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Group of nurses can now afford new stethoscopes

If the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center seems a little short of nurses in the near future, we will know the reason why.  A group of 16 RNs won the Florida Lotto, and are sharing a total jackpot of $6 million.

And here’s the interesting part: before they got together to claim the winnings and speak to the press, all of the nurses turned up for their regular shift on Sunday morning (they all work in the cardiac section of the third floor). 

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Husband wins lottery; prefers not to share with wife

Arnim Ramdass just never learned to share.

Ramdass, an American Airline mechanic, was part of a pool of 17 people (all mechanics) who won a lottery jackpot of $19 million.  Then he began an impressive charade of keeping it a secret from his wife, Donna Campbell.  He disconnected their home telephone, and he never turned on the television (because stories of the winning group were all over the news).  But one day, a postcard arrived in the mail – congratulating him on the purchase of a new house. 

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Naked couple wins the Lottery

Brian Tucker and Margaret Dallard won almost $500,000 in the UK Lottery, but they won’t be spending any money on clothes.

Rather than a new wardrobe, the couple have plans to pay off a couple of mortgages and give some money to their children (between them, they have 8 kids).  Beyond that, they are planning a trip to a nudist – excuse me, naturist – camp somewhere in Europe.

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Millionaire lottery winner goes back to his job – at McDonald’s

Okay, we have had some weird stories on here, but this one has even us stumped.

Luke Pittard was 24 years old and working at McDonald’s.  He bought a lottery ticket, and he won US$2.6 million.  So of course he quits his job, marries his sweetheart, and takes a worldwide vacation.

That took about a year and a half.  Then he remembered how great his life was when he was working at McDonald’s, so he went back and asked for his old job back. 

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Secret to winning? Quit the office lottery pool

If you ask Mark Weir how he won the lottery, he’ll tell you it’s because he stopped playing – at least in his office lottery pool.

Weir bought shares in his office lottery pool for years and only won very small amounts occasionally.  He works as a machine operator in a plastics factory.  This time, he went out and bought his own ticket.  He immediately won US$5.3 million in a Lotto jackpot.

He has a few plans.  He is going on a shopping spree with his wife, Julie.