The Unluckiest Lucky Man in the world – Frank Salek 7 Brushes with death and winning $ 1,000 000.00 A Croatian man by the name of Frank Salek is a lucky man! Although he has gained notoriety as being the unluckiest man in the world after allegedly living through seven brushes with Continue Reading
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Money and Murder It is said that money is the root of all evil. And yet every day millions of people play the lotto in hopes of hitting the jackpot. For those lucky few who do strike it rich, their lives are changed forever. And whether you do everything wrong or choose to be smart, […]Continue Reading
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
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