POLL RESULT: The Astonishing Tip 41% Of You Would Give Your Lottery Store

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A week back we surveyed to find out how much you would tip your lottery clerk if you won a large lottery jackpot. The amount was astonishing, even based on the small number who responded.

Simon Kim, owner of the Harbor Bay 76 gas station, smiles while holding the ceremonial check he received for selling a winning $93 million lottery ticket in Alameda, California. 41% of you would tip this owner $1,000 and more. Photo: SFGate

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Remember This Homeless Guy Who 'Won' $1,000 With Fake Tickets? Now See What His Donor Just Got

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Eric, the homeless man in our previous story here tried to share his win, a $1,000 cash payout from his fake lottery given to him by a famous YouTube prankster known as Magic of Rahat.

Some of Rahat's pranks featured on YouTube.

But what Rahat didn't expect was the response, first by the video going viral over the weekend and racking up over 13 million views. And then when he tried to get Eric set up with a $20,000 fund to help him back on his feet, this is what happened...

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Lottery Winner Discovers $557,000 Shock On Bedroom Dresser, Nearly Has Heart Attack

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Lottery Winner Discovers $557,000 Shock On Bedroom Dresser, Nearly Has Heart Attack

It is always a shock when lottery winners find a lost ticket that wins a fortune. The concern is there are so many more players who could be winners - if they kept their tickets in a safe place. But this Fayetteville, Georgia win also opened up a strange coincidence for her family.

Karen Wilkes (center) with husband Charlie and one of their three daughters. Photo: The Citizen

The winner of this Georgia Fantasy 5 Lottery found the ticket when she was cleaning off her bedroom dresser.

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$202 Million Powerball Winners Buy Grocery Store

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Brian and Mary Lohse give advice to lottery winners in this video. Press-Citizen

What would you do if your town of 4,000 residents had to drive half an hour to the nearest grocery store in another town, and you had a $202 million lottery windfall?

Easy - spend $4.5 million and buy your town their own supermarket. That's what two 2012 Iowa Powerball jackpot winners did, and it opens at the end of this month.

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LOTTOSHACKS: Just Lookin' ... Eye-Watering 191,000 Sq Ft Monster Mansion With 50 Car Garage

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Photo: Gutho Galiano for Veja São Paulo

Since it's unlikely any lottery jackpot will ever be enough to buy this hilltop monstrosity, we'll just take a look at it out of curiosity - and envy. Homes Of The Rich reports this newly built super compound is located in Santana De Parnaiba, Brazil, and has a bedroom larger than most mega mansions.

At 191,000 square feet, it is now the biggest residence/compound in the country. It is owned by Amilcare Dallevo Jr. who is the president and owner of RedeTV. It features a 13,000 square foot master bedroom located underneath a heliport [1], a hangar for 4 helicopters [2], 50-car garage [3], 1,000 square foot his-and-hers offices, 26 foot long aquarium, spa, home theater and  much more. 

Lottery Helps More Than Winners When Bad Weather Strikes

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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.

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What Are The Chances! Woman Sold Herself The Winning $1 Million Powerball Jackpot

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It's an old story: you make your own luck. But this was never truer for one woman in Doniphan, Mo., who sold herself the winning Powerball jackpot of $1 million. It was the second bit of good luck she'd had that week.

Maryjane Hart and the winning ticket she sold herself. Photo: Nicki Howard

The 57-year-old divorced convenience store clerk and pharmacy technician won $1 million...

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Lottery Winner Generosity Gives Ticket Seller A $10,000 Trip Home To Korea

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A Mega Millions winner came close to winning a $106 million jackpot, but only received $1.5 million after missing one number. But it was enough for the generous winner to tip the lottery store seller and give her a trip back home to South Korea.

Max Coronado matched 5 of the 6 winning numbers in a 2013 Mega Millions game. Sue Park, the lucky cashier, is in the background.

Max Coronado, a senior from Bakersfield, California, has been playing lotto at his local Howards Mini Mart three times a week for years, and he's always been big-hearted about it.

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A Messy Room Almost Lost 26-Year-Old Winner $1 Million, Here's How To Prevent It Happening To You

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We bet Gregory Jarrett will always keep his room tidy after cleaning it last month and finding a $1 million Powerball ticket.

