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I spent $1,200 on tickets to see Olivia Rodrigo with my daughter. It was worth every penny.

After failing to get tickets to Olivia Rodrigo's Guts World Tour, I turned to resale sites and spen…

Jamie Davis Smith   


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Iowa Lottery accidentally published the wrong numbers — but the mistaken 'winners' will get to keep their money

The Iowa Lottery will let people who presented 'winning' tickets when the wrong Powerball numbers w…

Joshua Zitser   


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A man is suing the DC Lottery after claiming he won a $340 million jackpot, only to be told it was not a valid win

John Cheeks says he saw his numbers listed on DC Lottery's website in January 2023, but a contracto…

Grace Dean   


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A teenager won $36 million in the lottery with the first ticket she ever bought 'for fun'

Juliette Lamour from Ontario bought the winning ticket after her grandfather suggested playing the …

Alia Shoaib   


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FedEx accidentally delivered $20,000 of lottery scratch cards to a random woman in Massachusetts

FedEx mistakenly delivered $20,000 of lottery scratch cards to a woman in Massachusetts. After some…

Joshua Zitser   


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Kentucky teachers who banded together for years to play the lottery finally won a $1 million prize. Here's how they are splitting it.

The group of current and former employees at Rector A. Jones Middle School in Kentucky has been pla…

Katie Balevic   


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A gas station clerk randomly picked an Iowa woman's lottery scratch-off ticket and helped her win $100,000

"I told the guy at the store, 'Pick whatever game you want," 37-year-old Shelley Nicholson told Iow…

Taylor Ardrey   


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Coworkers at a Kentucky hospital won $50,000 on the lottery after getting scratch cards as holiday gifts

The group of colleagues won $50 on a ticket, so bought some more – and ultimately ended up with $50…

Grace Dean   


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Chinese consumers are turning to the lottery for money as the economy sputters and youth unemployment soars

"The worse the economy is, the more lottery tickets will be sold," a Chinese social media user wrot…

Filip De Mott   


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Virginia lottery winner who beat 1:749,398 odds for $230,000 stuck to a pact to split it with his brother

When Tim Cornwell won a lottery prize worth $230,000 he split the jackpot with his brother Steve.

Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins   


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A Massachusetts liquor store clerk was indicted after she tried to redeem a winning $3 million lottery ticket left behind by a customer

A customer bought two Mega Millions lottery tickets and a large bag of barbecue potato chips. And t…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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A Michigan man nearly missed out on winning $390,000 after he forgot about a lottery ticket he left in his car

Nearly a full year after his ticket won the grand prize, 70-year-old Floyd Warstler was finally abl…

Rebecca Cohen   


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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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The man who won $2B in the Powerball lottery reacted by disappearing from social media and leaving for Fiji, report says

Edwin Castro of Los Angeles won the biggest jackpot of all time in November 2022. Just before his i…

Tom Porter   


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A delivery driver who won $4.8 million in the lottery still worked his Christmas shift to not let his colleagues down

Jonny Johnston, from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, still showed up on December 23rd to work a…

Joshua Zitser   


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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 Virginia man bought 20 lottery tickets using the same number. Turned out that number was a $5,000 winner, netting him $100,000.

Fekru Hirpo said he normally doesn't "play with so many tickets containing identical numbers, but s…

Sarah Al-Arshani   


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He just turned 18 and won $1 million on a lottery ticket that his grandmother gave him as a gift. But first he had to get an ID.

Kaleb Heng, 18, won $1 million on a scratch off lottery ticket that his grandmother gave him as a b…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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Idaho man had to hide his excitement in the middle of a work video call when he found out he'd won $1 million in the lottery

Andrew Nachman's wife texted him to let him know they had won the lottery in the middle of a work c…

Joshua Zitser   


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A $1.35 billion lottery winner is suing the mother of his child, saying she told his family about the money

A lottery winner is suing the mother of his child, accusing her of revealing his $1.35 billion jack…

Mia Jankowicz