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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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