All news on the topic: Lottery

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UK lottery winner misses £10.6m prize after failing to claim ticket
The Brit who won a £10.6m lottery prize has missed their chance to claim the millions.
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Unclaimed lotto jackpots worth £12.6 million waiting for UK winners
There are two new millionaires in the UK who are unaware of it because they haven’t yet come forward to claim their winnings.
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Woman wins big after a store clerk gives her the wrong lottery ticket
A woman in South Carolina was handed the wrong lottery ticket – and a more than $300,000 jackpot along with it.
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Malaysian woman wins $1.4m lottery using numbers from missed spam call
A woman in Malaysia won over $1.4m in a lottery after betting on digits from a missed spam call.
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Won $167 million — and straight to jail: newly minted millionaire assaults man and attacks police officer
A man claimed his $167.3million lottery jackpot, only to be arrested and put behind bars the very next day.
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Share of a €500,000 jackpot is offered to men who bought a scratchcard with a stolen credit card
Unclaimed winnings by thieves in Toulouse who purchased a scratchcard amid a legal debate over who receives the payout.
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Belarus profits from gambling addiction, including minors, through Belbet online lottery
The Belbet online lottery operates as a virtual casino but does not follow rules established for this type of gambling.
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Winner of historic $1.7BN lotto draw named 5 months after 2nd largest prize ever
A group of Californians were the lucky winners of the historic Powerball lotto prize, it has now been revealed by lottery officials ahead of the next jackpot
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Winning Lotto numbers as £5.4m jackpot goes unclaimed
There were no jackpot winners on either of Wednesday night's big National Lottery draws, including the £5.4million Lotto and £500,000 Thunderball prize
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Mum's tears after bittersweet lottery prize is tinged with sadness
Lesley McNally from Salford landed the £166,666 sum on the People's Postcode Lottery after being hit by a tragedy - only to discover husband Garry had left behind a winning ticket
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Tonight's EuroMillions numbers announced as £62million up for grabs - live
One lucky Brit ticketholder could become a multi-millionaire and see their lives changed forever if they scoop the EuroMillions jackpot of £62million in tonight's draw
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Millions unclaimed in National Lottery prizes - full list of winning tickets
It may be an unbelievable thought, but there is a small group of people out there who may not realise that they have actually won the lottery - at the moment, there are nine prizes left unclaimed
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Humble pizza delivery man wins £500,000 - then goes back to work the next day
Marius Preda, who delivers pizzas for Papa John's, now plans to buy a house and go on holiday following the whopping windfall on the Best of the Best plc (BOTB) competition
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Grandad unveils first thing he'll do after winning mega £400,000 lottery jackpot
Gerry Dragoonis, 65, won £400,000 on the People's Postcode Lottery and some of his plans include going out for a meal, heading to Spain for a holiday, and helping his family
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Lotto winner poisoned by husband after he found she spent £1.5M on secret son
Ibi Roncaioli won £3.9million on the lottery but was poisoned by her husband, Joseph Roncaioli, after secretly giving away a huge part of her fortune to a son he didn't know about
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EuroMillions winner 'kicks out fraudster husband after blowing millions'
Gillian Bayford won a huge £148million jackpot in 2012 with her ex husband and has now kicked out her current hubby, Brian Deans, after he wasted millions of pounds
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'Shopkeeper said I'd won £40,000 on lottery but I couldn't find ticket anywhere'
A Kentucky couple were devastated after losing a winning $50,000 lottery ticket, but then, in a stroke of luck, the pair found it again and were able to claim their prize
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Lottery winner's call to fishmonger husband who was selling fish when they won
Kayleigh Burnett was one of nine residents on Campden Crescent in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, to win one of the biggest jackpots in the People's Postcode Lottery
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Lucky lotto player wins huge jackpot twice in 12 years and wife is in disbelief
Environmental chemist Nathan Dean of Virginia shocked his wife with amazing news: he won a $100,000(£79,255) lottery jackpot 12 years after he won a smaller, but hefty, lump sum of cash. His partner couldn't believe it
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Lucky National Lottery winner lands huge £15million Lotto jackpot
The National Lottery has revealed a lucky player has scooped its massive £15million prize this evening after matching all the numbers in tonight's draw
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Hundreds of lucky residents scoop share of £3.2m on People's Postcode Lottery
People's Postcode Lottery drew the DN35 code this week - which belongs to the seaside town of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, where residents couldn't believe their luck
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Lottery prizes soar to £1.2 billion after months without jackpot winners
Lottery players stand to win the eighth-largest jackpot in history as two huge Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are up for grabs this weekend in Illinois
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Lottery winner of historic $878M jackpot chose to wait 131 days to claim prize
A lottery winner, from the US state of North Carolina, revealed the key reason it took her 131 days to claim her $878million jackpot prize after she purchased the winning ticket in Greenville
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Man went to buy petrol and came away with £800k after talking to worker
Colt resident Randall Morgan became a millionaire after winning a $1 million lottery prize from the February 21 Powerball drawing at Flash Market in Forrest City
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Thursday's winning Set For Life lottery numbers for £10,000-a-month prize
One lucky Brit could scoop the life-changing Set for Life draw, which guarantees them a whopping £10,000 in their bank account every single month for the next 30 years