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Interactive Lottery Player Wins £850,000 in UK National Lottery
One must marvel at the technology that is used today, although it is something that most of us take for granted. The fact that people can choose their numbers and buy lottery tickets online, or via their mobile devices, is certainly a change from the time when the only way a lottery could be won [...]
New Online Resource Launched by European Lottery Guild
Similar to the alraedy existing site theLotter.com, the European Lottery Guild (ELG) has launched a new website as a resource for global lottery players. This leading lottery subscription service is now offering a wealth of information gathered together on one website with information about all the biggest lotteries on the continent. Lotto lovers will be [...]
Lottery Scams Affect Thousands
Lottery scams have conned an untold number of people all over the world. In Britain itself, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Brits have been party to lottery scams. In response to this, the Office of Fair Trading has issued warnings through the British media. Officials have estimated that 140,000 people per year [...]
Stolen Lottery Ticket Case May Go To Court
Willis Willis bought three lottery tickets earlier this year. He bought the winning Mega Millions ticket on 29 May at the Grand Prairie Lucky Food Store No.2 in Austin, Texas. On 31 May, he had the three lottery tickets checked by a store clerk, who informed him that he had won $2. A short time [...]
£137,000 Lottery Win Helps Struggling Tradesman
Damien Gillan, a self-employed tradesman, husband, and father of two, has won £137,000 in the Lottery. He won on a Lucky Dip Lotto ticket that he bought at his local convenience store in Armoy, Northern Ireland. After being reduced to a three-day work-week because of the recession, this self-employed plasterer feels that the win could [...]
UIGEA’s Online Casino Block Affects Canadian Lottery
The long arm of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has yet again reached over the border to Canada. As a direct result of the UIGEA, online institutions in the United States have been ordered to block payment transactions to online casinos, which has already caused disruptions by inadvertent blocking of transactions to institutions [...]