Sweep The Road Or Wait For Rain? This Decision Is For Would-Be Lottery Winners Only


A machine like this one in Diggerland, USA, is building on a section next door to me.

They're building a new house on a section a little way up from me, on our private road. And the normally immaculate tarseal is littered with dirt and debris from the trucks.

Normally I would get out there with a broom and sweep it up, but something stopped me...

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Should Lottery Players Be Allowed To Stay Anonymous When They Win?

B. Raymond Buxton, a South Carolina Powerball winner, has remained anonymous since his $425 million win in 2014. Lottery officials don't like it.

It's been a long-held tradition that many US lottery organisations have stuck with over many years. Whenever a winner wins a sizeable jackpot, they're required to appear with the check at a photo opportunity.

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This Catfish Farmer Got $1 Million-Lucky In The Lottery...Then Look What Happened When He Didn't Stop Playing

James Harrison celebrates his second major win in 4 months. Photo: NC Education Lottery.

Lottery winners don't quit while they're ahead. They keep playing and winning.

When James Harrison won $1 million last October in the North Carolina Lottery's '$200 Million Blowout' game, he didn't think of giving up a lifetime of playing. And so the inevitable happened -

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UK Lottery's Youngest Winner Tells About A Year Coping With A Sudden £1 Million Windfall

UK Lottery's Youngest Winner Tells About A Year Coping With A Sudden £1 Million Windfall

Jane with her dog and Louis Vuitton bags near her home in Edinburgh. Photo: Daily Record

Scottish teenager Jane Park, 17, was passing by a local store one day last year. The charity shop worker saw a sign for the National Lottery and decided to play. It was the very first lotto ticket she had ever bought.

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