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As if the odds of winning once weren't high enough - one man has managed to defy them twice.
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A woman from Toronto scooped a $60 million jackpot with numbers picked from the unlikeliest of sources.
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South Africa's national lottery has come under scrutiny after a perfect progression of numbers was drawn.
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One fortunate Colorado resident couldn't believe his luck when he managed to scoop two consecutive jackpots.
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Mathematics researchers in Denmark have finally solved a riddle first put forward all the way back in 1969.
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19-year-old Rosa Dominguez struck it rich, not once, but twice after buying two $5 tickets back in June.
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A new paper has suggested using a lottery and savings bond as a way to fund the search for alien life.
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Douglas and Barbara Fink, who are from Canada, have won the lottery three times in the last 28 years.
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A husband and wife from the UK missed out on the lottery jackpot despite matching all six numbers.
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A restaurant owner is being forced to share his winnings with a waiter who predicted that he would win.
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Frane Selak has cheated death more times in the last 40 years than James Bond and Jack Bauer combined.