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UK Lottery Winner Nearly BrokeNews Story
A former dustman who won a 9.7 million (US$17 million) Lottery jackpot has reportedly spent almost his entire fortune within 18 months on extravagant houses, cars and gold bling jewellery.Michael Carroll, 21, who was recently convicted of cocaine possession, has only 500,000 left, it is claimed.He has bought four homes, a holiday villa in Spain, two convertible BMW cars, quad bikes and a stake in a football club. Sources close to him claim Carroll has also wasted untold thousands on alcoho
May 14, 2004, 6:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Poll - PB & MM vs a National Lottery
Someone on one of the threads observed it would make more sense to dissolve the Multi-State Lotteries and create a single lottery run as a national, similar to the Irish and UK. Tickets for the hypothetical National US lottery would be sold in all states, tickets available in Post Offices, National Park Service offices, National Forestry Services offices, Bureau of Indian Affairs offices and all state and local government offices supported by Federal funding and grants. That funding and th
Jul 3, 2006, 9:30 am - Rip Snorter - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery 'syndicate' is a pyramid scamNews Story
Every week, Tony Hetherington of This is Money (UK) replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries. If you think you are a victim of financial mismanagement, or want advice before investing, write to Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TS. Sorry, but he cannot give personal replies. Please send only copies of documents - if these are relevant to your enquiry. We regret that they cannot be returned.A. W. writes: I attended a present
Oct 24, 2005, 9:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Checkout clerk: 'You've had a big win, sir'News Story
A young agricultural engineer saw a five-week lucky streak on the National Lottery spiral to new heights when his six numbers scooped him the 2m (US$3.65 million) jackpot.Meredith Davies, 32, had won a tenner every week for a month before all his numbers came good on the Saturday October 16 draw.He bought the winning ticket at Lomax's in Bridge Street, Lampeter.But despite normally checking his tickets the next day, it has taken Mr Davies more than a week to realise that Lady Luck had passed hi
Oct 28, 2004, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cash-strapped church in Italy asks parishoners for lottery ticketsReply
The British National Lottery has provided funding for churches for years! The UK Heritage Lottery Fund has over 375m annually and all of their main funding streams are open to churches, often the oldest or most significant building in a local place. The HLF fund a range of heritage projects, activities and events in churches, including: Conservation of organs, bells, clocks, paintings, stained glass, textiles and sculpture; Projects which increase access to heritage, such as gui
Oct 19, 2015, 7:26 pm - myturn - Lottery News

£1 million EuroMillions prize goes unclaimedReply
All UK Lottery prizes are paid as a lump sum and are tax-free. Of all money spent on National Lottery games: 50% goes to the prize fund. 28% to 'good causes' as set out by Parliament. 12% to the UK Government as duty. 5% to retailers as commissions. 5% to operator Camelot, with 4.5% to cover operating costs and 0.5% as profit.
Jun 28, 2015, 8:22 am - myturn - Lottery News

Euromillions JackpotReply
That's not the official site for EuroMillions. If you visit the site and click on Click Here to Play EuroMillions, it'll redirect you to Lotter, a third-party lottery concierge service. Camelot runs EuroMillions in the UK. http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/help/faqs.ftl#int_GetStarted1 In the FAQ, to set up an account you need to be 16 or older and be a resident of UK or Isle of Man. I'm sure their partner lottery organizations in other countries that also offer EuroMillions h
Jun 13, 2014, 1:33 pm - mrcraft - Lottery Discussion Forum

The Lottery Code E-Book (Free)Reply
Hi ca-dreamin! The numbers that make up the lottery code come directly from the British National Lottery winning numbers from November 19, 1994 to September 23, 1995. The author has a photocopied list of these numbers from Camelot plc, the company that runs the lottery in the UK. What is amazing is that all the message codes added up to the same number (i.e. 7958, the total of these 45 weeks of numbers), and that it was also the registration number of her Dad's car when she was a little girl!
Aug 12, 2011, 2:40 pm - martingorgeous - Lottery Systems Forum

Global Lottery Solutions (G.L.S)Reply
Mo, I'll help when I can. Always eager to problem solve. @Jim When your program/code is available, send me a PM. When Mo states, local lottery I ask the question about what that really means. In his examples, he's using 5 to 7 lotteries from the UK for his analysis. As for those folks in the US/Canada, each state/province has their own lottery as well as National lotteries. So do we need data from all lottery sources, or do we need just one lottery source to do the analy
Jan 31, 2010, 1:43 pm - ChetserDennis - Mathematics Forum

List of States Which Allow Anonymous WinnersReply
This is the response I got from the UK Lottery. Thank you for contacting the Interactive Customer Care Team. All Lottery winners have the right to remain anonymous, we cannot organize any publicity or give any information to the press unless the winner has signed a form giving us permission to do so. We hope the clarifies things for you. If you have any further enquiries or feedback to provide please contact us again. Kind regards Interactive Customer Care Team National L
Mar 6, 2008, 11:56 pm - myturn - Lottery Discussion Forum