Elvis Returns To Personally Hand Grandmother A $1.25 Million Lottery Prize

Elvis Returns To Personally Hand Grandmother A $1.25 Million Lottery Prize

Retired grandmother Vera Webber and Elvis celebrate her EuroMillions win. PHOTO: Daily Mail.

A grandmother from South Ockendon in Britain got a double surprise after her 2013 lottery win.

Vera Webber mistakenly thought her Euromillions prize was only £20,000, but found it was £1 Million (about US $1.25 million) after her daughter checked the numbers.

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More Bad Luck: $315 Million Powerball Lottery Winner's Home Burns To The Ground

More Bad Luck: $315 Million Powerball Lottery Winner's Home Burns To The Ground

Flames engulf the Whittaker home as firefighters battle the Rocky Gap blaze.

One of the world's biggest early Powerball lottery winners is facing disaster after his West Virginia home burnt down yesterday.

Jack Whittaker won US$314.9 million in the 2002 Powerball multi-state lottery. At the time it was the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery.

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Two Happy Women From Western New York Win $1 Million Each In A Double Ceremony

DOUBLE CEREMONY: Amy McGavis (L) and Maryann Nowak (R) both received their $1 million checks from NY Lottery's Yolanda Vega.

Two western New Yorkers collected million-dollar checks after the New York State Lottery officially recognized their lottery wins.

Both 59-year-old Maryann Nowak of Cheektowaga and 82-year-old Amy McGavis of Dunkirk received their prizes from their respective lottery wins at a special presentation ceremony.

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Woman Fakes Winning $41 Million Lottery Ticket. Did She Get Away With It?

Susanne Hinte, 48, claimed to have washed a £33million jackpot ticket by mistake. PHOTO: DAILY MAIL

The claim was big news all over the media when a UK National Lottery winner came forward with a damaged ticket for a £33million (US$41M) jackpot.

The alleged winner, Susanne Hinte, said she had washed her jeans with the ticket in a pocket. Here's the ticket she claimed was authentic:

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Will 20 Tennessee Co-Workers Stay At Work After Sharing $421 Million Powerball Jackpot?

Members of the 'Tennessee 20' Powerball jackpot group with Rebecca Hargrove (center), President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery.

The factory boss asked his staff - 20 new multi-millionaire Powerball winners - if they would be quitting straight away.

The group, named the Tennessee 20 by lottery syndicate leader Amy O'neal's son, work together at the North American Stamping Group in Portland.

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