Atlantic Lottery Corporation starts online ticket salesNews Story
The online cash has started flowing for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.It has pioneered a controversial website that sells lottery tickets on the Internet.The service went online Tuesday and by lunch time over 100 customers had wagered on games.The move has made it the first publicly-owned agency to sell virtual lottery tickets in Canada.Darlene Doucet, an Atlantic Lottery spokeswoman, says the corporation is particularly interested in people who already bank, make purchases and seek entertain ...
Aug 26, 2004, 7:29 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Player wins UK Lottery jackpot buying ticket onlineNews Story
Camelot, the company that operates the UK National Lottery, is trumpeting its first online lotto millionaire.The winner has opted for only partial publicity, meaning all that can be revealed is where they come from - Edinburgh.What has been revealed is that the winning sum totalled 5,935,128 (US $10.8 million). The numbers from the March 20 drawing were 13, 21, 37, 42, 46 and 48.Camelot describes it as the UK's largest ever online gaming win. This is fantastic news for the winner and a great d ...
Mar 30, 2004, 5:06 am - Todd - Lottery News forum

Bookies in ExileNews Story
Costa Rica is highly prized by the world's backpackers and sightseers for its unspoiled natural beauty, but it's easy to forget that when arriving in its grimy capital, San Jose. The newly remodeled airport is surrounded by chain hotels, freshly paved roads and shiny corporate plazas. After that it goes rapidly downhill. A dusty highway heading vaguely toward downtown takes you through the poorer suburbs of San Jose, packed with families in corrugated-tin-roof shacks. Above them, on the sides of ...
Aug 19, 2003, 4:01 am - Todd - Lottery News forum