Euromillions Ticket Holder Share Stunt Goes Viral

November 26, 2012 by  
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A café owner in Keighley, West Yorkshire came upon an unusual way to promote his business earlier this week. He bought a Euromillions ticket for the draw on 13th November 2012, which had an estimated jackpot of £136 / €169 million and decided, in a bid to boost his business’ Facebook page, to share the jackpot to anyone who liked the photo, should he win. What started off as a quirky, novel way of attracting Facebook users to share his photo ended up with a whopping 41,734 likes, 262 shares and 486 comments! Read more

Shopkeeper Tried to Steal Grandmothers Winnings

August 9, 2012 by  
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A dishonest shopkeeper has this week been convicted of trying to claim a Grandmother’s life changing winnings as his own. 77 year old Maureen Holt whose 80 year old husband still works for a security firm took her lottery ticket into the Best One Convenience Store in Oldham but shopkeeper Farrakh Nizzar aged 30 checked the ticket and told her she was not a winner even through she had actually struck it lucky on the EuroMillions millionaire raffle. Read more

Hunt is On to Find EuroMillions Winner

June 6, 2012 by  
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The hunt is on to find a Euromillions winner who has yet to come forward and claim their prize. The National Lottery are trying to locate the owner of the Millionaire Raffle ticket that was purchased for the draw that took place on Friday 18th May when eighteen lucky winners were made instant millionaires in just in one night. Organisers will not say exactly where the EuroMillions ticket was bought but they are urging people in the Stratford area to double check their numbers. Read more

EuroMillions Winner Misses Out on Fortune

May 22, 2012 by  
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One very unlucky Scot at the beginning of this month missed out on a massive Euromillions lottery fortune after failing to come forward with the winning ticket after the deadline to claim their winnings expired at 11pm on Wednesday 2nd May. The ticket was for the Millionaire Raffle which is the bonus draw you are automatically entered into with every Euromillions ticket purchased but the cash will now added to good causes fund instead.

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£41 Million Euromillions Winners

February 7, 2012 by  
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Gareth and Catherine Bull have started 2012 in style with a £41 million Euromillions jackpot. The Nottinghamshire couple scooped a massive £40,627,241 on Friday 20th January but have no plans to quit work or move out of the six bedroom dream home self employed builder Gareth built for them in Mansfield. The lucky pair’s good fortune was a total fluke after Mr Bull bought the winning Euromillions ticket on a whim after he was unable to work one day because of the terrible weather.

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