Are You Living In A Lottery Hotspot? Here's The Top Australian Winning Areas Revealed

This lottery store in Keysborough, Melbourne has had 44 division one winners at the store. PHOTO: Nine Network

The Tatts Lotto hotspots across Australia have been revealed. And Victoria takes home more top lottery prizes than anywhere else in the country, according to tv news 'A Current Affair.'

But the secret is not where you live, so don't sell up and relocate.

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Watch As Shocked $1 Million Lotto Winner Learns Of Her Powerball Win In The Store

Ever wanted to know what it's like when you've won a million dollars? A KTVI news camera was in the store when Jamie Bone learnt of her win. The video is great to see!

Jamie Bone learns of her $1 million win at the St Louis County, Missouri store. Video: CNN

Related: How To Win The Lottery 9 Times Out Of Ten

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

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

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

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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$590 Million Powerball Winner Did Something Quite Despicable To This Innocent Family

In a story just come to hand, we discovered that the sweet old woman who won the $590 million Powerball last year was not who she seemed. And it took a 10-year-old to uncover her act.

Mindy Crandell and 10-year-old daughter Mallory.

It seems that before her win, 84-year-old Gloria C. Mackenzie was at the same lottery store as mother-of-two Mindy Crandell and her daughter. Then suddenly...

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POLL: Running To The Store - How Soon After The Game Do You Check Your Tickets?

PHOTO: Ryan Van Velzer /Cronkite News

How long do you take to check your lottery tickets? I'm always hurry to get down to the store to see how much I've won, especially if at a quick glance I think the numbers are a close match with mine.

Some players wait until the next game to buy their new tickets. They get the previous game's results checked then too. Other players check immediately the game has finished. When do you get your tickets checked? Share your times with us!

TIP: Don't forget to always have your tickets checked by machine. Human error, like mistaking a 7 for a 1, could be disastrous when millions are at stake. 

Lotto Of The Near Future: Play At The Airport Before You Fly

There are already iPads at airport restaurants. It's just another step to make them accept lottery game orders.

Imagine you're waiting at the airport, killing time. While you are sitting at your table, you order some food from a restaurant from the iPad there.

Then, as you flip through the screen, you discover a lottery site, and carefully input your favorite numbers.

A click later and you board the plane happy that you haven't missed the night's game.

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WINNING: Continuing Proof Of My System's Power To Win Multiple Times

Here's my winning tickets from today's Big Wednesday game, fresh from the lottery store checkout. I laid them out on the top of my printer to take this photo.

You'll recognize my Bentley watch as the proof of identity (hey, lot of doubters out there!). The tickets on the right are Bonus Tickets.

And as you've seen before, I get results like this almost every game I play.

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