Buying Lottery tickets as gifts
 The season for giving gifts is upon us already and although lottery tickets may seem like an original Christmas gift, before you start buying lottery tickets as gifts you really need to think about it considerably. Although a potentially harmless, well thought out gift, there are lots of problems that can arise from buying lottery tickets as gifts and all of those should be considered before you head out and buy lottery tickets as gifts for friends and family.
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Three unclaimed lottery prizes about to expire
 Everyone is feeling the pinch right now, with Christmas just around the corner and many of us are probably thinking that a lottery win might just lighten the load. Yet it seems that even with millions up for grabs many people are careless about lottery tickets, especially when you consider that there are three unclaimed lottery prizes about to expire. Now they would certainly help the Christmas fund especially as they are all life changing amounts of cash.
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Catch up on UK’s biggest Lottery winners
 It’s a month since the now famous couple from Caerleon in South Wales became the biggest ever UK Lottery winners after scooping half of a £90 million Euromillions Lottery jackpot so we at World Lottery thought it was time to catch up on the UK’s biggest lottery winners and see how they are getting along trying to spend their £45 million winnings.
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Double rollover for the Euromillions Lottery
Tonight it’s a double rollover for the Euromillions Lottery giving players a massive £39 million to play for. That amount of cash should certainly give a helping hand with the Christmas shopping and the only way of being in with a chance at winning it is to buy your Euromillions Lottery tickets today. The draw, as usual will be held in Paris at 10pm this evening which gives you quite a few hours to ensure you get your tickets. |
SuperEnalotto biggest jackpot in Europe
 €100 million says the SuperEnalotto is the biggest jackpot in Europe right now with a jackpot that far eclipses any available right now in Europe and possibly the world lottery draws too. Weeks without a winner has pushed the jackpot higher and higher and now lottery fever is threatening to take over the whole nation. It was just a few months ago that we saw the jackpot pushed over €100 million last time and we all know the craziness that ensued then.
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New Year new owners for National Lottery?
 With Royal Mail still plagued by staffing problems and Britain said to be the only European country still in recession is it to be a case of New Year new owners for the National Lottery? Royal Mail own a massive 20% share in Camelot along with four other well known UK and global brands. Who could have missed talk of a hostile takeover of Cadbury by a foreign buyer this week and did you also know that Cadbury are one of the companies with another 20% in the company who run the UK National Lottery.
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Kansas Lottery win for Wichita man
It took nearly three weeks for one lucky world lottery winner to realise that he has scooped a massive $1.2 million win on the Super Kansas Cash draw. The Kansas Lottery win for this Wichita man only came to light when he decided to check a bundle of Powerball and Super Kansas Cash tickets that he found in his wife’s glove box. The Kansas Lottery draw for Super Kansas Cash took place on 14th November but it was only claimed the winnings a couple of days ago. |
Man Wins Lottery Twice in One Day
 To win the lottery is everyone’s dream but as one man wins the lottery twice in one day we wonder just how lucky you can possibly be! Phillip Brunelle purchased a Massachusetts State Lottery scratch card early Sunday morning and scratched it to find he had won $1,000 but even after that good fortune, things just got better for this lucky lottery winner.
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Euromillions Super Draw Coming up
 Here at World Lottery we try our best to keep our fingers on the pulse and bring you the very latest breaking lottery news first and here’s one bit of Euromillions Lottery news that hopefully you won’t have heard from anywhere else. There’s a Euromillions Super Draw coming up soon and although it’s a few weeks away now we just couldn’t wait to tell you all about it!
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Found Lotto Ticket
 Earlier this year we brought you news about a couple who had found a winning lottery ticket and cashed in the £30,000 prize, spending half of it almost immediately. The winner of the ticket had called Camelot to report the ticket lost but as the ticket had already been cashed Camelot refused to pay out twice after paying the found lotto ticket out already.
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Lottery Numbers 25-7-09
 It’s been an exciting week for lottery news with lots happening, but of course it’s the world lottery draws you want to hear about to check those lottery numbers against your tickets and see if you have been lucky. Check those numbers carefully as there are millions to be claimed by any lucky ticket holders who match all the winning numbers to scoop the jackpot.
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Lottery Syndicate Struggled to Find 50p
 A Syndicate of steelworkers from Scunthorpe have scooped over £2 million on the UK National Lottery but the lottery syndicate struggled to find 50p for their subs for the lottery after the financial downturn hit their pockets. Now the steelworkers from the Corus plant in Scunthorpe are celebrating.
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Islanders Ferry Trip to Buy Lotto Tickets
 The Island of Barra is a pretty remote part of the UK and that means that buying essentials can often be difficult for islanders. Luckily they have a local post office and shop which has served the local population well for the last thirty years but as announced today the islands shop and post office will close temporarily in August after the post master resigned leaving the islanders a ferry trip to buy lotto tickets and supplies.
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Canadian Jackpot Winner Lands In Jail
 A lottery win should be followed by lots of celebrations but this wasn’t the case as one Canadian jackpot winner lands in jail. The player scooped a massive $4 million on the Canada Lotto 6/49 but instead of celebrating he was immediately handcuffed and thrown in the cells.
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Lottery Scam Perpetrators Charged
 We often bring you news of Lottery scams and how you can avoid them but all too often the perpetrators of these crimes avoid any punishment so it was good news today to hear that twelve lottery scam perpetrators are charged in the US for running a telemarketing lottery fraud that may have cost US residents as much as $25 million in fraudulent lottery activity.
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Canada Lottery to Launch Lotto Max
The five regional lottery organisations in Canada are to collectively launch a brand new weekly National Lottery game to give players a chance to win jackpots of up to $50 million. Canada Lottery are to launch Lotto Max in September and offers smaller $1 million prizes once the main jackpot exceeds $50 million. |
Lots of Winners no Millionaires
 There was a massive £4.4 million up for grabs in Saturday night’s UK National Lottery draw but an odd result meant there were lots of winners, no millionaires after a staggering six players matched all six of the winning numbers to share the multi-million lottery jackpot between them all equally, meaning less than one million each after the shock lottery result.
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Lottery Numbers 18-7-09
 There were some bumper lottery jackpots available in many of the world lottery draws last night and no doubt players will have bought tickets in the hope of winning a big jackpot. If you have lottery tickets for any of the weekend lottery draws then you will be keen to check your lottery numbers and here they all are.
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Record Sales for Kentucky Lottery
 In a year of financial concern it must be good news to be able to report growth within your company which is why record sales for Kentucky Lottery must be fantastic news for the organisation. The news defies the odds of the reeling economy but handily will boost the state treasury more than ever before. It’s the fourth year running that lottery sales for the Kentucky Lottery set a state record and maybe it’s not so surprising with unemployment at over 10% as people see a lottery win as a way out of debt.
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Lotto Problems for South Africa Player
 There has been a lotto problems for a South Africa Lottery player this week as the lottery machine rejected her winning ticket as a loser even though she had won R88 on the game. The winner, Wanda Bromehead for Durban had checked her South African Lottery numbers in the newspaper but the scanning machines declared the ticket a loser.
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Lottery Winner to Wed
 Diane Hill was ecstatic after winning £2.2 million on the UK National Lottery and now the lucky lottery winner is to wed as her sweetheart Bob Gould got down on one knee yesterday to pop the big question. Of course the answer from Miss Hill was a resounding ‘Yes’ and now she is busy planning the dream wedding she has always longed for.
