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Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

Man Wins Lottery. Twice. On The Same Day.

The chance of winning the lottery is often said to be a tad bit smaller than the chance of being hit by lightning. »

Monday, Jan. 26, 2009

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

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. »

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

Man wins half million, goes to work

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

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008

Perfectly Timed Lottery Win

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. »

Monday, Jun. 9, 2008

Four mates share in $60m win

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. »

Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2008

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

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

Friday, May. 30, 2008

$13M winner to buy pal a new car

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. »

Friday, May. 9, 2008

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

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. »

Monday, Nov. 5, 2007

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

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. »

Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007

Lottery win for cancer survivor

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

Monday, Jul. 30, 2007

Woman reunited with missing $2400 after four years

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

Friday, Jul. 13, 2007

Lottery winner lives dream selling cars

All Fred Brown ever wanted to do was sell cars. »

Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2007

Lottery winner believes in sharing

“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.” »

Monday, Jun. 18, 2007

Lottery millionaire goes back to work

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. »

Thursday, Jun. 7, 2007

Megabucks mystery solved

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. »

Thursday, Apr. 26, 2007

Grandad scoops mega Lotto win

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. »

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007

Jackpot mother quits shelf-stacking job

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. »

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

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

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

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007

2.5m Lotto winner told her own fortune

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

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

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

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. »

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007

A millionaire but won’t quit his job

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

Monday, Nov. 27, 2006

Man lucky with wife’s birthday

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. »

Friday, Nov. 24, 2006

Lottery winnings bankroll dream for aspiring doctor

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. »

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006

Winnipeg woman scratches out a $1 million living

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

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006

$200 Million Powerball Jackpot Couple Plans To Keep Working

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

Friday, Sep. 29, 2006

Checkout workers continue despite $14 million lottery win

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

Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006

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

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

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