This Volunteer Couple Have $6.8 Million To Spend. But Why Did They Start Off With $9.1 Million?

The Mallens show their $9.1 Million Pick-6 check.


A couple who have been volunteering the last year for a New Jersey organisation which rescues stray feral cats won't stop working there after their $9.1 Million win.

Bob and Karen Mallen chose the cash value of $6.8 million in a recent New Jersey Pick-6 Lottery drawing. I'll explain why they selected this option in a minute.

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A Moving Rags To Riches Story: 84 Year-Old Powerball Winner Goes From Trailer To Lavish Mansion

$590.5M Powerball winner Gloria MacKenzie leaves the Crazy Egg restaurant in Florida alongside her son Scott and his partner Jerry Cruz.

I've just updated the Powerball jackpot figure in the sidebar (see 'Playing This Week'), and I noticed a worrying trend.

The jackpot figure has risen to a whopping $317 million without being won.
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When Do You Check Your Tickets? Frenchman Almost Misses Out On $83 Million With 60-Day Deadline Approaching

The French Riviera is a magnet for the rich, but one anonymous French winner almost missed out spending his wealth there!

A Frenchman recently came within three weeks of missing out a €73 million (US$83 million) Euromillions jackpot, as he unknowingly carried the winning ticket in his wallet for more than a month.
 
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You Wouldn't Believe Where This Cool $2-Million Lottery Winner Dude Will Spend His Millions

Don Owen won $2 million in Canada's Western 649. 

Looking at Don Owen, Edmonton's latest lotto winner, you wouldn't dream where he intends spending his $2 million jackpot prize.

The laidback guy with a back-to-front cap is the first top prize winner to score a $2-million jackpot in January's draw in Canada's newly upgraded WESTERN 649.
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The Supermarket Lottery Syndicate Ladies Talk About Life 10 Years After Their $27 Million Win

Seven women and two men in the British Lotto syndicate each pocketed £1.4 million while two members, who had double shares in the group's 13 entry lines, won £2.8 million. Photo: Mail Online

It was 10 years ago when eleven ladies from a Tesco supermarket won £18 million (US$27million) in UK's National Lottery. And according to an interview with the Daily Mail, they haven't changed a bit.

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Are You Lucky Enough To Live In One Of These 9 Countries Where You Won’t Pay A Cent Of Tax On Your Lottery Winnings?

Maureen and William McLean of Reserve Mines, Cape Breton Island won $1 million in Canada's 649 game. But can they keep it all?

Did you know many countries have compulsory government and personal taxes which eat up a huge amount of lottery player's winnings?

So will this Nova Scotia couple get to keep the whole amount without paying taxes?

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My Cringeworthy Lesson At The Furniture Chain Store


For some years we had bought our upmarket furniture from a store nearby.

It was Italian mostly, and we had to wait 6 months for it to be made and shipped halfway round the world.

No big deal. It was worth it because the designs suited our contemporary home just fine, and they were unique too.

Then a couple months ago the store closed and shifted down the street.

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