Top Lottery Winner Emerges As Haggard
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The world's first glimpse of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the poor.
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AN internet gambler has scooped the UK's highest online jackpot, winning pounds 2,058,888 from his home. The man, from Birmingham, bagged the record-breaking prize while playing on slot machines on Littlewoods' Millionaires Club.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo.
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Don Harvey's long-haul truck had almost 2 million miles on it when its engine died this week. Now, he's planning to ride the road in style, after winning a $105.8 million Powerball ticket with his wife.
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These winners are bigger than you ever dreamed.
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By Katherine Rosenberg, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 10--VICTORVILLE -- It was a gamble all around -- for both a woman carrying a large Las Vegas jackpot in her purse, and for the gas station attendants who later stole her winnings.
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The man who emerged from a pile of baseball fans clutching Barry Bonds&#39; 700th home run ball last month is now richer by $804,129.
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Ever since she claimed to lose that winning lottery ticket, Elecia Battle's reputation has been on the ropes.
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Perhaps it was the name at the top of the leaderboard which inspired Ernie Els. Todd Hamilton was the first round leader but Els cruised past the Open champion with an eight
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Peru&#39;s Luis Horna waves to the crowd after defeating Spain&#39;s Juan Carlos Ferrero during the ATP Madrid Master Series tournament match in Madrid.
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The tale of him caddying for a $1 a day at Nadi Airport Golf Club in his native Fiji to becoming the PGA Tour&#39;s first $10 million man with a five-shot victory Sunday at the Chrysler Championship in Palm Harbor is utterly amazing.
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The part-time preacher won an international auctioneers competition recently â the result of a strong voice, deft chant, and genteel sales style.
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Spain's "El Gordo," the world's biggest  lottery, gave out 2.2 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in Christmas  prizes on Saturday.
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The all-time-high rollover jackpot of the Finnish national lottery, or Lotto as it is known, found a single lucky recipient in the coastal city of Kokkola in Western Finland.
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The odds of winning the 12-state Mega Millions jackpot, the largest ever, are about 1 in 176 million.
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At least two people can claim a share of a record $370 million lottery jackpot, and there could be more winners
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CLEVELAND - Elecia Battle's reputation is on the ropes. A year after she gained instant fame by claiming that she lost a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $162 million - until the real winner turned up - Battle says it's hard for her to find a job.
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There was one winning ticket for the $314.3 million Powerball lottery prize, and it was sold in this city on the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery officials said Sunday.