Here Are The Sounds 5 Lottery Winners Make When They Discover They Won A Fortune

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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...

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LOTTOSHACKS: Michael Jackson's Sister Leasing This Magnificent Big Apple Apartment For $35,000/mth

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It's never been easier to get into the Greatest City In The World. Rent out Janet Jackson's Midtown apartment near the Lincoln Center with views over Fifth Avenue, and pay it with the interest from your invested winnings.

More photos...

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AD-STOPPER: Did This Racy R16 New York Lotto Ad Ever Show On PrimeTime TV?

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Did this Indian-themed New York Lotto commercial ever make it to primetime tv? The elaborately shot 1999 ad starred then-unknown actor Bipasha Basu, and created a minor scandal in India because it featured her as a topless princess.

The artistic ad directed by Tommy Kane surfaced a few years ago on YouTube, but many sites now block it with this notice: 'This video contains content from UMPG Publishing, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.' We managed to find another source on Vimeo, so watch it quick - it may not be up for long. ('Censored' sign and R16 in the title is our addition for family viewing).

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How Many Super Bowl TV Ads Could You Buy With Today's Powerball Win?

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The Super Bowl is a big event. Like other annual events round the world, the Melbourne Cup horse racing event in Australia, the Cheese Rolling in UK, and Apple's product announcement event in California, the Super Bowl stops the country for a few hours.

The most popular Super Bowl ad for 2014.

It is also the second largest day for US food consumption, after Thanksgiving. But let's think about spending up large on something else...

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LOTTO HOME: Take Control - Tell Your Home What To Do Using Your Phone

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Lottery players like to have control over how they live. That's why you bought my Silver Lotto System instead of letting a Quick Pick ticket swallow up your hard-earned lotto spend.

I'm no different either when it comes to taking charge. So when I heard about the Belkin Wemo range of wifi switches you can turn on and off from your smartphone, I immediately thought of several uses around my home. Here's the three I bought:

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ODDITY: Canada Lottery Winner Is The Only Living, Breathing Person In This Strange Group Photo

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Nine years ago Sharon Tirabassi of Ontario, Canada, won $10.5 million in the Lotto Super 7 lottery game (replaced by Lotto Max in 2009). That was the good news. The bad? She had to stand amongst weird lifesize cardboard cutouts for the presentation check photo. No-one could tell us why. Sharon looked pretty happy though.

What The Rich Are Buying Today Will Totally Surprise You: Top 10 List Reveals Big Lifestyle Changes

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For the rich, shark cage diving in Africa is replacing buying expensive handbags and clothes.

Won the lottery? Forget the flash cars and jewelry... the world's spending trend for the super-rich is now experiences.

And that includes extreme holidays, gourmet dining and art auctions.

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LOTTOSHACKS: GUESS What Kimora Lee Simmons Is Looking To Splash $43 Million On?

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Remember Kimora Lee Simmons? Looks a little different here to her mugshot. She's the pushy (in a nice way) model turned tv reality show subject in: "Kimora: Life In The Fab Lane." Now she's rumored to be looking at this monster mansion in Beverly Hills. Not many other lottery jackpots would cover the cost of this mansion and 20 acre grounds, so Mega Millions or Powerball are the only way in for the rest of us.

SELLING PRICE: $43 million
LOCATION: Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 7 beds, 22 baths, 30,000 sq ft
SELLER: Guess co-founder Armand Marciano
GAME TO WIN TODAY: Powerball - $194,000,000
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $151 million

Couch Potatoes And Hide-At-Homers: This Service Will Buy Your Lottery Tickets For You

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Ever wanted to stay home and avoid traffic jams, crowded car parks, store queues and bad weather? But you need your lottery tickets played...what to do?

A California company heard you. They started a service back in 2010 to offer a lottery ticket order service for just the players in the CA area.

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The Email Says You've Won $5 Million: Now, Please Pay This $500 Advance Claims Fee

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That's how the scam starts. An ordinary email telling you that your win has passed through to the accounting department, but the legal team require a 'claim fee' or deposit so they can send it you.

It takes many forms, but the essence of this email or letter is that you have to pay up front to get your win. To make it look legitimate, these scammers often throw in some information to make it look real:


Source: Cyren 

- The draw number, date of the draw, the winning numbers and the jackpot amount.
- An official logo of a lottery organisation.
- A real address of the lottery organisation.

So here's three questions you must ask yourself before shouting out in glee:

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What On Earth Is Happening To Mega Millions Sales?

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Players are fleeing the USA Mega Millions in droves. And all because the organisation increased the odds of playing. Last October 19th they increased the field of 5 numbers from 1 through 56, up to 1 through 75.

The odds rocketed up from 1-in-176 million to 1-in-259 million.

The proof of a serious drop in player sales is here in the graph. This shows two similar jackpots, one before the number change, and one after. Take a look at the ticket sales. They show a big slump:

How Long Would It Take You To Be Bored After A Lottery Win?

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"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?

REVEAL: The Only Lottery Prediction Method That Beats Famous Magician's Trick

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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