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£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 - Lottery News

Irish Lottery jackpot up to €15m for tonight's drawNews Story
Cash-strapped workers tired of the economic doom and gloom will be rushing to pick up their Ireland Lotto ticket today with tonight's jackpot approaching a cool 15 million (US$20 million). The life-changing jackpot has been rolling since March 10 and this draw will be the ninth since it began. The bumper pot includes 4m from the unclaimed prize fund, which holds on to money that was never picked up by winners. More than 2m from this fund was added into the jackpot on St Patrick's Day, a
Apr 10, 2010, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

£5M U.K. National Lottery winner claims jackpotNews Story
The winner of a 5 million (US$8.2 million) National Lottery jackpot which had gone unclaimed for two weeks has come forward, operator Camelot said today. Last week Camelot launched an appeal to find the lucky punter after the 4,908,817 top prize from Saturday August 29 was not claimed. The ticket was bought in the Sheffield area. We're delighted that the winner of this prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win, a National Lottery spokeswoman said. It wou
Sep 15, 2009, 12:11 pm - Lottery News

Unemployed man wins £4.5M Ireland lottery jackpotNews Story
Plans to travel overseas: I ve never been abroad Winner urged by financial expert to seek planning advice Northern Ireland's new Lottery millionaire Seamus Duffy revealed that he was feeling lucky in the run up to hitting the 4.5 million (US$7.4 million) jackpot. The unemployed father-of-six from Greysteel in Co Londonderry, said he had enjoyed a few less exciting Lottery wins in the weeks before the big one. But despite his winning streak, he never expected to scoop such a fortune.
Aug 12, 2009, 10:48 am - Lottery News

€126M Euro Millions lottery ticket was purchased onlineNews Story
Euro Million's biggest lottery winner didn't know she had won 126 million (US$170 million) because she was in bed with flu. The lucky but ill woman was the only jackpot winner of Friday's Euro Millions drawing. She failed to realize her numbers had come up until she dragged herself to work on Monday to save herself from being fired in recession-hit Spain. The unnamed 25-year-old, from Majorca, said, I still had flu on Monday but with the crisis we are going through, I decided I had to g
May 14, 2009, 7:20 am - Lottery News

Early talks for a joint Powerball-British lottery gameNews Story
Will Powerball marry up with the British lottery or even Euro Millions, creating the largest lottery jackpots on the face of the earth? Maybe. But Charles Strutt, director of the 32-member Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs Powerball from offices in Iowa, said it was still too early to tell. According to Ed Van Petten, Kansas Lottery director and a former chairman of the multi-state Powerball group, talk of a world lottery game has been around since 2000. They've been back at
Feb 12, 2009, 9:57 am - Lottery News

$5M lottery win eases the painNews Story
Paul Jaques thought a car crash 21 years ago made a big change in his life after it permanently injured his back. Now, it has taken a backseat to a winning, $5 million Super 7 ticket. We were going to stop him from going to physiotherapy because we couldn't afford it anymore, Jaques' wife, Cheryl, said at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s prize centre yesterday. And now, they won't have to stop. It's given me security, the 41-year-old North York man said. I got rear-ended by a
Oct 21, 2008, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Record Irish Lottery win offers escape from hard lifeNews Story
The Cinderella-style magic of the Irish National Lottery was never more evident than on Cork's Bridevalley estate yesterday. The huge 16 million (US $22.1 million) Lotto jackpot won by Paul and Helen Cunningham and the dream lifestyle it can now offer them stood in stark contrast to the everyday challenges facing people in this most tight-knit of northside communities. Bridevalley is a proud area where everyone knows and watches out for everyone else and locals are deeply protectiv
Jul 30, 2007, 9:21 am - Lottery News

Retiree on road buys winning lottery ticketNews Story
Retired salesman Daniel Casey of Fort Pierce, Fla., is one of two winners to match the first five of six winning numbers worth $250,000 in the April 24 Mega Millions drawing, Georgia Lottery officials have announced. Casey, 75, purchased his lucky ticket in Port Wentworth at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. 21. Winning numbers for the April 24 Mega Millions drawing were: 8-10-35-36-43, and the Mega Ball was 14. Casey said he was traveling to visit family in Connecticut when he stopped fo
May 14, 2007, 7:57 am - Lottery News

'Idiot' claims big lottery prizeNews Story
Ed O'Neill's bank account just got a lot bigger, thanks to a co-worker who told him some idiot hasn't claimed an $800,000 Powerball lottery prize. O'Neill, 58, who works for the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, bought the ticket for a Jan. 6 Powerball drawing. He told Iowa Lottery staffers he didn't think to check the results until a couple days afterward when a chamber receptionist pointed out an article in the local newspaper. She said, 'Read this article about the idiot that hasn't claim
Feb 27, 2007, 10:40 am - Lottery News