Puppy ran off with winning lottery ticket
September 29, 2009 by admin
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On Saturday a man from Christchurch, New Zealand was feeling the joy and excitement of realising he was a New Zealand Lotto winner and was over NZD$1.3 million richer. However the man’s emotion went from ecstasy to anxiety when his young puppy ran off with the winning lottery ticket.
Lottery prize claimed just in time
September 27, 2009 by admin
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For nearly half a year a Virginia woman had been a lucky winning Mega Millions ticket holder without realising. The fortunate lottery winner found her winning ticket after seeing a news report saying that somebody in her area was still to step forward to receive their $250,000 prize. Luckily for this particular winning lottery ticket holder she found her lucrative ticket, and her lottery prize was claimed just in time.
National Lottery could be bought by overseas lottery operator
September 25, 2009 by admin
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The company that operates the UK National Lottery is to auction 80% of the business next month as four of the National Lottery’s five shareholders have decided to cash in their shares. This leaves a great deal of uncertainty as to who will eventually own the National Lottery, with the possibility that the National Lottery could be bought by an overseas lottery operator.
Lottery funded playground built in wrong place
September 24, 2009 by admin
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Through the Big Lottery fund many small community projects are able to take place, projects which couldn’t take place without lottery cash. People work tirelessly on behalf of these projects to secure cash for small communities so imagine the heartache felt in a tiny rural village in Wales when a lottery funded playground was built in the wrong place and is now facing the threat of being removed.
Jewellery to be displayed with lottery cash
September 23, 2009 by admin
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Gold jewellery which was discovered at a special Anglo-Saxon grave in a farmer’s field in Cleveland will be displayed at the Kirkleatham Museum courtesy of cash from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The jewellery is to be displayed with lottery cash and will be the focal point of a new Anglo-Saxon gallery in the museum.
