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…
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When local Tongsai Boommrungsai spotted a frog in her garden holding a young chick in its mouth, she stared straight into the frogs protruding eyes and demanded that it drop it.
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Read MoreThis tv ad for the UK National Lottery has a Rube Goldberg style chain reaction that is masterfully done. You'll watch it again and again just to see how it's done. AD: Antidote Films
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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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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