A frantic search for this $1 million lost lottery ticket is a more common problem than you think

A frantic search for this $1 million lost lottery ticket is a more common problem than you think

The Seidens were very relieved to find their lost ticket to claim the $1 million jackpot from the Illinois Lottery on Friday. Photo: Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune

The number of news items where owners of a potentially vast lottery fortune have misplaced their tickets is becoming quite common.

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Skokie Resident Scratched $20 Illinois Lottery Card To Reveal A $1 Million Windfall

Ray Hermez holds his winning ticket at the Illinois Lottery headquarters.

A Skokie resident became an instant millionaire when he won an Illinois Lottery 'Fabulous Fortune' lottery yesterday.

Illinios Lottery officials confirmed that Ray Hermez won $1,000,000 when he scratched off the ticket he purchased at the Shell station in Skokie.

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This 51-Year-Old Man’s Dream After Working At McDonalds For 26 Years Then Winning The Lottery

Through his years of work at McDonalds, Chicago man Yancy Hicks had a dream. When his ticket turned up trumps in the 2008 Illinois State Lottery and he won $1 million, Yancy saw his chance. He went from employee to owner, but not at the place you'd expect.

Chicago 51-year-old Yancy Hicks followed his lifelong dream and bought a Subway franchise after his lottery win.

He kept working at McDonalds for a further four months, splurged on a red Corvette for $30,000 cash, but then got down to serious business -

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EXPERT: How To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs And Win The Lottery

It's unsettling. I read today that the common bedbug may be resistant to most pesticides.

That means these little blood suckers are getting impossible to kill.

Over the last 15 years the bed bug has spread rapidly. A single fertilized female can infest an entire apartment building. And 10% of all New Yorkers have bed bugs in their homes and at work.

And there seems to be no cure.

Except one. And I know what it is.

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MIND-HEAD: How The Jackpot Prize Amount Mentally Affects Your Playing Frequency

Some of the 48 winners in May's $107 million Pennslyvania Powerball. Their final amount was just $2.2 million each. Photo

There are some huge multi-million jackpots in lottery games these days. Just look near the top of the Lotto Life blog in the right hand column to see the enormous and increasing totals in the world's games.

But many people will think twice about playing if the jackpot is below a certain figure.

So if a week is less than their goal, they may decide not to play at all.

The good news is that most people think this way, which opens up the potential to Silver Lotto players. Here's why...

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