This week’s top stories include that of a woman who bought a winning ticket instead of a cone, and a syndicate of sixteen workers who all became instant millionaires after bagging a $58 million prize.

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Richard & Angela Maxwell:  April Fools Day Winners

It was while he was supervising workers building an extension on his garage on April Fool’s day when Richard Maxwell decided to take a break.

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Have you ever been asked at a burger joint whether you want your order ‘with everything’?  Dale Holcomb went for a burger at Missy’s Little Grass Shack and went home with a lot more than just a burger with all the trimmings.

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Regina couple Ronald and Barbara Hitchens had been playing the 6/49 lottery for more than 30 years without winning anything significant.  But that changed when their persistence was rewarded with a $1 million jackpot!

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Some people would rather play the lottery solo so their wins are not diluted by having to share.  These people should think again after a lottery syndicate in New York won a huge jackpot which turned all sixteen members into millionaires in an instant.

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Craig Tuft and wife Trish had very simple wishes:  a pair of Reebok classic trainers, a car with heated seats, being able to have the heating on all day, and a house full of garden gnomes. 

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Some people don’t join lottery playing syndicates because they think it would dilute any prize they win. But sixteen workers at a biotech company who formed such a syndicate are all celebrating the millions each of them now have. 

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The new chief of the state of Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance was a big lottery winner 4 years ago.  Jeffrey McCue and his wife were going back home from visiting their son at college when his wife asked him to stop at a food Market in Wymouth to buy an instant lottery ticket. 

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In these week’s top stories a factory cleaner learned that instant tickets sometimes result in significant instant prizes.

Two people were rewarded for their patience:  A man from the UK who had been playing since the lottery began found himself £1,000,000 richer, and a man from Bo’ness won a £7,864,529 after playing the same number combination for 11 years.

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