Lottery Winners

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This Week’s Top Stories

July 5th, 2016

Lottery Stories Of The Week

This week saw an Irish woman interrupt her football watching to discover a 500,000 euro win and a dozen Tesco workers in the UK have bagged a million pound win.

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Cop Follows Wife’s Orders To Post Big Lotto Win

July 5th, 2016

A NY cop found that the secret to winning big in the lottery is to follow his wife’s orders; sort of.

Back in January when the Powerball Lottery’s jackpot had rolled over to a huge $1.6 billion, Vito Viola’s wife asked him to buy Powerball tickets. 

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Staten Island Woman Bags $169M Jackpot

July 5th, 2016

rsz_staten_islandWhen the Powerball Lottery’s jackpot neared $1 billion in January, Nancy Viola dreamed big.  But apparently, the lottery has other plans.

Viola’s husband bought Powerball tickets from the 2520 Foodmart in Willowbrook at her bidding. 

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Woman Wins $1 Million In 2nd Chance Draw

July 2nd, 2016

When Vickie Walls’ West Virginia Lottery $30 Happy Birthday Ticket did not win anything in the lottery draw, it was not the end of it because the lottery conducts a the second chance drawing of losing entries.

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Car Repair Shop Owner Wins $1 Million

July 2nd, 2016

An auto repair service shop owner from Noel, Mo. has just won a million dollar payout from the Powerball.

Leonardo Angeles ticket, a quick pick he bought from RJ’s Mini Mart in Noel, matched five white balls drawn to win 2nd prize of $1 million. 

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Powerball Winner Builds A New Firehouse

July 2nd, 2016

Mark Hill was a simple hardworking man from Camden Point in New Jersey prior to Nov. 2012;  that was when he won half of a $587 million jackpot. 

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A Dozen Tesco Workers Share Million Pound Jackpot

June 28th, 2016

A dozen workers from the Tesco in Chester have just posted a million pound win in the Millionaire Raffle for the May 7 lottery draw.

A full month passed before the EuroMillions syndicate learned of their lottery luck, which they found out only after their leader checked old tickets while purchasing more entries. 

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Football Watching Woman Posts €500,000 Lotto Win

June 28th, 2016

An Irish woman watching the Ireland vs Italy Euro 2016 football match waited till halftime to check her ticket.  By the time the game was over she was rejoicing over two wins: Ireland Football team’s win as well as her own 500,000 euro success at the lottery.

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This Week’s Top Stories

June 28th, 2016

Lottery Stories Of The Week

This week features a lot of very lucky wins.  First off there is an Irish couple who have just posted their ninth significant lottery win.  Then there is also an occasional player who walked away with a $5 million instant ticket prize and a woman who won the top prize of the New York Lottery’s Cash 4 Life game on her first try!

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“Gambles” Wins The Lottery For The Second Time

June 26th, 2016

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction – that apparently holds true of lottery play as well.

A man from Chicago has won the lottery for the second time. 

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