Lottery Winners

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This Week’s Top Stories

May 12th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

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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FEATURE – Lottery Winner Of The Month (April 2015)

May 10th, 2015

Richard & Angela Maxwell:  April Fools Day Winners

The Maxwells

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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Burger Run Leads Man To Big Lottery Win

May 7th, 2015

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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Couple Wins $1M After Playing 30+ Years

May 7th, 2015

rsz_reginaRegina 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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Mega Millions Jackpot Turns 16 People Into Millionaires

May 7th, 2015

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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Chester Couple Win £1.069 M On Euromillions

May 5th, 2015

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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Manhattan Biotech Workers Syndicate – 16 New Millionaires

May 4th, 2015

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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New Head Of Massachusetts Welfare Dept. Won The Lottery In 2011

May 4th, 2015

rsz_welfare_chief(1)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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This Week’s Top Stories

May 4th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

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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Woman Forgoes Cone For €500,000 Winning Ticket

May 4th, 2015

One woman from Cork who bought a Euromillions ticket instead of a cone one hot day about six weeks ago is celebrating a cool half million euro win.

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