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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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The Scottish couple who won Europe’s largest-ever jackpot prize, a cool £161 million on the EuroMillions lottery, are to fund a campaign for Scottish independence.
Colin and Chris Weir have reportedly pledged a ‘seven-figure donation’ to the campaign.
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Someone in the U.S. state of Connecticut has won this week’s massive $245 million Powerball jackpot – although they may not know it yet.
The winning ticket matched all six winning numbers — 12, 14, 34, 39, 46 and 36 — and was sold at an undisclosed location in the state’s Fairfield County.
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A Powerball jackpot prize in the U.S. has snowballed to a massive $245 million.
The chances of winning the Powerball jackpot are just over one in 195 million, but that hasn’t stopped people who have never even played from buying tickets for the draw.
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Europe’s biggest-ever lottery jackpot winners Colin and Chris Weir have given their old house to a teen mum who lives next door to the couple.
The winners of the record £161 million EuroMillions jackpot prize will be giving Chelsea McGhie, 19, and her seven-month-old daughter the keys to their £220,000 detached house in Largs, Ayrshire in Scotland, according to the Daily Record.
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In an unusual attempt to find the winner of a lottery jackpot worth over £600,000, operators of the UK National Lottery have taken out a job advert in the newspaper.
The advert, taken out by Camelot, reads: “Lottery Jackpot Winner Wanted. No previous experience necessary. One-Off Salary: £612,749.
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The winners of a massive £101m EuroMillions jackpot – Dave Dawes and his fiancée Angela Dawes – were spotted on a shopping spree at designer stores in London’s exclusive Bond Street this week.
The couple had promised to live with a little more “glamour” after winning the third-largest lottery jackpot in UK history.
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The mystery surrounding the identity of the winner of a massive £101m EuroMillions jackpot - the third-largest lottery jackpot in UK history – has been solved.
Dave Dawes, 47, a factory supervisor, and his fiancé Angela, 43, a charity volunteer, have been revealed as the winners of last Friday’s £101m EuroMillions lottery jackpot.
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A British lottery ticket-holder came forward on Saturday to claim a massive £101 million EuroMillions prize – the third-largest lottery jackpot in UK history.
The identity of the winner remains a mystery, and it is not yet known whether an individual, couple, or syndicate scooped the jackpot.
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A syndicate of 16 Asda supermarket workers from Greater Manchester has won a jackpot of £6.8 million in the UK National Lottery.
Each member of the syndicate will take home more than £430,000 in winnings.
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