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Syndicate Members didnt pay up
Last week we heard news that the lottery rollover jackpot of almost £8 million was on by one lucky ticket holder and now news has come to light that the ticket was shared by a family based lottery syndicate. But the syndicate members didn’t pay up, they are made up of the couples children and haven’t paid since five years after the launch of the UK National Lottery which is around 1999. |
New kiosks for Lottery Players
Since the launch of the UK National Lottery the kiosks where lottery forms have been filled in have gone through many changes, yet none of them quite as futuristic as the new kiosks for lottery players that are about to launch up and down the country. The design for the new lottery terminals has been much fought out between designers and the new look should ensure improved access to National Lottery games plus better branding for the company for all their lottery draws. |
Euromillions Hits £50 million
It was a double rollover on Friday for the Euromillions Lottery but with no tickets matching all the winning numbers to win the £36 million jackpot the lottery rolls over again as the Euromillions hits £50 million. The winning numbers for the draw held on July 10th were 6 – 16 – 20 – 42 – 46, the lucky stars were 1 and 6 but despite a rush of ticket sales no tickets matched all the winning numbers making a bumper draw for this weekend. |
Lottery Numbers 11-7-09
Another week is over and as thoughts turn to summer holidays and breaks away with the kids, just a little reminder to buy your lottery tickets before you leave, you won’t want to miss a draw and have your lucky lottery numbers come out! If you had numbers and tickets from any of the world lottery draws on our pages from the weekend then here are all the winning numbers and results. |
Intralot proposes MedLotto
 Greek Lottery firm Intralot have put forward an interesting proposal this week for a Mediterranean Lottery, Intralot proposes MedLotto to improve ties between Mediterranean countries and believes it could create a lottery to rival the Euromillions.
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UK Rollovers Galore
 It’s been an exciting week for UK lottery players as both the UK National Lottery and Euromillions Lottery saw UK rollovers galore. Wednesdays UK National Lottery jackpot was £8 million after no players matched all the winning numbers last weekend creating a midweek rollover, one lucky winner scooped the lot but there’s still plenty to play for with the Euromillions Lottery draw tonight.
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Row Over Lottery Split
 A Lottery syndicate is at war right now over a row over lottery split. The syndicate has scooped £100,000 on the Irish Lottery but has encountered problems over one couple trying to claim a double share. One of the eleven strong syndicate member, Jim Hogg asked his wife to purchase the tickets for the group, even though she is not a member and now he is trying to claim a share for his wife, something the rest of the group are angry with.
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One Winner get Rich on the Mega Millions
 New York was celebrating last night as one winner gets rich on the Mega Millions Lottery after matching all the winning numbers to scoop a staggering $133 million jackpot. It’s the fourth time this year that a massive Mega Millions Lottery win has hit the area after the ticket sold in Queens matched all the numbers. It wasn’t the only win for New York either as another three winners matched all the numbers without the Mega Ball to scoop $250,000 each.
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A Change of Luck for Lottery Winner
After battling breast cancer and then being attacked by a vicious dog Nicky Cusack must have thought the whole world was against her but a £2.5 million UK National Lottery win has signified a change of luck for this lottery winner. £2.5 million cannot buy back your health of course but it can certainly make things better and signifies a huge change of luck for this lady who is now celebrating this life changing lottery win. |
Winning the Lottery is bad for you
 While most of us dream of that elusive lottery win to take away all our problems it seems that research this week shows that winning the lottery is bad for you. In fact this research shows that a lottery win can actually shorten your life. It also seems the bigger the prize, the bigger the risk and living the high life and all the temptations that go with the cash is not as good for us as you may think.
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Lottery Numbers 4-7-09
In a rare occurrence last weekend, every single one of our world lottery draws found a winner. This means of course than all jackpots for this weekend are back to minimum but whether it’s £3 million or £30 million it doesn’t stop us buying tickets or wanting to check those all important lottery numbers to see if we’ve become an instant millionaire. |
Michael Jackson Online Lottery
 Tuesday there will be a memorial service held for the recently departed Michael Jackson and organisers fear a rush of people arriving at the event. Having pleaded with devotees of the star to stay away and watch proceedings on the television they will be holding a Michael Jackson online lottery to decide who will receive the 17,500 tickets.
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Two Winners Share Record Oz Lotto
 Last week we brought you news of a record Australian Lottery Jackpot of $90 million, the highest ever seen for the lottery. Now we have news of the winners and as two winners share the record Oz Lotto jackpot, it ended up being much higher than originally anticipated as lottery fever gripped Australia’s residents causing a rush of ticket sales.
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Arkansas to Join Powerball Lottery
 As a multi-state lottery the Powerball Lottery is becoming a formidable force this year with several new US states joining in the last few months and now we have news of yet another state joining as Arkansas is to join the Powerball Lottery. The new state deal is part of plans by the popular multi-state lottery to raise even more revenue, push jackpots up even higher and increase ticket sales and it certainly seems to be working.
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Lottery Winners in the Gutter
 When life is grand it’s easy to forget the little people, your roots and where you came from, but not these two millionaires when these lottery winners were in the gutter this week volunteering to help clean up a stretch of the Trans Pennine Trail near a Sheffield council estate for a community based charity project.
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Worthy Winner of California Lottery
A man juggling three jobs to support his family has become a worthy winner of the California Lottery. Clyde Persley, the lucky winner is now $39 million richer after hitting the jackpot in the California Super Lotto Plus. Mr Persley works all the hours he can to support his family but now he’ll be able to take things a little easier after this fantastic win! |
Lottery Winner Caught Growing Cannabis
You would think that after winning more than a million on the lottery that staying away from a life of crime wouldn’t be too difficult but for one UK National Lottery winner caught growing cannabis he is now going to have to pay back his life of crime. |
Lottery Numbers 27-6-09
It’s that day of the week yet again where we are all carefully checking those lucky lottery tickets to see if we have been one of the lucky winners. Of the many world lottery draws this weekend one was especially important, it’s not one that we normally bring you the lottery numbers for but this week we will be including the Oz Lotto $70 million jackpot in our lottery numbers page. |
Problems Claiming Scratchcard win
 Many of us buy scratchcards and hope as we scratch off the little silver panel that we will become a big jackpot winner and with prizes on scratchcards growing all the time it’s never been a more appealing thought. But as one gentleman found, even if you win, problems claiming scratchcard wins could mean that you’re left with a bit of a dilemma.
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Record Australian Lottery Jackpot
We have some absolutely fantastic breaking news about one of our world lottery draws taking place this weekend, it’s a record Australian Lottery jackpot. The jackpot in this Saturdays draw is expected to be $90 million for the Oz Lotto, the highest this popular lottery has ever seen in its history. Temperatures will be running high as lottery fever takes hold and you can be part of it here at world lottery. |
Lottery to Help Recession Hit
 It’s been a tough old year for many and at times it has seemed that only a lottery win will make things better. Well an announcement today means that even without buying a lottery ticket the lottery is to help recession hit people get their lives back on track with help from the Big Lottery Fund.
