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Prison looms for ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in prison
A former lottery worker was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday for rigging the system in several states so he could collect the jackpots. Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multistate Lottery Association, received the maximum sentence from an Iowa judge, who mentioned Tipton's "greed" in his sentencing.
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New Jersey Grandfather Finds Lottery Ticket Worth $24 Million in Old Shirt
Everyone has that spot in their house or car where they let the mail and receipts pile up. For 68-year old Jimmie Smith, it was an old shirt hanging in his closet. Stuffed in its pockets was a stack of unchecked lottery tickets. "I always told myself, 'I'll check them when I have the time,'" the New Jersey man said.
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N.L. woman with cancer buys lottery ticket 'for survival' and gets double win: $1.5M and good health news
Diane Bishop beamed as she held up a giant mock cheque and posed for the cameras in Atlantic Lottery's office in St. John's. "Should I do a little dance?" she asked with a crackly voice, a side-effect of chemotherapy. Then she began to bounce, gently, from side to side. "It's OK. My hip isn't too bad today." This is not a typical photo-op with the winner of a $1.5-million Super Set For Life jackpot.
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The Millionaire Makers: What happens when 100,000 people create their own lottery?
Is there a darker side to a seemingly-utopian lottery invented by the internet?
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Mega Millions announces single winner for $450M jackpot
One lucky Mega Millions ticket holder in Florida has won a $450 million jackpot after matching all six numbers in the prize. Choosing the cash option would bring home $281 million. The Florida Lottery announced that one winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven in Port Richey, Florida. "The retailer will receive a $100,000 bonus commission for selling the jackpot-winning ticket," the Florida Lottery said in a news release early Saturday.
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$1 million scratch-off winner dies of cancer only weeks later
They say that luck is a fickle mistress. Nowhere is that more true than the case of Donald Savastano, a man who won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket only to die of cancer 23 days later. Savastano, 51, who lived in Sidney, N.Y. but grew up on Long Island, won a million dollars from the New York Lottery in December. Sadly, the self-employed carpenter did not have long to enjoy his newfound wealth.
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All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses.
The winning numbers triple-checked and the lottery ticket signed, the New Hampshire woman knew her life was about to change in a very positive way - except for one petrifying thing. As the winner of last month's $560 million Powerball, she would soon be the world's newest owner of a nine-digit bank account. But because of lottery rules, everyone in the world would know about it - neighbors, old high school friends, con artists, criminals.
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Couple who lost home in wildfire wins million-dollar lotto
Bill Pendergast has spent the last two years rebuilding his home, which burnt down when a wildfire raged through Fort McMurray, Alberta. Now, he is $1 million richer and able to finish restoring his family home thanks to the Atlantic Lotto.
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The Lottery Hackers
Winning millions of dollars seemed as good a retirement plan as any.
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Mystery $560 million Powerball winner can remain a mystery, judge rules
Judge Charles Temple said disclosing the woman's name would be an invasion of privacy, but that her hometown can be made public.
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$560 Million Powerball Winner Can Keep Her Name Private, Judge Rules
The winner of a $560 million Powerball jackpot — one of the largest prizes in United States history — can remain anonymous, a New Hampshire judge ruled Monday. The woman who bought the winning ticket in January had gone to court to keep her name from being made public. Her lawyers argued that she feared being overwhelmed with requests for a share of her winnings and was concerned about her safety.
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An 18-year-old buys her first lottery ticket and wins $1,000 a week -- for life
On her 18th birthday, Charlie Lagarde bought a celebratory bottle of sparkling wine and her first-ever lottery ticket at a Quebec convenience store. When she got home, the newly-minted adult discovered she was also a newly-minted millionaire. It turns out the Gagnant à vie scratch-off she bought was worth a million dollars. Instead of the lump sum, she chose the annuity option and will receive $1,000 every week for the rest of her life.
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Man wins lotto as he retires on birthday
In what might just be the best day ever, a Canadian man has won a lottery jackpot on the day he retired, which was also his birthday. Vancouver's Ping Kuen Shum bought a lotto ticket on 28 April as he was in high spirits from his birthday and the last day of his working life. That night, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation confirmed that he had just scooped C$2m ($1.5m; £1.1m).
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Man wins lottery 14 times with clever and legal formula - this is how he did it
We've all imagined what we would do with all of that money if we won the lottery . Whether you'd buy a house or go on holiday, unfortunately winning that life-changing sum depends on dumb luck for the vast majority of us.
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The man who won the lottery 14 times
How a rogue Romanian economist legally gamed the lottery and won millions of dollars around the world.
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Lottery raises millions to save French heritage sites
Two and a half million tickets at €15 a piece were sold for the heritage lottery drawn on Friday, September 14. The €15-20 million collected will subsidise the restoration of 269 endangered French heritage sites. Eighteen sites designated as “iconic” by the minister of culture will receive priority funding. They will receive immediate funding from the Fondation du patrimoine – enough to begin the first stages of construction and restoration. Here are some of the top sites.
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Nova Scotia lotto aunt and nephew reach deal in jackpot feud
A Canadian woman and the nephew she took to court over a lottery win have come to an agreement over how they will split the jackpot. Barbara Reddick sued Tyrone MacInnis in July for his half of the C$1.2m ($912,000; £690,000) win. Both their names were on the winning ticket from a "Chase the Ace" draw in rural Nova Scotia. Ms Reddick, who bought the original ticket, will get C$872,639 - the bulk of the winnings.
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Montrealer finds forgotten lottery ticket worth $1.75 million in an old jacket
A Montreal man was cleaning out his wardrobe and readying some clothes for donation when he found a forgotten lottery ticket hidden in an old jacket — a ticket worth $1.75 million. Gregorio De Santis hadn't planned on cleaning out the wardrobe, but said his sister encouraged him to get the job done.
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Single ticket wins record $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in South Carolina
One winning ticket was sold for the record Mega Millions jackpot of what turned out to be just under $1.6 billion. The winning ticket was purchased in South Carolina. The six winning numbers were drawn Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, lottery officials said in a statement that the jackpot was worth $1.537 billion, more than $50 million less than the previously estimated jackpot of $1.6 billion.
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$1m lottery break for US hip patient
A man who fell and broke his hip while on his way to buy a lottery ticket in New Jersey has scooped the $1m jackpot - after buying a ticket at the hospital he was taken to for treatment. Earl Livingston, 87, from Blackpool, was given the chance to join Jefferson Stratford Hospital's lottery pool. He entered the state's Mega Millions pool with 141 other people.
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