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Luck, Be a Lady, Madame, and SenoraNews Story
Inspired by American lotteries like Mega Millions, outfits in Spain, Britain, and France have joined forces to woo European bettorsViviane Leconte isn't one to bet on the ponies -- too complicated to be much fun, in her view. But two weeks ago, Leconte, a 58-year-old receptionist in Paris, finally found her gambling Valhalla with the launch of Euro Millions, the first pan-European lottery, and won $400 on her first try. It's so easy, she beams.After more than a decade of research, three nation
Mar 1, 2004, 4:21 am - Lottery News

Calif. lottery 'winner' didn't buy ticketNews Story
The rags-to-riches story of Jaime Chavez Ramos has a new plot: He has signed over a $10 million SuperLotto jackpot to Benjamin Garcia, whom Ramos identified as his cousin.Four days after telling reporters that he was an instant millionaire, Ramos, who lives in the Fresno area, told lottery officials that Garcia actually paid the $1 for the winning quick-pick ticket at Church Market in Calwa.He then signed documents that legally turned the jackpot over to Garcia, said Norma Minas, a Lottery spoke
Mar 1, 2004, 3:57 am - Lottery News

French Winner Takes First Euro Millions JackpotNews Story
Friday 13th proved lucky for one French ticketholder, as they scooped the 15 million euro ( 10 million or US$19 million) jackpot in the first Euro Millions lottery draw.There were no jackpot winners in Britain or Spain, but there was one ticketholder in the UK to scoop a six-figure sum yesterday, National Lottery organizer Camelot said.The lucky ticket won 112,550 by matching five main numbers.There are no Spanish winners in the top three tiers.The winning numbers were 16, 29, 32, 36, and 41, w
Feb 13, 2004, 9:24 pm - Lottery News

Euro Millions Launches TonightNews Story
The first draw of a new European multi-country lottery game which offers jackpots of up to 50m takes place tonight.Tickets for the Euro Millions game have been on sale in the UK, Spain and France for the first draw which takes place in Paris tonight.The jackpot is thought to be in the region of 10m, although organizers say this will grow as time goes on.Players choose five numbers from a list of one to 50, then two numbers from one to nine from a Lucky Star panel on the play slip.It will initi
Feb 13, 2004, 8:21 am - Lottery News

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 - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery launches; jackpots 'may top £50m'News Story
A new European lottery with a possible jackpot of 50 million or more has been launched.EuroMillions will link the UK's National Lottery to equivalent games in France and Spain.The tickets will go on sale in the UK on Saturday February 7, priced 1.50, for the first draw on Friday February 13. Camelot, operator of the National Lottery, estimate the first jackpot will be 10 million, rising to an average of around 14 million. With rollovers, the big prize could reach 50 million or more, the com
Feb 5, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Spend a lott this ChristmasNews Story
'Tis the season to splash out and be jolly...and three lucky ladies won't be worrying about the bills when they start rolling in after Christmas.Trish Emson, Mandy Wright, and Alison Hamilton have all hit it big on the UK National Lottery with their families, sharing more than 7 million between them. So how will this year's Christmas be different and what kind of presents will they be buying for their family and friends?Here they share how they will be spending their big day and what kind of g
Dec 22, 2003, 6:14 am - Lottery News

French lottery to pay upNews Story
Games company Francaise des Jeux said it would compensate a handful of people who mistakenly thought they had won the jackpot because of printing errors on a batch of black jack scratch cards.Eight people in the Lorraine region of eastern France will be awarded between 2,000 and 40,000 euros for having had their dreams of wealth raised and dashed.The company devised a way to calculate how much distress the players had suffered linked to the amount they thought they had won and how long they were
Dec 8, 2003, 4:31 am - Lottery News