How many people become big lottery winners (over a few million) each
year? Where can I find lists of lottery winners? (you can provide
educated guesses, providing reasonable research backing it up) Thank
you!

< Lotteries.

Number of lottery winners.
The National Lottery in the UK created nearly 1,600 millionaires in 10
years. In 2003, 133 new millionaires were created.
(Source: Manchester Online.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:wuOcNFy1rXEJ:www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/stories/Detail_LinkStory%3D85293.html+lottery+%22new+millionaires%22&hl=en

South Africa?s national lottery produced 89 millionaires in 2003.
(Source: 89 becoame Lotto millionaires in 2003. 28, September 2004.
Iafrica.com.)
http://iafrica.com/news/sa/49283.htm

New Zealand?s lottery made 80 millionaires and three or four
multi-millionaires in 2003. (Source: Lottery Insider.com)
http://www.lotteryinsider.com/lottery/nz.htm

In Germany there were 51 new lottery millionaires in 2003. (Source:
Deutsche Welle.)
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1004902,00.html

There were 34 millionaires created by the Irish Lottery in 2003.
(Source: Ireland Site Newsletter.)
http://www.ireland-information.com/oct04.htm

USA.
In the USA there are lotteries in 40 states.

In 1996, 1,136 people won $1 million or more playing North American
lotteries. (Source: North American Association of State and Provincial
Lotteries.)
http://www.naspl.org/faq.html#lotprize

The Florida Lottery created 31 millionaires in 2003. (Source: Business Wire.)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Feb_26/ai_113652733

The New Jersey Lottery created 16 millionaires in 2003. (Source: The
New Jersey Lottery.)
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:8fKNGZeT_5UJ:www.njlottery.net/money/AR_PDF_2003.pdf+millionaires+%22in+2003%22+lottery&hl=en

The Missouri Lottery has had 185 big winners since 1986. (Source:
Missour Lottery reunion offers advice for the suddenly wealthy. By
Rick Alm. The Kansas City Star.)
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/6127130.htm?1c

In the California lottery, during the first quarter of 2004, there
were 5 winners of over $1 million. (Source: California Lottery.)
http://www.calottery.com/media/pressreleases/2004q1/index.html

To date in the Delaware Lottery there have been 229 winner with prizes
over $110 million and 6 winners with prizes worth over $388 million.
http://www.delottery.com/winnersgallery.html


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Lists of lottery winners.

California Lottery Winners Gallery.
Details of 10 winners are given here.
http://www.calottery.com/winnersgallery/index.html

Colorado Lotto Winners.
This site gives details of several hundred lottery winners from 1989
to 2004. (Source: Colorado Lottery.)
http://www.coloradolottery.com/games/winners.cfm

Delaware Lottery Winners Gallery.
http://lottery.state.de.us/winnersgallery.html

Florida Lottery Winners Gallery.
This site gives details of over 50 winners.
http://www.flalottery.com/lottery/games/galleries.html

Iowa Lottery Winners.
Details of recent lottery winners are given. (Source: Iowa Lottery.)
http://www.ialottery.com/WinnersCircle/WinnersCircle_MAIN.html

Maryland State Lottery Winners. (Source: Maryland State Lottery Agency.)
This site gives details of the largest lotto jackpots won.
http://www.msla.state.md.us/

Michigan Lottery Winners.
This site has information about 10 lottery winners with one winning
$2.3 million. (Source: Michigan Lottery.)
http://www.michigan.gov/lottery/0,1607,7-110-29078---,00.html

Michigan had 4 new lottery millionaires in 2002, all of who chose to
remain anonymous.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:0_EccTCwupcJ:www.michigan.gov/documents/2002AnnualReport_61076_7.pdf+%22lottery+winners%22++%22each+year%22+%22new+millionaires%22&hl=en

New York Lottery winners. (Source: New York Lottery.)
http://www.nylottery.org/ny/nyStore/cgi-bin/WinnerNewsDetail_Cat_333574_NavRoot_303_ProdID_1121413.htm

New York Lotto ? 50 largest jackpots from 1991 to present.
http://www.nylottery.org/ny/nyStore/cgi-bin/HighestPayouts_Cat_333578_SubCat_337673_NavRoot_302.htm

Texas Lottery Winners Gallery.
http://txlottery.org/newsalert.cfm


1998 texas has six new millionaires. (Source: Texas Lottery.)
http://txlottery.org/info/milestones.cfm


UK - The National Lottery Winners Gallery.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/winners/winnersGallery.jsp

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Lottery winners, winning over $20 million whose names are in the public domain. 

