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UK lottery winner recounts downsides of winningNews Story
Over the past 20 years Mark Gardiner has accumulated pretty much all the paraphernalia one might associate with a lottery winner. There's the sprawling listed mansion with manicured grounds and kidney-shaped swimming pool, the gleaming Aston Martin in the garage, and the exotic holidays when he fancies them. As he puts it: People write a list of what they'd do when they win the lottery, don't they? New house, flash car, lovely holidays, private jets. Well, I've ticked them all off. But
Dec 27, 2013, 11:53 am - Lottery News

UK Lotto player wins $12.7 million but sticks with job helping elderlyNews Story
'The old folks need me' Winning 8 million (US$12.7 million) on the Lotto would send most people into a frenzy of excitement but for grandad Ron Elliot it was all in a day's work. The kind-hearted widower, 67, told how he won the rollover jackpot on Saturday night then calmly went to work the next day at the care home where he looks after dozens of vulnerable elderly residents. Ron also revealed he would continue in his 15,000-a-year role. He said, I shall not be retiring any time soo
Nov 12, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Threat to boycott the UK National Lottery as tickets double to £2News Story
UK National Lottery bosses came under fire last night as Britons voiced their outrage at today's price rise. A poll carried out to coincide with the hike revealed 78 per cent of Lotto customers say the increase in price is unfair. The price of a ticket will double from today to 2 a line, prompting furious players to threaten to boycott the game. A survey of more than 1,500 people found 73 per cent of weekly players are either unhappy or very unhappy . It also found more than half of
Oct 3, 2013, 7:28 pm - Lottery News

Struggling UK family facing a bright future after lottery winNews Story
A young family on the verge of losing everything have scooped a 5.8 million (US$8.9 million) lottery fortune. Tracy Tyler, 37, and Adam Young, 30, from Epping, in the County of Essex, England, were struggling to make ends meet this time last week, after Mr. Young lost his job in June. On Saturday night they paused the television program they were watching, as they do every week, to check their lottery ticket. One-by-one, mother-of-two Miss Tyler circled the numbers, before looking up in
Jul 26, 2013, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner who blew $14.5M happy to be working in cookie factoryNews Story
Lotto lout Michael Carroll today lifts the lid on his new life as a 6-an-hour shortbread packer in a biscuit factory in the Highlands. Britain's most notorious jackpot winner blew his 9.7million fortune on drugs, booze and hookers and doesn't have a penny left. He fled north last month to escape his hellraising ways after pals warned him that he would be dead within six months if he carried on partying. But he was so skint he was forced to sleep rough in a forest as he hunted for work.
Jul 9, 2013, 8:27 am - Lottery News

$123M EuroMillions lottery winner claims prizeNews Story
Now deciding if they want to go public The 81,381,673.30 payout (US$123.7 million), which saw the lucky ticket-holder shoot to sixth on the UK National Lottery Rich List, had gone unclaimed since Tuesday night. The winner is now deciding whether or not to go public with the win. A Camelot spokesman said, The claim has been validated and the prize is in the process of being paid out. The ticketholder is currently deciding whether to go public or remain anonymous. While the winner
May 30, 2013, 12:39 pm - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery winners to build unusual homeNews Story
Once you've bought your 100,000 Jaguar XKR-S, paid off Dad's mortgage and given your best friend more than 1 million, how do you start wasting spending the rest of a 45 million lottery win? The answer for Matt and Cassey Topham, a former decorator and supermarket worker from Nottingham who scooped the EuroMillions jackpot last year, is to erect a futuristic mansion on a suburban avenue with all the trappings of a James Bond villain's lair. The couple on Thursday submitted a planning applic
Apr 20, 2013, 1:49 pm - Lottery News

UK shopkeeper guilty of lottery fraudNews Story
A shopkeeper from Gravesend, a town in northwest Kent, England, has been found guilty of trying to con a lottery syndicate [pool] out of nearly 80,000 (US$120,000) in winnings. Imran Pervais, 26, misled the winning group into thinking they had won 10 when in fact they had scooped 79,887 after matching five balls and the bonus ball. He was convicted by a jury at Maidstone crown court of fraud by false representation following a two-day trial and he will be sentenced at a later date. Dete
Apr 4, 2013, 5:02 am - Lottery News

$2.7 million lottery winner down to his last $10News Story
Dad-of-two Roger Griffiths, 42, used to drive a Porsche and vacation with the super-rich in New York and Monaco. He and wife Lara lived in a 670,000 home, sent their children to a 10,000-a-year private school and plotted to double their wealth through property and stock market investments. Roger also splurged on a fleet of fancy cars and luxuries like tailor-made suits and Cartier diamond jewellery. He even blew 25,000 making a record after getting his old student band back together. Th
Mar 25, 2013, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Psychic quits job after winning the lotteryNews Story
One of the United Kingdom's best-known psychics has packed away her crystal ball after winning a lotto jackpot. Beti Schulz, 71, landed 2.2 million (US$3.5 million) when her numbers came up in the UK National Lottery. Now, the clairvoyant has decided to retire after spending almost 40 years predicting the future. A pal said, Beti had a lot of fans and they are very disappointed that she is calling it a day. But they are also delighted for her because she has been so good to them. Pa
Jan 12, 2013, 8:19 am - Lottery News