From humble beginnings to $70M dreams: hard work finally pays off
By Kate Northrop
A Jamaican couple who "came to Canada with nothing" are "taking things slowly" after an unsuspecting Mother's Day present rewarded them with a $70 million (US$49.7 million) Lotto Max jackpot.
Two Jamaican natives are jumping for joy after years of hard work, tedious saving, and careful spending ultimately led to them winning a $70 million Lotto Max jackpot.
For the first time in eight years, the Ireland National Lottery's Lotto draw game is set to undergo several improvements this fall, including better odds, an additional drawing, and some larger prizes.
A Michigan woman waited a year to claim her $1 million Powerball lottery prize, bringing in her winning ticket just hours before it was about to expire.
The Kentucky $167 million Powerball jackpot winner is back in the news again, this time for an indictment related to a felony hit-and-run he committed in a sports car from 2025.
Make no mistake — an accident on part of a Michigan man who didn't mean to buy two Fantasy 5 lottery tickets seriously benefited from the blunder after it won him two $110,000 prizes.
Powerball officials announced this week that ticket sales in the United Kingdom will begin on July 21, 2026, marking the next step in the game's historic expansion across the Atlantic.
