59-year-old Son Van Duong of Orlando, attracted by the $290 million in cash prizes offered by the  25th Anniversary Edition Millionaire Scratch-Off game of the Florida lottery, bought a ticket.

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Bad investments and a taste for the fast life cost Roger Griffiths, who won a lottery jackpot worth £1.8 million, all of his money, his career and his marriage.

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For Dianna Sills, of Dunn, N.C., hopped her way in the form of a $10 Ruby Red 7’s instant ticket her brother had brought for her from a store called Kangaroo Express.

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Bruce Barnhard turned a refreshment stop at Stup’s Market in Adamstown, Maryland into a golden opportunity, when he decided he might as well buy a Multi-Match ticket, while he was there.

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An industrial mechanic from Big River, Sask .,  David Chaykowski, 59, may be retiring a year earlier than most.  David, who claimed a $30 million Lotto Max jackpot with his wife Gloria, says his first priority is to quit his job. 

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One of four $1 million lottery prize tickets, sold last year at a gas station in Wood Dale had been unclaimed for almost a year.  Considering rules that limit redemption of winning tickets to just one year after the draw, lottery officials had posters made for people to check their tickets.

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The Illinois Lottery has announced that Ryan Kreoger is the first-ever winner of its $5 “Birthday Surprise” instant game.  The $3.15 million win assures Ryan of annual payouts of about $150,000 ($105,000 after taxes) for the next twenty years, and the date of the payout is his own birthday.

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Tommy and Carol Lisk, who have lived together as man and wife in Swansea for the last fifty years received a £3m “anniversary gift” from the national lottery.

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Someone in Foxboro has won the $10,000 a Week For Life, grand prize.  The huge win is worth either $8 million in a single payment, or $10,ooo a week for life.

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This man did a good job of hiding his lottery ticket.  Watch what happens when he realizes his ticket has won.

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The man had hidden his lottery ticket inside a cast for a broken right arm. 

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