A 16-year-old girl survived being struck by lightning and won lottery the following day.

BreAnna Helsel was at her family's Blanchard home was watching thunderstorms on June 6. Rain was entering through an open kitchen window and just as she was about to close the window, she got hit by lightning.

A former lottery winner who was facing tax fraud charges died broke early this month, reports said on Thursday.

Alex Toth, who won the a $13 million jackpot nearly two decades ago, died early this month, his attorney Bjorn Brunvand is quoted by in a report by the Suncoast News. He was scheduled to stand trial in June for filing fake tax forms together with his wife, Rhoda.

A man who found himself the winner of a Ł1.3 million ($2.6 million) lottery recently returned to his job at a local McDonald's after living a rich life, simply because he missed his co-workers.

The man, 25-year old Luke Pittard, won the lottery with his girlfriend and co-worker, 29-year old Emma Cox, 18 months ago, leading Pittard to quit his job as the restaurant's staff trainer. However, he decided to return because of the fact that he simply loved his job.

Teachers and officials at a coed British school were shocked to see a class with an all-boy attendance on the first day of school.

For the first time since it opened 30 years ago Bassetts Farm, a primary school with a population equally split between girls and boys, suddenly had a class of 20 4-year old boys, an occurrence that is still puzzling people.

A Maine resident who purchased a winning lottery ticket using money from selling drugs to an undercover police officer was arrested by police.

Michael David, 46, had allegedly sold four methadone pills, 10g each, to the undercover cop for $15 each. He then went to a convenience store, and used his earnings to buy several items, including a lottery ticket that turned out to be a $1000 winner.