The owner of the Daily Express, Richard Desmond, is reportedly lining up a bid for the rights to run and own the National Lottery. He already owns a rival lottery by the name of “Health Lottery” and is preparing a bid when the UK Lottery license comes up for renewal in 2019. The National Lottery…
The Ontario couple from Kent Bridge, Canada, has claimed their $1 Million prize which they won on the Lotto 649 back in December. Lotto 649 Winners, Andrew and Mary Ellen Van Zeist had won their prize of the guaranteed $1 million prizes in December 23rd’s Lotto 649 draw. Andrew had stopped off at a gas…
Missouri man, Chris Shaw won $258 million in a Powerball jackpot. Chris plans to use some of the money to pay bills, take his children to Disney World and replace his two missing front teeth. He has yet to decide between quieting his job at the convenience store or not. The 29-year-old father of three…
How the self-employed carpenter from Essex and father of one took the rest of the day off work after revealing £100K on a scratchcard from The National Lottery. James Elsey, 33, his wife Mel, and their two-year-old have been celebrating their dream-come-true start to the new year thanks to The National Lottery. James bought his ticket…
The Clerk’s mistake led to a lottery won worth $25 million. Kathy Scruggs, age 44 at the time, from Lithonia, Georgia, told lottery officials she won $25 million because store clerk had misunderstood her with which lottery ticket she wanted. With the winning numbers of 16 – 41 – 42 – 50 – 59 and 5…
Gauteng retail store worker became an instant multi-millionaire after scooping R31.6 million. Not watching the live draw, the winner was not aware of her new found-fortune. As a result she woke up the next day going about her usual day. She later found out out the win when she went to visit the same store…
There are no laws that bar priests from playing the lottery, especially EuroMillions, so ultimately we can assume that when they do play, it’s for a good cause. But what happens in the event that a priest actually wins something significant? A priest from Florida, Msgr John Delaney, occasionally plays the lottery and sometimes he…
A St. Charles couple have claimed a $96.5 million Powerball jackpot from a ticket bought in Bridgeton. Before heading out to play golf, John Brands checked his numbers online the morning after the drawing. Once he released all six numbers matched, he went to wake up his wife, Susan. She thought the house was on…
What do Popsicles and Powerball have in common? Not much, other than the fact that they have the same number of letters. (Fontana) For John “Jack” Long, the two has forever changed his life. Long was picking up his favourite sweet treat, when he decided to test his luck on the lottery and it won him a…
We all know that the chances of winning the lottery is rather slim, yet some of us tend to spend a mere fortune on lottery tickets and scratch cards in the hopes that we would become millionaires. There is a lot of skepticism around playing the lottery, many who believe that playing the lottery is…