Did your grandmother ever say this to you?... "A place for everything and everything in its place."

It may have been the wisest advice for 26-year-old Gregory Jarrett, after he found a discarded Powerball ticket worth $1 million while cleaning his room.

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A Heartwarming Story From A Silver Lotto Success Who Keeps On Winning

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New Jersey has its share of luck. Carol Hedinger from NJ Lotto announces the winning $338 million Powerball ticket picked in New Jersey, March 2013. Photo: AP

I love these kind of stories from Silverites. Read this testimonial from Jay of New Jersey and share the excitement:

"Ken, forgive me for sounding skeptical, but when I emailed you 4 months back, I had no idea your lotto system was going to change my life and my families.

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LOTTOSHACKS: You'll Feel Like Royalty When You Step Inside - Or Else Throw Up

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From 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 51-Year-Old Man’s Dream After Working At McDonalds For 26 Years Then Winning The Lottery

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Through his years of work at McDonalds, Chicago man Yancy Hicks had a dream. When his ticket turned up trumps in the 2008 Illinois State Lottery and he won $1 million, Yancy saw his chance. He went from employee to owner, but not at the place you'd expect.

Chicago 51-year-old Yancy Hicks followed his lifelong dream and bought a Subway franchise after his lottery win.

He kept working at McDonalds for a further four months, splurged on a red Corvette for $30,000 cash, but then got down to serious business -

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I Was Wrong. Here's My Reason And Why You Can Now Win The Lottery More Often

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A couple of months ago I responded to some emails by adding an apology to my website.

You see, several people had emailed me complaining that they weren't told beforehand they needed to buy LottoPredict and PRO to make the system work.

Winning multiple times is what the PRO Custom Profiles helps you do, like Melvin Woodridge who has won 4 times in 10 years. He could have won faster with PRO.

I don't know where they got that idea from. But anyhow I apologised and made sure everyone knew that LottoPredict and PRO were optional.

Well, I was wrong.

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LOTTO HOME: This Is Why I Can't Wait Until Nightfall

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Imagine you've bought the mansion on your lottery wishlist, and you're living the dream. But you're in the bottom storey pool room, and you can see that 3 levels above no-one's watching the tv. With a simple click of a button on your iPhone app, you turn it off, and settle back to relax.

This kind of futuristic living has been the dream of many companies, and the technology has been around for years since the X10 system. But it's never been easy or reliable enough - until now, when the Belkin WeMo came along.

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ODDITY: Lucky Lotto Pen: One Stroke Eliminates Computer, Operator Error!

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It promises on the pack, 'Be a millionaire.' Hold on - it's just a pen! There's more comical description for this Lucky Lotto Pen on the Amazon website:

New On Card. One Stroke Will Fill in The Square. Patented Built in Stress Relief Tip Delivers a Uniform Stroke Of Ink. Eliminates Computer and Operator Error. Handy Stainless Steel Scraper Edge On Cap. Never Search For A Coin Again. Keep One At Home, In Your Car, Pocket Book, Desk or Pocket. Don't Be Without Your LUCKY Lottery Pen. Perfect Gift For The Avid Lottery Player.


The Lucky Lotto Pen is also good for scratchies.

Do Silver Lotto System players need one of these? No - it's a $3.99 cost that you'll only use one time, because the System uses the same tickets for each game - you only fill them out once, ever.

The only description on the package we agree with is 'You Must Play To Win!!!'

LOTTOSHACKS: This Mansion Is What Cooking Pizzas Brings You, And It's Yours For $30 Million

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Papa John's Pizza is the third largest take-out and delivery pizza restaurant chain behind Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza, with 4,000 outlets in the United States. So it was no surprise that the founder, John Schnatter, could build these two penthouses in Deer Valley, UT.

Here's the interior of one of the bedrooms.

More Photos: Real Estalker 

Put this home on your buy-list after your Mega Millions win this week!

PRICE: $30,500,000
LOCATION: St Regis, Deer Valley, UT, USA.
COUNTIN': 5 beds, 5.5 baths, 12,000 sq ft
SELLER: 'Papa' John Schnatter
GAME TO WIN: Mega Millions $195 million
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $164.5 million