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I had no idea I’d won £5million lotto jackpot as I was too busy watching TV… when I realised I didn’t tell my wife
A MAN was so glued to the TV that he didn’t realise he had just scooped a powerball lottery win of £5million.
The lucky New Zealander took home the lotto sum at the weekend – and even kept it secret from his wife initially.
A man from New Zealand has won £5 million in the lotto[/caption]
The unnamed man from Auckland claimed he was taken by surprise.
He said: “I didn’t pay any attention to the Lotto results that evening as I was too busy watching the rugby – Blues versus Crusaders.”
However, the next morning he was strangely bombarded with lottery emails.
He said: “One said I’d won a major prize, which seemed odd.
“I thought maybe I’d won the Mother’s Day promo prize.
“I quickly logged onto MyLotto to check my ticket and couldn’t believe it when I saw all my numbers line up.
“I was speechless – I never expected to win Powerball.”
The man initially kept his wife in the dark about the major scoop.
But he later admitted he was waiting until her special Mother’s Day lunch to share the news with their family.
He said “At first, they couldn’t believe it.
“They thought it was a joke.
“But after I showed them my ticket and replayed the draw on my phone, and they could see it happen, they realised it was real.
“My wife was very happy.
“She wondered how I managed to keep it so quiet, but I’m good at keeping a secret.”
In Australia and New Zealand, Mother’s Day falls on the second Sunday of May every year.
The couple will reportedly share their winnings with their family and donate some of it to charity.
Who won Eurovision 2023?
EUROPE’s biggest party has drawn to a close as a 2023 champion has been crowned.
After a thrilling showcase of the 26 countries’ performances, Eurovision song contest voters have claimed their winner.
Graham Norton is hosting the Eurovision final[/caption]
Who won Eurovision 2023?
Sweden’s Eurovision 2023 entry Loreen has once again won the Eurovision song contest after her crowning glory in 2012.
Gathering an enormous amount of support from the European public, Loreen topped the jury and public vote with 583 points.
She beat runners-up Finland’s entry Käärijä by 57 points and Isreal’s entry Noa Kiral by 221 points.
Who is in the Eurovision 2023 final?
There are a total of 26 acts who will be competing to be crowned Eurovision winner 2023.
Ukraine automatically goes through to the final, after winning the famous Song Contest in 2022.
Next we have the “Big Five” who also get an automatic place in the finale.
The group – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK – don’t have to take part in the semi-final rounds.
This is because they are the countries who, via their broadcasters, make the biggest financial contribution towards the organisation of the Contest.
Then there were two semi-final rounds which took place on May 9 and May 11, 2023.
The FULL list Eurovision finalists are:
- Ukraine: Tvorchi – Heart of Steel
- France: La Zarra – Évidemment
- Germany: Lord Of The Lost – Blood & Glitter
- Italy: Marco Mengoni – Due Vite
- Spain: Blanca Paloma – Eaea
- United Kingdom: Mae Muller – I Wrote a Song
- Croatia: Let 3 – Mama ŠČ!
- Moldova: Pasha Parfeni – Soarele şi Luna
- Switzerland: Remo Forrer – Watergun
- Finland: Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha
- Czechia: Vesna – My Sister’s Crown
- Israel: Noa Kirel – Unicorn
- Portugal: Mimicat – Ai Coração
- Sweden: Loreen – Tattoo
- Serbia: Luke Black – Samo Mi Se Spava
- Norway: Alessandra – Queen of Kings
- Armenia: Brunette – Future Lover
- Estonia: Alika – Bridges
- Belgium: Gustaph – Because Of You
- Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – Break A Broken Heart
- Poland: Blanka – Solo
- Slovenia: Joker Out – Carpe Diem
- Austria: Teya & Salena – Who The Hell Is Edgar?
- Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – Stay
- Australia: Voyager – Promise
- Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – Duje
Where does the Eurovision Song Contest final take place?
The Eurovision final will take place on TOMORROW (May 13, 2023), and is being held at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
If you weren’t able to get a ticket to the live show, never fear, there are plenty of other options to enjoy the show without leaving your house.
The BBC will be providing coverage of the contest across all three days.
You will be able to watch on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
Who is representing the UK in Eurovision?
Singer-songwriter Mae Muller is the UK’s entrant for Eurovision 2023.
She picks up the baton from Sam Ryder who stormed to second place in 2022.
Mae was born in Kentish Town in London in 1997 – the same year the UK last won the competition – and signed with her manager while she was working in a pub and shot a DIY music video from her dad’s bathroom.
She has already enjoyed chart success both here and across the Atlantic and worked with some of the biggest stars in UK music including Little Mix, Aitch and Sigala.
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84 Amazon Delivery Drivers Just Won a $30 an Hour Union Contract
An anonymous reader shared this follow-up report from Vox:
[T]hey unanimously ratified the contract, which will bring their wages from around $20 currently to $30 by September and would allow them to refuse to do deliveries they consider unsafe. But that victory is a bit complicated… They wear Amazon vests and drive Amazon-branded vehicles, have schedules dictated by Amazon, and can even be fired by Amazon. But they’re technically employed by Battle Tested Strategies (BTS), one of approximately 3,000 delivery contract companies that make up Amazon’s extensive delivery network. BTS voluntarily recognized the union after a majority of workers signed union authorization cards and negotiated the union contract.
Amazon has told Vox that its contract with BTS, which exclusively delivers for Amazon, was terminated “well before” workers notified the tech giant Monday, but that the contract hasn’t expired yet. The union said that the delivery people are still working for Amazon and that the contract goes through October, when it typically would auto-renew. What happens next depends on Amazon, the workers, and the interpretation of outdated US labor law… At the crux of the delivery driver issue is whether Amazon controls enough of what the workers do to be considered a joint employer. “If Amazon is able to get away with ignoring the workers’ decision and hiding behind the subcontractor relationships, then I’m afraid we’ll have yet another story of the failure of American labor law,” said Benjamin Sachs, a labor professor at Harvard Law School. “If this leads to a recognition that these drivers are Amazon employees, joint employees, then this could be massively important.”
One element of note: These workers organized in California, which has a lower bar for who is considered an employee, and by extension, who enjoys union protections… Another element that the National Labor Relations Board will likely have to decide is whether Amazon terminated the contract with BTS in order to avoid working with a union, something that would be illegal if they were considered employees.
The article also notes that elsewhere, 50 YouTube contractors also voted to unionize this week.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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