Largest winning the lottery (26 photos)

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1. November 13, 2009 Kanzaskoy lottery organizers have announced that 70-year-old truck driver Donald Damon won the jackpot, 96, $ 6 million. "I almost fainted," - said Damon. In this photo Damon and his wife Caitlin show your receipt at the office lottery in Topeka. (Kansas Lottery)



2. Henry Norris thought it was the second winner of the lottery in New York in October. However, an employee of the correctional institution retired from Long Island won the lottery one and thus took the full amount - $ 6 million. He took my check on November 10 accompanied by his wife Eleanor (left), which is often dreamed of, which put her husband, and Gretchen Dayzer of "New York Lottery." (New York Lottery)



3. Mi Hung Mun played the lottery for the first time in my life when visiting friends in New York. Her ticket purchased for one dollar, turned into a jackpot in the amount of $ 5 million. "To be honest, I have not yet recovered from the shock" - admitted the winner of the newspaper «New York Post». (Courtesy New York Lottery)



4. Dermatologist William Steele won the biggest jackpot in the history of the Florida Lottery, received 189 million in the game "Powerball". In this photo Steele and his wife Frankie Summers-Steele. Steele said he was going to donate some money to charities, and he will continue his medical practice. (Florida Lottery)



5. Jimmy Groves from the Bronx in New York won $ 168 million with a lucky ticket «Mega Millions Quick Pick». He took his winnings at Madison Square Garden, while joking that his prize to buy a hamburger. (New York Lottery)



6. The 22-year-old Natalie, who worked as Snow White at Disneyland, got into a real fairy tale, winning 5, $ 2 million. (Mathew Imaging / Courtesy of the California Lottery)



7. A public servant retired won nearly $ 260 million. Solomon Jackson Jr. (center) from Columbia, South Carolina, holds your check at a press conference on 25 August 2009. He is married, but chose to keep silent about his family and plans to win. (Brett Flashnick, AP)



8. The 19-year-old Vacas Mazar bought his winning ticket, which brought him one million dollars at the gas station. Despite the win, he said he was going to stay at home with his family, where he shares a room for four with his brothers and sisters. (David Pokress, New York Daily News)



9. Some lucky on a grand scale. Kansan Edward Williams, apparently, was not completely satisfied, in September 2008, received 75,000 dollars to win a ticket for 10 bucks. August 7, 2009 the first 47-year-old former Marine has won 896,487 dollars in the lottery «Super Kansas Cash». After taxes, he received 627,541 dollars. (Kansas Lottery)



10. Aubrey Boyce won the jackpot of 133 million dollars in New York. Boyce works the collector, he bought his winning ticket for $ 2 at ordinary shops. (Susan Watts, New York Daily News)



11. 50-year-old James Bush of South Daytona, Florida, holds a couple with a friend clay Shelferom winning coupon for one million dollars. It was his third win. He bought the winning ticket in Port Orange, Florida. (Florida Lottery)



12. Brian and Joan Caswell won 24, 9 million pounds ($ 41 million) in the lottery «EuroMillions Lottery» in Macclesfield, England. The couple plan to divide the winnings with her two daughters and four grandchildren. (Christopher Furlong, Getty Images)



13. Neal Wanless took home the ninth biggest win in the history of the lottery «Powerball». 23-year-old Uonless took his prize in the 232, 1 million dollars May 27, 2009. A resident of the Mission, South Dakota, whose family has recently regained ownership of the house, said that he would give the money to the needy. (South Dakota Lottery)



14. In a grocery store in Halfmoon, NY, for the past six months had two winners, winning one million dollars. In this photo Shirley Fleming with his check. Next to it stands Pamela Fitch with a photograph taken in January, when she won her one million dollars. (Michael P. Farrell, Times Union)



15. Marin County sheriff's deputy 31-year-old Brian Cabo and 24-year-old Analysis Hansen won the jackpot of 75 million dollars in the lottery «Mega Millions». A pair of California had planned to go to Disneyland and donate some money to the families of police officers killed four Oakland. (Paul Sakuma, AP)



16. Here is a gift. Patricia and James Gray of teaches Kansas, took the prize of 200 000 dollars. The winning ticket he gave the mother of James. (Kansas Lottery)



17. Jim Dancy of Richland, Michigan, knew what to do with a win in the $ 10 000, which he won in a lottery «Club Keno» - to give everything to the penny to charity. Jim (center) donated all the money the organization «Greater Kalamazoo United Way». In this photo winner stands with representatives of Spode Paul (left) and Mike Larson (right). (United Way)



18. Rachel Reni Romanik won 33 million dollars in a casino in Nevada on Easter Sunday. "I could not believe my luck," - said the winner and mother of four children. (IGT)



19. Linda Green - a happy wife. Her husband, Michael regularly play the lottery to win money for retirement. March 7, he bought a ticket and gave her - and now they each week will receive $ 1000 to the end of his days. (Duffie Taylor, The Roanoke Times)



20. A group of 10 fellow insurance company in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, won 216 million dollars in the lottery «Mega Million». They said that they intend to claim the prize in cash of $ 140 million and divide them into 10 pieces. (Mike Derer, AP)



21. Jorma Hogbaka celebrates its vyigrsh 12, $ 24 million in Toronto. Welder by profession, he admitted that he was waiting for this win, as the psychic promised that once he gets rich. (The Toronto Star / ZUMA Press)



22. Jessica Agbunag (center) won 2, $ 4 million on the machines during his first trip to Las Vegas. In this picture she is with her father Frankie and employee of the hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Agbunag family came to Las Vegas to honor the memory of his grandmother, who loved to play in the casino. (California Hotel and Casino / Boyd Gaming)



23. The 19-year-old Jonathan Vargas became the first resident of South Carolina, who won a jackpot lottery «Powerball» $ 35 million. He plans to buy his mother a house and quit his job at a construction site. (Erik Campos, The State / MCT)



24. A couple from Minnesota Sue and Paul Rosenau won the jackpot in 180, 1 million dollars in the lottery «Powerball» in May 2008 - the largest prize in the state. They chose the $ 88 million. After taxes, they got 59, 6 million. (Andy King, AP)



25. In March 2008, eight colleagues county tax office Monongalia County West Virginia won 276, $ 3 million in a lottery «Powerball». Women will get 139 million, after tax amounted to 12 million each. (Bob Bird, AP)



26. In February 2008, Tonya and Robert Harris bought the winning ticket at the store, which brought them $ 270 million in the lottery «Mega Millions» in Portal, Georgia. As the winning numbers they used birth dates of his six grandchildren. (John Amis, AP)