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Valencia flood victims among winners of Spain's annual €2.7 billion El Gordo lottery drawing
By Kate Northrop Spain's legendary annual El Gordo, which translates to The Fat One, has once again captivated the nation with millions of viewers glued to their screens for the annual event that handed out 2.7 billion (US$2.8 billion) in prize money. Several residents of flood-ravaged Valencia were among this year's El Gordo winners, bringing a ray of hope to a community still recovering from devastating floods. With an incredible prize pool of 2.7 billion, winners across Spain have
Dec 24, 2024, 8:41 am - Lottery News

15 coworkers win $30 million Western Australia Powerball jackpot after member forgets to buy tickets
A mistake is just a happy accident By Kate Northrop A group of 15 coworkers claimed a $30 million (US$19.75 million) Western Australia Powerball jackpot after the group representative forgot to buy a lottery ticket for the correct drawing. A slip-up led to an unexpected $30 million Powerball win after the group member in charge of buying tickets for a 15-person lottery pool missed a drawing for another game. The anonymous group representative, who claimed the prize on behalf of h
Nov 4, 2024, 5:19 pm - Lottery News

Australian man denied share of $5 million lottery win in court battle
Two-year feud over multi-million lottery win comes to an end By Kate Northrop A two-year feud over a multi-million lottery win has come to an end after the Australian NSW Supreme Court denied a man a share of a $5 million (US$3.37 million) prize. An Australian man took legal action against his former neighbors and fellow lottery players, claiming he was denied his fair share of a $5 million prize, but a judge ruled that he was not entitled to any of the winnings. Alan Way of Sydn
Aug 23, 2024, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Ireland Lottery advertising claims under scrutiny
The Ireland Lottery has been told by an ad standards body to be clearer over claims that 90 per cent of National Lottery money goes back into the community. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland welcomed Lotto chiefs' vow to to include a qualification, about the reinvestment of unclaimed prize money in future similar advertising after a complaint by an Oireachtas Committee. The television ad in question featured a shopkeeper and a customer. When the customer placed her lot
Jan 24, 2024, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Australian lottery winner sues daughter
Claims she overwhelmed him into gifting part of $1 million jackpot By Kate Northrop A would-be happy celebration of a $986,212 (US$661,142) jackpot turned into a drawn-out legal battle after an Australian lottery winner sued his daughter for allegedly pressuring him into sharing some of the winnings with her. Things started going his way when Queensland resident William John Bampton, 92, won a nearly $1 million Australian Lottery jackpot, but he eventually found his family in pieces
Jan 16, 2024, 8:37 am - Lottery News

Ukrainian refugee wins €500,000 in Belgium Lottery
Winner who fled war-torn home country finds a bit of luck elsewhere By Kate Northrop A Ukrainian refugee won 500,000 (US$537,783) from a scratch-off ticket, the Belgium National Lottery announced on Monday. An anonymous refugee who fled war-torn Ukraine found a bit of luck in Belgium, where he won 500,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket. On May 16, the nameless winner, who withheld his identity from the public as is allowed by Belgium Lottery gaming policy, has been living in B
Jun 12, 2023, 1:48 pm - Lottery News

VIDEO: May's Weekly Roundup in lottery news
Cashier steals a $3 million winning lottery ticket from customer will this end well? By Kate Northrop Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the most prominent lottery stories in the month of May. This month has seen a wide variety of notable news, from feel-good winners' stories to instances where winning the lottery might come with a negative consequence. One instance saw an Australian man win $15 million in the lottery an
May 26, 2023, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

Canadian woman "calls in rich" to work after winning $1 million in the lottery
Winner adds one more Lotto win to the family By Kate Northrop A Canadian woman won a $1 million (US$732,145) lottery prize one week after leaving one of her two full-time jobs and was too excited to go into work the next day. A lottery winner who left one of her jobs to spend more time with family called in rich to her other job the morning after she won $1 million in the lottery. Jamie Sullivan of Saint John, N.B., couldn't think about much else besides the fact that she was hol
May 14, 2023, 5:51 pm - Lottery News

Online credit card purchases to be banned for Australian gamblers, except for the lottery
Lotteries present a low risk to gambling harm. By Kate Northrop Australians may soon not have the ability to use credit cards for online betting, except for lottery purchases. A new legislation is being proposed by the Australian federal government that would prevent gamblers from placing online bets using a credit card unless they are for the lottery. The new law, expected to be introduced by the government within months, calls back to a parliamentary inquiry from 2021 that rec
May 12, 2023, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Bankrupt builder to stand trial, accused of concealing $15 million lottery win from creditors
$15 million lottery windfall creates problems where it would otherwise solve them By Kate Northrop A bankrupt builder turned lottery winner is accused of intentionally failing to disclose a $15 million (US$10.14 million) Australian lottery windfall from creditors and faces trial and a possible prison sentence. Former builder Terry Woodall won $15 million playing X Lotto in the Australian Lottery, but rather than make his life easier, the prize has created a situation that landed him
May 9, 2023, 6:18 pm - Lottery News

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