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Hopa Scratchcards Celebrates Big Winner
 This week one of the biggest online scratchcards websites, Hopa Scratchcards celebrates a big winner at the site. The lucky player from France who wishes to remain anonymous was the first ever player to win €10,000 on Hopa Scratchcards since the launch of the new site in May 2009 while playing one of their most popular online slot games.
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Lottery Cash for Television
 The UK National Lottery helps a huge amount of good causes across the UK and here’s one that you can take part in. Seventy projects in the UK Have made it to the semi-finals of the National Lottery awards 2009 and you can vote for Lottery Cash for television projects and have your say on who will win.
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California Lottery Winner Yet to Claim
One lucky ticket holder scooped the massive $39 million jackpot in Saturday night’s California Super Lotto plus but the California Lottery winner is yet to claim their massive prize leaving state lottery officials wondering just who the lucky winner is and when they are going to come forward to collect their winning cheque. |
Lottery Numbers 20-6-09
Last week was certainly an exciting week with some massive lottery winners in all the world lottery draws, if you’re wondering if you are a lucky lottery winner after last night’s lottery draws then here are the winning lottery numbers from all the major lottery draws from around the world. |
Irish Lottery Winner Can Collect Winnings
 This week we brought you a story of how one Irish Lottery player had left Lottery HQ empty handed over some confusion over the tickets ownership. The ticket had been left in the shop after being purchased and therefore wasn’t in the hands of the lottery winner. The great news is that the Irish Lottery winner can collect winnings after being given the all-clear by lottery officials.
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Lotto Winner Didn’t Lift a Finger
 It’s great news for one lucky UK National Lottery player as he collects his cheque for £1.8 million from the National Lottery draw on June 6th. Not the biggest piece of lottery news you may think but this lucky lotto winner didn’t lift a finger or even touch a National Lottery ticket to win this massive amount of lottery cash.
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Enquiry Over Lottery Funding
The Sport Council England has announced this week that it is launching an enquiry over lottery funding. The £19.3 million of funding from the UK National Lottery was allegedly paid from an account called the World Class Payments Bureau to individuals and organisations at the request of small governing bodies, but the money has not passed through their accounts or been audited correctly leading to this enquiry being launched. |
Irish Lottery Winner Still Empty Handed
Confusion over ownership of a lottery ticket has meant that one Irish Lottery winner is still empty handed after verification needs means that he couldn’t collect his €350,000 Irish Lottery Win. Dermot Finglas left lottery headquarters yesterday empty handed after being told by officials that clarifications had to be made before his win was released to him. |
Pensioner collects Euromillions Jackpot
After the £50 million rollover Euromillions Lottery jackpot was shared between two players last week, everyone has been wondering just who the British winner was who walked away with £25 million share. Well now as the pensioner collects his Euromillions jackpot we can tell you it was one Brian Caswell, 73, a keen gardener and his wife Joan who are celebrating today. |
Double Win for California Lotto Player
As an unemployed mortgage worker, Sean Sanders couldn’t have been happier when he won $1,400 on the California Lottery but when he went to pick up a claim form for him lottery win he found that he had won an additional $141,519 on the Mega Millions Lottery meaning a double win for the California Lotto player. |
Lottery Numbers 13-6-09
There was some monster jackpots up for grabs in this weekend’s world lottery draws and if you bought tickets then no doubt you will be eager to check those all important lottery numbers. Whether you were playing the UK Lotto, Irish Lottery, Powerball or Lotto 6/49 we have all the details about jackpots, winners and rollovers right here on this all inclusive lottery results page. |
Lucky Briton Scoops Euromillions Jackpot
 With £50 million up for grabs it was lottery frenzy in last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw and we have some fantastic news about the draw. As a lucky Briton scoops Euromillions Jackpot of £25 million, sharing the lot with another lucky player from Ireland we’d like to say congratulations to the lucky winner who has become the third biggest jackpot winner ever seen in the UK.
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Euromillions Jackpot Hits £50 million
Yet another rollover for the Euromillions Lottery this week means that the Euromillions Jackpot hits £50 million for tonight’s draw. Do you have your lucky lottery tickets yet? If not then don’t worry as you can play the Euromillions Lottery online and ensure that you are in with a chance of winning this massive rollover lottery jackpot and becoming a Euromillions multi-millionaire! |
Timely Delivery for Lotto Winner
An Australian lottery player found that her win couldn’t have come at a better time as she was en route to the hospital to give birth to her second child. In what can only be described as a timely delivery for the lotto winner her and her husband are now celebrating being $250,000 richer and the birth of a new baby. |
Lottery Winner in Court over Debt
When the UK National Lottery launched back in 1994 it did so to a fanfare of realised dreams and a life most of us had only dreamed of. However this dream turned into a huge nightmare for one of the first ever millionaires created by the UK National Lottery and as the lottery winner is in court over debt it is clear that dreams this win did not make. |
Lottery Scam sends Cheques
We often here of Lottery scams doing the rounds but right now investigators in Canada are looking into a more unusual scam. This lottery scam sends cheques to ‘winners’ making the scam an irresistible lure for potential victims. The B.C Crime prevention Society is currently looking into the scam which comes in letter form with a cheque attached. It’s a combination of many old scams but together is potentially very convincing and some people have already fallen victim. |
Cowboy Wins Massive Powerball Lottery Jackpot
The winner of one of the biggest wins in world lottery history has come forward and as a cowboy wins massive Powerball Lottery Jackpot of $232 million we’re guessing his money troubles are now over. And money troubles he had after piling up tax debts and having their mobile home repossessed we’re guessing that this win really couldn’t have come at a better time. |
Lottery Numbers 6-6-09
A lowly cowboy walking away with one of the biggest lottery wins in history and a £50 million Euromillions Lottery Jackpot, the world lottery news really did get about as exciting as it could possibly get over the last week. Did you have tickets in any of the weekend world lottery draws? If so then you will no doubt want to check your lottery numbers and see if you were one of the lucky lottery winners. |
Fraudster Targeted Lottery Winner
 When a person wins the lottery it should mean that their worries are over, but the dream doesn’t work that way for some people and Keith and Louise Gough are the perfect example of that. They won £9 million on the UK National Lottery winner but soon separated due to Mr Gough’s drinking and then a fraudster targeted the lottery winner and he lost the lot.
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Swine Flu affects D-Day Lotto tour
 Recently we brought you news of how National Lottery funding was ensuring that veterans made it to the D-Day commemorations in Normandy but now it seems in doubt that they will even get there as huge problems and swine flu affects the D-Day lotto tour.
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Euromillions Double Rollover
It seems that the Euromillions Lottery is going to create less millionaires this year but the ones they do create are massive multi-millionaires! Yet again it’s a Euromillions double rollover this week as no winning tickets sold across the participating countries matched all the winning numbers and the two lucky stars in last Fridays Euromillions Lottery draw. |
Check your pockets for National Lottery ticket
A UK National Lottery win of £2.5 million is still unclaimed and Lottery officials are urging players to check your pockets for National Lottery tickets as the clock ticks and the time to claim runs out. The winning ticket matched all six winning numbers on the UK National Lottery back on March 11th 2009 but the winner of the £2,525,485 prize is yet to come forward and claim. |
1,000,000 Euros, scratchcard, 3 WOW
 If you want to be an instant millionaire then play the lottery, if you want smaller, more instant gratification with small prizes but an instant result then buy a scratchcard. That’s the general rule isn’t it? Well not any more as the 3 WOW scratchcard is launched this month to a fanfare of glory and lots of excitement.
