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Lucky CT man wins $100,000 lottery prize for second timeNews Story
Oh baby, I can't believe I did it again A Connecticut man just won a $100,000 lottery, barely a year after winning the same jackpot. Bruce Rosa won the top prize in the Connecticut Cash 5 on July 5. He previously won $100,000 prize in the same lottery on April 27, 2018. Oh baby, I can't believe I did it again, Rosa said, according to a press release from the Connecticut Lottery. Of the 4,000 winning tickets this week, Rosa's was the only one with all five numbers matching. The Sta
Jul 15, 2019, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Australian man wins lotto jackpot twiceNews Story
A Melbourne, Australia, man is busy counting more than $46 million after he won the top prize in Oz Lotto twice. The St Albans man had forgotten he had two entries in Tuesday's $70 million draw, each marked with the same numbers. I'm speechless. I can't believe it, he told officials, who alerted him to his double bounty. Both tickets had the same marked numbers which he'd been playing for 30 years. I play every week. I have always marked my entries, but I have never chosen the numb
May 6, 2019, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Australian man wins $23 million lotto draw — twiceNews Story
A Melbourne, Australia, man is $46.6 million richer after winning the lotto not once, but twice. The blue-collar worker from St Albans in the city's north-west was stunned after he was informed that two of the three winning entries for the $70 million Oz Lotto prize on Tuesday night were registered to him. The man had marked both entries with the same numbers, which he has been doing for three decades. When we reached out to the division one winner from Melbourne to let him know he'd w
Mar 27, 2019, 8:16 am - Lottery News

Mom wins largest individual Powerball in Australian lottery historyNews Story
A mom from Sydney won Australia's biggest individual prize in history on Thursday, cashing out with more than AU$107 million (US$76.7 million). The Lott, Australia's official lotteries website, said in a statement that the 40-something winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, wasn't sure what was going on when officials called to tell her the big news. In fact, the winner initially thought she had won $107,000. Oh my god, $107,000! That's amazing! Then came the news that her winning we
Jan 19, 2019, 11:36 am - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 2)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 27, 2018, 6:56 pm - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 1)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 20, 2018, 7:29 pm - Lottery News

What it's like to tell people they won the lottery for a livingNews Story
At every lottery in the world, there's a person who calls winners to inform them their lives have changed. In Australia, one of those guys is Matt Hart. He works at Australia's largest lottery operator, The Lott, and every day, Matt makes very weird and often emotional phone calls. Over the course of his career, Matt estimates he has called over 400 people, each one with their own unique story and reaction. We spoke with Matt to hear about what that's like, and what he's learned about luck.
Aug 2, 2018, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Australia moves to ban 'fake' online lottery wageringNews Story
Controversial lottery-betting service Lottoland described Australian legislation that will in effect banish it from the country as unnecessary and misguided , while newsagents and lottery sellers have welcomed the decision. The Australian government on Tuesday said it would introduce new legislation to Parliament to prohibit so-called synthetic lotteries , in which gamblers can bet on foreign lottery outcomes rather than having to buy tickets in any draw. The bill, to be introduced by Comm
May 2, 2018, 8:23 am - Lottery News

Governments taking legislative action against 'fake' lotteriesNews Story
Convenience store owners have applauded a Tasmanian Government decision to quickly draw up legislation to ban lottery outcome wagering in the island state. It's the latest move against growing gambling disrupter Lottoland as newsagents around Australia campaign to shut down the digital competitor they say is threatening their livelihood. Lottery outcome wagering also know as synthetic lotteries is an online gambling model where players bet on the outcome of an official lottery rather than
Oct 11, 2017, 3:30 pm - Lottery News

Australian woman's winnings stolen after she posts selfie with winning ticketNews Story
Includes audio report By Todd Northrop A Perth, Australia, woman who won $825 on the Melbourne Cup horse race was shocked to find someone else claimed her winnings before she could, using details from her celebratory Facebook selfie. Chantelle told radio station Triple M she was thrilled to have won hundreds after picking 101-to-1 shot Cup winner Prince of Penzance. She posted a selfie of herself posing with the winning ticket to celebrate. When we found out we naturally took a bit o
Nov 4, 2015, 9:22 am - Lottery News