Print shop owner Christopher Manzi (circled), and his work buddy Willie McPherson won a whopping $14 million jackpot. But guess what they got each at the end of the day when the check cleared?
Read MoreLottery winners Colin and Christine Weir said goodbye to each other early this year in January when their divorce was finalised. Now they’re saying farewell to their mansion.
Read MoreWinning the lottery is incredibly good fortune. But a winner who escapes from a helicopter crash is doubly lucky.
Read MoreOver twenty years ago Roy Gibney won £7.5 million. Now the former sheetmetal worker is broke, but says he has never been happier.
Read More‘I had to produce my driving licence – I was gobsmacked.’ This was the astounded reaction from white-haired pensioner Mike Rigler after being asked for ID to buy a lottery ticket – aged 73.
Read MoreThere are many ways that a lottery scam can trip up even the most careful of us, and here's one of them to add to your list. A St. Louis couple received an unexpected check for $4,350. It was the first of their alleged $250,000 lottery winnings…
Read MoreFrom a woman winning a million dollars and not telling her husband about it, to people that won big and blew it all on cars and drugs, we take a look at 15 crazy Lottery Winners.
A woman stormed into a television auditorium in Phatthalung, Thailand recently and attacked a TV host preparing to air the government lottery draw on TV…
Read MoreNo doubt about it, when you win money your life changes in often dramatic ways. Here’s 10 large jackpot winners who led a varied life after they won. They include Urooj Khan, Sharon Tirabassi, Michael Carroll, William ‘Bud’ Post, Abraham Shakespeare, Bob Erb, David Lee Edwards, Billy Bob Harrell Jr, Tom Baker and Andrew J Whittaker.
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Karlee Harbst with her $1million check at the Florida Lottery headquarters, then after she was arrested a year later (inset).
Nearly a year to the day that Karlee Harbst, 27, scratched off a $1million winning ticket, she was arrested in a major drug bust.
Read MoreA wheelchair street vendor in Singapore sells lottery tickets. Read here about another wheelchair user in Illinois who wasn't so lucky.
Here's the full testimonial from one of my Silverites about how he missed out on a cool US$175,000.00.
But there's some good news in this story, too...
Read MoreDid you play this week? You didn't?
You would be surprised at how many others who either forgot to buy their tickets, or just didn't get around to it. One of my friends missed a $1M prize a while back because he didn't play.
Read MoreAh, lottery money. Sharon Tirabassi won a life-changing $10.5 million dollars. Then, like many lottery winners desperate to experience the good life, she started to spend it on cars, clothes, parties, trips and handouts. In less than 10 years Sharon was riding the bus to her new job so she can afford the rent on her modest house. But there's good news too. Watch to see how she handled her prize money and see 9 other winners who weren't quite as lucky.
One of Britain’s youngest lottery winners has an unusual proposition for eligible bachelors. PHOTO: Jane Park Instagram
Jane Park was just 17 years-old when she won £1 million (US$1.3M) in the EuroMillions lottery. But the now-23-year-old has split up with her boyfriend and wants to pay a pile of cash to find a suitable new replacement.
Read MoreWhen a scratch-off ticket cutting goes awry, a Virginian woman lost $20,000. Lottery officials for the '5X The Money' game said it was a mistake and the ticket was issued in error. Did she get her money? Keep watching...
Read MoreSome 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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While the world waits for the $1.6 Billion Mega Millions winner to claim their prize, this Redditor posted a sad example of their near-miss on r/funny. There were probably thousands of similar close number combinations, but it still requires an exact match to make a fortune!
On a June 2011 draw, one of the South Carolina Education Lottery draws went crazy as the balls started flying out of a draw tube. The draw was cancelled and redrawn later.
Luckily errors in lottery draws are uncommon. The ones shown here didn't caused any problems for winners.
Jane Park became the youngest Euromillions winner at 17. Photo: Daily Record
At just 17, she was one of Scotland's youngest Euromillions lottery winners, claiming £1 million (US$1.4 million) in 2013.
But what has happened since? It started as we reported in this story, Jane Park was having trouble filling in her day. She said she would look for a job or try and enter university.
Read MoreA bug in the phone app lost Edwina a £35 Million lottery win. She's just one of many such losers. PHOTO: Express
Lester's voice was cracking with emotion. The 60-year-old communications engineer sounded bitterly disappointed as he told me about his loss.
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