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Where your National Lottery Money goes
 When you purchase tickets for the UK National Lottery, you are probable aware that a chunk of that cash goes to good causes across the UK but other than that do you actually know where your National Lottery money goes. How it is broken up and who decides what is classed as a good cause. Well our simple guide should make it easy for you to see exactly how good causes have every reason to celebrate every time you play the UK National Lottery.
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Lottery Numbers 30-5-09
 What an exciting week it’s been in the world lottery draws. The Powerball jackpot which was sitting at well over $200 million was won midweek and on this side of the world we’re back in double rollovers for the Euromillions Lottery. But now of course it’s the weekend and we can’t forget all the big Saturday night jackpots up for grabs. If you had tickets in any of our world lottery draws from last night then here are the lottery numbers and all the news of winners and jackpots.
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Australian Wins $13 million on Lost Ticket
An Australian has won $13 million on a lost ticket, a whole ten months after the draw for which the lucky ticket was purchased. A student, worried about her parents money problems, decided to rifle through a draw holding a pile of old lottery tickets last week and in them discovered an old ticket worth a staggering AU$13 from ten months ago. |
NFL and Lottery a Winning Team
We all love to be on the winning team and a brand new scratch card from the National Football League shows the NFL and Lottery are a winning team. The Massachusetts state lottery and the New England Patriots have just announced a winning deal to create and develop the first licensed NFL instant win ticket. |
Euromillions Rollover sees Jackpots Soar Again
Are we on our way to a third Mega Jackpot for the Euromillions Lottery? Last week’s draw produced no jackpot winners and a Euromillions Rollover sees jackpots soar again. The draw last Friday was worth £12 million but with no lucky players matching all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars that amount will roll over pushing tomorrows jackpot up to an estimated £25 million. |
Lottery Flies High During Credit Crunch
We’re all tightening our belts and being more careful with our money but it seems for many of us, a big lottery win is the only way out of the mess. Maybe that’s why the UK National Lottery flies high during credit crunch with Camelot reporting a record year for lottery sales. Customers have spend a massive £5.1 billion on National Lottery tickets in the past 12 months, despite the country being in recession. |
Lotto Winner Shares Cash with Orphans
To win £7.5 million on the UK National Lottery is a dream come true for most but for one lady her dreams are more charitable. Jane Surtees had always dreamed of helping the countless starving children in Ethiopia and now after winning £7.5 million on the UK National Lottery this lotto winner shares her cash with orphans. |
Perth Lucky for Australian Lottery Players
It seems one area was extra lucky for lottery players in Australia this weekend as three top prize players coming from the same area. Perth was lucky for Australian Lottery players and no doubt the whole area will be celebrating the wins this week. To have one winner from one area is no doubt fantastic, but to have three winners from the same locality is virtually unheard of in the Australian Lottery. |
Lottery Numbers 23-5-09
It’s been a great week for lottery news after the massive Canada Lotto 6/49 rollover was finally won, but don’t worry there was plenty up for grabs in the weekend lottery draws from around the world including a bumper rollover Irish Lottery jackpot. If you had tickets in that or any of the world lottery draws then here are the lottery numbers, winners and news from the main lottery draws from around the world. |
Lucky Thirteen win Canada 6/49
 They say thirteen is unlucky but not for one lottery syndicate as a group of workers named by the media as the ‘Lucky Thirteen’ win Canada 6/49 jackpot. The jackpot had rolled over for several weeks and hit an eye watering $49,851,871 the third highest in the history of the lottery when one lucky syndicate of eleven women and two men hit all six winning numbers to scoop the prize.
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Binned Lottery Ticket a Winner
Raymond and Rachel Orr thought it was just another week without a winner when their local post office told them their Irish Lottery ticket was worthless but now they have had a big surprise. Their binned lottery ticket was a winner and thanks to their local postmistress they are now celebrating being €25,000 richer. |
Lottery and the Secret Millionaire
Have you watched the channel 4 show Secret Millionaire? It shows a millionaire in disguise moving into a community and seeing how they could help that community and then finally revealing themselves and giving cash amounts from their own pocket to community projects. It’s a great show and now the lottery and the Secret Millionaire are joining forces to give even more cash to community projects around the UK. |
Big Lottery Issue for Wales
The Big Lottery fund has teamed up with the Wales division of the Big Issue magazine to help some big lottery issues for Wales. Big Issue Cymru is to launch it’s own free new magazine highlighting how money for good causes in the UK National Lottery helps to bring improvement to communities, homelessness and the lives of the people who most need it in Wales. |
Lottery Studies Underage Gambling
 With the advent and popular rise of internet gambling and the ability to play many online games, including the lottery at the click of a mouse the National Lottery is funding a study into underage gambling. The Lottery study into underage gambling will provide a better context of overall gambling in the teenage age group and provide comparison with a previous study undertaken in 2006 on the same subject of underage gambling.
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Canada Lotto 6/49 One to Watch
 If you’re looking for a lottery to spend your midweek money on then the Canada Lotto 6/49 is one to watch. After no players matched all the winning numbers for the weekend lottery draw on Saturday night the $40 million jackpot rolls over for what might soon be heading for a record lottery draw for the Canada Lotto 6/49.
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Lottery Numbers 16-5-09
Calling all world lottery players! Did you have tickets for any of the Saturday night draws from around the world this week? If so then here are the lottery numbers from all the major world lottery draws for you to check your numbers against. There was plenty to play for, with some huge jackpots up for grabs so if you’d like to see if you are an instant lottery millionaire then here are all the numbers, winners and results. |
SuperEnalotto Biggest in Europe
 The jackpot for the SuperEnalotto is biggest in Europe after the Euromillions record jackpot was scooped last weekend. Tonight, players in the big Italian Lottery will be trying for an estimated €59 million jackpot as the SuperEnalotto lottery has rolled over many weeks running. The amount paled in significance when everyone was playing for the €126 million Euromillions Lottery but now that has been won making the SuperEnalotto the biggest jackpot available in Europe right now.
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Irish Lottery Heads for Big Jackpot
 It’s only a few weeks since a €14.5 million anonymous winner became the fifth biggest winner in the history of the lottery but now the Irish Lottery heads for a big jackpot again as the jackpot in millions hits double figures for the weekend draw. No players matched all the winning numbers again in the midweek lottery draw pushing the Irish Lottery jackpot up to an estimated €10 million.
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Lottery Winner Had the Flu
The suspense in the air has been tenable since the announcement that the world record Euromillions winner had not yet come forward but now we learn that the lottery winner had the flu and wasn’t even aware that she was holding the winning ticket. The unnamed 25 year old from Majorca was ill all weekend and didn’t find out she had won until she dragged herself into work on Monday, still ill to save her job in such recession hit times. |
Lotto New Roof for Churches
 Raising money for a new church roof has to be without a doubt one of the biggest church fundraisers in history, it’s so clichéd there is even jokes dedicated to the subject but now the National Lottery has stepped in with £1.8 million which is a Lotto new roof for churches in Greater Manchester as they celebrate a National Lottery grant.
