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if you won a jackpot where in the world would you choose to live?Reply
First stop for me is Spain for a while, fresh off a win Im going to give a shot at that El Gordo which is a game that turns me on. Then Amsterdam for a bit. Vegas has always been one of my favorites but not necessarily for the gambling but the warm misquito free evenings, walking down the strip with liquor in hand and the party's that end when the sun comes up (and some not even then) Florida or Georgia seems to be good states to retire in but there will be plenty of time fo
Feb 1, 2007, 1:31 am - CCHS13 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Rigged Lottery: the basic questions
TV drawings : - Why is the number of lottery jackpot winners NOT announced immediately after? - why isn't the public allowed to watch? - why do the odds for each drawn combination decrease with the increase of the jackpot sum, or in other words with the number of bets? Jackpot Winners : - why only exceptionally do they get a public face? Reminder: almost all winners of Spain's El Gordo, world's largest lottery drawn in public, don't remain anonymous. - why do almost all winners
Mar 19, 2014, 8:47 pm - MattMarr - Lottery Discussion Forum

Only one? No all major lottery in EU or US is rigged: El Gordo, in Spain is not a exceptionReply
litre, Wilkommen, From the OP: this is how they done it to rigg the el gordo lottery in spain. before the drawing they put the selected balls in the freezer. the kids get then instructions only to pick this cold numbers for the big fat one. Was the Spanish press you mentioned a tabloid? The 'cold numbers' explanation sounds like something a tabloid would run, as a parody article. ___________________________________________________________ Anyone else see this and think
Mar 9, 2012, 10:21 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Would you keep playing?Reply
I know what the author was saying...but still it can happen to you it can happen to anyone else...sorry to say this but who have very low odds of winning are: Mixed people people of Mixed interacial families because they are such a small very small minority (like the daughter/son of a white father and a black mother) even though it can happen to you as well as it can happen to them, same thing is if you are asian...Again is a game that needs fixing.... a genius could come with the theory of r
Jan 30, 2010, 12:50 pm - pumpi76 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why not a lottery that goes "wide"?Reply
From the book Infinite Financial Freedom What To Do Before And After You Win The Lottery Rob Sanford CFP p 10 The World's Largest Lottery By far the World's largest single lottery evebt is Spain's so-called Navidad (El Gordo). As you might suspect from its name, this lottery is held a few days prior to Christmas every year in Madrid, Spain. Over the span of just a few days, Spain awards over, $1,000,000,000 (in U.S. dollars) in prizes. Over 90 individual prizes
Apr 17, 2006, 7:50 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Can a lottery win make you happy?News Story
The first Euro Millions lottery draw takes place on Friday, with the prospect of multi-million pound jackpots. How do windfall winners come to grips with their newfound wealth - and does it make them happy? For the price of a newspaper and a chocolate bar, any one of us can buy into a multi-million pound dream. It is a dream that lottery operators are keen to sell to yet more of us with the launch of EuroMillions, a mega draw for the UK, France and Spain aimed at boosting our flagging interest i
Feb 12, 2004, 6:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Spain's huge Christmas lottery offers distraction from virusNews Story
Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic's gloom and doom turned their attention Wednesday to a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country's bumper Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One. The draw, held annually since 1812, dished out a total of 2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) in prizes this year, or 70% of the proceeds from ticket sales. The top-prize number holder number 86148 this year gets 400,000 (US$450,000
Dec 22, 2021, 1:08 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Thief steals handbag with winning €125,000 lottery ticket insideNews Story
Caught after making a big purchase By Kate Northrop A thief who stole a purse with a winning lottery ticket worth 125,000 (US$152,000) inside has finally been caught after he used the money to buy a house. On May 31, the Guardia Civil, law enforcement in Spain, arrested an unnamed 52-year-old man at the house he bought in Valencia with the winnings he stole. The theft took place on Dec. 19, 2020. Video surveillance footage in a restaurant shows the man walking past a woman seated at
Jun 14, 2021, 12:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Is the Lottery rigged ? Read this ...Reply
� How State Lottery Jackpot is� rigged (1) was expained first in forums by Matt Marriott in November 2004. BTW, how long do you think it lasted in Wikipedia before it was censored? (2) Answer: Six minutes later, Ahoerstemeier, one of the many CIA handles in charge of preventing any of the end time hoaxes (3) from being exposed, censored it. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottery diff=164975335 oldid=164974217 Notes (1) Lottery for Dummies -� g
Jan 24, 2008, 9:24 pm - MattMatt - Lottery Discussion Forum

Spain to privatize lotteryNews Story
The Spanish government is close to selecting three advisers to help it sell shares in national lottery Sociedad Estatal de Loter as y Apuestas del Estado SA that could raise as much as $10.62 billion. The choice of strategic, financial and legal advisers could be announced as soon as Tuesday, Aurelio Mart nez, chairman of Loter as y Apuestas del Estado, said in an interview. The mandates are considered prestigious for consulting firms, investment banks and law firms, even if the fees involved
May 24, 2011, 7:03 am - Todd - Lottery News