A postcard mailed to a retirement home on the Baltic island of Gotland finally reaches its destination, 50 years after being mailed from the Swedish mainland. Sent in October 1955, it arrived last month bearing a lottery number. The card, sent to a former employee at the Avallegarden retirement home in Klintehamn, was mailed by a friend in Finspang, some 90 miles away.

Some just have the luck, while others simply don't. New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg is one of them, having won a $853,000 piece of the $340 million jackpot after having bought his ticket on a whim. Gregg, a 58-year-old Republican from Rye, New Hampshire, announced his lucky win at a news conference on Thursday. The Politician says he usually doesn't play the lottery, but was intrigued by the huge jackpot and dropped $20 worth of numbers at a gas station in Washington, D. C.

Some just have the luck, while others simply don't. New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg is one of them, having won a $853,000 piece of the $340 million jackpot after having bought his ticket on a whim. Gregg, a 58-year-old Republican from Rye, New Hampshire, announced his lucky win at a news conference on Thursday. The Politician says he usually doesn't play the lottery, but was intrigued by the huge jackpot and dropped $20 worth of numbers at a gas station in Washington, D. C.

Some just have the luck, while others simply don't. New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg is one of them, having won a $853,000 piece of the $340 million jackpot after having bought his ticket on a whim. Gregg, a 58-year-old Republican from Rye, New Hampshire, announced his lucky win at a news conference on Thursday. The Politician says he usually doesn't play the lottery, but was intrigued by the huge jackpot and dropped $20 worth of numbers at a gas station in Washington, D. C.

Only in America can one swear the oath of citizenship and win almost $2 million dollars a few hours later. That very thing happened to Moses Bittok of West Des Moines, who discovered he had a winning lottery ticket later that day. "It's almost like you adopted a country and then they netted you $1. 8 million," says Bittok, who cashed in the winning ticket Monday. "It doesn't happen anywhere. . . I guess only in America. "