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Entire Town Wins Lottery — Except for One Person

Shauna Wright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:09:01 +0000

We’ve all seen those stories about groups of people who routinely buy lottery tickets together, only to have one member of the pack fail to do so the week they strike it rich.

Now something similar has happened again — in Spain.

Massachusetts Woman Wins $7 Million Lottery — And Doesn't Tell Anyone

Shauna Wright — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:58:07 +0000

If you ever have a secret you’re dying to spill but you want it to stay safe, we suggest telling Kathleen Crewe. She can probably be trusted with it — after all, she won a $7 million lottery and kept it to herself for days.

Iowa Lottery Winner Finally Materializes to Claim $16.5 Million After Year-Long Delay

Shauna Wright — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:08:31 +0000

On Monday, the deadline passed for an unknown $77 million lottery winner in Georgia to claim the prize. Unbelievable as that may have been, officials in Iowa had a similar situation — days before the deadline, a Hot Lotto ticket worth $16.5 million was still unaccounted for.

But no more. In a squeaker of epic proportions, an attorney for the unnamed winner stepped forward with the valuable little slip of paper on Thursday, just two hours before it would’ve been worthless.