Would you tip the lottery store where you bought your winning tickets?
/Lottery store owners like Young Soolee in Atlanta provide an essential service for players. But would you tip them after a big win?
Read MoreLottery store owners like Young Soolee in Atlanta provide an essential service for players. But would you tip them after a big win?
Read MoreIn the heart of Newburgh, New York, a remarkable story unfolds at a local shop…
Read MoreShould a lottery winner tip the store cashier? This question was asked by a college girl who obviously didn't get that tip. Here's her story as she outlined it in Yahoo Answers:
Read More
There's no prize for seeing the 3 differences in these photos, but pat youself on the back anyway if you spot them. Then go to the bottom of the ABOUT page to see if you're right.
You go into the lottery store clutching your handful of tickets ready to cash in. You know there are winners in that pile.
Read MoreThis local homeless man was given a lottery ticket by a stranger. But it wasn't this kindness that's especially touching, it's what the homeless man tried to do with some of the money after he won.
Read MoreMotoMart manager Denise bought a bassoon for her husband, a retired member of the Air Force Band, with her half share of a $50,000 commission. Photo: Edie Bresler
Lottery ticket stores that sell a winning lotto ticket receive a commission from the lottery organization, and this sometimes amounts to tens of thousands of dollars.
Read MoreIt’s the weekend, and you have a lottery game to play. Where do you buy your tickets?
Do you buy from the supermarket or newsagent with the dozens of winning banners on their walls telling you about the big-figure lotto prizes they have sold?
Read MoreThis Salem lottery store in Massachusetts sold a $15 million winning jackpot ticket.
When I buy my tickets from several stores round the city, I see how a lot of people play. One of the most illuminating points I see every time is this...
Read MoreMany people have the wrong idea about how to play and win lotto. Let's bust a few myths:
Read MoreThe first time was the most awkward. I had asked the lotto store worker a question that caused him to look at me in surprise. But my simple question could also be a lifesaver to lottery winners, and why you should also ask the same question to your store.
Read MoreTake a look at the untidy pile of losing lottery tickets in your top drawer, and let’s see how we can make them productive before they head to the rubbish bin.
Read MoreI was standing in my local lottery shop with a bunch of winning tickets in my hand, waiting in the queue to cash them in.
Read MoreTwo convenience stores in Modesto CA, said they've been the target of smash-and-grab thieves after one thing -- lottery scratcher cards.
Read MoreWant to be a retailer and sell lottery tickets for a living? You may not make a fortune with sales averaging approximately $15,000 a year in commissions. But there is one time when that commission could become huge…
Read MoreThis picture of a deflated and disappointed US Powerball mascot visiting an Indianapolis store must be the most dismal icon we've ever seen. Here's what the ideal mascot should look like:
Read MoreTalking about the lottery is now outlawed in Finland lottery stores. Photo: Yle
Aggressive marketing techniques in Finland for the lottery are not welcome. Finnish police have pressured the national lottery agency Veikkaus to stop shop staff telling customers about their lottery.
The Chinese owner of a lottery and market store in Brooklyn, New York, makes origami sculptures from discarded lottery tickets. Here's one of owner Peter's detailed examples. Photo: Edie Bresler
See more of Edie Bresler's photos of lottery winner communities HERE.
Read MoreThere 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.
Tired of never winning the lottery? Watch this video now: silverlotto.com/system
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
Copyright © 2026 Silver Lotto Media Group
SilverLotto.com has been providing lottery news, guides, articles, results and trusted information to players worldwide since 1995.
PRIVACY | DISCLOSURES | SUPPORT | CONTACT
Here’s a collection of lottery commercials that are so clever they have to be seen to be believed.