Mary Chamaine, California, $87 million (Source: California Lottery.)
http://www.liveworld.com/transcripts/CaliforniaLottery/12-07-2000.1-1.html

Linda Calliea, Michigan, $107 million (Source: Michigan Lottery.)
http://www.michigan.gov/lottery/0,1607,7-110-29078_29082-3997--M_2001_2,00.html


Carole Warner, California, $85 million (Source: Casino Gambling News.)
http://www.casino-associates.com/gambling-news/2003/2/3/a-18110.php

The Poteet family of Millersville, Md, won $60 million in Maryland.
(Source: CBS News.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/lottery/state_by_state/mmd.html

Dorothy Rice Cobbs, Texas, half of $21 million (Source: Maryland State
Lottery Agency.)
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:WqJYPo2Oml4J:www.msla.state.md.us/pr2438a.html+Dorothy+rice+cobbs+lottery&hl=en

Mary Sanderson, New York $66 million. (Source: The Newsletter of The
North Texas Skeptics.)
http://www.ntskeptics.org/1998/1998january/january1998.htm

Alex Snelius, Illinois, $64 million (Source: Launch.)
http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/dotmusic_news/17430.html&e=l_news

Mack Metcalf, Kentucky, $65 million. (Source: Enquirer.com.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:1lolh26lhOUJ:enquirer.com/columns/samples/2000/09/06/ks_samples_mail_bag.html+%22won+%2465+million%22+lottery&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Ross Larsen and Rusty Cummings, California, $57 million (Source:
Gambling Magazine.)
http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/articles/15/15-561.htm

Alan Panganiban, Forklift operator, Kentucky, $34 million (Source: The
RSA-Overseas Weekly!)
http://www.rsa-overseas.com/weekly/old88a.htm

Thomas ?Hollywood? Henderson, Texas $28 million. (Source: Bill Little Commentary.)
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/pages/billcommentary/002/little_051102.html

Albert Miller, Florida, $21 million (Source: Casino Gambling News.)
http://www.casino-associates.com/gambling-news/2001/4/9/a-16596.php

Pat Dreiling, New York, $31 million. (Source: Associated Press.)
http://www.kstatecollegian.com/ISSUES/v100/FA/n034/lottery.html

This site has details of winners including Thomas J. Tirendi of
Lebanon, Ohio, $36 million. (Source: USA Mega.)
http://www.biggamelottery.com/archive-062003.htm

David Kelly, Texas, $37 million (Source: USA Mega.)
http://www.biggamelottery.com/archive-062003.htm

John Welsh, New York, $30 million. (Source: The Opinionated Beer Page.)
http://www.tobp.com/other/beer_quotes.shtml

13 machinists from Ohio, won $295.7 million, an aspiring actress won
$99 million  and school employees from Minnesota, won $95 million.
Faidley from Indiana won $20.1 million.
Robynn Newton and Wesley Dorffi from California won $49.5 million.
Regina Mandabach from Washington won $95 million.
(Source: Gamble Tribune.)
http://www.gambletribune.org/article740.html

Kenneth Dukes, Georgia, $31 million ? picked up cheque for $10.65
million. (Source: Court records: Late claimer of lottery money was
settling divorce. By Leonora LaPeter. Morris News Service.)
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:k20FvDwYmrMJ:www.onlineathens.com/stories/040199/new_0401990012.shtml+kenneth+dukes+lottery&hl=en

Jerome Davies, New York, $33 million.
Sara Marks, New York, $87 million
Tyrell B. Conover, $146 million
(Source: Lotto Fever. The Herald & News. 05/12/2000. Barrylank.com.)
http://www.barrylank.com/5_12_00.html

Sang Cho, California, $45 million. (Source: Lottery winner comes
forward. March 5, 2001. Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal.)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/03/05/daily18.html

Zoltan Kramer, New Jersey, $27 million. (Source: The lottery winner.
Myshepard.com.)
http://www.myshepard.com/lottery.shtml

Stephen Cooke, Atlanta, $70 million. (Source: Of three winning tix for
$70m lotto Georgia man owns two. 11/13/2003. USA Today.)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-13-double-winner_x.htm

Jay Sommers, Michigan $28.9 million
Larry Ross, Michigan, $61.2 million (Source: Michigan Lottery.)
http://www.michigangaming.com/Lottery/Lott-00.html

John Osorio, Texas, $21 million (Source: Temple Daily Telegram.)
http://www.temple-telegram.com/archives/2000/n0912.htm