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Record Euromillions Win Unclaimed
 If you’ve been on holiday to Spain recently and bought a Euromillions Lottery ticket while you were there then you might want to check the bottom of your suitcase as the record Euromillions win is unclaimed from last week and one lucky ticket-holder might be unaware that they are sitting on a massive £110 million lottery jackpot!
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Changes to California Lottery
 For the first time in the history of the California Lottery, players are being given a chance to vote on big changes that would allow the state to borrow money from future lottery profits in order to balance the state’s budgets. The changes to the California Lottery would mean that the state would not see tax rises and the vote is happening on May 19th 2009. If put through the proposition will see some of the biggest changes ever seen in the way that lottery funding is allocated in California and will mean huge changes for education and state funding.
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Lottery Numbers 9-5-09
 After the record breaking Euromillions Lottery jackpot on Friday evening, the excitement reached fever pitch for the weekend lottery draws and there were some fantastic jackpots up for grabs. For those players who were hoping to get lucky on Saturday night on the world lottery draws here are the lottery numbers, results and winners from all the major lottery draws from around the world.
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Lucky Spaniard Scoops the Lot
 If you’ve been frantically checking your Euromillions results today in the hope of a share of the record £110 million jackpot then we have the news of the winner. Just one ticket matched all five main numbers and two lucky stars in last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw and as one lucky Spaniard scoops the lot it becomes a Europe-wide record Lottery win.
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Record Euromillions Lottery Jackpot
Tonight’s the night, and what an exciting event it is as a record Euromillions Lottery jackpot goes up for grabs in one of the biggest lottery draws ever seen. At £110 million or €125 million to players from the other eight participating European countries it is by far the biggest ever jackpot seen in the Euromillions Lottery or in fact any lottery across Europe and if won by a single player will be a record lottery jackpot. |
Irish Lottery Heading for Bumper Jackpot
It only seems like yesterday we were bringing you news of the €12 million rollover jackpot win on the Irish Lottery but now we see the Irish Lottery heading for a bumper jackpot again as no players matched all the winning numbers in last night’s draw. That result will push the jackpot this weekend up to over €8 million and with this and the Euromillions €125 million jackpot tomorrow it looks like a great weekend for Irish lottery players. |
New Instant Wins for the National Lottery
There have been huge changes to the UK National Lottery website in the past couple of months and now you can play some brand new games too. Five new instant wins for the National Lottery have been added recently and we’ve been trying them out to bring you details of the best of them to play next time you’re on the National Lottery website. |
Hopa ScratchCards
 News has come to us today about a fantastic website where you can play an exciting range of scratch cards and instant wins. Hopa ScratchCards is an easy to use site with nothing to download and they promise that every third card wins a prize. They gave away over £30,000 in prizes last month and it’s so easy to sign up, you could be winning some great prizes in no time at all.
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Three Share Massive Mega Millions Jackpot
 The Mega Millions Lottery jackpot has been growing steadily for weeks after no winners ensured the lottery rolled over time and time again. Last Friday the jackpot was worth a staggering $225 million to one lucky player but it seems that sharing is good as three share the massive Mega Millions Jackpot. That win will give each of them $75 million each before taxes and we’re sure that they won’t mind sharing such a huge lottery jackpot.
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Lottery Numbers 2-5-09
It’s been an exciting week in the lottery world with many huge jackpots on offer, not least the Euromillions Lottery that we brought you results of yesterday. But Saturday has been and gone again which means we have the full round up of lottery numbers from all the major world lottery draws for you to check your results. We hope you’ve all been lucky, check those numbers carefully. |
Record Jackpot for Euromillions Lottery
 Everyone was on the edge of their chairs last night at the £89 million jackpot for the Euromillions went up for grabs, but for all the lottery fever and ticket sales not one single player matched all the winning numbers in the draw and that means next week will see a record jackpot for the Euromillions Lottery. The estimated prize pool is £110 million, the highest amount ever seen for the lottery and no doubt players will be rushing to buy tickets for the draw.
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Get your Tickets for the Euromillions Mega Draw
It’s Friday and that means it’s time to get your tickets for the Euromillions Mega Draw. After a multi rollover there’s an £89 million jackpot up for grabs tonight and a rush of ticket sales could push the jackpot up even higher. The draw takes place in Paris at 10pm tonight so it really is your last chance to buy tickets and at £1.50 each in the UK it has to be worth a ticket or two for a jackpot that high. |
Boost for Irish Lottery Jackpot
The Irish Lottery has hit the news a few times over the last couple of weeks, with a bumper rollover creating a mystery winner and now yet another rollover the stakes have never been so high. But now we see another boost for the Irish Lottery jackpot as Lottery officials add €2 million to the jackpot in time for the bank holiday weekend draw. |
Museum gets Lottery Grant
North Wales is celebrating today after hearing the news that Wrexham museum gets a lottery grant. The Wrexham Museum will now be able to open up even more of its collection to the public after receiving the grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund with £950,000. The museum houses around 6,000 artefacts but due to limits on space they can display just 2% of their total collection in the Grade II-listed building, this grant from the National Lottery will pay to redevelop the museum, opening more of its collection up to visitors. |
Pensioner Couple in Benefits Scam
 A judge has hit out at a pensioner couple in benefits scam despite winning £72,000 on the National Lottery. Pensioners Brian and Wendy Rushin landed a staggering £72,000 win in 2002 but despite the massive win the couple continued to claim benefits to which they were no longer entitled. The level of deception was such that the couple spread their cash in an array of bank accounts and unbelievably only dipped into their winnings once – to purchase a new refrigerator.
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Lotto Misery over Ticket Loss
Dorothy McDonagh was quite rightly celebrating over her £30,000 National Lottery win but after realising that someone else had claimed her win she faces a Lotto misery over the ticket loss. The pensioner from the Swindon area now faces the booby prize as Camelot refuse to pay out a second time. Ms McDonagh was over the moon when she realised she had match all seven numbers on the Daily Play game from the National Lottery but soon realised she had lost the winning ticket. |
Lottery Numbers 25-4-09
Another week has passed in the lottery world and with it, no doubt many millionaires have been made on the world lottery draws. There were many lottery draws around the world last night and if you had tickets for any of the draws then no doubt you will be eager to check your lottery numbers to see if you are one of the lucky winners and an instant millionaire. |
Euromillions Heading for Mega Jackpot
With no players matching all the winning numbers in last night’s draw we see the Euromillions heading for Mega Jackpot yet again as the estimated prize for next week’s draw hits £89 million. The winning numbers in last night’s Euromillions Lottery are 4 – 14 – 21 – 24 – 41 and the Lucky stars are 5 and 8. None of the players from any of the participating European countries hit all the numbers and the two lucky stars creating yet another rollover for the popular lottery. |
Canada Lotto Tickets Recalled
Canada Lotto tickets are recalled this week after a computer error caused the wrong date to the printed on the tickets. Tickets from 41 locations across the Ontario province are to be recalled for draws such as the Super 7, Canada Lotto 6/49, Pick 3, Daily Keno and Pick 4 games in a highly embarrassing error for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission. |
Lottery Jackpot is no Scam
We regularly bring you stories of lottery scams, they are becoming well documented and many people are becoming very cautious of emails. If you needed any further proof of that mistrust then look no further than Martyn White who found an email message claiming he had won £10 million from the National Lottery, he dismissed the email as a hoax but this Lottery jackpot is no scam, something the couple didn’t find out until they had returned from their holiday. |
Irish Lottery Mystery
The Irish Lottery mystery of just who is holding that €14 million ticket has reached fever pitch now as a man local to the area where the ticket was purchased bought everyone a drink when in his local pub at the weekend. Derek Smith lives just around the corner from the Spar where the €14 million ticket was purchased and just a few hours after the treated his fellow football fans to a pint in the popular Sallynoggin Inn. |
National Lottery up for Sale
Four of Camelot’s biggest shareholders are looking to sell out of the UK National Lottery worth a massive 20% stake in the company the shares are worth around £80 million. So as the National Lottery goes up for sale it has people wondering just who will buy in and become the leading force in one of the world's biggest lotteries. With an 80% share up for grabs it's a huge investment for one or many companies. |
Choosing Lottery Numbers
Getting those six little numbers sounds so easy but after 14 years of playing the UK National Lottery I think most of us now appreciate it’s not as easy as it looks. In fact the odds of winning are almost 1 in 14 million. So how do you go about choosing lottery numbers that may increase your chances of winning? How do you choose yours? |
Games Available with the National Lottery
 We all love to play the twice weekly UK National Lottery draws but there are so many other games available with the National Lottery that can also win you tons of cash and make you instantly rich and now the National Lottery has a brand new website it’s even easier to access the many games that the National Lottery offer to play on a daily basis.
