You wouldn’t know, but there would be signs… Nearly half of Brits would keep their big lotto win a secret if they hit the jackpot, according to research. A study of 2,000 adults found only 35 per cent would feel comfortable gabbing about their win. With loan requests, unwanted media attention and other people’s jealousy […]

2 weeks ago

Christmas is the time for generous acts But for one builder, his selfless act was worth tens of thousands of pounds. Steve Thompson won the Euromillions back in 2019, bagging himself an jackpot of £105 million. As anyone would do, Thompson bought himself a six bed home and closed his business. However, following his win, […]

3 months ago

“A handshake’s a handshake” Two buddies from Wisconsin shared a $22 million (£16m) lottery win after making a pact 28 years earlier. Back in 1992, Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney agreed that if either of them were to ever get their hands on the Powerball jackpot they’d split it right down the middle. Fast forward […]

8 months ago

His winnings didn’t last very long A man who won £80,000 on the National Lottery wants to “go back on benefits” after spending his winnings in just a matter of weeks. Daniel Millar, a granddad from Motherwell, had been on benefits when he won the money in September 2017, the Daily Record reports. But he […]

9 months ago

This is a story you don’t read every day. A Frenchman has appealed to two thieves who used his stolen credit card to purchase a jackpot-winning scratch card to come forward, promising to split the £400,000 prize with them. Jean-David E, from Toulouse, is seeking to strike a deal with the two men who bought […]

1 year ago

An American couple have spoken out after winning £20 million on the lottery As much as we all think the lottery can just be luck, for some there is a theory around their entries. However, for Jerry and Marge Selbee from Evart, Michigan, they found a ‘loophole’ that meant they could cheat the system to […]

1 year ago