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New Zealand man who lost his job during lockdown wins $10 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
Just weeks after losing his job, a Hamilton, New Zealand, man surprised his wife with a staggering $10.3 million (US$6.3 million) Lotto win. The big winner, who is anonymous like most winners in New Zealand choose to be, was one of the thousands of Kiwis made redundant over the nearly two-month lockdown period. His wife is a healthcare worker has worked through the lockdown. When she came home from work in a quick lunch break, she found him sitting at the kitchen table, acting strange .
May 25, 2020, 9:32 am - Lottery News

Great-grandmother will give away her $1.8 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Every generation of her family will get a cut An Australian great-grandmother has proven she is just as generous as she is lucky by announcing she will be giving much of her $1.8 million (US$1.2 million) lottery win to her family. The winner from the country town of Gawler, north of Adelaide, scored the major prize on Saturday after playing with the same numbers for 20 years. Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia. The woman, who wis
May 11, 2020, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Inside look at the mysterious booklet every Australian lottery jackpot winner receivesNews Story
Apart from mind-boggling good luck, there's one thing all division one lottery winners have in common one humble brochure that gets mailed to every winner in Australia. It means the mysterious document has only been seen by a select few Australians who have been fortunate enough to score a life-changing jackpot prize. But a copy obtained by an Australian news website reveals a treasure trove of advice including from previous winners themselves buried within the pages. Congratulations!
Apr 27, 2020, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Masks: The new lotteryNews Story
Japanese electronics maker holds a lottery for the commodity after buyers flood the e-commerce website By Kate Northrop A new sort of lottery is brewing in Japan. Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. has adopted a new method of selling its popular face masks via a lottery. Unsurprisingly, Japanese hospitals, stores and consumers alike have found it difficult to acquire masks due to shortages and increased demand during the Covid-19 crisis. Sharp originally only shipped masks to medical
Apr 24, 2020, 2:22 pm - Lottery News

Australian family's lottery numbers pay off after 20 yearsNews Story
An Australian family who collected a nearly $610,000 (US$383,000) lottery jackpot said they have been using the same numbers for nearly 20 years. The family, from Peel, Western Australia, told Lotterywest officials the ticket they purchased for the April 11 Saturday Lotto drawing at The Lucky Charm Pinjarra bore the same numbers they have been using to play the lottery for two decades. Their ticket, consisting of family birthday numbers, is now worth more than $610,000. We've used thes
Apr 21, 2020, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Ireland Lottery releasing €16 million in unclaimed funds to help battle against COVID-19News Story
Unclaimed Ireland Lottery funds of 16 million (US$17.5 million) are being rapidly released to help battle coronavirus. The money will see its way towards the frontline as the country ramps-up its response to the unprecedented spread of the lethal disease. Paschal Donohoe has announced that the windfall from the National Lottery is coming into the government's coffers early. This will help the Government's efforts now as the country battles to beat back the deadly virus. The money wil
Apr 1, 2020, 2:35 pm - Lottery News

China's lottery now operating at 2/3 capacity of pre-virus shutdownNews Story
China's state-run lottery operations are now working at about two-thirds of their capacity before they were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, China's National Sports Lottery Center issued an update on the progress made since March 11, when the authorities gave the okay to resume operations following the unprecedented 49-day shutdown prompted by the coronavirus crisis. The notice said that over 110k sports lottery terminals had resumed operations as of March 17, represent
Mar 20, 2020, 8:00 am - Lottery News

UK National Lottery hacker jailed for nine monthsNews Story
A cyber-criminal has been jailed for nine months for committing offenses against the United Kingdom National Lottery. Following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation, Anwar Batson, 29, of Notting Hill, London, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on 10 January. He admitted four offenses under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and one fraud charge. The NCA was notified of the attack against National Lottery accounts in November 2016. The customer database affected contained around nine m
Jan 13, 2020, 10:22 am - Lottery News

Builder who won $138 million lottery jackpot promises to keep workingNews Story
A UK builder named as the winner of the 105 million (US$138 million) EuroMillions jackpot has pledged not to stop working despite landing the life-changing fortune. Father-of-three Steve Thomson said he felt like he was having a heart attack he realized he had the winning numbers on his Lucky Dip ticket and was a gibbering wreck as he told wife Lenka. A Lucky Dip ticket is one in which the computer selects all random numbers instead of the player choosing the numbers to play. The 42-year-o
Dec 30, 2019, 11:13 am - Lottery News

A reporter won the lottery and quit her job, live on air — only to find the payout was about $5,500News Story
Includes video report A Spanish television reporter appeared to celebrate and quit her job on live television after realizing she had a winning El Gordo lottery ticket. It was a decision for which she would later apologize. On Sunday, Valencia community journalist Natalia Escudero was covering Spain's annual Christmas lottery, called El Gordo (The Fat One), when she found out that she was also a winner. The state-run lottery is the world's richest draw, boasting 2.24 billion euros (a
Dec 26, 2019, 8:31 pm - Lottery News