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Lottery Wheeling
 We’re all looking for ways to increase our chances of winning the lottery and one way of doing this is playing as part of a lottery syndicate. You end up with even more lines of numbers increasing your chances of winning a great prize. But if you are part of a lottery syndicate is there even more ways you can increase your chances of winning a prize? Well Lottery wheeling says there is and this is how lottery wheels work.
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National Lottery Prizes unclaimed
It’s so easy to do, you go and purchase your National Lottery tickets, pop them in your coat pocket or the back of your wallet and forget all about them. But what if that lottery ticket is a winner? It happens, more than you’d think and if you think you might be a National Lottery winner and have an unclaimed ticket then here are some of the National Lottery Prizes unclaimed that are due to run out of not collected soon. |
Euromillions Lottery Scam
We often here about lottery scams, either postal or via email where unsuspecting people are ripped off for their life savings by being led to think they have won big on a lottery. We’ve just heard news of a Euromillions Lottery Scam doing the rounds and as usual have come to bring you pre-warning in case you receive it. Don’t be fooled by this one even though it has to be said it’s on very convincing notepaper and has a very professional feel. |
Common Lottery Numbers
We all have our own ways of choosing lottery numbers and theoretically each number has as many chance of being drawn as any other but did you know that lottery numbers for the UK National Lottery also have ‘form’. Some numbers are drawn far more than others and following these common lottery numbers could scoop you a nice big National Lottery win. |
History of the Mega Millions Lottery
The Mega Millions Lottery played in twelve participating American states is one of the richest lotteries in the world, boasting regular rollovers and some colossal jackpots this twice weekly lottery is one to play if you want the big jackpots. But where did it start and what is the history of the Mega Millions Lottery? It’s an interesting question and to answer it we need to rewind to 1996 when the lottery was launched. |
Double Lotto Win was No April Fools
A UK Lottery player scooped two wins on the UK National Lottery on 1st April but this double Lotto win was no April fools’ joke. Daniel Stretton, a retired bookbinder from Southwell scooped a huge win in both the Lotto Hotpicks and the main UK National Lottery draw on April 1st so it’s sure to be a day he remembers. |
Lottery Scam Victims Reimbursed
In a move rarely seen 20,000 lottery scam victims are reimbursed after the actions of the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The losers in the scam were typically old and vulnerable people and each of them will receive a letter from the Serious Organised Crime Agency with a cheque for $20 and a note explaining to them that they had been targeted by criminals. |
Welfare Cap on Lottery Winnings
A proposal for a new bill in parliament has put forward a welfare cap on Lottery winnings. The proposed move in Memphis would put a cap on lottery winnings for anyone on Families first, Food stamps or any other state or federal economic or medical assistance benefits. It would mean that anyone who is poor would not be able to collect lottery prizes of over $600. |
Lottery Boost for Rural Scottish Communities
The Big Lottery fund has given a Lottery boost for Rural Scottish communities in the form of almost £3 million in National Lottery funding. There are thirteen projects in all although groups working with families account for eight of the thirteen and they are the groups that will benefit most from these lottery grants. It’s a huge boost for the area and this money will go a long way to improving the lives of these communities with this big lottery grant. |
Lottery Chief in Hot Water
In a story about the Ohio Lottery a Lottery chief is in Hot water for giving away lottery tickets to state troopers. Michael A. Dolan, the State chief for the Ohio Lottery has been caught out after giving free lottery tickets to a state trooper who pulled over his car back in January 2009. However since the debacle it has transpired that Dolan has also handed out free Ohio lottery tickets to other police officers although that had not come to light until now. |
Win a Caribbean Holiday with the National Lottery
 Some of you may already know that the National Lottery have launched their new look website. It’s hugely improved and now much easier to navigate and find the information you need on all the latest National Lottery draws and results. If you haven’t been over and taken a peek at the changes then now might be the time to do so as you can now win a Caribbean Holiday with the National Lottery just for looking around their new website.
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Lottery Numbers 4-4-09
Spring is well and truly on the way and that’s surely enough to get us all smiling. There is something about that bit of sunshine and blossom on the trees that makes the world seem a much better place. A lottery win would just make life complete now and if you had tickets for any of the major world lottery draws last night then here are the lottery numbers, winners and news from all of them draws. It's time to check thos lucky numbers. |
Adverts on Lottery Tickets
The Massachusetts State Lottery commission yesterday approved a contract to place adverts on Lottery tickets. In one of the first moves of its kind on any world lottery from next month the Fenway Sports Group will be placing ads on Massachusetts lottery tickets. It's an interesting idea and should raise revenue for the lottery by a massive amount. Never seen before we think that ads on lottery tickets might be copied in the future by many lotteries around the world. |
Man Loses House in Lottery Scam
We regularly bring you news of the latest lottery scams and as Police confirm that a man loses his house in lottery scam we can only reiterate how careful you must be not to fall victim to one of the many lottery scams out there. Dumfries and Galloway police are appealing to the public to be aware of the danger of bogus letters and emails that are being sent out to people telling them they have won significant amounts of money on the lottery. |
Compensation for Lottery Rape Victim
A woman who launched a legal battle to claim compensation from a serial rapist who then went on to win £7 million on the UK National Lottery has received an out of court settlement. The amount of compensation for Lottery Rape victim has not been released but it will surely be more than the paltry £5,000 she received from the Criminal Injuries Board after the attack. |
Lottery April Fools Joke
You might have come across a story today that could easily have had you fooled. Graham Forrest found out about a £2.7 million National Lottery win by email but it’s no lottery April fools joke, this is a true story and exactly what can happen when you play the UK National Lottery online at their dedicated website. |
Powerball Jackpot no April Fools Joke
Tomorrow night’s Powerball Jackpot is no April fool’s joke after hitting a staggering $100 million. No players matched all the winning numbers in the weekend draw creating a several times rolled over jackpot that would be sure to make anyone smile. No doubt there will be a rush to buy Powerball Lottery tickets in time for the draw tomorrow evening when one lucky player could become an April Fools multi millionaire.
