From the lottery to Nobel prize: meet workers who make life-changing phone calls

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 18:20:14 GMT

Wondering how this story slipped through the cracks. Love it, feel good story.

Now that would be a fun job to have.

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Raven62 — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:57:09 GMT

Wow! Apparently there's alot going on behind the scenes at Camelot and the Royal Swedish Academy

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music* — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:41:16 GMT

Thank You for these true feel good stories.

Here in America winners can pick the time and place for confirming their win. It is just as exciting finding that you have won.

Welcome to the World of the rich.

From the lottery to Nobel prize: meet workers who make life-changing phone calls

Lottery Post — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:41:14 GMT

For 12 years now, Anita Pires has been working at the call center for Camelot, the company that runs the UK's national lottery. She is one of a staff of 30 who answer calls from potential lottery winners, checking their numbers for prizes that range from 5 to the multi-millions. In 2009, I had one of my biggest winners, who won 45m, she says. Even I couldn't believe it. We only get an automated prompt just before they're put through; it's always very exciting. The claimants are in shock and don... [ More ]