Lottery Winners

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Man Who Found Winning Ticket In A Cookie Jar To Appear On “Katie”

July 4th, 2013

Rick Cerezo, who found a $4.85 million winning Illinois Lottery ticket in a kitchen cookie jar, is set to appear  on the “Katie” show featuring Katie Couric. 

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Big Lottery Winner David Ashcroft Unchanged By Win 16 Years On

July 3rd, 2013

While some lottery winners let their win take them to wasteful lives, 1997 big winner David Ashcroft is not among them.

When David Ashcroft won a jackpot in £12.3 million 1997, he said: “I am an ordinary, quiet introvert.

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Unclaimed 7 Million Yuan Lottery Jackpot Given To Charity

July 3rd, 2013

The winner of a 7.05 million yuan (US$1.13 million) jackpot on a ticket sold May 2  from the China Lottery failed to claim the prize within the required 60 day period.

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Italian Court Orders Lottery To Pay Jackpot Won By Torn Ticket

July 3rd, 2013

Normally damaged lottery tickets are deemed void, so a man who sued to claim  a 100,000 euros ($130,590) prize using a ticket torn in half would be expected to lose.

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FEATURE: Lottery Winner Of The Month (June 2013)

July 2nd, 2013

Gloria Mackenzie wins PowerballMeant To Be:  A Woman’s Record Powerball Win Dissected

Newspapers were abuzz about the size of a Powerball jackpot that eventually reached $590.5 million before lottery officials announced that the single winning ticket had been sold in Florida.

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$122 Million Euromillions Jackpot Claimed

July 2nd, 2013

The National Lottery Headquarters in Dublin have confirmed that a winner or winners, who have chosen to remain anonymous, have claimed a huge $122 million Euromillions jackpot prize.

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$1 Million Lotto Max Prize Claimed Just In Time

July 2nd, 2013

Gizella Tasnadi and Bruce Swanston of Grande Prairie had just claimed their jackpot prize of $1 million nearly a year after the draw date.  But it was not a long wait for them, as they have just found out they were winners.

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Fame To Follow Fortune For Cookie Jar Lottery Winner

July 1st, 2013

It took a few months before Richard Cerezo found a winning lottery ticket in a cookie jar.  Last May 15, he collected a stunning $4.85 million dollars he won from an Illinois Lottery ticket drawn on the 2nd of February. 

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State Lawmaker Obtains New Wheels For $5

July 1st, 2013

State Del. Riley E. Ingram has been driving a 1992 Ford pickup on his way to and from work at General Assembly; that is about to change in a big way after the lawmaker won a brand new Jeep Rubicon off a $5 scratch card he bought at the Virginia Pork Festival in Emporia.

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Jacksonville Woman Kayntha Horne Wins $500,000

July 1st, 2013

Kayntha Horne, won $500,000 from a $20Florida Lottery’s Gold Rush Tripler scratch-off game ticket she bought at Arlington Food Mart.

The Tripler is touted to be a better version of the Gold Rush with better chances of winning.

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