Player wins UK Lottery jackpot buying ticket online

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CASH Only — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 17:18:52 GMT

Does Siloviki live on a farm? (silo...

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Todd — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:32:10 GMT

Siloviki,I disagree with almost everything you wrote.The operations advertised on the left side of this page are not fly by night operations. I have personally made sure of that before recommending them by listing them here. There are many fly by night operations in the lottery service industry, but they are not one of them. Come to think of it, there are fly by night operations in every industry.The UK has it a lot easier because they don't have to deal with the separate laws of 50 diffe... [ More ]

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siloviki — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:53:00 GMT

I think Powerball/Megamillions should offer this type of online service to buy tickets direct. People out of state will drive (literally for hours) anyway to buy a ticket for a lottery not available in their own state if the jackpot is an obscene amount. Why should anyone want or have to pay $2 or more per $1 ticket for some fly-by-night online operation to do it for you simply because a given lottery isn't on offer in a person's state/country? Those extra dollars (profits to the purchasers) are... [ More ]

Player wins UK Lottery jackpot buying ticket online

Lottery Post — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:06:46 GMT

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... [ More ]