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UK man celebrates £58 million EuroMillions jackpot winNews Story
A United Kingdom man who won a 58 million (US$71.6 million) lottery jackpot celebrated by having a beer with his brothers at a 6-foot distance. Ryan Hoyle, 38, said he was shaking when he got an email informing him he had become a multi-millionaire in Friday's EuroMillions draw. The numbers drawn in the Friday, April 17, EuroMillions drawing were 16, 28, 32, 37, and 45, with Lucky Stars numbers 1 and 11. Hoyle drove to his parents' house, passing his phone through the window for them to
Apr 23, 2020, 8:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Builder who won $138 million lottery jackpot promises to keep workingNews Story
A UK builder named as the winner of the 105 million (US$138 million) EuroMillions jackpot has pledged not to stop working despite landing the life-changing fortune. Father-of-three Steve Thomson said he felt like he was having a heart attack he realized he had the winning numbers on his Lucky Dip ticket and was a gibbering wreck as he told wife Lenka. A Lucky Dip ticket is one in which the computer selects all random numbers instead of the player choosing the numbers to play. The 42-year-o
Dec 30, 2019, 11:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Britain's youngest EuroMillions winner planning to sue lottery for 'ruining' her lifeNews Story
Britain's youngest EuroMillions lottery winner has revealed she is planning to take legal action against the lottery for negligence. Jane Park, who won 1 million (US$1.25 million) at the age of 17, said winning the windfall had ruined her life and she often thought things would have been better if she had never won. Ms Park, now 21, argued that someone of her age should not have been allowed to win such a substantial sum of money. She said 18 should be the minimum age for winning the lotte
Feb 14, 2017, 9:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania will not privatize lotteryNews Story
Pennsylvania is scrapping a deal with a U.K.-based company to privatize management of the state's lottery system, Governor Tom Corbett said on Monday. The state struck a deal more than a year ago with Camelot Global Services LLC, a subsidiary of Britain's national lottery operator, Camelot Group PLC, to guarantee $34.6 billion in payments to the state over 20 years to manage the Pennsylvania lottery. But Corbett's administration repeatedly had to extend the contract after Pennsylvania Atto
Dec 31, 2013, 8:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

A life of leisure doesn't cut it for lottery winnerNews Story
A hairdresser who won a lottery jackpot as part of an office pool has opened her own hair salon just yards from the shop where she used to work. Natalie McGuire, 27, was part of a pool of fellow employees that won a 2.9 million (US$5.4 million) UK National Lotto jackpot last year. But after living the high life and visiting places like exotic Mauritius in the Indian Ocean she has opened her own salon employing three of the other girls from her pool. Natalie, from Castlemilk, said, The s
Aug 25, 2008, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

UK couple helps bring grandchildren into world with £1 million lottery prizeNews Story
Grandparents' win is both life changing and life giving By Kate Northrop A UK couple used their 1 million (US$1,219,244) lottery prize to fund their daughter's medical procedures that would help her bring two children into the world. Claire Pritchard, 39, was struggling to conceive, but a 1 million lottery prize that her parents won made it possible for her to expand her family by two. Jeff and Davinia Pritchard, who won the life-changing prize in the UK-only EuroMillions Milli
Jun 14, 2022, 7:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

British man who saved policeman's life during lockdown wins the lotteryNews Story
A British water quality worker who helped save the life of a policeman after he had a heart attack on the bus during lockdown is celebrating a 1 million (US$1.2 million) lottery win. Anthony Canty, who has worked throughout the coronavirus pandemic and says he plans to continue his job, said he told the officer about his big win in the May 5 draw of the UK's EuroMillions add-on raffle drawing. He said 'good karma happens to good people', the 33-year-old said. Canty, who has two childre
May 14, 2020, 9:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

From the lottery to Nobel prize: meet workers who make life-changing phone callsNews Story
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'
Aug 28, 2019, 9:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

£84.4M Euro Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymouslyNews Story
If you see someone looking incredibly smug in the next few days, this could be the reason. The winner of last week's 84.4 million (US$122.7 million) Euro Millions jackpot came forward on Sunday but has decided to remain anonymous. It is not even known whether they are a man, woman or a syndicate. By choosing to keep their identity secret, the record-breaking winner is likely to avoid the pleas that inevitably flood in to those who declare their wins. But with such an enormous sum of
May 18, 2010, 7:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

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I agree with the posts from a few months ago that US citizens are taxed on world wide income. If you are a US citizen and you win a tax free Canadian, a tax free UK, a tax free Irish or any other tax free lottery outside the US, your tax situation would most likely look like the Massachusetts and California situation mentioned earlier. You would have to pay state income taxes in addition to federal income taxes. If there is a gambling winnings tax treaty between/among the foreign country, t
Oct 3, 2006, 12:05 pm - Preppy - Lottery Discussion Forum