Tuesday night is Mega Millions night

November 25, 2009 by  
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With so many major world lotteries taking place across the globe on different days of the week Saturday is no longer the all-important lottery day. Not so long ago most of the major world lottery draws took place once a week on a Saturday night but not anymore. One day of the week when one of the biggest lotteries in the world gets drawn is Tuesday. Without a doubt Tuesday night is Mega Millions night.

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Lottery store clerks stole winning lottery tickets

November 24, 2009 by  
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Six dishonest lottery store clerks in Kansas have been charged with both theft and computer crimes as part of an undercover operation by the Kansas State Lottery. An operation which involved lottery officials who were acting undercover, who presented winning lottery tickets to store clerks, took place and on six occasions the lottery store clerks stole the winning lottery tickets after telling the undercover lottery officials that they were losing tickets.

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Lottery results round-up 22-11-09

November 22, 2009 by  
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Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat but did lady luck put a penny or two in your hat this week? Here’s the week’s lottery results round-up for the UK National Lottery, EuroMillions, Irish Lottery, and the US’ Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries.

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EuroMillions jackpot not won in the UK

November 21, 2009 by  
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Last night £13.5 million EuroMillions jackpot was won, but not in the UK. However thanks to the new Millionaire Raffle there was a new UK lottery millionaire made last night. In fairness, just two weeks ago the UK took a massive £91 million out of the EuroMillions pot so as a nation, we really can’t complain about the EuroMillions jackpot not being won in the UK last night.

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Unusual National Lottery cash requests

November 20, 2009 by  
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In the 15 years that the National Lottery has operated in the UK it has generated over £23 billion worth of funding for various good causes across the UK. These lottery grants have been given to a wide range of good causes from local community projects to huge ambitious schemes like the restoration of the Mary Rose. However not all of the requests for lottery cash have been as well thought out. Take a look it this collection of, what we can only describe as unusual National Lottery cash requests.

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