Lottery Winners

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$250,000 Wedding Present For Baltimore Couple

January 17th, 2013

Newlyweds Hassan Manafikhalesi and Debby Opper got the wedding present of their dreams thanks to a shock lottery win.

The couple had only just married, and Debby had bought a Mega Millions ticket whilst on the way to midnight mass.

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Wiltshire Lab Tech Syndicate Win £1M

January 16th, 2013

A syndicate group of 19 lab technicians from Wiltshire have joined the list of 25 winners of the bonus Millionaire Raffle draw from New Years Day.

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Shropshire Couple Are Latest New Years EuroMillions Millionaires

January 15th, 2013

James and Sue Schofield from Shropshire are the latest winners to be announced from the UK’s EuroMillions New Years special draw.

The bonus draw, only for players in the UK, created an additional 25 millionaires in the New Years Day draw.

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£148M Adrian Bayford Sad To Close Music Shop Due To Agressive Beggars

January 14th, 2013

Big lottery winners often think they can keep their old lives and carry on as usual.

But when you’re a particularly BIG winner, and your name and photos have been plastered all over the national papers, it’s just not likely anymore.

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Played EuroMillions By Mistake And Won £1 Million

January 13th, 2013

Claire and Scott, 30, actually wanted a scratch card. But their friend bought them a EuroMillions ticket by mistake.

Superstitious Claire said she had been nervous about bad luck after being told that taking her Christmas decoration down early was considered unlucky.

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Leicestershire Rail Worker Scoops £244,437 EuroMillions Win

January 12th, 2013

Mark Steele, 50, just claimed a £244,437 win with EuroMillions.

He’s played since the lottery first began, and used the ages of his family to choose his numbers.

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Rocky & Bob Split a Powerball Million

January 12th, 2013

Bob regularly went into the Flanagan Bart’s Supermarket while on business. And saw an endless stream of Powerball ticket sales being handled by Rakesh Patel (“Rocky”).

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Aaron Smith Claims Another Euromillions Christmas £1 Million Bonus

January 11th, 2013

Aaron, 40, from Swanage just became the latest of the 25 new millionaires created by the UK’s bonus EuroMillions draw from Christmas day.

Amusingly, and perhaps prompted by the recent Nolan affair, Aaron actually posted a couple of ‘fake’ winners pics to Facebook – as they were dressed up and drinking champagne for a Christmas dinner.

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Irish Woman Thanks Virgin Mary For Her £200,000 Win

January 11th, 2013

The 52 year old woman who wished to remain unnamed, picked her numbers using the feast days of the Virgin Mary.

She says she’s now going to make a donation to the church as well as offering Our Lady a prayer.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

Snuff Stop Lottery Winner Buys The Farm

January 10th, 2013

It started out as a stop off at the convenience store to buy snuff.

But the scratch off ticket that tempted Penelope Henritze while she was there changed their life a whole lot more than they ever imagined.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories