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Lottery winners collecting welfare benefits have embarrassed Michigan officials: Amanda Clayton is the second person in the state caught with food stamps despite newly minted wealth.

When Holly Lahti found out last week that she won half of the largest lottery drawing in U.S. history -- $380 million -- her elation may have turned to regret over two factors: She lives in Idaho and had not yet obtained a legal separation or divorce from her spouse. Idaho -- like Arizona,...

In 2002, Michael Carroll won an equivalent of $14.3 million in the British lottery, allowing him to walk away from his job as a trash collector. Now he's training to return to that job, flat broke. According to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, Carroll squandered his fortune in the time-honored way, on...

For thousands of Pennsylvanians, the state's Big 4 lottery coming up 7-7-7-7 Wednesday meant a lucky windfall. But for numerologist Tania Gabrielle, it meant more. If you believe in such metaphysics, Pennsylvania and its neighbors are in for something, well, big. "It's indicating a sudden event --...

Imagine you're minding your own business looking for a new coat at Burlington Coat Factory on an idle Tuesday afternoon when a stretch Hummer Limo rolls up and out jumps Linda Brown, 45, who tells the entire store that she won a $1.5 million lottery prize and wanted to spend $500 on everyone in the...