Lottery Success Around the Globe for Shocked Winners

Lottery players from around the globe are celebrating big wins. One had been using the same numbers for 30 years.

Great gift

Emily Hickox from Indiana, USA has had plenty of reasons lately to celebrate. It wasn’t just Christmas but her birthday and a party led to her winning a $500,000 Michigan Lottery prize.

The 25-year-old took part in a white elephant gift exchange that became both complicated and profitable.

Her father received the scratchcard that had been purchased by her cousin. His daughter won the gift he’d purchased. He wanted it back so they swapped and Emily ended up with the $500,000 winning scratchcard.

At first she thought her win was only $50,000 but after checking an app found an extra zero.. Now she wants to buy a new car and help her family. An Australian woman  received a lottery ticket as a Christmas gift and it won her $102,000.

South African success

Just eight days into the new year, a player won R38 517 450.50 (£1.6 million) playing South Africa’s National Lottery.

The lottery winner has asked to remain anonymous but we do know they are a single- father with a teenage child.

After discovering his win he says a bath was taken “to calm myself down.”  Some of his winnings will be used to help give his child a good future.

He also wants to buy a house and will  use part of his lottery win to pay for a business course.

Long wait over

In Australia, a man from Ringwood in Melbourne was enjoying a lie-in. Then he was woken up by a phone call telling him he’d won $1 million in the January 22 Weekly Windfall draw. “What great news to wake up to!” said the surprised lottery winner.

He’s a patient guy after playing the same numbers for the past 30 years and joked “ I always had a feeling they’d bring me a win one day.”  A $100 million Australian Powerball winner also had a feeling  they’d win a big prize.

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