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She was still in college when she started applying for the housing lottery. Now, she pays $1,600 for a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC.
Rent prices in NYC grew more than seven times as fast as wages in 2023, according to a May report f…
Amanda Goh
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After 2 years of applying for the NYC housing lottery, she finally won her bid. Now she pays $1,000 in rent for her Manhattan apartment.
In 2018, the odds of winning the affordable-housing lottery were 1 in 592, The New York Times repor…
Amanda Goh
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I won a housing lottery with over 5,000 applicants. Now I pay $1,260 a month for a brand-new home.
After a 33-year-old single mom won an affordable housing lottery, she and her son were able to leav…
Alcynna Lloyd
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He won the NYC housing lottery after applying more than 60 times. Now, he pays $2,300 in rent for his Brooklyn apartment.
Competition for the New York affordable-housing lottery is stiff: There are about 450 applications …
Amanda Goh
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Their landlord hiked their rent by 25%, so they applied for the NYC housing lottery. On the 25th try, luck was on their side.
Winning the housing lottery is a pipe dream for most applicants: In 2018, The New York Times report…
Amanda Goh
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2 cops won $1.2M in the lottery, but said they won't quit because they want to set an example for their kids
A British couple who won a lottery said they would continue to work part-time as police officers be…
Mikhaila Friel
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I became a millionaire at 21 after winning the lottery. It changed my life, but I sometimes felt like a walking ATM.
A 21-year-old lottery winner who received $28 million shares how he spent the money and it impacted…
Kitti Palmai
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Philadelphia is experimenting with guaranteed income pilots for pregnant people and housing insecure families
Philly Joy Bank and PHLHousing+ are guaranteed basic income pilots in Philadelphia offering familie…
Allie Kelly
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4 mistakes lottery winners make, according to a financial advisor
An expert shares his insight into the financial mistakes of lottery winners, including spending too…
Jane Ridley
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I've handed out more than $2.5 billion in lottery cash. Not everybody reacts the way you'd expect.
Keeping secret millions from the family, accusing the lottery of being a scam — lottery advisor And…
Mia Jankowicz
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An Iowa woman lost her home in a tornado over 20 years ago. After winning $2 million in the lottery, she's finally building a new house – with a Jacuzzi.
Tammy Gordy lost her home in Iowa in Tornado in 2001. She said her Powerball prize winnings are goi…
Maria Noyen
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A woman who won $6 million in a state lottery reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly about netting millions of dollars
Single mom Gloria Easly's roller-coaster experience after winning a lump sum of $3 million in her s…
Jane Ridley
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A New Yorker won a $10 million lottery jackpot — twice. A neighbor said his incredible luck didn't change him.
Wayne Murray won $20 million with two scratch card wins, but those who know him say he hasn't chang…
Joshua Zitser
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I process major lottery wins I've seen everything from winning tickets in the laundry to people who almost claimed too late. Also, a giant snake.
Lottery-winner advisor Andy Carter has seen some close calls, including tickets in the laundry and …
Mia Jankowicz
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A ticket-printing error helped an Iowa man win a $1 million lottery prize
Josh Buster asked for five easy-pick plays, but a convenience store clerk gave a single play ticket…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A couple who won over $1 million in the lottery transformed a dilapidated 1930s house into their dream home
Andrew Cunliffe brought home his winning scratch card in 2016 and proposed to his now-wife, Natalie…
Maria Noyen
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11 cleaners struck a $1.2 million jackpot after pooling the little money they had to buy a $3 lottery ticket
Some of the women said they earned so little that they had to borrow money to pay for their share o…
Matthew Loh
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A woman who was formerly homeless was already having a good year – then she hit the jackpot winning $5 million in the lottery
Lucia Forseth experienced homelessness in 2017. After winning a $5 million lottery ticket, she plan…
Isobel van Hagen
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A North Carolina man accidentally bought 2 identical lottery tickets and came away with $25,000-a-year prizes for each one
"When I realized I won, I had to lay down on the floor because I really just couldn't believe it," …
Yelena Dzhanova
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A Florida woman won $1 million playing a scratch-off lottery. 2 months later, she won $1 million again.
A Florida woman picked up another lottery ticket after closing on a new house she bought with her $…