5 biggest lottery winner jackpots in the USA and the one thing they all share in common
/Lottery records are tumbling with the biggest-ever jackpot draw last month making lottery history …
Read MoreLottery records are tumbling with the biggest-ever jackpot draw last month making lottery history …
Read MorePowerball winner Will Seeley took his own advice when he said the best idea is to disappear after you win the lottery, which he did after collecting his share of $86 million in 2013…
Read MoreThe Minnesota Lottery decided to ask their 115,000 fans on Facebook about what they would do if they won a big jackpot.
Read MoreHere’s the current top 5 biggest winning lottery prizes - and their happy winners - in the world. Interesting fact: the top 3 prizes are over a billion dollars each, amounts that would be unimaginable just a few years ago.
Read MoreThis infographic shows the survey results of lottery ticket buying habits for 400 Japanese men and women. It clearly shows (64.7%) that superstition plays a big part as they follow the ‘lucky store’ tradition of Western lottery buyers.
When finance firm Ameritrade did a survey on lottery winners, they discovered a few surprises. While most people expect lottery jackpot winners to spend lavishly, the opposite seemed to be true. Check out the video below and see what the survey revealed.
Read MoreAt last - all your worries are over. You’ve won millions with a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot. You've made a list of all the things that you're going to buy. So what is going to make you the happiest on that list? If you follow the advice from these happy-ness experts, I think you'll be quite surprised!
Read MoreThere's a famous quote by the late billionaire Felix Dennis: ‘If it floats or flies - rent it!’ He was wise to the enormous costs of owning jets - or superyachts. Exactly how much cost, you’ll discover here…
Read MoreMost people want to know what life after winning the lottery looks like, so Stefans List compiled a list of incredibly lucky individuals to share with you, along with their winning stories. VIEW NOW
The Singapore Lottery made this infographic to advise on how to safeguard your lottery ticket.
The Singapore Pools website went on to say this: A winning ticket must not be torn, mutilated, defaced or disfigured in any way. If the ticket cannot be read by our terminals, you will not be able to claim your prize.
Read MoreThe lottery is full of surprises. Most of us see just the lotto store and view the prizes, but there's far more to the lottery than that. For starters, we spend a heap of money on tickets... so where does it go?
This attractive infograph shows the power of the lottery in the USA...

Players are fleeing the USA Mega Millions in droves. And all because the organisation increased the odds of playing. Last October 19th they increased the field of 5 numbers from 1 through 56, up to 1 through 75.
The odds rocketed up from 1-in-176 million to 1-in-259 million.
The proof of a serious drop in player sales is here in the graph. This shows two similar jackpots, one before the number change, and one after. Take a look at the ticket sales. They show a big slump:
Did you know that the first EuroMillions draw was made on a ‘black Friday’... one of the unluckiest days of the year for those who are superstitious?
Read MoreWords are so 2013. A picture's worth a thousand words. Take a look at these pretty pictures to get a good idea of how to play USA Powerball.

Infographic: Euromillions LottoSystem
In the past 18 years the UK National Lottery has created over 3000 millionaires. So what did they spend their £2.8 million (average each winner) on? This infograph from The Guardian newspaper tells the story.
The big surprise - the majority of the winners (59%) carried on working. Read More
There are many stories about lottery winners losing their tickets and then miraculously finding them again, or winning on Friday the 13th. But how about these lucky winners who got their wins in some very strange ways? Let’s dive right in…
A NASCAR speedway and lottery commission created the largest scratch-off ticket ever made, setting a new Guinness World Record.
You couldn’t make this up.. four amazing coincidences with the $1 million prize that Alexander McLeish of Attleborough got from a friend after his open heart surgery.
It’s quite unique. Canadian law prohibits ‘disposing of any property by lots, cards, tickets or any mode of chance’ whatsoever…
You couldn't make this up. When Florida resident Bill Kelly gave one of three lottery tickets to his family pet, little did he realize what the outcome would be.
The odds are insanely remote... getting struck by lightning and winning a substantial prize in the lottery.
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A statistician from Harvard University claims to have developed a foolproof strategy to win a future billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot.
The Oregon lottery people have seen it all. Lottery tickets wrecked in many ways. But earlier this week they had a first…
When businessman Mark Cuban was interviewed about what advice he would give to lottery winners, it was typically down to earth…
This 20-year-old managed to win $451 million dollars using the law of attraction, but became a victim of scammers.
ACTOR MEGHAN MARKLE GOT HER START IN LIFE FROM HER FATHER'S $750K CALIFORNIA STATE LOTTERY WIN IN 1990.
IF ACTOR TOM CRUISE BOUGHT A LOTTERY TICKET FOR EVERY CRAZY STUNT HE PLAYED, HE WOULD BE A VERY RICH MAN
STEFAN MANDEL WON THE LOTTERY 14 TIMES BY BUYING TICKETS WITH EVERY NUMBER COMBINATION IN THE 60’S
JACK WHITTAKER WON THE LARGEST JACKPOT FROM A SINGLE WINNING TICKET AT THE TIME, $315M IN 2002
BILLIONAIRE AND PRESIDENT OF THE USA DONALD TRUMP HAS HELPED LOTTERY PLAYERS WITH ADVICE
MERLE BUTLER AND WIFE PATRICIA WON A THIRD SHARE ($218.6M) IN THE $656M MEGA MILLIONS, APRIL 18, 2012.
27-YEAR-OLD SINGLE MOTHER OF FOUR MARIE HOLMES’ WON $188 MILLION IN THE NORTH CAROLINA POWERBALL LOTTERY IN 2015
JOAN GINTHER IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE WON $ $20.4M BETWEEN 1993 AND 2010, MAINLY WITH SCRATCH-OFFS
HUGH JACKMAN WOULD SPEND $500 A WEEK ON LOTTO TICKETS TO GIVE TO FILM SET CAST AND CREW.
DENNIS BANFIELD, 87, WAS UK'S OLDEST WINNER WHEN HE WON £87 MILLION FEB 2018 IN UK LOTTO
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