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When one lottery winner missed the deadline to claim their $111,111.11 prize, Belize Government Lotteries decided the money should still do good. The unclaimed jackpot will be donated to charity, even though the lottery didn't turn a profit last year.
After winning £250,000 in the lottery, Linda Styles donated £25,000 to the hospice that cared for her late husband. The People's Postcode Lottery just matched her gift, bringing the total to £50,000 for the Kent facility. #
A lottery winner in Belize missed the deadline to claim their $111,111.11 prize, but the money won't go to waste. Instead, the entire jackpot will be donated to charity this February.
When 433 people won the Philippine lottery with multiples of 9, the world cried foul. A Fields Medal winner used math to prove the stunning coincidence was actually legit.
When an Italian woman accidentally threw away her million-dollar lottery ticket, a team of sanitation workers spent a full day searching through a truckload of garbage to find it. Their determination turned what could have been a heartbreaking loss into an unforgettable win.
After accidentally throwing away a winning lottery ticket worth €1 million, an Italian man got it back thanks to waste workers who searched through mountains of garbage for two days. The ticket was moments away from being compacted into landfill when the rescue mission began.
After a lottery terminal wrongly labeled a €1 million ticket "not payable," a frantic family watched as their winning ticket was hauled away with the garbage. In an all-night search through six tonnes of rubbish, waste collection workers in Italy found the intact ticket at 5:30 am.
A woman in southern Italy accidentally threw away her winning million euro lottery ticket after a machine said it was "non-payable." Local sanitation workers spent an entire day searching through a truckload of garbage to recover it.
A couple who won £6.1 million in the lottery retired early to volunteer at food banks and rebuild community spaces. Their story proves wealth doesn't have to change who you are at your core.
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After years of stalled investigations, South Africa's elite police unit rushed 13 lottery fraud cases to prosecutors in just weeks. The sudden action came after the Hawks missed a key parliamentary meeting, reviving cases where millions meant for charities allegedly went to corrupt officials instead.
A delivery driver who won £5.2 million surprised his former coworkers with flowers and lottery tickets, proving that good fortune doesn't have to change who you are. Gary MacDonald kept a promise he made to himself after his life-changing win.
The Boston 5K sold out in just 21 minutes last year, so organizers are giving everyone a fair shot with a new lottery system. Registration for the April 18 race closes Thursday at 5 p.m.
Florida's lottery program has now contributed more than $50 billion to education funding since it launched nearly four decades ago. The milestone supports everything from elementary classrooms to college scholarships across the state.
A 65-year-old man accidentally purchased two identical lottery tickets online and won nearly $900,000 when both hit the jackpot. The windfall came just weeks after he and his wife retired early, turning a simple mistake into the best timing of their lives.
A foster mom who won $1.3 million in a UK lottery immediately gave her neighbors of 14 years $5,000 so they could take their first international family trip. Her generosity didn't stop there.
A group of 27 coworkers in Independence, Ohio, rolled their $8 lottery winnings into a $10 ticket and hit a $1 million jackpot. Each person is taking home about $27,000 after taxes.
A UAE limousine driver who won $27,000 used every penny to fund his son's wedding, pay for his own surgery, help his daughter buy a car, and donate to charity. Nine months later, the 55-year-old says the best part was putting family first.
New York City is giving residents a shot at affordable World Cup tickets through a lottery system offering 1,000 seats at just $50 each. The initiative includes free bus rides to the stadium for an event where regular tickets cost thousands.
A lucky lottery player from Pāpāmoa just turned a trip to their local pharmacy into a $400,000 windfall. Meanwhile, four other New Zealanders are celebrating quarter-million dollar wins from Saturday's draw.
A Masterton man discovered his $5.08 million lottery win while still in bed, then ran screaming through his house in his underwear to wake his father. Three winners split New Zealand's $15 million jackpot, bringing life-changing fortune to families across the country.
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