Stuart and Denise Powell celebrate his unusual win for the second time in 4 years.
A bungling shop assistant sold Britain's luckiest lorry driver the wrong ticket, but Denis Powell had the last laugh when he ended up celebrating his second lottery win.
Owner Hayati in front of his Kapadokya Turkish restaurant in York, UK.
Psychics DO win the lottery it seems! A UK restaurant owner who scooped a million pound jackpot on the lottery was forced to share half the cash with one of his 'psychic' waiters.
Many winners take their time deciding what to buy - with property and cars topping the list of purchases, but some opt for something a bit more unique.
Read MoreModel and tv personality Katie Price, 37, has been married three times. Her recent tv commercial publicising the UK National Lottery has also been a disaster - but on purpose. Watch and groan. VIDEO: The National Lottery
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Four months after winning £1.8 million (US$2.6M), 48-year-old bus driver Sean Lloyd is back on the buses again. But for a totally different reason.
David Hendry, 45, and his wife Donna, 44, from Edinburgh, who won £4 million. PHOTO: Daily Mail
In an amazing coincidence, a lifelong Elvis fan won enough money to visit the singer's Graceland home - and his win came on what would have been the day of Elvis's 80th birthday.
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Euromillions winner Matt Myles. Photo: Daily Mail
Imagine winning £1 million (US$1.7m). What would you do with it?
Just months ago Matt Myles, 27, from Hereford, was working gruelling night shifts in a factory when a Euromillions ticket bought on a whim netted him a surprise £1 million windfall.
DAILY MAILInternationally famous Pinewood Studios has set up in Cardiff where this magnificent mansion is being offered for sale. And it's rumoured that English star Benedict Cumberbatch of tv's 'Sherlock' or actor David Hasselhoff could be interested, as they both have Welsh girlfriends who might like to stay close to home. More photos follow:It's easy to forget that in most countries and states the lottery benefits more than just the winners. Many lottery organisations around the world give away millions to worthy causes like education, charities and sports groups.
In Britain, Gary Teague, chairman of Gloucester All Blues RFC, surveys the water in the Oxleaze club's car park in the recent storm.
Britain's recent flooding left this lottery winner's car filled with water. The Gloucestershire businessman who had bought the luxury car with his £5 million (US$8.3 million) lottery win, was forced to abandon it in rising waters near his home.
Read MoreFrom the outside this English cottage looks like any other in Middlesex, UK. It's well kept and has some eye appeal. Maybe it's good enough to buy at $670,000 with a modest National lottery win. But when you step inside, it's a different story that makes you wonder what the owners were thinking!
See the following photos and prepare to be gobsmacked!...
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This house looks like it's come out of a horror film, but has everything. The multi-story Victorian Gothic mansion, 'Rockmount,' has reception rooms, games room, play room dressing room, wine cellar and a detached lodge.
But it also has something else... a strange feature in the attic that will raise your eyebrows. See the photos below to discover what the the secret room contains.
It's not often you see giant lottery balls floating down the Thames River, or embedded in the wall of a building. But for ad agency threepipe this was an opportunity to think big when they were chosen to publicise the UK National Lottery recently.
The agency spokesman said they have seen the Thames used for many a stunt before, but never on this scale, and also never at night.
This ad is part of a series created for the UK National Lottery. We hope the winner would move to a place with more space, but considering that today's jackpot is only £2.2 million (US$3.6 million) and England's property prices, maybe it's just a dream so far.
Ever wondered what you would say when you were told you'd won the lottery? These five lottery winners from UK were recorded at the very time they got the good news. And here's what they revealed, as seen in the Daily Mail. Caution: there's a lot of whooping and screaming in the audio!...
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Carly Wiggett (r) and Becky Witt from Dartford, Kent, won £336,277.60 in last year's EuroMillions. Listen to the recording of the winning phone call...
"I am not complaining but you do get a bit bored sometimes," said National Lottery Winner Geraldine Hilling, 44, about her win. In this photo she was one of several lottery winners who donated gifts to hospices throughout UK.
Since winning £3 million (US$5 million), the lottery winner has been out of work for a while, and wants to return. How long do you think it took her to realise that enforced leisure is not always the best move?
And how long do you think it would take you to be bored after a $5 million win? A similar time? More? Less?
I'm always interested in lottery predictions, so when famous UK magician Derren Brown appeared to predict the National Lottery numbers on live tv a while back, it seemed an amazing illusion. Most people struggled to figure out how it was done.
Then film-maker Cyriak Harris (in the video above) showed how it could happen, and I can tell you this - the only prediction service that works without trickery is my LottoPredict! You can see the original trick here. Now watch this amazing 30 second expose by clicking the video.
SOURCE: Metro
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?
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