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☆ 2 cops won $1.2M in the lottery, but said they won't quit because they want to set an example for their kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA British couple who won the lottery said they have no plans to quit their jobs because they want to teach the importance of having a strong work ethic to their children. Graeme and Katherine White won £1 million, or around $1.2 million, in the National Lottery's EuroMillions on May 7, according to multiple reports. The couple work as police officers in Cambridgeshire, England, and share a 5-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. Timothy Schultz won $28 million in the Powerball lottery in 1999.

Persons: —, Graeme, Katherine White, wouldn't, Katherine, Nero, We've, Lottie, Millie, Richard Nuttall, Timothy Schultz, Schultz Organizations: Service, Business, BBC, The, Independent, Lottery Locations: Cambridgeshire, England, Coffee, British, Labrador

☆ An accountant won $78 million in the lottery, but isn't quitting his job until he's wrapped up all his clients' taxes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A British accountant became a millionaire overnight after he and his wife won around £61 million ($78 million). The press release said that he would work until the end of the UK tax year, on April 5. Debbie Nuttall handed in her notice for her job as a civil engineer after finding out about the win, the press release said. AdvertisementRichard's decision to stay in work to wrap things up is a change when looking at lottery winners of the past. Emily Irwin, a financial advisor to lottery winners, previously told BI that winners have the best chance at protecting their winnings by forming a team of advisors and avoiding overspending.

Persons: —, wouldn't, Richard Nuttall, Debbie, Nuttall, Debbie Nuttall, Richard, Ben King, Emily Irwin, Irwin Organizations: Service, National Lottery, Daily Mail, Sky News, BMW Locations: British, Canary, Portugal

☆ I process major lottery wins — I've seen everything from winning tickets in the laundry to people who almost claimed too late. Also, a giant snake.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andy Carter, who advises lottery winners for Camelot, the operator of the UK's National Lottery. We try to make sure that lottery winners have great support, great access to advice, and that it should be a pleasant experience — because actually people are in shock at this point. He'd been tidying his room and had found the ticket, worth a couple of hundred thousand pounds. Big lottery wins send the team 'buzzing'Whenever we have a really big winner, the machine sort of slips into play. And that's the thing with this job — you have to take it as if they're your first lottery winner.

Persons: —, Andy Carter, there's, we'd, you've, I've, Sid, Bert, would've, He'd, he'd, wouldn't Organizations: Service, Camelot, National Lottery, Business, Boston, Big Locations: Lincolnshire, England, Boston

A British woman and her husband won more than $180 million in a lottery in 2012. AdvertisementGillian Bayford and her then-husband won the equivalent of $187.5 million in a EuroMillions lottery in August 2012. Bayford told The Sun that she gave roughly £20 million, about $25 million, to her family members but has since severed ties with them, even missing out on an invitation to her brother's wedding. Despite offering her family financial help, Bayford told the newspaper that relationships dramatically deteriorated. Speaking to The Sun about her family, Bayford said: "They're rubbing people's noses in it by flashing their cash, which I think is downright nasty."

Persons: wasn't, Gillian Bayford, Bayford, Bayford's, Brenda McCulloch, it's, It's, Adrian Bayford, Emily Irwin Organizations: Sun, The Times, Daily, Wells Locations: British, Scotland, London, Her

☆ A winning group! 165 Belgians share $150 mln lottery jackpot
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Charlotte Campenhout | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File PhotoDec 9 (Reuters) - Christmas came early for 165 people from the small northern Belgian village of Olmen who won 142,897,164 euros ($150.81 million) in the EuroMillions lottery this week, the biggest group win ever in Belgium. She said it was the first time in Belgium that such a big group had won this much. "Many winning customers were in disbelief at first," said storekeeper Wim Van Broekhoven who was as stunned as his wife when they heard the winning numbers. "We have had quite a few new customers since the big win, but no one in the village holds any grudges against the winners," Van Broekhoven said. EuroMillions is a draw game of the National Lottery, organised in coordination with lotteries from France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg.

☆ Un bătrân a câștigat la loterie pentru că și-a uitat ochelarii de vedere acasă și nu a mai putut juca numerele favorite
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Denis Fawsitt, un bărbat în vârstă de 80 de ani din Hatton, Marea Britanie, a câștigat 116.124 de lire sterline la loterie, echivalentul a circa 113.000 de euro, după ce și-a uitat ochelarii de vedere acasă și nu a mai putut juca numerele pe care le juca de obicei, scrie BBC, citat de digi24.ro. Luna trecută însă, Denis Fawsitt și-a uitat ochelarii de vedere acasă și a fost nevoit să joace numere aleatorii, folosind urna pusă la dispoziție de vânzătoare. „Mi-am dat seama că mi-am uitat ochelarii și am încercat să-mi aleg numerele favorite, dar pur și simplu nu am putut”, a explicat octogenarul. Și într-adevăr așa a și fost. El a câștigat 116.124 de lire sterline și a sărbătorit momentul alături de soția sa Ann, în vârstă de 79 de ani.

Persons: Denis Fawsitt, . Bătrânul, El, Ann, Denis Organizations: BBC Locations: Hatton, EuroMillions

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