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£84.4M Euro Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymouslyNews Story
If you see someone looking incredibly smug in the next few days, this could be the reason. The winner of last week's 84.4 million (US$122.7 million) Euro Millions jackpot came forward on Sunday but has decided to remain anonymous. It is not even known whether they are a man, woman or a syndicate. By choosing to keep their identity secret, the record-breaking winner is likely to avoid the pleas that inevitably flood in to those who declare their wins. But with such an enormous sum of
May 18, 2010, 7:36 am - Lottery News

British lottery ticket wins £84.4M Euro Millions jackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot ever won in Britain A single lottery ticket purchased in Great Britain won Friday's 84.4 million (US$122.7 million) Euro Millions jackpot. It is the highest lottery prize ever won in Great Britain. The winning Euro Millions numbers were 1, 17, 31, 43, and 47 with the Lucky Star numbers 2 and 3. The win comes four months after Nigel Page and his partner Justine Laycock won 56 million to become Britain's biggest lottery winners at the time. The couple, who live
May 16, 2010, 11:35 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner forgets wife's birthdayNews Story
After Robert McIntosh win 4.4 million (US$6.75 million) in the Lottery, his wife expected a lavish birthday present but had to settle for a card. Robert revealed yesterday that Susan's 47th birthday a week after their jackpot success had completely slipped his mind. He said he failed to remember it because he was so excited about their huge Lotto win. Speaking yesterday, Robert, 46, admitted, With everything happening, I forgot to buy her anything. I had a card but not a present. Housew
Apr 27, 2010, 7:10 am - Lottery News

Man threw away $153,000 lottery ticketNews Story
A British postal worker said his marriage ended and he has become a laughing stock at work because he threw away a $153,000 scratch-off lottery ticket. Cemal Celikkanat, 38, a driver for the Royal Mail, said he thought the dollar amounts on the scratch-off card he purchased at Charnock News and Booze in Sheffield had to be in a row to win, but the card pays out for any three-of-a-kind dollar amounts, the Sheffield Telegraph reported Friday. When I found out I felt dizzy and dropped to my
Apr 23, 2010, 8:00 pm - Lottery News

Bus driver wins £2m lottery jackpot three months after divorceNews Story
It was an amicable divorce and Helen Halstead was happy to wish her former husband the very best of luck for the future. She couldn't have imagined how quickly that wish would be fulfilled. Just weeks after their split, bus driver Kevin Halstead won 2.3 million (US$3.5 million) playing the Lottery. His ex-wife is now coming to terms with the fact that, but for the divorce, Mr. Halstead might have been legally obliged to share his windfall with her. Instead, she is making do with her
Mar 18, 2010, 8:24 am - Lottery News

British couple wins $88M lottery, daughter says 'whatever'News Story
Whatever , said the teenaged daughter of a British couple who won a 56 million (US$88 million) Euro Millions lottery. When Nigel Page discovered he had won 56 million on the lottery he couldn't say a word while his stunned partner Justine Laycock, said: Oh my God . But her 15-year-old daughter Georgia's reaction was like that of a typical teenager. She just said, 'Whatever'..she was a typical teenager about it, said Ms. Laycock after the couple discovered they were Britain's biggest w
Feb 16, 2010, 8:30 am - Lottery News

£5M U.K. National Lottery winner claims jackpotNews Story
The winner of a 5 million (US$8.2 million) National Lottery jackpot which had gone unclaimed for two weeks has come forward, operator Camelot said today. Last week Camelot launched an appeal to find the lucky punter after the 4,908,817 top prize from Saturday August 29 was not claimed. The ticket was bought in the Sheffield area. We're delighted that the winner of this prize has now come forward and we hope that they will enjoy their win, a National Lottery spokeswoman said. It wou
Sep 15, 2009, 12:11 pm - Lottery News

UK Lottery looking for £5 million Lotto winnerNews Story
A city was bracing itself for a frenzy of back-of-the-sofa searching and sock drawer ransacking today after details were revealed of an unclaimed 5 million (US$8.2 million) lottery prize. National Lottery operator Camelot said the 4,908,817 Lotto jackpot from Saturday August 29 was won by a ticket bought in the Sheffield area, but no one has so far come forward to claim the prize. Now the search is on to trace the would-be millionaire. A spokeswoman for Camelot said the draw made was du
Sep 15, 2009, 7:21 am - Lottery News

'Mind reader' lottery stunt debunked by British paperNews Story
The Lotto miracle performed by telly illusionist Derren Brown left millions mystified but today a British newspaper revealed how he might have done it. The Sun reckoned the slick magician used a split screen technique to make it look like he had correctly predicted the six winning numbers in the midweek National Lottery draw. Their conclusion came after we called in experts who analysed footage of Derren's Wednesday night show broadcast on Channel 4 at the same time as the draw was made on
Sep 10, 2009, 8:59 pm - Lottery News

'Mind reader' will predict UK Lotto numbers on show WednesdayNews Story
So-called mind reader Derren Brown is to perform his most audacious stunt yet predicting the lottery results on his British TV show. The television personality plans to forecast the Wednesday night draw as it is screened live on BBC1. And the bearded illusionist will rattle lotto chiefs by telling viewers how to do it. Sadly, Derren will be filmed at a secret location as he predicts the balls tumbling out of the National Lottery machine when it's too late for lottery players to buy a ticke
Sep 7, 2009, 9:30 pm - Lottery News