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China
Young people in China are buying up scratch lottery tickets
Scratch cards, a type of instant lottery, have become a surprising hit among young people in China. Key points: ...
Ryan General
News
Thai official lowers himself into sewer to retrieve woman’s winning lottery ticket
A local Thai official used a crane to descend into a sewer to retrieve a winning lottery ticket a woman had accidentally dropped. Key points...
Bryan Ke
Feature
Laos-born immigrant battling cancer wins $1.3 billion lottery jackpot
An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer for nearly a decade won the historic Powerball jackpot this month. Key points: ...
Lottery winner, scrap collector in China go viral for separate acts of generosity
Some have questioned whether the donations are real, while others said they were skeptical about their motives behind the gestures ...
Thai security guard successfully fends off python, proceeds to win $85K lottery after
A lucky Thai factory security guard won the lottery after successfully fighting off a python that attacked him in his sleep. What happened: ...
Chinese man wins $10 million in lottery by using his family’s birth dates
“I chose their birth dates to express my feeling of missing them” ...
Singapore
‘Thanks ChatGPT’: Singapore man wins lottery using AI
A man in Singapore has won a small lottery after asking ChatGPT to generate random numbers. Aaron Tan, who goes by the handle @8_aron on Tik...
Carl Samson
Chinese woman divorces husband who hid $1.5 million lottery win, spent it on ex-wife
A Chinese man who hid 10 million yuan (approximately $1.5 million) in lottery winnings from his wife is being divorced and sued for a portio...
Ines Shin
Woman claims friend ran away with her winning lottery ticket worth $152,000
A Singaporean woman is seeking help after she was allegedly betrayed by a friend who ran away with her winning lottery ticket worth $200,000...
Michelle De Pacina
Chinese lottery winner wears costume to hide $30 million winnings from family
A Chinese lottery winner, identified only by his pseudonym Li, wore a cartoon costume to claim his 220 million yuan (approx. $30 million) p...
Education
NYC admission lottery system sees Asian students less likely to land in their desired high schools than their counterparts: report
In a new lottery-style admission system, Asian students are 20 percent less likely to be admitted into one of their top fiveNew York City s...
Jane Nam
South Korea
Watch: Korean streamer reacts to winning $1.5 million lottery while live on Twitch
While livestreaming on Twitch, a Korean streamer ecstatically burst into tears after scratching a winning lottery ticket worth 2 billion won...
Rebecca Moon
Thai Buddhist monk to charitably donate $500,000-plus fortune he won from a lottery
A monk working at Wat Phra That Phanom Woramahawihan in the Nakhon Phanom province in northeastern Thailand has been donating the 18 millio...
Canada
‘My Heart Was Racing’: Vancouver Family Wins $125K Lottery Ticket, Plans to Use Toward Tuition
A father who won over $100,000 in the lottery from a scratch card in Vancouver, Canada, plans to use it towards his children’s educati...
Thy Nguyen
Indian American Convenience Store Owners Praised for Returning $1 Million Lottery Ticket
People are praising the Indian American owners of Lucky Stop, a convenience store in Southwick, Mass., for returning a $1 million lottery ti...
$60 Million Lottery Winner Claims Husband Dreamed of Winning Numbers
A Canadian woman won a $60 million Lotto Max jackpot using the numbers her husband dreamed of 20 years ago. Deng Pravatoudom, 57, has been ...
Editorial Staff
Hospital Workers Split $4.5 Million Lottery Jackpot in Canada
Four hospital workers in British Columbia, Canada became overnight millionaires after winning the lottery jackpot worth 6 million Canadian d...
Thai Monk Wins $588,000 Lottery, Forced to Hide After Beggars Storm Temple
A Thai monk who won the lottery jackpot of 18 million Thai Baht ($589,000) fled to an undisclosed location after people stormed his temple t...
Man Wins $344 Million Powerball Lottery Playing Numbers From a Fortune Cookie
A retired retailer in North Carolina recently won the $344 million Powerball jackpot after playing fortune cookie numbers his granddaughter ...
Asia
Two Men Undergo DNA Test to Prove the Winner of Million Dollar Lottery Prize in Thailand
Authorities in Thailand are resorting to a DNA test to determine the rightful winner of the nearly $1 million (30 million Thai baht) lottery...
Korean Man Faces Everyone’s Worst Nightmare After Winning the Lottery
Money can certainly cause more problems than it solves as one man sure knows. A 58-year-old Korean man became an overnight millionaire afte...
Two Brothers Won the Lottery on the Same Day, But One is a Little Happier
Two brothers from Pennsylvania both won the lottery on the same day, but one of them will be celebrating more than the other. James Stocklas...
Couple Takes $327 Million Lump Sum in Powerball — Does Something Totally Unexpected
The small-town Tennessee couple that won the Powerball jackpot aren’t planning on buying a mansion or throwing in the towel on their j...
We Called the Nursing Home of the Alleged Powerball Winner — Here’s What They Said
About an hour ago, ABC News reported that the Chino Hills, California winner of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot had been identified as a ...
Misc
Workers Celebrate Thinking They Won the Powerball — Then They Discover Their Horrid Mistake
When a group of 42 workers at Grissini’s Restaurant in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, found out one of their lottery pool tickets matc...
Business
Billionaire Mark Cuban Has Some Crucial Advice For the Winner of the $1.5 Billion Lottery
With the total for the Powerball jackpot being over $1.5 billion, the entire country is on edge waiting for the next drawing. Meanwhile, som...
Max Chang
Uncategorized
Here’s the First Thing You Should Do If You Ever Win $800 Million in the Lottery
What would you do if you won $800 million in the lottery? It’s a fun question to ask yourself because instantly you begin fantasizing of wha...
Entertainment
Man Gives the REALEST Answer When Asked What He’d Do With $500 Million on Live TV
When you’ve got live television thrown into the mix, expect for things to get real. Sometimes, though, things get too real. ...
One Simple Mistake on Facebook Cost This Woman $900
An Australian woman who bragged about her winning horse race bet on social media soon found her prize money stolen. The woman, Chantelle, ha...
Chinese Man Divorces Wife After Winning $721,800 in Lottery, Gets Sued
A Chinese man thought the ideal time to divorce his wife was one day before he collected his more than half a million dollars in lottery win...
Laura Dang
Man Finds $20 on the Ground, Buys a Winning $1 Million Lottery Ticket Shortly After
San Francisco International Airport has proven to be a pretty lucky place for one Hubert Tang, who found a $20 bill on the ground Wednesday ...
Riley Schatzle
Man Buys Lottery Ticket After Girlfriend Says No, Wins $1,000,000
Conventional wisdom would normally urge a man to listen to his girlfriend or wife lest he suffer a woman’s wrath, but one Michigan man is no...
Jacob Wagner
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