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Man battling cancer for 8 years wins huge £1.1 billion lottery jackpot
Cheng Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the US has reportedly been battling cancer for the past eight years, has confessed his "life has now changed" following the £1.billion lottery win
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Lotto winner forced to put up no trespassing sign after $1.8billion prize
Theodorus Struyck has been unveiled as the winner of Powerball's second largest jackpot in history. Now no longer anonymous, the 65-year-old’s warning others to keep away from his property
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Winner of historic $1.7BN lotto draw named 5 months after 2nd largest prize ever
A group of Californians were the lucky winners of the historic Powerball lotto prize, it has now been revealed by lottery officials ahead of the next jackpot
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Lottery player livid as he's denied £270million jackpot over website 'mistake'
The Washington man was denied a life-changing jackpot worth $340 million despite his numbers matching the lottery’s website due to a “mistake.”
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£28.5M lotto jackpot winner walks away with nothing after failing to claim prize
The Mega Millions lottery ticket purchased at a supermarket in Jacksonville, Florida, expired on Sunday with no one coming forward to collect the massive $36million grand prize
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School staff win $1million Powerball prize after playing same numbers for years
A group of 30 educators from Rector A. Jones Middle School, known as the "Jones 30," claimed their $1 million Powerball prize in Kentucky after work, cleverly hiding the winning ticket in a math textbook
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Couple win £1.25billion lottery - but only get £260million due to decision
John and Lisa Robinson were among three lucky winners of a huge $1.6billion jackpot on the Powerball draw - but they decided to get a lump sum of nearly $328million
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Couple who won $61million share how to successfully use lottery money
Dave and Erica Harrig won a staggering $61million (£47.8m) on the Powerball lottery but stayed humble and continued to live similarly to their life before the win, with the addition of a few luxuries
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Powerball jackpot soars to £636million as anticipation rises ahead of draw today
The Powerball jackpot has surged to an estimated £636million ($810million) after Saturday night's drawing yielded no jackpot winner, it has been announced
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Inside life of billionaire as Powerball winner spends $4million on mansion
Edwin Castro, the winner of the $2billion Powerball, has purchased a 4,631-square-foot mansion in Altadena, California, for his folks. It has a stunning view of the San Gabriel Mountains
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'We won lotto for 7 hours due to big error but only lucky few got to keep cash'
Lottery players in Iowa enjoyed seven hours of believing they had won after the wrong numbers were posted to the website for the Powerball draw on Monday night before officials noticed the mistake
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Lottery winner who scooped £23M shares what happens after Powerball jackpot
Timothy Schultz experienced both highs and lows after winning the mega jackpot more than two decades ago. The Powerball winner was working as a gas station attendant when his lucky numbers came up, helping him secure £23million
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'Im a lottery lawyer and I know the toughest thing winners have to grapple with'
Powerball winners like Edwin Castro face a life-changing experience. Here's what a lawyer that represents them thinks is the toughest thing they have to deal with
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Powerball lottery $2billion winner's new lavish life as he splashes out
A man who won a stunning lottery jackpot and splashed the cash on buying up luxury property is continuing to live the high life by collecting vintage and luxury cars
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Man's sweet four-word response after learning he's won £123,000 a year for life
Gary Thomas lucked out this week when a £4.10 ( $5)scratchcard won him £122,915.30 ($150,000) a year for the remainder of his life. The reality of the situation "is still sinking in"
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Shop owner who sold $1.76bn Powerball ticket shares how he will spend $1m payout
The second-largest ever Powerball jackpot was won with a ticket bought in the quaint mountain community of Frazier Park in California where residents are eager to find out if the new billionaire is one of their own
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Powerball player wins lottery’s second-largest in history $1.7billion jackpot
A $1.7billion (£1.4bn) Powerball jackpot was won by a California player, ending a 35-draw streak, with the winning ticket sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park setting the record as the second-largest lottery prize in history
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What you could buy if you win the $1.5billion Powerball jackpot on Tuesday night
From colossal superyachts to investments in the rarest of treasures, here are a few things that would be within reach for the winner of the $1.55billion (£1.26billion) Powerball jackpot
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Woman turns small lottery win into whopping $170,000 jackpot
A woman in Cheboygan, Michigan used $80 she had already won to buy herself a heap of tickets to win an incredible life-changing Fantasy 5 jackpot prize of $170,000
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Powerball winning numbers for Monday's life-changing $1.04 billion jackpot
Lucky winners of tonight's Powerball lottery draw will scoop the world's ninth-largest lottery prize - but there's a chance it might not be claimed
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Incredible lottery jackpot tops $1billion after no winner Saturday night
Powerball's terrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes becoming ever larger as they repeatedly roll over when no one wins
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Family pitch in for lottery tickets and 'start shaking' after bagging mega prize
Gregory Rakowicz, who was part of a five-person lottery club in Michigan, revealed the family members took nearly a year to come forward to claim the Powerball lottery jackpot
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Powerball jackpot grows to $835million ahead of next draw - the 4th largest ever
A lucky American could scoop a huge prize this Wednesday as the Powerball jackpot hit an estimated $835million. Winners will be able to choose between annual payments or a lump sum
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Powerball lottery winner bags $1million jackpot during draw for $638million
Tiffany Brown matched the first five numbers of her Quic Pic ticket in Monday's draw but the prize is well below the current jackpot that now sits at more than $700million