The $590 million Powerball Jackpot – And its Unlucky “Winner”

May 21, 2013 by  
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The largest Powerball jackpot in the history of the game was won on Saturday 18th May 2013 by one incredibly lucky winner from the small town of Zephyrhills, Florida. That winner has yet to make themselves known to lottery officials, but whilst the hunt goes on, spare a thought for poor Margit Arrobio, who matched all six numbers for the Wednesday draw – but walked away with nothing. Read more

Mystery lottery jackpot has been claimed

February 1, 2010 by  
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Imagine how you would feel if you bought a lottery ticket, selected the winning lottery numbers and then lost or misplaced your lottery ticket. It’s an awful thing to imagine but it happens on a regular basis, lottery winners failing to collect their prizes. However, the £3.8 million December 2nd mystery lottery jackpot has been claimed by a ticket holder in Kent, avoiding the agony of missing their chance for a multi-million pound lottery windfall.

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Powerball lottery has biggest jackpot

December 12, 2009 by  
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Out of the three major world lottery draws taking place tonight the Powerball lottery has the biggest jackpot to play for. As the Irish Lottery and UK National Lottery both gave away their jackpots on Wednesday, only the US Powerball lottery has a rollover jackpot to play for, and it’s a big one!

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Try and cash a fake lottery ticket?

October 25, 2009 by  
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We all dream of winning the lottery but I imagine most of us dream of buying a ticket or two and getting lucky. However a dim-witted woman from the US attempted to make a fake lottery ticket and attempted to cash it. It does make you wonder, how could somebody be so stupid as to try and cash a fake lottery ticket?

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Lottery luck up for sale

September 7, 2009 by  
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Are there people out there who are genuinely ‘born lucky’ or is it simply chance when good fortune regularly visits the same person? If you were somebody who attracted good fortune would you then attempt to sell your good fortune on? A woman in China who has had a handful of small lottery wins has done exactly that and put her lottery luck up for sale.

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