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Lottery Will Help Commonwealth Games
A couple of weeks ago we brought you news that a Scottish minister had asked for lottery funding for the 2014 Commonwealth games to be held in the country. It’s just been announced that the Lottery will help the Commonwealth games with funding from the Big Lottery Fund, part of the National Lottery fundraising division to help fund a Scottish projects for sports and wellbeing in time for the Commonwealth games. |
Lottery Numbers 28-3-09
It was the last round of weekend global lottery draws for the month and with plenty of rollovers and big bumper jackpots it was sure to be a great weekend for lottery results. If you had tickets in any of the main world lottery draws for the weekend then here are the lottery numbers from those weekend lottery draws. Check your tickets carefully and good luck! |
Lottery Clerks Caught out
An investigation by undercover investigators has seen five lottery clerks caught out after they were caught attempting to cash in winning lottery tickets for themselves. The investigators from the Minnesota State Lottery set up the fraud operation to test whether employees at Lottery retailers were lying to players about the value of their big winning tickets to dishonestly redeem the winning tickets to keep the money for themselves. |
National Lottery £14 Million Double Rollover
This weekend it’s a National Lottery £14 million double rollover draw in the UK National Lottery after no players matched all six winning numbers in either the midweek lottery draw or last Saturdays National Lottery draw. It’s been a while since the jackpot was this high and no doubt there will be a rush of players heading out to buy tickets for this weekend’s draw. |
90 Year Old Lottery Winner Celebrates
 A World War II Veteran has won $4.4 million on the Canada Lotto 6/49 and as the 90 year old lottery winner celebrates he says he suspects his late wife and mother may have something do to with the fantastic win. Maurice Ducharme, a retired mechanic and World War II veteran has been playing the Lotto 6/49 since it started in June 1982 but has never had a big win until now.
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South African Lottery Price Change
The South African Lottery price change we brought you details of a few weeks ago comes into force this week and that’s not the only change for the lottery coming into play. From today South African Lottery tickets will rise by R1 up to R3,50 in a much complained about move for the lottery. There's lots of other changes too and a bumper jackpot to look forward to this weekend |
Lottery Grants Slump
A survey has shown that there has been a lottery grant slump over the last decade with money to good causes by the UK National Lottery slashed by more than half due to rising administration costs for the lottery. The grants, for sport, arts and heritage seem to be another victim of rising administration and staffing costs right across the UK and it’s good causes that are suffering. |
Veterans to Accept Lottery Cash
It’s been a saga dominating the news all week after the National Lottery turned down a grant proposal for a group of veterans to travel to Normandy for the 65 anniversary of D-Day. The group have now raised £200,000 of their own accord and then a turnaround from the lottery meant they were offered the cash after all. Pride ensued and they turned down the offer but now it’s been decided that the veterans are to accept lottery cash.
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Lottery Numbers 21-3-09
 It’s Mothers Day in the UK today and surely it’s a day that would be made even better by a nice Lottery win. With lottery draws going off all around the world last night you can be guaranteed that many people have even more to celebrate today. If you haven’t already checked your lottery numbers from the weekend draws then here are all the lottery numbers from all the major global lottery draws.
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Lotto Winners Benefit Scam
A lady who had a National Lottery win last year has been fined £1,000 after failing to declare her lottery win. The Lotto winners benefit scam happened after her £141,000 National Lottery win in April last year when she continued to receive over £2,000 in income support payments that she was no longer entitled to. |
A Good Book Better Than a Lottery Win
According to a recent survey by the National Lottery a good book is better than a lottery win. Most people surveyed would happily shun material goods for spending time with their families, enjoying a nice cup of tea and a good book. 1,200 people were surveyed and number ten on the list was hearing the words ‘I love you’. |
National Lottery New Site Launch
There’s news from the UK National Lottery in the form of a brand new website launch. The National Lottery new site launch will be taking place on Monday 16th March and the changes should make the National Lottery website easier to navigate and use for players. The National Lottery website will be down all day on Sunday 15th March while the changes are implemented so be aware you won’t be able to play any lottery games or instant wins during this time. |
New Jersey do the Double
There’s an interesting rumour going round the lottery world that New Jersey might just become the first American state to participate in two multi-state lotteries. Traditional across the American states says that a state chooses either the Mega Millions or Powerball Lottery to be played within their states but might New Jersey do the double and offer both? |
Disappointment over Euromillions Bet
Two colleagues from Ireland are devastated at a decision by a local bookmaker not to pay out a bet. The disappointment over the Euromillions bet comes after Tully’s bookmaker capped the maximum win amount at €50,000 per customer meaning the two workers didn’t get the full amount won. The pair have learned to their cost that the only way to bet on the Euromillions and be guaranteed a proper payout is to do so officially through the Euromillions Lottery. |
Syndicate Winners Boost Business
In times of economic gloom you can rely on the world lottery pages to bring you the best of the warm-hearted news stories of the week and this one really should warm the cockles. A 13 strong works syndicate has won nearly £4 million on the National Lottery and after initial fears by the boss that all his staff would leave the Syndicate winners are to boost business by investing some of their shares in the company. |
Lottery Scratch Card for Commonwealth Games
The Scottish Government has put forward a proposal for a National Lottery scratch card for the Commonwealth games in 2014. The games which are to be held in Glasgow are desperately in need of funding and the government believe that a National Lottery scratch card might be just the way forward to raise some much needed cash. |
Lottery Numbers 7-3-09
It has been a week of big wins and big jackpots in all the world lottery draws with some super jackpots and bumper rollover draws available, there are sure to have been some big winners right across the global lottery draws. So if you would like to check your lottery numbers from the weekend lottery draws here they all are. Whether you played the UK Lotto, Irish lottery or the big draws from across the water, there’s every chance you may have been one of the many big winners in one of the weekend global lottery draws. |
Lottery Looks for new Headquarters
The California Lottery Commission is expected to issue a request for the construction of a brand new lottery building. It is expected that as the lottery looks for new headquarters they are seeking to build an energy efficient large building as to renovate their current headquarters would cost in excess of $40 million. |
Euromillions Mega Jackpot Draw Day
We’ve all been waiting eagerly in anticipation and now it’s finally here. It’s the Euromillons Mega Jackpot draw day when £85 million or €100 million is going to be up for grabs to players across the nine participating Euromillions countries. The draw goes off in Paris at 10pm tonight so it really is your last chance to get tickets for the big Euromillions Lottery draw if you haven’t got yours already. |
Ten Co-Workers to Share Mega Millions
Yesterday we brought you news that one ticket had won the $212 million Mega Millions Lottery jackpot but with news just in we can now confirm that ten co-workers are to share the Mega Millions jackpot thanks to $5 each they chucked into a pot for the biggest jackpot in more than twelve months in the lottery. |
One Ticket wins Mega Millions $212 million
It was the biggest Mega Millions jackpot for over a year and had reached astronomical proportions but now the excitement is over as one ticket wins the Mega Millions $212 million jackpot. The draw was held last night and everyone had been wondering just how big the jackpot could continue to get but there is no need to wonder any longer as one lucky ticket holder scoops the lot. There's no denying it's a huge amount of money but the lottery is renowned for giant jackpots. |
Two Share $174 Million in Powerball Lottery
 Everyone was starting to wonder when it would ever be won as the lottery jackpot grew week on week to an astounding amount but it has been won and two winners share the $174 million in the Powerball Lottery after the weekend lottery draw. The numbers in Saturday’s $174 million draw were 2, 16, 20, 42 and 58. The red Powerball was 7. The two lucky winners were from Delaware and Pennsylvania.
