Winnings

After years of financial difficulties in which she was forced to sell her family home, a widow in her 50s won the prize in Double Lotto. She is not alone: within a few days, three new winners arrived at the Mifal HaPayis headquarters, including a resident of the South who won 40 million shekels, who will buy an apartment for his soldier son, and a finance professional who will provide a...

The latest lottery draw resulted in another huge win, but what stunned the participants is a very rare statistical sequence that repeated itself with amazing precision within just one week.

The nine players at the World Series of Poker final table collectively won $30.25 million. However, more than $12.2 million of that is expected to be paid out to tax authorities.

Reuven Shemesh, a painter from Hadera who won 12.5 million shekels in the lottery, reflects on his financial mistakes. After a period of lavish spending, he has returned to his original trade.