Nigerian gives lottery cash to beggar

Forty-six-year-old Rosemary Obiakor from Lagos won over 3 million naira (around 15 700 euros) in the country’s national lottery.
In a ceremony, broadcast on local TV, Rosemary told reporters that she planned to donate all the money she had won to a “lucky beggar”.
“I have heard a lot of stories about how people win the lottery, and they get broke in the short run and come across a lot of misfortune. I am scared, and so I’ll give it to a lucky beggar on the street,” she explained.
After cashing in her cheque Rosemary handed the money to a woman begging with a two-year-old child, who was naturally delighted when presented with the bag of cash.
The beggar gave other poor people on the street money before disappearing with a promise to open a food shop. – RIA Novosti.
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A resident of Belgium has won a 15 million euro jackpot in EuroMillions lottery, the local media reported on Saturday.
The name of the winner has not been reported for security reasons.
EuroMillions’ draw was carried out on Friday in nine European countries: France, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Great Britain, Switzerland, Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium.
In 2010, three Belgians became the owners of lucky tickets. – RIA Novosti.
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A 30-year-old woman from Perth in West Australia came across a lottery ticket worth US$13 million after she decided to check a bundle of old lottery tickets in a drawer, regional media said on Thursday.
The woman, a university student, was unaware that she had been making headlines for almost a year as the winner of the region’s largest unclaimed Lotto prize.
She decided to check several unchecked lottery tickets that she had kept in a cupboard drawer as she and her family were experiencing financial troubles.
The winning ticket was a birthday present from her father, and was still valid.
“I woke up this morning worried about our finances. Something made me think to check the tickets and I thought that if I win something, then I could help mum and dad out,” the woman, who preferred to stay anonymous, told the official state lottery Lotterywest.
She initially thought that she had won about US$13 000.
“I checked the commas and decimal places and then realised,” she said. – RIA Novosti.