottery winners is, “I can’t believe this would happen to me,” or variants of the same.  This suggests that most people only half-believe the lottery tickets they buy will actually win. 

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Man Goes On Vacation With $80m In Wallet

September 10th, 2013

Dick Zelasko bought an easy pick ticket for the July 5 draw of  the Mega Millions from John’s Market on East Square Lake Road in Troy, and checked it a few days later.

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Pensioners Win £1.1 Million Jackpot

September 10th, 2013

James and Catherine Paterson, of Alloa in Clackmannanshire, were happy to think their lottery ticket had matched five of the numbers drawn, which would have paid them a £986 prize. 

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Winning EuroMillions Ticket Sold In Ireland

September 9th, 2013

The Irish must indeed be lucky.  Just this June, a lucky Irishman bought a ticket at Beaumont, Dublin and scooped part of a very hefty €93.9 million Euromillions jackpot. 

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Lottery Itch Results In $500K Scratch-off Jackpot

September 9th, 2013

Dietra Lovell, a home health worker constantly gets a ribbing from her family for playing the lottery.  As she plays almost every day, her mother Jo Ann complains that all her money goes into buying lottery tickets. 

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Man Wins $130,000 A Year From Lottery

September 9th, 2013

Roy Grimes won the $2,500 a Week for Life scratch-off game of the Florida Lottery, and chose to receive his prize in yearly installments of $130,000. 

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EuroMillions Winner Maintains Same Lifestyle

September 8th, 2013

John Baxter won a million pounds from the Euromillions Lottery in January.  Now eight months later, he says that the money has not changed his lifestyle very much.

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Bill Graham Wins $5 Million Lottery Jackpot

September 7th, 2013

A 50-year-old man named Bill Graham has decided to retire after winning a $5 lottery prize.  And to make the win even sweeter, the Missouri Lottery revealed the Bill Graham is the first player to snag the top prize on the “$5 Million Jackpot” scratch-off game, that only began selling on August 5.

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