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Iowa Lottery officials say the attorney who claimed to have possession of the winning ticket in a $14.3 million jackpot has abandoned his claim.
Attorney Crawford Shaw abandoned the claim – which he confirmed was on behalf of a client in Belize – last Thursday, Iowa lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer told the Associated Press (AP).
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Baccarat is a popular game with Asian visitors to Las Vegas casinos.
Big-time gamblers, primarily from Asia, are flocking to Sin City to play baccarat and providing a big boost to the city’s casino revenue in the process.
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A self-employed builder and his wife have come forward as the winners of last Friday’s EuroMillions lottery jackpot of nearly £41 million.
The couple said they plan to splash out on an executive box at Old Trafford – as well as a new carpet.
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A lucky lottery ticket holder based in the UK has won nearly £41 million after Friday’s EuroMillions draw.
Operators of the UK National Lottery, Camelot, said the winner scooped the EuroMillions rollover jackpot of £40,627,241 in Friday night’s draw, but is yet to come forward to claim the prize.
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A Silicon Valley financial analyst revealed himself as the winner of a massive $208 million lottery jackpot prize on Friday at New York’s Long Island.
Daniel Bruckner, from San Jose in California, said he had to repeatedly check his winning ticket before realising he had won the jackpot.
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English lottery winner Charmaine Watson has invested £20,000 of her winnings into an anti-bullying musical which has opened in London.
A victim of sustained bullying during her school days, 31-year-old Watson decided to fight back by using the large chunk of her winnings to finance a rock musical with an anti-bullying message.
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Iowa Lottery officials are trying to solve the intriguing mystery behind a year-old winning lottery ticket which was claimed less than two hours before deadline for a jackpot worth up to $14.3 million.
Two attorneys with Des Moines-based Davis Brown Law Firm turned up at Iowa Lottery headquarters at 2.10pm on Thursday, December 29 with the winning Hot Lotto ticket, just before the 4pm deadline.
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A group of employees at a California district school has struck luck twice – winning a lottery prize worth over a quarter of a million dollars after winning a $12 million lottery prize just last year.
State lottery officials announced on Friday that the same Montebello Unified School District employees who won $12 million last February have won a Mega Millions prize worth $262,743.
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The winners of a record £161 million EuroMillions jackpot, Colin and Chris Weir, have splashed out on a fleet of cars for their friends.
One friend was treated to a £80,000 Mercedes after being told by the winners to choose any car he wanted, the Daily Record reported.
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UK National Lottery operator Camelot has paid out record amounts of money to prize winners and good causes, with its draws and scratchcards becoming increasingly popular.
Camelot, which runs games including Lotto and National Lottery scratchcards, said winnings hit £1.7 billion in the six months leading up to September 24, up £300 million on the previous year, The Press Association reported.
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