Can you believe it? This casually-dressed local man spent $1,000 a month back in 2008 on scratch-off lottery tickets. He admitted winning $5,200 in his first game and this was the reason he got really interested playing larger amounts. He also said he gets paid for losing. Watch to see how he explains that theory.
Jane Park became the youngest Euromillions winner at 17. Photo: Daily Record
At just 17, she was one of Scotland's youngest Euromillions lottery winners, claiming £1 million (US$1.4 million) in 2013.
But what has happened since? It started as we reported in this story, Jane Park was having trouble filling in her day. She said she would look for a job or try and enter university.
Read More"Come forward, forward...go left, bit more...whoa, stop. Your car is ready sir, here's the keys!" All part of the service.
Lottery winner Geraldine Bradley, 46, of Llanelli, South Wales had never ridden a motorbike before, but treated herself to a £7,000 Honda and now goes racing every weekend.
A group of UK National Lottery winners revealed the most special purchases they've made with their winnings.
Read MoreHe’s back! Tiger Woods is back on the world stage after a big win, and the similarities to lottery winners is too hard to resist. Read this interesting fact about the golfer who came back after 5 years trying to regain his title:
Read MoreThis picture of a deflated and disappointed US Powerball mascot visiting an Indianapolis store must be the most dismal icon we've ever seen. Here's what the ideal mascot should look like:
Read MoreDaniel Grinnell with NY Lottery presenter Yolanda Vega at the Fastrac store in Rochester where he won $3 Million.
Little did the 50-year-old know that the number 27 was to play a crucial role for him over the next few hours…
Read MoreFill out your lottery tickets by hand with this specially designed pen. It has a tip that dispenses the right amount of ink, and cap for scratch-off cards. It certainly looks a good idea.
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William Shatner will forever be known as Captain James T. Kirk, but these days he’s more involved with a lottery service than deep space. It’s been a year now since LottoGopher asked Shatner to join and promote their lottery ticket buying company.
Read MoreThis is what $1,000 buys every jackpot lottery winner - chicken wings cooked by celebrity chef Jonathon Cheban (right) of The Ainsworth in New York City.
The wings are brined in a lemon and bay leaf mix for 12 hours before they are fried and dunked in liquid gold. The wings are coated in 24k gold dust worth $200 each.
Read MoreThis map from Mega Millions shows where the latest 8 highest jackpots were won in the United States. Mega Millions is one of America's two big jackpot games, and the only one with Match 5 prizes up to $5 million (with the optional Megaplier). Jackpots start at $40 million and other prizes range from $2 to $1 million, or even more with the optional Megaplier.
READ MORE: What Is The Mega Millions Megaplier, And How Does It Increase Your Lottery Prizes?
In the first of a Meet The Millionaires series, the UK National Lottery asks some of their 3,800 millionaires where they’re headed for their summer vacation. Vegas features in quite a few answers - we wonder why?
This girl seems safe enough holding her giant lottery ball - even though it contains the 'unlucky' number 13. But the following explicit photos show how some lottery balls can put you in mortal danger if you're not careful...
Read MoreIsabel Zelaya of New York won $26 million dollars from the Mega Millions lotto drawing on "unlucky" Friday the 13th.
Actors, horse racers and sports players use superstitions to enhance their skills and win more often. But lottery plays by a different set of rules … more luck and systems than unusual beliefs and habits. Here’s a selection of age-old superstitions that a lot of people still think work:
Read MoreHow quickly after the draw do you check your lottery ticket numbers?
Some players wait until the next game to buy their new tickets and get the past draw checked then.
Other players check immediately after 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 the store machine. Human error - like mistaking a 7 for a 1 - could be a big problem when your jackpot millions are at stake.
Jeff Marsten throws a steak into his cart at the start of the Virginia Lottery’s prize grab. PHOTO: Suzanne Carr Rossi
It’s a novel idea. You have three minutes to fill your grocery cart up to the prize value of $750. But the Virginia Lottery’s Mega Grocery Shopping Dash was a painful time for winner Jeff Marsten of Stafford County. He had injured his back in a car crash on Friday.
Read MoreJust released today, this ad is a new way of looking at promoting winning the lottery for Camelot, the organisation which runs the UK National Lottery.
Sam LeCoeur, managing partner at Adam&Eve/DDB which made the 2-minute commercial, says in a statement: “The moment we started working with Camelot, our shared ambition was simple: to build a new emotional relationship with our audience that shows the amazing things that can happen for families, communities and the nation, as a result of simply buying a National Lottery ticket.’’
Watch and see if you agree.
The first draw shown here in New Zealand was made in 1987.
Last night the largest number of players ever to win a First Division jackpot prize in New Zealand were probably wiping away their tears of disappointment.
Read MoreIt’s fit for a lottery winner, but cool homes don't come cheap. Before he got married to Hailey Baldwin, pop icon Justin Bieber rented this spectacular home at the end of a cul de sac in Hollywood, and paid nearly $60,000 a month for the sleek building.. Source: Front Door MORE PHOTOS…
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