A power outage in Watford, a small town 15 miles northwest of London, caused the UK National Lottery website and smartphone app to crash and continue to remain out of action just four hours before the big drawing of £5 million (US$6.2 million) on Wednesday.

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.

The South African 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.
Feb 6, 2004
Brett Anderson

Welcome to our redesigned website where you can play the South African Lottery and other National Lottos online.

Instead of finding and traveling to a local vendor, and then standing in line to buy a lottery ticket, you instead play the lotto via the Internet from the comfort of your own home or computer (anywhere in the world).

Using our online services also is a lot more private, safe and secure than carrying cash, or collecting your wins in person – any jackpot or other lottery winnings are simply paid directly into your bank or other online account! It’s easy, confidential, safe and convenient.

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Playing the lottery online therefore has many benefits*:

• Order your lottery tickets online via the Internet (or even via SMS/Texting).
• Improve your winning chances! You now have a bigger choice of National Lotteries to enter, not just your own country’s lotto.
• No need to download any software. You simply play via your internet browser in the privacy and convenience of your home, office, or hotel room. 🙂
• It is free to sign up, and