Andrew Whittaker West Virginia, $315 million. (Source: America JR)
http://www.geocities.com/americajr/news/news122702.html

Melvin B. Milligan, $46 million. (Source: Last-minute lottery winner
claims $46 million. June 15, 2001. CNN.com.)
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/06/15/lottery.winner.02/

Bernadette Gietka, $183 million. (Gloria Dasch. About.com)
http://baltimore.about.com/cs/newsandmedia/a/aa070203a.htm

Ed Brown, Washington, $10.4 million
Tim Schultz, Iowa, $28 million. 
Larry Hasken, Iowa $31.8 million
(Source: Iowa Lottery.)
http://www.ialottery.com/PressRoom/N10-17-04.html

Todd Powell, Florida, $27 million. (Source: This American Life.)
http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/98/113.html

David Edwards, Kentucky, $41 million. (Source: Ex-con shares riches
with needy. By Roger Alford. Laredo Morning Times.)
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:xkkqH8dgWBMJ:www.lmtonline.com/news/archive/111801/pagea22.pdf+%22won+%2427+million%22+lottery&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Joe Jones, Texas, $55 million. (Source: Texas Lottery.)
http://www.txlottery.org/news/view_press_release.cfm?id=182

Bob Jones, Pennsylvania, $54 million. (Source: Price head sky high as
Three Rivers Stadium items are auctioned off. By Dan Gigler January
07, 2001. Post Gazette.)
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20010107auction2.asp

Dean Leighton, New York, $51 million
Jason Sanderson, New York, $66.4 million. (Source: State Powerball
winner to remain anonymous. Associated Press. 1/30/99. Portsmouth
Herald.)
http://www.seacoastonline.com/1999news/1_30f.htm

Manuel, Maria and Paul Xavier, California, $49 million. (Source: Lottopulse.com.)
http://www.calottery.com/newsflash/archives/000817.asp

David D. Gibson, Washington, $47 million. (Source: Lottery Post.)
http://www.lotterypost.com/threads74715.htm

John Falcon, New York, $45 million. (Source: Market Place.)
http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2000/05/11_mpp.html

Floyd Hooker, New York, $45 million. (Source: Gambling Magazine.)
http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/articles/31/31-14.htm

Paula Moore, Massachusetts, $42 million. (Source: Northern Essex eyes
new $9.5M tech center. Camille Ducey. Eagle-Tribune.)
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20010906/HA_003.htm

Dave Rush, Florida, $25 million (Source: Florida Lottery.)
http://www.flalottery.com/lottery/games/lotto/gallery/drush.shtml

Kenneth Parker, New York, $25 million. (Source: Lottery Post.)
http://www.lotterypost.com/threads72801.htm

Shirley Press, Florida, $56.37 million. (Source: Florida Lottery.)
http://www.flalottery.com/lottery/faq/history.shtml

Scott and Marion Calligan, West Virginia, $73.6 million.
(Source: Powerball leaves Pa. couple $73.6 million richer. By John
Sullivan. The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 23, 2003.)
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/6361511.htm

William and Amy Bashert, Florida,  Half of $80.9 million. (Source: Lottery Post.)
http://www.lotterypost.com/threads71942.htm

Narinder Badwal, Californian, $247,500
Jack Whittaker, West Virginia £176 million. (Source: Ananova.)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_851450.html

Staff Sergeant Stephen Moore, Georgia $94 million. (Source: Ananova.)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_825661.html

Erika Greene, Florida, $108 million, £225 million. (Source: Ananova.)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_569470.html?menu=

David Edwards, Kentucky 
Pat Wales, Maine
Sheryel, Minnesota £210 million. (Source: Ananova.)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_384513.html?menu=

Sherri Williams, Chicago, $28 million. (Source: $28 Million Lottery
Winner ? Chicagoan Sherri Williams. Jet. August 27, 2001. Looksmart.
Findarticles.)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_11_100/ai_77844593>


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<Hope this helps.>

Excellent! I am very impressed. Thank you.

I'm surprised you did not get an answer. I'll guess 2000 Americans win
one million or more each year, totaling five billion dollars if the
average win is 2.5 million dollars, from all types of lotteries.  Neil

And on what, my dear Zero, do you base your "guess"? Making up number
from thin air does not really help the client and might even mislead
him or her.

In addition, and regarding the question, "why this wasn't answered",
while it might be easy to find the number of winners, it would be
probably impossible to find their personal contact detail (the
client's second question). Most big winners wish to keep anonymous.