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El Gordo lottery awards more than $3 billionNews Story
Spain's Christmas lottery showered hundreds of thousand of euros in prize money on the country's capital Tuesday. The top prize of the lottery, ranked among the world's richest, went to holders of tickets bearing the number 78294. The number appears on 1,950 tickets, and each holder stood to win euro300,000 ($430,000). Organizers said the tickets bearing that number were sold in a lottery office in the central Madrid area of Cuatro Caminos. Two of the lucky ticket holders were immigrant
Dec 24, 2009, 2:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

You just hit the Jackpot - 200+ Millions - now what??
how many have thought about this? sure some of us have spreadsheets already outlining how many people in our family get x amount of dollars, how much goes to charity (quite a bit on my part) and how much goes into trust etc. do you wait a few months, let the hype cool down? do you claim anonymous? do you open a trust, hire a lawyer to claim for you? whats your first purchase? me personally.... i let the hype die down a few weeks at least. put the ticket in safe deposit box.
Oct 18, 2009, 2:44 pm - Ice Man - Lottery Discussion Forum

Grocer, couple cash in on lotteryNews Story
Who says it's bad luck to be superstitious? Not Woon-Sook Chon of Flushing. The Korean-born owner of the Flushing-based Cherry Blossom food store stopped in at the Union Deli Grocery on 38th Street to buy a Korean newspaper and walked out not only with her paper, but also a $500,000,000 Extravaganza instant Lottery ticket worth $5 million. My niece told me of a dream she had the night before, said Chon, 49. In this dream, I was rich, she continued. I decided it was a good day to try my lu
Oct 8, 2009, 7:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Not "mentally ready", lottery winner waits six months to claim jackpotNews Story
A 48-year-old small businessman from Newcastle, NSW [Australia], has waited six months for the right psychological moment to claim a $2 million (US$1.65 million) Lotto prize won in January. I'm a bit of a crazy sort of bloke. I had the winning ticket in a tin in a safe spot so there was no rush, the winner told stunned NSW Lotteries officials today. I actually thought about leaving it another couple of months. There was something about claiming that much money that I wasn't ready for, I
Aug 22, 2009, 8:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Schedule for "Lottery Changed My Life"Reply
they missed one state, TN, i guest they count the fact they charge a tax on stuff like bank intrest on money, but never tax the winnings them selfs also, did anyone see what the auto mechanic said about hes mom,brother, extended family related to them wanting hes money he quote , given them cash, but they keeped asking for More, and when he didn't give in to their demands, THEY STOPED SPEAKING TO HIM, unfreaking real greedy folks, i think my family, knows if i won, that
Aug 13, 2009, 10:39 pm - joshuacloak - Lottery Discussion Forum

Schedule for "Lottery Changed My Life"Reply
aug 22th atfernoon just got booked Lottery Changed My Life - Wiccan Millionaire TLC Sat, Aug 22 5:00pm Lottery Changed My Life - Doorman Millionaire TLC Sat, Aug 22 6:00pm Lottery Changed My Life - Millionaire Bachelor TLC Sat, Aug 22 7:00pm all 3 new ones , sweet i want to see all the stories of people losing the millions i want to see family broken apart, i want to see drama, i want to see sadness thats what makes me feel great you won millions
Aug 11, 2009, 4:53 am - joshuacloak - Lottery Discussion Forum

Woman checks old lottery ticket, wins $10 millionNews Story
An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars (US$10 million) 10 months ago, a state lottery agency said. The student, living in the west coast city of Perth, received the winning ticket for a draw on July 22 last year as a gift from her father, Western Australia state agency Lotterywest said. By discovering her parents' financial worries were over, the luck
May 28, 2009, 11:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

Warning about "Free Lottery" sitesReply
There are free lotto games and there are sites calling themselves that, but are something else. There is a free lotto forum where members rate these sites, I won't post the link here. Suffice to say they are not all bad in the view of their regular players. Be aware, almost every business and charity sells their mailing (sucker) list. The list can be worth more then their donations/sales. It doesn't matter whether you returned the item or the check bounced, the name remains on the
Mar 7, 2009, 1:31 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum

Winners share $3 billion in Spain's El Gordo lotteryNews Story
Economic woes eased for thousands in Spain on Monday as the Christmas lottery billed among the world's richest dished out some 2.32 billion (US$3.23 billion) in prizes. The top prize of the lottery dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One) went to holders of tickets bearing the number 32365 which appears on 1,950 tickets, each winning 300,000 (US$418,000). Thousands of others cashed in on runner-up prizes. The top number was sung out at just after noon Monday by pupils of Madrid's Saint Ildefonso Scho
Dec 23, 2008, 9:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner donates $3M jackpot to churchNews Story
A Long Island, N.Y., congregation was praying for pennies from heaven to help expand their church, but instead they were showered with millions. A parishioner who wants to remain anonymous donated his $3 million winning Ba Da Bling scratch-off lottery ticket to The True North Community Church in Port Jefferson. The donation came as a complete surprise to Pastor Bert Crabbe, though he told the congregation the church was facing financial problems because it was growing so fast. Our cong
Aug 29, 2008, 11:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News