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Russian retiree wins country's biggest lottery jackpot everNews Story
By Todd Northrop Russia's state-run lottery company Stoloto says a retiree has won more than half a billion rubles (US$8.5 million), the country's largest-ever jackpot. Natalia Vlassova, a 63-year-old retiree from the region of Voronezh, claimed the record jackpot worth 506,000,000 rubles along with her daughter Catherine this week at lottery headquarters. Natalia bought her ticket from a local post office but waited a week to check the numbers, thinking it was a losing ticket. When
Nov 20, 2017, 8:40 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

Panama woman wins $30 million Florida Lotto jackpot with online purchaseNews Story
Second huge USA jackpot win through online service By Todd Northrop Lightning has struck twice for online lottery ticket service theLotter, which had its second United States lottery jackpot winner when a Panamanian player claimed a $30 million Florida Lotto jackpot this month. Inspired by an article about a Scottish lottery winner, Aura Dominguez Canto, 60, of Panama City, Panama, started playing USA lotteries using the online service in June. After signing up with the website, Aura
Aug 29, 2017, 8:14 pm - Lottery News

Chinese lottery officials accused of corruptionNews Story
Two top officials previously in charge of China's official state lottery have been stripped of their positions on suspicion of taking bribes, China's top graft watchdog said late on Sunday. Since assuming power in late 2012, President Xi Jinping has pursued a relentless campaign against corruption, warning that the problem could threaten the party's ability to retain power if left unchecked. Former head of the China Welfare Lottery Management Center, Bao Xuequan, and his former deputy, Wan
Aug 29, 2017, 9:48 am - Lottery News

Spain's El Gordo lottery sparks celebrations across MadridNews Story
Workers at a home for the elderly were among those celebrating Thursday in Madrid, Spain, after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain's 2.3 billion (US$2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold in one city neighborhood. The number 66513 appeared on 1,650 tickets in the lottery known as El Gordo ( The Fat One ), with each ticket holder winning 400,000 (US$418,000). The winning tickets are normally sold in several different lottery offices around the country but this time
Dec 23, 2016, 11:48 am - Lottery News

Australian family win $4m beach house lottery after spending $200 on ticketsNews Story
Includes video report One lucky Australian family has won an oceanfront house worth nearly $4 million after spending $200 on lottery raffle tickets. James Burry, 40, was announced the winner of the biggest beach house lottery ever held in Sydney. The North Manly fire protection worker's prize is a four-bedroom house in Freshwater with uninterrupted ocean views stretching from Manly to Curl Curl. The newly built home is laced with luxury fittings and sits atop a coastal cliff about fi
Oct 13, 2016, 7:30 pm - Lottery News

New Zealand man wins $1M lottery after someone cut him in lineNews Story
A patient New Zealand Lotto player bagged a cool $1 million, all thanks to a pushy patron who decided to cut him in line. The Tauranga winner of last week's $1 million Wednesday Lotto draw has put his win down to good karma . The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought his lucky ticket from Pak N Save Papamoa on his way home from work. I was waiting in line at the Lotto shop and another customer nipped in front of me, explained the winner in a written statement from Lotto New Ze
Sep 29, 2016, 9:34 am - Lottery News

After cheating death in plane crash, Indian man wins $1M lottery days laterNews Story
After surviving a fiery plane crash, an Indian man has beaten the odds again, this time winning $1 million in the lottery. Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, 62, of Dubai, was on board Emirates Flight 521 when it burst into flames and skidded after landing at the Dubai International airport on Aug. 3. His lucky ticket number 0845 was drawn Tuesaday in the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire at Concourse A at Dubai International Airport, winning him a cool $1 million (Dh3.67 million). Ind
Aug 11, 2016, 8:22 am - Lottery News

Employee learns he won $5.8M in lottery, finishes 12-hour work shiftNews Story
A pub kitchen manager scooped the UK's biggest ever scratch card jackpot of 4 million (US$5.8 million) while on his dinner break but then went back to finish his shift. Dedicated Amadou Gillen, 46, bought two 10 scratch cards from a newsagents during a 12-hour shift at Wetherspoons. He lit a cigarette and scratched the first to win 10 but then the second one revealed he had become a multi-millionaire. But shocked father-of-two Amadou didn't tell anyone, and went on to work for another f
Jun 4, 2016, 8:16 am - Lottery News

Scotland family celebrates third big lottery prizeNews Story
By Todd Northrop An elderly couple from Scotland are celebrating a 1 million (US$1.5 million) lottery payout that continues an amazing family run of Lotto luck. Peter Fry, 90, and his wife Mary, 86, landed the huge prize in the Lotto Millionaire Raffle and have been hailed as Scotland's luckiest family. The couple, from Bo'ness, West Lothian, shared the win with their three daughters, Margaret, 64, Janet, 59, and Isobel, 57. The family play together, purchasing five lines twice a week,
May 31, 2016, 8:43 am - Lottery News