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Buddhist monk gives away entire $502,000 lottery jackpot
One lottery winner demonstrates generosity at its finest all the way down to the ticket purchase
By Kate Northrop
A town in Thailand won big when a Buddhist monk hit the lottery and donated the entire prize to those he felt were more deserving of the money.
What started out as a kind gesture turned into an even grander act of generosity when a Buddhist monk won 18 million baht (US$502,597) in the lottery and gave it all away.
In February 2022, the anonymous man bought three lotte
Nov 28, 2022, 11:38 am - Lottery News
83-year-old grandmother scoops up $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
Ontario woman doesn't let anything get in the way of her weekly lottery purchase
By Kate Northrop
An 83-year-old woman was not about to lose out on an opportunity to participate in the Lotto Max draw on Nov. 1 for $60 million (US$44.8 million) which she ended up winning.
Vera Page, of Vankleek Hill, would not have bought her usual lottery tickets had she abided by the retirement home's rescheduled trip to the grocery store and subsequently would not have won the $60 million Lotto Max
Nov 27, 2022, 6:04 pm - Lottery News
$70 million lottery winner originally thought he won $70K
A Calgary man has made history by becoming the first Albertan to win $70 million (US$52.3 million) playing Canada's Lotto Max multi-province lottery game.
Mitchel Dyck was the sole winner of the Oct. 21 Lotto Max draw, having matched all seven winning numbers.
Dyck said he doesn't typically play the lottery, but said yes when a cashier asked if he wanted to play. He discovered his windfall on Nov. 7, when he asked a cashier at a local store to check his ticket.
Dyck was ecstatic when
Nov 26, 2022, 3:57 pm - Lottery News
Australian woman cleans out car four months after win, discovers lottery ticket worth $580,000
Keep your tickets in a safe spot!
By Kate Northrop
Keep those tickets in a safe place! An Australian woman had quite the surprise when she discovered a lottery ticket worth $580,000 (US$387,187) during a car clean-out four months after the draw.
Receipts, loose change, hair ties these are the sort of things one could expect to find laying around in someone's car, but a Victorian woman found something of much higher value while doing a deep clean of her own car.
For four months, a
Nov 18, 2022, 10:12 am - Lottery News
German man wins €10 million, immediately dumps girlfriend and buys Ferrari
By Kate Northrop
A German man did not hesitate to splurge on his 10 million (US$10.4 million) windfall in the lottery, buying a brand-new sportscar and subsequently dumping his girlfriend.
A former girlfriend of a German lottery winner who took home a 10 million prize said that the prize drastically changed him as a person.
Kursat Chico Yildirim, 42, of Dortmund, Germany, was emboldened by his multi-million lottery win to make some significant life-altering decisions one of them cons
Nov 15, 2022, 3:04 pm - Lottery News
Canada man deletes e-mail from Ontario Lottery about $1 million prize win
Lottery thankfully sends a second e-mail after winner disregards first one as a scam
By Kate Northrop
A Canadian lottery winner might not have claimed a $1 million (US$752,731) prize if it were not for a second alert e-mail from the Ontario Lottery.
An Ontario man deleted an e-mail notifying him of a $1 million Maxmillions win thinking it was a scam.
While the first reaction of many lottery players would be to take a moment of pause upon receiving an e-mail alerting them of a mil
Nov 14, 2022, 12:07 pm - Lottery News
Delaware woman wins $300,000 on her way home from claiming $100,000 lottery prize
It was absolute insanity.
By Kate Northrop
A woman from Delaware could not believe she won yet another top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket immediately after she had just finished claiming one at Lottery headquarters.
Although it's not out of the realm of possibility, an anonymous Delaware player is completely dumbfounded that her luck brought her not one, but two six-figure lottery prizes, claiming both on the same day.
The Newark resident's string of luck began when she
Nov 9, 2022, 4:40 pm - Lottery News
Chinese man hides $30 million lottery jackpot from family, worries that money will make them "lazy"
Winner fears his family will become complacent
By Kate Northrop
A man who won a 219 million yuan ($30.5 million) lottery jackpot kept the news from his wife and child, fearing that the extra fortune would curb their motivation.
Somewhere in China near the town of Litang, there's a family out there that has no idea they're sitting on a huge lottery haul.
An anonymous winner, known as Li, finally had the luckiest day of his life after playing the same numbers for ten years. He wou
Nov 5, 2022, 2:13 pm - Lottery News
Canadian woman "never dreamt" she would win a second lottery jackpot in three years
By Kate Northrop
Luck is on the side of a woman who was shocked to have won the lottery not once, but twice in the span of three years, having played for the past 30 years.
Ontario resident Patricia Richards just won her second lottery jackpot to the tune of $500,000 (US$363,862) after winning her first major prize in 2019.
Although this prize will allow her more the freedom to pursue an experience she's always dreamed about, it's not her largest one yet. In 2019, Richards won $1 mil
Oct 24, 2022, 8:02 pm - Lottery News
Kentucky cancer patient out of work wins $234,176 online Instant Play lottery jackpot
Huge win could not have come at a better time
By Kate Northrop
A Kentucky man diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments experienced a turn of events when he won a jackpot worth over $200,000 while playing the lottery online.
Frank Long's life has changed drastically since being diagnosed with cancer, but a quick stroke of luck and the right attitude helped make a change for the better.
Long's lifestyle looks different than most others'. He goes to
Oct 20, 2022, 3:57 pm - Lottery News