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Beilue: Gambling won't ease budget woes

28 Jul 2010 at 6:12pm

State Rep. John Smithee has heard it all before, how the money from increased gambling will help the state of Texas' coffers and be a win-win for everyone.

Lottery to fund Rugby World Cup entertainment

28 Jul 2010 at 2:02pm

A $9.5 million lottery fund is being set up to support arts and entertainment for next year's World Cup, organisers said.

Sparks touts plan for gambling, lottery referendum

28 Jul 2010 at 9:53am

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Ron Sparks speaks to supporters during a gathering on Tuesday at Ziglar-Nelson Tire Company in downtown Jasper.

Big winners reduce Iowa Lottery profitability

28 Jul 2010 at 8:52am
Iowa Lottery sales rose over the past 12 months, although profits dipped slightly amid a surge of lucky prize winners.

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Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game

28 Jul 2010 at 5:38am

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 02-07-10-16-29, Mega Ball: 8 Estimated jackpot: $24 million More articles in Maine Thought you might like LOG IN TO COMMENT Sorry, we could not find your e-mail or password.

Virginia Beach man wins $1 million from Virginia Lottery scratcher

28 Jul 2010 at 1:38am

A Virginia Beach man picked up a giant check from a Sandbridge convenience store this morning.

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27 Jul 2010 at 10:00pm
Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 4-7-6 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 6-7-8-9


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27 Jul 2010 at 9:34pm

By Andrew Bucholtz - Langley Times Published: July 27, 2010 2:00 PM Updated: July 27, 2010 2:54 PM In the past month, the B.C. Lottery Corporation has been fined $670,000 by the federal agency that tracks money laundering, sued by two problem gamblers who were allowed to keep playing despite signing self-exclusion orders, and forced to close down a ...

Big payouts hurt lottery profits

27 Jul 2010 at 5:25pm

Iowa Lottery sales rose over the past 12 months, although profits dipped slightly amid a surge of lucky prize winners.

Syracuse lottery winner plans to donate to scholarship fund

27 Jul 2010 at 1:16pm

The good luck appears to be rubbing off at the Price Chopper on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse.

National lottery scam ring may have ...

27 Jul 2010 at 10:16am

People who bilked a 55-year-old Teaneck woman out of her life savings may be part of a national ring that scams victims by saying they need help cashing a winning lottery ticket, police said.

Morris, Warren counties tickets split $448K lottery jackpot

27 Jul 2010 at 9:16am

Tickets sold in Hanover and Hackettstown will split a Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth nearly $448,000 for Friday night's drawing.

Historical sites share 10.5m restoration funding

27 Jul 2010 at 8:11am

A historical site in Bedfordshire is to receive A 1.14 million of funding for restoration work, it has been announced.

A 1m Lottery 'good cause' cash injection for Kidderminster

27 Jul 2010 at 4:07am

AT least A 1 million of Lottery good cause funding is to flow into the Horsefair, Broadwaters and Greenhill areas of Kidderminster.

Boss wins lottery, stays on job for his staff

27 Jul 2010 at 2:33am
A Briton who won a £7.7 million (US$11.9 million) in a lottery has promised to continue working for the sake of his employees who had even worked for free to save his recession-hit firm.

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$250,000 Mega Million prize may be forfeited

27 Jul 2010 at 1:36am
Illinois Lottery officials say a player who bought a second-place winning Mega Millions ticket nearly a year ago in Des Plaines needs to redeem the $250,000 ticket by month's end or lose the prize.

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Des Plaines lottery winner may lose $250K

27 Jul 2010 at 12:02am

A lottery player who bought his or her ticket a year ago in Des Plaines needs to claim the $250,000 Mega Millions win by month's end or lose it all, officials said today.

IA Lottery

27 Jul 2010 at 12:02am

These Iowa lotteries were drawn Monday: 100K Cash 01-11-27-32-33 Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $24 million Pick Three-Midday 6-3-4 Pick Four-Midday 4-6-7-8 Pick Three-Evening 2-3-6 Pick Four-Evening 1-6-1-8 Powerball Estimated jackpot: $67 million APNP 07-26-10 2148CDT save this article / add to your favorites list Share This Article on Facebook ...

Lottery ticket sold in Shelby pays off big

26 Jul 2010 at 10:57pm

Carole Grove of Cherryville won $5,000 in an instant scratch-off lottery game, according to state officials.

Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 4 - 4PM' game

26 Jul 2010 at 8:53pm

PORTLAND, Ore. - The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 - 4PM" game were: 1-4-1-8 Site Search Make us your home page News Weather Sports Entertainment Living Interact Jobs Autos Real Estate Rentals Classified Ads Shopping Hillsboro Argus © 2010 Oregon Live LLC.

