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* One of the ''[[Sweet Valley High]]'' books has Winston winning the lottery when he mixes up his jacket with a man he met at the convenience store. Jessica and Lila start lavishing Winston with attention. Elizabeth realizes that the jacket does not belong to Winston and convinces him to give the jacket and the ticket back to the old man. Funny how she didn't point out that Winston is 16 and is ineligible to win the lottery, much less buy a ticket.
* The premise of the book "One In A Million". The main character {{spoiler|wins the lottery, but before she gets a chance to tell her husband, he announces that he is leaving her for another woman.}}
* In the ''[[Calendar Mysteries (Literature)|Calendar Mysteries]]'' book ''January Joker'', Nate says he sent postcards to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose saying they had won a million dollars in a contest. The three kids seek revenge by creating a [[Scooby
== Live Action TV ==
* Spanish show ''[[Aqui No Hay Quien Viva]]'' had a an episode in which a lottery ticket, won by the whole building, (a Christmas tradition) won the (third) price. The community president's wife attempts to convince her husband to keep the money, and [[Hilarity Ensues]]. One of the rare examples where the ticket is legit and it does get chashed.
* ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'', the episode "Goodbye Mr Grainger". Old Mr Grainger resigns after a bad depression, but the depression lifts when he discovers that he won a First Drawing tin the British Lottery. He buys the entire staff farewell gifts, and they discover that he didn't win anything. So they just club the money together that the gifts cost, tell him he just won that much, and manage to intercept his resignation before the Boss reads it.
* The Connor family in ''[[Roseanne]]'' actually ''did'' win the lottery during the final season (at least, until we find out that it, and much that came before it, was [[All Just a Dream]]). Commonly considered to be the show's [[Jump the Shark]] moment.
* ''[[Hey Dude]]'': Someone with money wants to invest in the dude ranch; it turns out to be Ted, who left the show last season and has won the lottery in the meantime. He spends most of the episode waving his money around, before the lottery commission finds out at the end that he's under 18, and thus, ineligible.
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* On ''[[Martin]]'', he and Gina win the lottery and buy all sorts of extravagant things before collecting any of the money. But while they did legitimately win, ''so did about 300 other people'' in the largest tie in Michigan Lottery history. Martin and Gina only got a couple thousand out of the whole thing, which wasn't even enough to pay off the things they bought on credit, leaving them a grand in debt.
** The revival of ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' did a similar episode; Les even announced the multiple winners story on his newscast, but who ever listens to Les?
* In the ''[[
** In "A Christmas Carol", the Doctor made Kazran's staff win the lottery, even though Sardicktown never had a lottery.
** A winning lottery ticket was the Doctor's wedding present to Donna in ''The End of Time''.
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== Webcomics ==
* Subverted in the webcomic [[
* Calamities of Nature points out that you're [http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=253 just as well off throwing that money away] as buying a lottery ticket.
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