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Office Workers Who Won $1 Million in Lottery to Generously Share Winnings With Colleague Who Didn't Buy Ticket

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:02:42 +0000

There are about a million reasons why Jennifer Maldonado has the best coworkers in the world. Maldonado’s colleagues at Keller Williams Partner Realty in Plantation, Florida are sharing their $1 million Powerball prize with her, even though she didn’t go in on any tickets. And you think the guy in your office who springs for [...]

Brothers Blow-Up House After Winning Lottery

Joe Student — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:55:30 +0000

Everyone who plays the lottery has their own fantasy of what they’d do first if they won. Two brothers from Wichita, Kan. celebrated their big lottery win by buying meth and weed, which resulted in them accidentally blowing-up their house and getting arrested. Authorities said the two brothers were celebrating a $75,000 winning lottery ticket [...]

MIT Students Create Ingenious Way to Strike It Rich in the Lottery — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:41:57 +0000

The odds of striking it rich in the lottery are remarkably small, but apparently it really helps if you’re a math genius.

Several years ago, a group of students from the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology cracked the lottery code that enabled them to win millions of dollars — and state officials did nothing to stop it.

Georgia Woman Cleans Purse, Finds Lottery Ticket Worth $190K

95.1 The Moose — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:24:59 +0000

Having a sorted, organized bag post-cleaning is a major bonus in itself, but a woman in Georgia has given incentive to cluttered bag owners everywhere after she found a lottery ticket worth $190k stashed at the bottom of hers.

Rhonda Williams, a 55-year-old Fairburn resident, told reporters last week that she found the Fantasy 5 ticket at the very bottom of her purse after she decided to clean it out on a whim. Turns out, she'd picked the winning numbers from a January 17 drawing.