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Britain's first nudist Lottery winners enjoying their winNews Story
After winning a small fortune playing the Lottery, most winners would find it hard to resist spending a few thousand upgrading their wardrobe. Not Brian Tucker and Margaret Dallard. They are, after all, nudists, and generally doesn't have much use for clothes. Instead, they held a little soir e for a select group of friends at the Invicta Sun Club to celebrate their Lottery win. It was a rather chilly evening, so Brian and Margaret took the rare step of keeping on their clothes. Many ot
Jul 21, 2008, 7:43 am - Lottery News

Girl struck by lightning, wins lotteryNews Story
Ever wonder what the odds are of getting struck by lightning and winning the lottery? No one quite understands the term striking it lucky better than 16-year-old BreAnna Helsel. The Michigan teen survived being struck by lightning and went on to win $20 in the lottery the next day. Helsel was at her home in Blanchard, about 50 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, watching thunderstorms roll by on June 6 when she noticed rain entering an open kitchen window. She went to close the windo
Jun 14, 2008, 2:45 pm - Lottery News

Man killed by train while looking at lottery ticketNews Story
A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo, New York, while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket. Police say 48-year-old Ronald Wittenberg of Lackawanna did not respond to the train's blaring horn as it approached him from behind as he walked between the rails. Wittenberg was returning from fishing with a friend shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Police were told he had his head down and was examining the lottery ticket. Wittenberg died from massive head and inter
May 18, 2008, 9:47 pm - Lottery News

One Hell of a lucky dayNews Story
Couple from Hell didn't have to wait until it froze over If Hell were going to have a lottery winner, it seemed only fitting that it would come on the scariest day of the year. That's what happened to Hell's John and Sue Wilson, who won a Fantasy 5 prize of $115,001 on Wednesday, which also just happened to be Halloween. Sue Wilson, a teacher's aide, said although the couple knew their numbers had been drawn, they didn't realize the drawing had been held on Halloween until they claimed
Nov 5, 2007, 4:20 pm - Lottery News

Mega lottery winner to open school for witches (well, not quite)News Story
Believes 'gods' want him to 'take the bull by the horns' Ellwood Bunky Bartlett Mega Millions lottery winner, Wiccafn high priest, recently retired accountant would like to clear up a few misconceptions about his plans for a witch school. Yes, he'd like to start a pagan seminary. But no, it's not going to be some sort of Hogwarts-on-the-Patapsco, with precocious adolescents running around in wizard hats and casting spells. Bartlett instead envisions the place as sort of a yeshiv
Nov 5, 2007, 3:16 pm - Lottery News

Cat picks winning lottery numbersNews Story
As the old Chinese saying goes, Kindness often meets with good recompense. And a Shenzhen resident surnamed Wang has been deeply convinced of that. Wang, who adopted a homeless cat two months ago, bought a lottery ticket that won him a total of 3,271 yuan ($435). He has his cat to thank. Last week Wang brought his cat with him to buy a lottery ticket. As Wang was about to buy the ticket, the frisky feline jumped out of his arms and onto the computer keyboard, accidentally choosing Wan
Oct 12, 2007, 5:26 pm - Lottery News

Woman plays numbers from TV show about lottery winners - and winsNews Story
New Mexico woman plays 'most frequent numbers' on TV show about lottery winners and wins $20,000 in Powerball TV viewers in other states play and win off same numbers The TLC Network's broadcast of How the Lottery Changed My Life might not have been DeShundra Jackson's first choice for Sunday night television viewing, but since her mother was already engrossed in the program, Jackson didn't think about changing the channel. The only thing she changed was her luck. After the show an
Sep 27, 2007, 9:46 pm - Lottery News

Texas lottery winner invests in unusual historical motelNews Story
A bit of American history quirky and curious, but history nonetheless huddles next to old U.S. 59, past the tractor dealers and the rice mills, just before a green sign that proclaims Wharton's population of 9,237. It's easy to miss. But it is there, just around the bend: a row of 10 freshly painted, sand-colored tepees. As in the Tee Pee Motel, a throwback to the 1940s and '50s, when taking a drive was still in style and roadside businesses used gimmicky architecture like a gas stat
Sep 24, 2007, 11:56 am - Lottery News

Man refuses $4 million lottery winNews Story
According to the Ananova news service, a German pensioner who won 2 million (US$4 million) playing the lottery refused the cash because he didn't know what to do with it. The 70-year-old man from Hameln, Lower Saxony, went to the HQ of the German lottery association in Hanover after finding out about his win and told them he did not want the money. He reportedly said: What would I do with so much money? My wife has already passed away, my parents are dead, I have no children and no other
Sep 19, 2007, 2:31 pm - Lottery News

Lucky couple wins second NY Lotto jackpotNews Story
A former Bronx, New York, couple has won the New York Lottery's 6-number Lotto game for the second time in 11 years, twice overcoming odds of more than 22 million to 1. It's a great feeling, said Eugene Angelo Sr., 81, after learning that he and his wife Adeline, 74, had the sole $5 million winner i the twice-weekly Lotto game. In December 1996, the family bought one of four winning jackpot tickets and received the lump-sum payout of $2.5 million after sharing a $10 million jackpot with
Aug 31, 2007, 6:58 pm - Lottery News