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€190m EuroMillions lottery jackpot will be won tonight, no matter whatNews Story
Odds of winning slashed to 1 in 7 million The EuroMillions jackpot of 190 million (US$209 million) will have to be won on Tuesday night no matter what happens, with the odds of claiming at least a share of the top prize effectively falling from 140 million to 1 to a considerably more manageable 7 million to 1 due to a never-before enforced rule. The current jackpot has been rolling over since July 23rd and this week for the first time in the 15-year history of the game, it will have hit it
Oct 8, 2019, 8:58 am - Lottery News

UK winner claims £123 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
A 123 million (US$140 million) EuroMillions jackpot win has been successfully claimed by a UK ticket holder who has chosen to remain anonymous, Camelot said. The operator of the National Lottery confirmed the 123,458,008 prize won in the draw on June 11 had been validated and paid out. It is the third biggest amount ever to be won in the UK and the fourth EuroMillions jackpot win this year. Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at The National Lottery, said, What an amazing win the third
Jun 25, 2019, 11:58 am - Lottery News

UK factory worker claims £71 million EuroMillions lottery jackpotNews Story
A factory worker who has won 71 million (US$80 million) in the multi-country EuroMillions lottery is quite happy to admit it bloody well will change his life. Ade Goodchild, 58, was the only winner of the 71,057,439 prize on Friday. He told a news conference he will retire after 24 years as a metal worker in Hereford, travel the world and buy a home with a swimming pool. Being single, he denied he was suddenly more attractive overnight, saying, Just my wallet is. Mr. Goodchild is th
Apr 10, 2019, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery launches new All or Nothing gameNews Story
5 Card Cash retired to make room for new game By Todd Northrop A lottery game format that has grown in popularity in recent years is now finding its way to Wisconsin. Starting today, Wisconsin lottery players are able to buy tickets for the latest Wisconsin Lottery game called All or Nothing. In the new game, players choose 11 numbers from a total pool of 22 numbers, and they can win the top prize by matching either all or none of the 11 numbers drawn to the numbers on their game tic
Apr 7, 2019, 12:24 pm - Lottery News

Ireland Lotto winner had bank card declined hours before discovering €1m winNews Story
All the hardship this last while, Odhr n Doherty said with tears streaming down his face as he pulled his brother Shane into a firm embrace outside the National Lottery headquarters on Dublin's Abbey Street on Tuesday afternoon. The 23-year-old farmer from Raphoe Co Donegal had just arrived in Dublin in a white Hummer to collect the 1 million (US$1.12 million) prize he had won on the Lotto Plus 1 draw on Saturday night. As he picked up the check he recalled how less than 72 hours earlier
Apr 3, 2019, 8:10 am - Lottery News

Irish family celebrate after record €175 million lottery winNews Story
A family from a village outside Dublin, Ireland, has claimed a 175 million (US$198.7 million) EuroMillions jackpot after stashing the winning ticket in an Argos catalog under a mattress. The family spent the day digesting and celebrating the news that it had won Ireland's biggest-ever jackpot. This is unbelievable. It will take us some time to get our heads around this win and to organise ourselves, said a spokesperson for the family, which has not been named. We are a very close fami
Feb 21, 2019, 8:24 am - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery winners to share £115 million prize with family and friendsNews Story
When Frances and Patrick Connolly realized they had won a EuroMillions jackpot worth 115 million (US$131 million), they sat in silence and stared at each other for 10 minutes, then made a cup of tea. So began a new life for the couple from County Down in Northern Ireland on New Year's Day, after scooping one of the biggest UK lottery wins in history. They went public with the news on Friday at a press conference outside Belfast, where the Connollys announced they would share the prize with
Jan 5, 2019, 2:46 pm - Lottery News

Irish family claims €38.9m EuroMillions jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
A small pool of family members from Dublin, Ireland, collected a life-changing 38.9 million (US$46.5 million) EuroMillions lottery jackpot prize on Monday morning, following their huge win earlier this month. The family members, who all wish to remain anonymous, bought the winning EuroMillions jackpot quick pick on the day of the draw, Friday December 29, at The Village Shop in Malahide. Collecting their prize, the ecstatic family said that the last week has been a blur and revealed they a
Jan 10, 2018, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionNews Story
Who says Canadians can't participate in US elections? No, they can't vote in US elections, but Canadians can place bets on who is going to win. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation has been taking bets on the 2016 U.S. election since early last year. It's become the most popular wager in an online gaming category the lottery calls novelty betting. The provincial lottery contracts with a global sportsbook based in Ireland to set the odds. BC Lottery spokesman Doug Cheng said the odd
Jul 26, 2016, 8:13 am - Lottery News

Irish lottery site and ticket machines hit by DDoS attackNews Story
Customers trying to buy tickets for the 12 million (US$13 million) Ireland Lotto draw found themselves unable to do so for nearly two hours. The jackpot was the largest in 18 months. Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), the Lottery's operator, has said the incident is under investigation. During a DDoS attack, a website or online service's capacity to handle internet traffic is overloaded usually by automated programs set to flood the site with requests. The attack began at 11:21 GMT on
Jan 21, 2016, 4:11 pm - Lottery News