Disastrous mistake by lottery pool club buyer turned out to be a Mega Millions miracle $1 million jackpot win

Disastrous mistake by lottery pool club buyer turned out to be a Mega Millions miracle $1 million jackpot win

Some of the Bus Busters lottery syndicate with their $1 million Mega Millions check yesterday. PHOTO: Michigan State Lottery

What could have been a disaster turned out to be the luckiest move for the Bus Busters lottery club. The woman who volunteered to buy the mix of Mega Millions and Powerball tickets for the draw had accidently messed up.

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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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17 Strange Superstitions That People Use When They Play The Lottery

17 Strange Superstitions That People Use When They Play The Lottery

Isabel Zelaya of New York won $26 million dollars from the Mega Millions lotto drawing on "unlucky" Friday the 13th.

Actors, horse racers and sports players use superstitions to enhance their skills and win more often. But lottery plays by a different set of rules … more luck and systems than unusual beliefs and habits. Here’s a selection of age-old superstitions that a lot of people still think work:

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$1 Million lottery winners failed to do one essential thing - and lost every cent

$1 Million lottery winners failed to do one essential thing - and lost every cent

Erick Onyango and Salvatore Cambria, both of Suffern, Rockland County are suing the New Jersey Lottery. Photo: CBS

Imagine realizing that you'd bought a lottery ticket worth $1 million—and that you'd thrown it away. It's a reminder to all Silverites that you should treat every ticket as a winner until the lotto machine tells you it's not.

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This 41-Year-Old Engineer Lost $1.6 Million And His Life Is A Mess

A British engineer who thinks he lost a winning Euromillions lottery ticket says his life has been destroyed. Ian Galtress bought two tickets for the draw at the same time, and one was one digit off matching a raffle code that would have won £1 million (about US$1.65 million).

Ian Galtress thinks he is the missing Euromillions winner who lost his ticket (could it be behind him?) Photo:Andrew Teebay

After losing the other ticket - and then watching in horror as organisers Camelot appealed for a missing winner in his hometown...

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$590 Million Powerball Winner Did Something Quite Despicable To This Innocent Family

In a story just come to hand, we discovered that the sweet old woman who won the $590 million Powerball last year was not who she seemed. And it took a 10-year-old to uncover her act.

Mindy Crandell and 10-year-old daughter Mallory.

It seems that before her win, 84-year-old Gloria C. Mackenzie was at the same lottery store as mother-of-two Mindy Crandell and her daughter. Then suddenly...

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POWER REWARDS: What I Use Every Day To Get Exactly What I Want

I'm going to share something personal with you. The photo above is a picture of my glass-top desk. I've just taken it and it's night here - so the image is not that great.

The photo shows a model of an Aston Martin DB9 sitting underneath one of the three 24" Apple monitors.

This car is my next goal.

Now, it's a big goal because I don't have room for another car in my garage. I need another space, and we don't really have the grounds to add one on.

So the goal is growing bigger even before I start.

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The ONLY Thing My System Can't Promise You

After years of getting nothing with quick picks and your own number selection (based on your dog's age and the daily temperature!), you've finally caved in.

You took a deep breath, clicked on the BUY button and bought my system.

And got the 2 massive bonuses I've just released. But's that's another story.

Tentatively you tried a game with $10 worth of tickets. The waiting was agony.

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