Lottery Winners

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Lottery Millionaire Advises Winners To Stay Grounded

February 19th, 2015

With the impending draw of the Powerball Lottery looking to rollover to  nearly $500 million dollars, many players are excitedly buying more entries.  But former winner Salazar Salazar Jr.

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Man Wins $100000 Lottery Prize On First Try

February 19th, 2015

Kent Pleva is a man who is not likely to stop playing the lottery soon.  The lucky man won a $100,000 prize, not that much when compared to million dollar jackpots, but his win came on his first try with the $10 Million Cash Bonanza game. 

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£250K National Lottery Winner To Buy New Home

February 17th, 2015

rsz_nursery_assistantNursery assistant Claire Markswas on her way to a training when she decided to stop at a shop and bought a £2 Celebration scratch card.  She scratched it off in her car, discovered she had won £250,000 and immediately verified it at the store. 

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Lottery Winner Now Lives Off Investments

February 17th, 2015

21 months ago, Bay Roberts resident Wayne Hiltz was struggling to put food on the table.  He used to live in a leaky home and rode around in a bicycle he assembled from spares. 

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Group Of Mortgage Advisers Bag £1.14 Million Jackpot

February 16th, 2015

The latest syndicate to post a significant lottery win is composed of 17 mortgage advisers from a Royal Bank of Scotland mortgage office in Greenock.

Their win can be attributed to regularly playing as a syndicate since 2009. 

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Taste For Nachos Leads To $50M Win

February 16th, 2015

Many lottery winners attribute their success to  their commitment to play regularly; and they may be right.  But in the case of Gregory Nikolopoulos, it may be craving for nachos which lead him to a $50 million Lottomax jackpot.

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This Week’s Top Stories

February 16th, 2015

Lottery Stories Of The Week

A woman cleaning her home won enough to clear her debts, and a couple must not have been expecting to win much so they erroneously thought they won a smaller amount.

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Truck Numbers Lead To £1 Million Prize

February 16th, 2015

driver winsLottery players are using significant dates, rabbits’ feet, dreams, fortune cookies and horoscopes to find the lucky combination which will bring them riches.  Odd as it may seem lorry driver Stephen Chick tried playing the numbers on the plates of trucks he was driving behind, and won!

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Security Footage Helps Find $1 Million Winner

February 13th, 2015

Many people play the lottery without really expecting to win very much.  A winner from Northern Kentucky proves that again.

Patricia Pearson won $4 from an old lottery ticket, and used that to buy a few Powerball tickets. 

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$50 Million Lotto Max Winner To Give Away Most Of It

February 12th, 2015

In one sense Randall Rush is like every other lottery player; he had speculated what he would do if he ever won the lottery, but was overwhelmed when he finally did. 

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