Des Moines charter school opening postponed

26 Jul 2010 at 4:33pm

Des Moines school officials have delayed until January the opening of the district's first charter school - one aimed at keeping at-risk students in the classroom.

Jackpots escape weekend lottery drawings

26 Jul 2010 at 12:18pm

Here are results of Friday and Saturday's Montana Lottery drawings: JACKPOTS WON: None MAJOR PRIZES WON IN MONTANA: None THE WINNING NUMBERS DRAWN: Montana Cash: 01, 03, 13, 16, 27 Wild Card: 02, 11, 16, 17, 31.

1: UK Film Council to be abolished

26 Jul 2010 at 12:18pm

The UK Film Council is to be axed as part of a cost-cutting drive by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport , it has been announced.

4.85m grant for Abbotsford project

26 Jul 2010 at 9:13am

Sir Walter Scott's former home has been awarded A 4.85 million of lottery funding for restoration and conservation work, it has been announced.

B.C. Lottery faces lawsuit from second problem gambler

24 Jul 2010 at 8:19am
A Vancouver Island man is suing the British Columbia Lottery Corporation because the company denied him a $42,500 jackpot on the grounds he's a registered problem gambler although the BCLC has never stopped him from losing money.

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4.8 Million People Nearly Win Lottery!

A record 4.8 million people nearly won the South African National Lottery grand prize of R6.5 million this weekend - the largest number of almost-winners in the Lottery's history.

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Officials confirmed the record high number of near winners for this weekend's draw.

"This proves once and for all that almost anyone could nearly win millions and millions," said a Lottery spokesperson.

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[An] enthusiast explains. "I forgot to complete my lotto system a couple of weeks ago, and the numbers that came up that weekend would have been exactly the numbers I would have picked, give or take a number or two.”

"So I nearly won, and I didn't even buy a ticket!"

Lottery officials concede that several people have in fact nearly won the lotto without purchasing a ticket.

"I suppose it's possible, but how can they prove it?" was an official comment.

However, there are still many that are optimistic about their chances in next week's draw. Statistics shows that those who nearly win the lottery in one week are 99.998% likely to nearly win in the following week.

[Original source: comedyclub.co.za/feature/feature85.html (now defunct)]

Dyslexic awarded Lotto winnings!

The National Lottery has announced that they will be reassessing the terms and conditions of weekly Lotto draws to ensure that this sort of thing never happens again.

The High Court yesterday found in favour of the plaintiff, Mia Fieth (nee Borrer), of 22 Budious Road, Observatory in her case against the National Lottery when it was concluded that only her disability had prevented her from winning, despitehavingknown the right numbers.

After thirty-seven minutes of deliberation, a jury unanimously awarded her the million rand prize money saying that she had indeed come up with the correct numbers and it was only in selecting them from the lottery sheet that the dyslexia had caused her to fill in the wrong spaces.

Mrs Fieth had correctly filled in the numbers9 and 22 and it was fairly straightforward to see that she had filled in number 13 mistakenly as 31 and number 32 as 23 bit it was the last two numbers that caused the deep inquiry.

In fact it took expert testimony from Dr. Biff Borrer and a series of confusing logarythmical graph comparisons which he flipped through very quickly as he mumbled phrases like 'regressive retination' and 'perpendicular digit-flipping' to show how the other two numbers Mrs Fiethhad picked - 3 and 29 - were actually meant to be the numbers 17 and 39 respectively.

Dr. Borrer, in conclusion, said: 'Ah yes, it is a very rare and specificised type of Dyslexia that we are dealing with here, not common to humans. With normal Dyslexia the person in their mind switches round digits or letters but with this brand which I will call Pulyorlegial Dyslexititis, that occurs as well but occasional additions and multiplications are also known to sometimes appear. By looking at the numbers Mrs Fieth blocked out and comparing it to the actual winning Lotto numbers, a trained professional like myself can see immediately that they are one and the same.'

Don Canhoostin, director of the National Lotto, was unavailable for comment. In a statement issued by the National Lotto,they have announced that they will be drawing up an extended form of terms and conditions to attach to the weekly Lotto drawings so that this kind of charade never happens again.

[Original source: anastrophe.co.za/sa_news/lotto_dyslexic.html (now defunct)]

New Lotto System

Because of cashflow problems, the National Lotteries Board today announced a brand new lotto: Instead of a big lump sum payment, a lottery winner will now instead receive R2.50 a year - for a million years!

The Farmer who won the Lotto

They recently interviewed the lucky old farmer from Bothaville who had won R20 million in the Lottery. When asked what he was gonna do with all that money and if it was going to change his life, he scratched his head and said: "Not 100% sure, but I'll probably just keep on farming untill it's all gone".

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