Man Wins Lottery. Twice. On The Same Day.

20 Feb. 2009

The chance he won the small prize: 1 in 10,000. The big prize? 1 in 1,000,000. The chances of him winning both — on the same day… from the same lottery are…

Lottery wins don’t guarantee long-term wealth or good health

26 Jan. 2009

If you tend to be waiting for that Big Hit from the lottery which once and for all will fix your life, relieve you of daily work and stress, and generally make things wonderful so that your life can finally start — wait no more.

Man wins half million, goes to work

13 Nov. 2008

Caleb Steele needed to ask permission from his boss to leave his work for about half an hour on Thursday morning.

Perfectly Timed Lottery Win

21 Oct. 2008

Samantha and Matthew Hunt are about to have their third child. So when Matthew bought a lottery ticket yesterday and scratched it for to win $10,000, they couldn’t be happier.

Four mates share in $60m win

9 Jun. 2008

FOUR Melbourne workmates have shared a powerball jackpot of almost $60 million after a spur-of-the moment decision over coffee to buy a ticket.

Kellogg’s worker won’t change much after winning $1M lottery jackpot

4 Jun. 2008

Nancy Edwards headed to work $1 million richer this afternoon.

$13M winner to buy pal a new car

30 May. 2008

With $13.6 million in the bank, Lotto 6/49 winner Fred Stonos is going to buy the Welland convenience store cashier who sold him his winning ticket a new car.

Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize

9 May. 2008

A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

Single Mom Wins $2,000 For Life: Home & Education

5 Nov. 2007

A 56-year-old single mom from Long Island hit the jackpot at a time when she was about to lose her home, New York lottery officials said Friday.

Lottery win for cancer survivor

24 Oct. 2007

A great grandmother who has beaten cancer twice is sharing a Lottery win of almost £1m ($2m).

Woman reunited with missing $2400 after four years

30 Jul. 2007

A FORGOTTEN bank account gave one woman a surprise when she was reunited with £1,200 ($2400) she thought she had lost.

Lottery winner lives dream selling cars

13 Jul. 2007

All Fred Brown ever wanted to do was sell cars.

Lottery winner believes in sharing

26 Jun. 2007

“We are wondering how to spend the money but one thing’s for sure – we’re going to ensure that all our loved ones are taken care of.”

Lottery millionaire goes back to work

18 Jun. 2007

Just weeks after scooping £1.1 million on the National Lottery, Joanne Gilbert, 47, has returned to her old job working in a hospital laundry at Cwmbran’s Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital.

Megabucks mystery solved

7 Jun. 2007

A Swanton man who read a news report about unclaimed Megabucks winnings discovered he had one of the $10,000 tickets in his wallet, Vermont Lottery officials said.

Grandad scoops mega Lotto win

26 Apr. 2007

Grandad Quentin Waite celebrated quite modestly after winning £263,783 on the National Lottery by buying a new pair of work boots – and a £19,000 Ford Focus car.

Jackpot mother quits shelf-stacking job

8 Feb. 2007

A supermarket shelf-stacker said today she has quit work and is planning a shopping spree in New York after hitting the National Lottery jackpot.

Couple wins $15 million lottery jackpot after redeeming $10,000 ticket

1 Feb. 2007

For a Nevada couple, good things come in twos. And that includes winning big Powerball jackpots in Arizona — twice.

2.5m Lotto winner told her own fortune

31 Jan. 2007

A STUDENT who won £2.5 million on the Lottery told yesterday how her dream had literally come true.

World War II veteran, 84, claims $254M Powerball prize; among largest in history

30 Jan. 2007

A World War II veteran and his family stepped forward Monday to claim a Powerball jackpot worth more than a quarter-billion dollars, one of the largest single-ticket lottery prizes in U.S. history.

A millionaire but won’t quit his job

17 Jan. 2007

Waukegan High School Counselor Ray Cave is just like any other person.

Man lucky with wife’s birthday

27 Nov. 2006

A man in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province recently won 6.38 million yuan (US$786,683) on the lottery using the numbers from his wife’s date of birth.

Lottery winnings bankroll dream for aspiring doctor

24 Nov. 2006

Douglas Fader has heard the stories about winners of big lottery jackpots who squandered their winnings. His former co-worker Sara M. Richmond, he says, isn’t one of them.

Winnipeg woman scratches out a $1 million living

15 Nov. 2006

BEV Wiebe was grinning from ear to ear when she was introduced as Manitoba’s latest millionaire.

$200 Million Powerball Jackpot Couple Plans To Keep Working

5 Oct. 2006

A couple from Fort Dodge, Iowa stepped forward to claim the $200.8 million Powerball prize.

Checkout workers continue despite $14 million lottery win

29 Sep. 2006

For those lucky enough to scoop the Lotto jackpot it is usually a ticket to unbridled luxuries and a lifetime without work.

N.Y. woman wins $1 million lottery again

11 Sep. 2006

A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again.

Lottery win will help fund woman’s wedding

11 Sep. 2006

A Clinton County woman now has enough money to pay for a good portion of her upcoming wedding.

KCK woman wins $20K in lottery

11 Sep. 2006

Betty Ward received the surprise of a lifetime when she checked her 2by2 Kansas Lottery ticket from the Sept. 5 drawing.

Lottery winning couple continues working at McDonald’s – buys house nearby

9 Aug. 2006

McDonald’s millionaire Lotto couple buy new dream house nearby – so they can walk to work

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