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Do you often feel worried because you rarely win the first prize in a lottery? Do you want the first place yet it seems so far away? You should relax because the first winner does not always get the biggest amount of money.

From the most recent National lottery drawing last weekend, lottery players are made to believe that second winning can mean more money. There were five winners winning the first prize worth £4.8m and because they had to share that money, they will not scoop as much as the second winner who was the only person holding the winning tickets.

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As written earlier this month, this year seems to be the most fortunate year for lottery players. Not long after the 3rd biggest Powerball prize drawn in history, there comes surprising news from lottery winners in Florida Fantasy 5.

98 Fantasy 5 players picked 1-3-5-7-9 numbers and this will be the biggest number of winners that has ever happened in the history of latest version of Fantasy 5. This is really fantastic!

Since it started in 1989, there have been many winners in Fantasy 5 and even there are more than 100 winners.

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A lot of people are blessed with great luck and one of them is Donald Cole III (Donnie) from Brookeville, Maryland who won lottery for four times in a very short period. He managed to win $50,000 from a scratch-off ticket on Big Money Mega Play sold for a $20 on June 26 and another $50,000 on July 25th.

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Still remember a grandmother winning Euromillions Raffle prize of £1million who almost lost it because she was dealing with a dishonest shopkeeper? The winner of the lottery, Maureen Holt won a jackpot from the ticket that she bought from Tesco but Farrakh Nizzar, a shopkeeper working there was trying to claim the prize for himself by telling Maureen that the winning ticket was worthless.

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Jin Ok Choi (54) tried her luck by buying a lottery ticket of Mega Millions at a liquor store. She was surprised and shocked knowing that she grabbed the ultimate jackpot of Mega Millions as much as $ 85 millions. To pick up the grand prize of the lottery, Jin Ok Choi needed to bring a lawyer with her on Wednesday 1 August 2012 and refused to have her personal details to be revealed. This lucky Korean immigrant decided to get the lump sum payment, so she would only get $ 40.4 millions after taxes.

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A 71-year-old engineer retired of Lockheed Martin from Acworth, Roy Pulliam, has become $ 232,648 richer after winning Fantasy 5 jackpot in the drawing on July 21, 2012. He managed to match 5 numbers which are the winning numbers. He found out that he was the winner after checking the result of his lottery ticket online and got shocked when all his numbers matched.

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Carrie Reynolds, a resident of Columbia Falls, has never imagined that the lottery ticket of the “Sparkling Slingo” scratch game she bought was the winning and lucky ticket. She purchased her lucky ticket at smokers Express in Columbia Falls. This statement was released by the Montana Lottery officials, saying that Carrie Reynolds and her husband won the grand prize of the lottery jackpot of $ 25,000. On Monday, the Reynolds claimed their prize in the lottery office.

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Buying a lottery ticket at a nearby gas station in North Toronto, Timothy Schell’s life has changed drastically without him expecting it too much. He is the winner of the Friday’s Lotto Max with the amount of money as much as $ 50 million. He did not believe when he tried to read his numbers in a stand where he bought the ticket and all those seven numbers he picked matched with the winning numbers.

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A 15-year-old boy, Ross Wilson, can be considered as a very fortunate boy who can fulfill his dream of attending a tennis coaching in Barcelona, Spain. This is because a group of sponsors have earned 50,000 pound sterling for him to go to the tennis academy. Among the people in the group are Chris and Collin Weir, both are the winners of Scotland’s Euromillions lottery jackpot.

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Most people believe that Friday the 13th is considered as unlucky and unfortunate date. However, it was proven wrong by a man from Fort McMurray, Alta, who won Lotto Max Draw with the amount of the prize $ 21.8 millions. This lucky and fortunate man is a former heavy duty equipment operator named Chris Fowler.

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