Who Won the National Lottery First? The very first UK National Lottery draw was held live on BBC on 19th November 1994. It was hosted by the TV favourites of that day: Noel Edmonds and Anthea Turner. Tickets sold for £1 per line and some 25 million people (about 40% of the population at Continue Reading
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Lottery Winner Ordered to Give Half to Ex-wife It’s a not so lucky day when you win the lottery but then have to give half away to your ex. This is exactly the kind of situation Richard Zelasko found himself in in 2013 when he struck it lucky and took home the MegaMillions jackpot. […]Continue Reading
Unlucky Lotto Winners – Part Two We covered unlucky lotto winners previously, but there are so many interesting stories that we couldn’t resist sharing a few more. Hopefully these tales of misfortune will be a lesson in what not to do, should you ever win! Tonda Lynn Dickerson An ordinary Waffle House waitress, Tonda […]Continue Reading
Unlucky Lotto Winners When we talk about winning the lottery we tend to always imagine great thing – financial freedom, eternal happiness, a beautiful house and luxuries we’d only dreamed of. But winning the lottery isn’t always sunshine and roses! In fact, here are a few lottery winners who tell quite a different story: […]Continue Reading
Lottery Winners Who Nearly Lost Their Winnings Oh to win the lottery! A big, fat jackpot that promises you’ll never have to work again, if that’s what you wish. But what about those who’ve won massive lottery jackpots and almost missed out on claiming them? You might be surprised, it’s more common than you […]Continue Reading
The World’s Biggest Unclaimed Jackpots After looking at the unclaimed prizes of the US lottery, we decided to see how many big jackpots in the world have gone unclaimed – and what a shocker! To think that so many could’ve had their lives changed by massive jackpots but somehow either lost their ticket, missed the […]Continue Reading
Lotto Tragedy – Lessons for Us All Stress-free, comfortable living – it’s something we all deeply desire. Lotto winners over the world have experienced this dream coming true and have reveled in their newfound freedom. One winner, however, didn’t get to enjoy this dream for long… Billie Bob Harrell Junior was a […]Continue Reading
It is possible that we will be writing about Mickey Carol, the self styled “King of Chavs” or more appropriately, the lotto lout, for years to come. His story is mind boggling and too good not to write about. Fly on the wall documentary chronicling the former lottery winner and media spot lit Michael Carroll […]Continue Reading
Lotto Tragedy Strikes They say that money doesn’t bring happiness and there are a fair few lotto winners who’d tell this tale. It’s an interesting fact that many lotto winners do not end up happier but rather end up in a bit of a pickle after blowing through most of their lucky fortune. If […]Continue Reading
Jack Whittaker Andrew Jackson Whittaker, Jr. also known as Jack Whittaker, has become one of the best-known lottery winning stories. Sadly the story of Jack Whittaker isn’t a very positive one, although he was fortunate to make the list of jackpot winners. Jack Whittaker Powerball Winner On Christmas day in December 2002 he won […]Continue Reading
