All news on the topic: Lottery winners

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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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Winning number for Saturday night's £4million jackpot Lotto draw
The winning numbers for tonight's Lotto draw - with a £4million jackpot - have been announced. If you bought a ticket, you should check it to see if you have won any prize
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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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'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 winners face huge delays for payouts due to major change
New National Lottery operator Allwyn has changed the way it pays those who win between £500 and £500,000 due to the Post Office ending its Lottery contract
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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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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
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Monday's winning Set For Life lottery numbers for £10,000-a-month prize
The National Lottery is drawing its Set For Life results giving one lucky Brit the chance to win £10,000 a month for the next 30 years - players are being urged to check their tickets
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Mum wins big on the Lottery after son 'copies someone else's numbers'
The Maryland mum let her son select their Pick 5 lottery numbers and she's glad she did as he used a unique strategy to - looking over his shoulder and coping another players!
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10 luckiest US states with huge lottery jackpots - see if yours is on the list
Data analysis by Jackpot City Casino found that Maine is the luckiest state in the US in terms of average winnings per ticket holders, at a total of $574,900,000 per ticket
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Lucky National Lottery winner scoops £3.6m in huge Set for Life jackpot draw
The lucky Set For Life winner can now enjoy receiving £10,000 a month in their account for the next 30 years - totalling £3.6million after the huge jackpot draw on Thursday
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Shop worker who sold £1m scratchcard to exes at war says ‘money should be split'
Michael Cartlidge and Charlotte Cox bought a winning Lotto scratch card from a Nisa in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and later split - resulting in war over who gets the £1million jackpot
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Lottery winner curse - bitter divorces, sudden deaths and families torn apart
While many dream of winning the lottery, history has shown us that scooping the jackpot isn't all roses and some winners wish they could just return to their old lives
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Man left 'shaking all over' after impulsively buying 'life-changing' scratchcard
Joshua Ramsey, from Gastonia, Tennessee, says his dreams have come true after a scratch-off win means that he is now able to afford to buy a house for his family
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Trucker 'screams for joy' at wheel as he finds out he won £800,000 on drive home
Berhane Meharena was on his way home to Virginia from Texas when he checked to see if he had won the lottery to discover he had won $1million (£800,000)
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Winning Lotto numbers as £7.6m National Lottery jackpot unclaimed - live updates
The National Lottery's twice-weekly Lotto draw returned with a whopping rollover of £7.6m for one lucky Brit ticket-holder to win - check your numbers here
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Man's life was ruined by £24million lottery win - leading to his tragic death
The Texas man who hit the jackpot, Billie Bob Harrell Jr, took his own life just two years after the monumental win, saying the money ruined his life
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School staff win $1million Powerball prize after playing same numbers for years
A group of 30 educators from Rector A. Jones Middle School, known as the "Jones 30," claimed their $1 million Powerball prize in Kentucky after work, cleverly hiding the winning ticket in a math textbook
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Tonight's winning Set for Life lottery numbers with £10,000-a-month jackpot
Lucky winners of Thursday's Set for Life draw will have £10,000 deposited in their bank account every single month for the next 30 years - check your numbers now to see if it's you
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Man sees nearly half of his £1.5million lottery prize vanish due to technicality
Andrew Bramall of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, couldn't believe his luck when won big after matching the first five Powerball numbers drawn in February 2022 but saw a third of his lottery win taken by the government
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Man who won £39million on lottery admits to making very odd first purchase
John Falcon, the lucky man from Puerto Rico, was 43-years-old when he became the single-largest winner in the city's history in 1999