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National Lottery Launches Deal or No Deal Scratchcard
 It’s been a great week for the National Lottery this week with something for those scratchcard fans to celebrate as the National Lottery launches a Deal or No Deal Scratchcard. Based on the world popular phenomenal television game show this brand new scratchcard gives players a massive nine chances to win on each and every ticket. Tickets are £2 each and the National Lottery is currently running a big ad campaign to push sales.
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Lottery Numbers 28-2-09
They were the final February lottery draws with rollover jackpots available right across the board. The Powerball Lottery was worth well over $150 million and even our home grown National Lottery had a rollover jackpot available. All those who played in the world lottery draws this week will be keen to check the lottery numbers from all the weekend draws so here they are, with all the winners. |
Largest Mega Millions Jackpot
There were no winners in last night’s Mega Millions Lottery draw creating yet another rollover. This event in the multi-state lottery has created the largest Mega Millions Jackpot for more than a year pushing the jackpot up to an unbelievable $212 million. Fridays draw was worth $171 million and with the jackpot now reaching stratospheric proportions lottery fever is bound to take hold across the participating states. |
Its a UK Rollover
There’s every reason to head out and buy some lottery tickets this weekend as it’s a UK rollover in both draws available to British Lottery players. In both the UK National Lottery and the Euromillions Lottery the jackpots have not been won and have rolled over which means that you have every reason to buy an extra ticket this weekend. |
Watch out for the Lottery Scammers
There is an important lesson to be learned today after an unfortunate American lady has been caught out by a well known and well publicised lottery fraud. Watch out for the Lottery Scammers and be aware that if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is. This lottery scam has been around for many years, and many people have fallen for it, here it is in its full glory so you can be more aware if approached by unscrupilous thieves. |
Price Increase on South African Lottery
Players are angered after an announcement of a proposed price increase on South African Lottery tickets. Gidani – the force behind the South Africa Lottery – have just announced that from Match 28th 2009 lotto tickets prices will rise by R1 for the main lotto and 50c for the Lotto Plus. It’s a big hike and players right across South Africa are said to be disappointed at the decision. |
Mega Jackpot for Euromillions
It’s time to get excited, it’s time for another Mega Jackpot for the Euromillions Lottery. Hurry up and get your skates on as there is no doubt going to be a massive rush of ticket sales next week across all nine participating countries. The Euromillions Mega Jackpot game is to held on March 6th 2009 and the mega jackpot is going to be worth a phenomenal £85 million to a single winner. |
Four Winners Share Record Lotto Jackpot
It was an estimated $38 million but bumper lottery sales at the last minute pushed up the jackpot to the second highest ever in the Canada Lotto 6/49 last night but it didn’t all go to one winner as four winners share the record lotto jackpot. Each of the four winners of Saturdays Lotto 6/49 will receive a massive $12.5 million, sharing the wealth of this great win. |
Lottery Numbers 21-2-09
It’s Sunday again and time to look at those all important lottery results from the weekend lottery draws from around the world. There really were some bumper jackpots on offer this week with the Powerball Lottery offering a massive bumper rollover jackpots of over $100 million and a record jackpot available on Canada’s Lotto 6/49 it should be an exciting round up. If you had tickets in any of last night’s lottery draws then no doubt you will want to hear all the lottery numbers and winners from around the world. |
Double Rollover for Euromillions Lottery
There were no main winners again in last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw making a double rollover for the Euromillions Lottery. Players from the nine participating countries, all across Europe were trying last night for the £25 million jackpot but not one ticket matched all five main numbers and the lucky stars. That means that next weeks draw will be worth an estimated £37 million! |
Canada Lotto Record Jackpot
There’s a rush to buy tickets for the Canada Lotto 6/49 for tomorrow night after several rollovers have pushed the jackpot up to an estimated $48 million. It would be a Canada Lotto record jackpot if won by a single player breaking the old record of $43 million that was set just last month. |
National Lottery Contribution for Olympics
 National Lottery players really will be at the heart of the 2012 Olympic games and Paralympics when it begins and that’s because National Lottery contributions for the Olympics are said to top £2.2 billion and staggering amount of month which will be going towards the games. £750 million of this money will be coming from specially designated Olympic themed lottery games.
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Fifth Birthday for Euromillions
Last Friday was the fifth birthday for the Euromillions Lottery and to celebrate this great event organisers of the lottery offered a jackpot birthday fund for players from the nine participating countries to play in. The draw was held on Friday 13th, a notoriously unlucky day but no matter how you look at it the day certainly brought a lot of luck for Euromillions Lottery players. |
Euromillions Stripogram
An elderly gentleman became an unwitting Euromillions stripogram this week as he stripped off all but his underwear in frustration at his local Tesco store. Norman Matthews of Weybridge went into his local Tesco Extra store to purchase two Euromillions tickets at £1.50 each and a £2 scratch card but soon things turned ugly over an argument about payment for the tickets. |
Eighteen Winners for South Africa Lotto
It’s always nice to see one of our Global Lotteries make someone a millionaire but on the February 7th draw there was even more reason to celebrate with no less than eighteen winners for the South Africa Lotto. The jackpot was high meaning that every single winner became a millionaire in the draw defying odds of more than one in 13 million to select all the correct numbers in the draw. |
Lottery Numbers 14-02-09
It’s been a loved up weekend all around the world this Valentine's weekend and that euphoric sensation could only be increased by scooping one of the big lottery jackpots on offer in many of the global lottery draws. There were some bumper jackpots available like the Valentine’s Powerball Lottery draw worth almost $100 million. If you had tickets in this, or any of the other world lottery draws then here are the lottery numbers, results and winners from all around the world from the Saturday night Lottery draws. |
America Lottery Rollovers
American Lottery players have had another unsuccessful week trying to scoop the massive jackpots available on the Mega Millions Lottery and Powerball Lottery right now. The America Lottery Rollovers mean that both the lotteries now have jackpots teetering on the $100 million mark meaning that surely one or both of them must be won soon! |
Shopkeepers Shock at Lottery Win
I’m sure we’ve all done it, had times when we’ve not checked our lottery numbers and just handed the ticket over to the shopkeeper. Well imagine one Shopkeepers shock at a lottery win worth £7.4 million. The unnamed lottery winner went into the David Sands store in Perth on Sunday to get her ticket checked and found she was a £7.4 million winner. The shopkeeper then recommended she contact Camelot about such a big win. |
Don’t forget your Lottery Tickets
 While you’re all rushing round preparing for tomorrows festivities, just a little reminder from us at WorldLottery.net, don’t forget your lottery tickets. There’s plenty of lottery draws going off all around the world over the festive period and lots of cash up for grabs!
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