Lottery Moments

Mike Byrum, of Mr. Juliet, Tennessee had been experiencing some bad luck, and recently had to close his motorcycle shop “because of hard times.”
Then, one day, he said. “I started feeling lucky again.”  Maybe he knew something no one else did.
Byrum even  told his best friend he “was going to win the lottery.” Turns [...]

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Courtesy of Connecticut Lottery
While relaxing on the front porch of his house on Wednesday, Ted Cormier, Jr., a heating and cooling mechanic from Burlington, Connecticut played a single “Max-A-Millions” scratch ticket from the Connecticut Lottery and instantly won $2,000,000.
“When I first saw the $2,000,000 I thought to myself, ‘this can’t be right,’” said Ted with [...]

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We are world wide now, thanks to the Internet.
I’d like to invite you to send me your winning lottery stories. Best stories will be published here, and might possibly make my next lottery book, due to be published in 2009.
I invite people from every country in the world to send me their stories. Use the [...]

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No one won the big 15 million Euros jackpot on Friday night. The numbers were 9,14,21,49,50 and the two lucky stars were 3,8.
Nine ticket holders hit the five numbers and one lucky star. Here is where those tickets were bought:
4 tickets sold in Portugal,
2 in France
1 in Spain,
1 in the UK
I am awaiting confirmation on [...]

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There was one winning ticket in last night’s $61 million Powerball draw and that ticket was purchased in Indiana.
I’ll let you know who that lucky ticket holder is when he/she/they come forward.
Winning numbers were 17,19,26,32,45 and Power ball 14. The Power Play multiplier was 4.
9 tickets matched the first five numbers. Three of the nine [...]

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There was no jackpot winner in the Nov. 21 Euro Millions draw, so next Friday’s jackpot rises to 26 million Euros.
The winning numbers last night were 9,14,21,49,50 and the two lucky stars were 3,8.
Nine lucky ticket holders picked five numbers and one lucky start to each win 314,385 Euros.
For AMERICANS who don’t know how Euro [...]

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There was no jackpot winner in Friday night’s (Nov. 21) Mega Millions draw, so the jackpot rolls up to a very nice $96 million.
The winning numbers were 1,22, 52,53,56 and the Mega Ball was 45.
Seven lucky ticketholders are $250,000 richer this morning. Those tickets matched the first five numbers. The tickets were bought in Maryland [...]

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If you won a lottery jackpot…a big one…where would you hide it?
In all the time I’ve interviewed lottery winners, I always ask them what they did with their winning ticket, from the time they find out they’ve won until they cash it in. Some people go directly to Lottery Headquarters in their jurisdiction.
Others, hide their [...]

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There was no jackpot winner in last night’s Powerball game so Saturday’s jackpot rises to $61 million.
The winning numbers were 8,13,38,39,45 and Power ball 31. The Power Play multiplier was 4. Four winning tickets matched the first five numbers. Those tickets, each worth $200,000, were bought in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Pennsylvania.
I’ve been asked…. what [...]

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Here is the latest list of the biggest jackpots won around the world, all-time. If you’d like, I can make the list a Top 25. Just write and let me know.
1. $390 Million, March 6, 2007, Mega Millions, two winning tickets, Georgia and New Jersey
2. $365 Million, Feb. 18, 2006, Powerball, Nebraska
3. $363 Million, [...]

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