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How to Lose a $15.2 Million Dollars Lottery Jackpot in 8 Years and 5 Easy Lessons

Thanks again to Philadelphia News columnist Howard Gensler for bringing this story to my attention, and now yours. It’s the lamentable story of Lotto winner Michael Carroll, back on the “dole” in the U.K., after spending his  £9.7 million ($15.2 million, in U.S. dollars) in eight years. How he did it is the stuff of [...]

Euro Millions’ Jackpot Soars to 129 Million Euros (About $176 Million in USD); One Powerball Winner ($140 Million) in North Carolina

Go ‘heels. The Tarheel state has produced a big Powerball jackpot winner of the Feb. 6 game, worth $140 million. We’ll let you know who won when he, she, they, step forward. So the next Powerball jackpot, on Feb. 10, is worth $20 million. The Mega Millions jackpot on Feb. 9 is up to $32 [...]

Largest Prize in Texas Lottery History (Mega Millions Jackpot of $144 Million) Goes to Katy, Tx. Resident

The winner has finally come forward. The winner of the Jan. 29 Mega Millions game worth $144 million…the largest winning lottery Texas Lottery history is Katy resident William R Kiefer. Guess what? He wants no part of fame or fortune. Call him humble? Or perhaps naive, but I like this guy’s attitude. He said he [...]

Top Lottery Jackpots Around the World

Starting this week, I’m gonna list some of the top jackpots in play around the world. So if you happen to be in Europe, or Canada or the U.S., check these out: 1. $140 million, Powerball, Feb. 6 2. 100 million euros, or about $138 million USD, Euro Millions, Feb. 5 3. $42 million, Lotto [...]

Confucius Lottery Ticket, Pissing Some People Off in China

Many of you don’t know that there is a lively lottery business in China, but it’s true and here is some of the evidence. From an item in the China Daily, one of the country’s leading English language media outlets, I hear the story of…get this, a Confucius lottery ticket. He must be turning over [...]

George Clooney Plays Italian Lottery, Hoping to Add to Monies for Haiti’s Victims

My thanks to Howard Gensler, a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, for sending me this short item. It seems that actor George Clooney wants to win the lottery for Haiti. The 48 year-old actor and his gal pal, Elisabetta Canalis, were seen in an official Italian superenalotto game shop, where they supposedly splashed out [...]

Body of Murdered Lottery Winner Found by Police in Florida; He Had Been Missing Since April 2009

This is a sad case. Apparently, said police, a  body found last week in Plant City, FLorida, is that of missing Florida Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare of Lakeland. Police I.D.’d the body using  fingerprints. “The cause of death has not been determined at this time,” said a police spokeswoman. Detectives dug the body up after [...]

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