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Office Workers Who Won $1 Million in Lottery to Generously Share Winnings With Colleague Who Didn't Buy Ticket

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:02:42 +0000

There are about a million reasons why Jennifer Maldonado has the best coworkers in the world. Maldonado’s colleagues at Keller Williams Partner Realty in Plantation, Florida are sharing their $1 million Powerball prize with her, even though she didn’t go in on any tickets. And you think the guy in your office who springs for [...]

If I Win the Mega Millions Lottery, What Would I Buy First?

Rudy Fernandez — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:28:05 +0000

As the Mega Millions Lottery jackpot continues to grow, It's up to $89 million dollars if drawn now. So, what would I buy if I just won $8 million dollars? Without hesitation, I didn't even give it a second thought, the answer was "a brand new truck! One with no miles on it and loaded with all the off road goodies." I then decided to ask my coworkers, it's funny though, because I thought I knew them pretty well and all of a sudden the answers they gave had me wondering if I even wanted to be associated with them. One yelled "hookers and drugs" another hollered "a mending kit for a broken heart." So I thought I'd ask all my Facebook friends, some were hilarious some were sad.

Happy Holidays! Man Gives Away Lottery Tickets to the Unemployed

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:47:05 +0000

Goodwill towards man has become goodwill towards the unemployed man this holiday in Spain. Bartolome Florido, 60, is a driving instructor who coughed up $2,000 on 333 lottery tickets. No, he’s not hoping to hit the jackpot — he’s hoping someone else does because he donated the tickets to people without jobs. Florido approached people [...]

MIT Students Create Ingenious Way to Strike It Rich in the Lottery — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:41:57 +0000

The odds of striking it rich in the lottery are remarkably small, but apparently it really helps if you’re a math genius.

Several years ago, a group of students from the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology cracked the lottery code that enabled them to win millions of dollars — and state officials did nothing to stop it.

What Would You Do If You Won The Lottery?

Shay Hill — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:57:41 +0000

I don’t play the lottery very often but the jackpots are getting quite large so I feel I have to at least give it a shot sometimes. Last nights Mega Millions was $363 million; oh what I could do with that kind of money!! I forgot to check my numbers last night so I got [...]

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 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:08:31 +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.

Man Sues Co-Workers For Part Of Lottery Winnings

Shay Hill — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:16:34 +0000

Many offices play the lottery as a group. I’ve joined in before, but not all the time. So if one of those times I chose not to participate and the group won should I be given a portion of the winnings? That is the case that is currently going to court in Ohio. A man [...]