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12 Unforeseen Downsides to Winning $656 Million in the Lottery

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:00:12 +0000

Getting to take home a giant check worth millions in lottery winnings might sound like a dream come true, but it can also be a nightmare. Now someone out there has won at least a share of $656 million and we don’t know who will get the dough. Perhaps there’s a good reason for that.

Janitor Wins $3.4 Million Lottery — and Continues to Be A Janitor [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:00:10 +0000

Tyrone Curry doesn’t have to wake up at 4 a.m. and mop the floors at Evergreen High School in Seattle. Not after the custodian won the Washington State lottery to the tune of $3.41 million five years ago. Curry stayed on because he was happy with his life. “I’m just Joe Citizen,” he told ‘Today.’ [...]

Man Finds $9 Million Lottery Ticket in the Nick of Time

Amory Gritta — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:30:39 +0000

Doing your taxes is a pain, and many people put off their preparation until right before the mid-April filing date. Chicago man Irving Przyborski is certainly grateful he got a bit of a jump on his 2010 taxes .

That's because when Przyborski went into his tax files last week, he found a lottery ticket he had bought almost a year before among the paperwork. When Przyborski checked the numbers, he realized he was a winner to the tune of $9 million dollars!