Lottery Winners

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An Extra Dollar Returns $750,000

April 30th, 2013

State Lottery officials had to tell a retired bus driver from Central Falls that he was wrong to think he had won $250,000.  Dennis J. Edwards Jr.

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Luck Comes Calling Thrice For Winston-Salem Man

April 30th, 2013

Retired home builder David Settle,  won a $100,000 prize playing the $4,000,000 Gold Bullion game.  It was the third installment in a streak of luck in playing the lottery which started in November 2010 when he and his wife won $3 million in the $200 Million Extravaganza game.

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Luck Takes Couple On Roller Coaster Ride

April 30th, 2013

Life sure has its ups and downs.  Jimmy Santos and his wife had shifted from Florida where they had a rough time of it.  To  make matters worse his wife had to apply for a job with a restaurant and betting station, even if she still had to learn the ropes, just to keep them afloat.

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Unusual Project For £148 Million Winner

April 27th, 2013

Gillian Bayford remembers having to scrimp and save to allow her children to have their birthday parties at a local play barn.

After winning a huge £148 jackpot from Euromillions, she still plans to keep most things they way they are with one big exception:  She has bought the play barn, which had closed earlier, and plans to operate it with a friend.

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Sweden Post New Record For Lottery Jackpots

April 26th, 2013

Swedish lottery operators Svenska Sel has announced that a man from Norrkoping in Eastern Sweden has won the biggest jackpot ever won in the country.

The huge 237,697,528 kronor ($36.2 million) win went to a single winner, a man in his fifties who, the officials described as ‘dazed but calm’ after receiving the announcement. 

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NT$150.1 Million Jackpot Is Taiwan’s Second Highest

April 26th, 2013

The Taiwan National Lottery Company announced that a lucky person who bought an entry at an outlet in Shetou Township, Changhua County, Central Taiwan has won a huge jackpot of NT$150.1 ($50.6 million).

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Sevenoaks Winner Claims £3m Jackpot After Two Months

April 26th, 2013

The national lottery has announced that a jackpot won in the February 9 draw will now be claimed by a person from Kent, who wishes to remain anonymous.

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Two Lottery Wins In A Month For Iowa Woman

April 24th, 2013

Jamie Meyers of Cedar Rapids can be considered lucky for winning a $100,000 prize after playing the “Cash Inferno” game on Wednesday.   More surprising is the fact that she has won $50,000 from the “Super Crossword” game just  this 12th of April.

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Lotto 649 Winner Still Can’t Believe His Luck

April 24th, 2013

Chad Seguin, who was one of four winners to share a huge $63 million jackpot from the 6/49 game of the Canadian Lottery still cannot believe his luck.

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Grandfather Third Time Lucky To The Tune Of £1.4 Million

April 23rd, 2013

John and Pauline Alford from Trowbridge, won the top prize of £1,437,220 on the National Lottery with a lucky dip ticket, on the same day they won £2 on a scratchcard and £5 on the Thunderball.

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