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Questions surround replacement of Mexico lottery directorNews Story
The director of Mexico's National Lottery, Laura Valdes, was replaced Tuesday amid accusations that the agency may have favored some private charities, rather than passing money through normal governmental channels.Valdes will be replaced by Tomas Ruiz Gonzalez, a congressman for the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party who also once served as Mexico's assistant treasury secretary.President Vicente Fox thanked Valdes for her work at the lottery, but did not specify why she was being r
Jul 14, 2004, 8:45 am - Lottery News

Minnesota top pull-tab stateNews Story
Imagine that every fruitless pull of a casino's slot machine produced a colorful bit of trash and you get an idea of how the garbage bins at American Legion Post 1776 overflow on a good night.Last year $6.4 million worth of pull-tabs were sold from this tidy metal-clad hall -- tops in a state that is tops in the nation -- allowing Post 1776 to pass a profit of $246,000 on to hundreds of schools, sports programs and charities.Though they're sold without the glamor of Las Vegas or the marketing bu
Jul 5, 2004, 8:32 am - Lottery News

Bahamas debates starting national lotteryNews Story
Chairman of the Gaming Board, Kenyatta Gibson, MP, announced to parliament last week that the Gaming Board is currently reviewing the feasibility of The Bahamas introducing a national lottery. To assist in the decision-making process, the Gaming Board has undertaken a comprehensive study on various authorised lotteries throughout the world and the current status of illegal gambling in The Bahamas.While some persons feel that it can be harmful, others believe that if properly controlled, a nation
Jun 29, 2004, 2:47 pm - Lottery News

Lottery returns veterans to NormandyNews Story
War heroes from the Midlands will this week be returning to the Normandy battlefields thanks to a series of UK National Lottery grants.More than 400 veterans, widows and carers nationwide are being helped back to the D-Day beaches as part of the Heroes Return Fund run by the Big Lottery Fund and the Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations (COBSEO).Among the ex-soldiers is Laurence Morris, of Birmingham, who served with the Royal Engineers in a workshop unit.Mr Morris's job
Jun 2, 2004, 11:40 am - Lottery News

First Triple Rollover for UK Lotto to Spark Ticket FrenzyNews Story
The UK Lotto will see its first ever triple rollover jackpot this weekend, with a top prize of at least 21.5 million (US$39.2 million).If only one person matches all six numbers, they will become the largest single winner.Operators Camelot are now warning people 'buy early to avoid disappointment' because no extra tickets will go on sale above the usual quota.Chief executive Dianne Thompson said: 'This is the first triple rollover in our 10-year history.'The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Lot
May 27, 2004, 7:44 am - Lottery News

Spain's prince weds, wins lottery tooNews Story
As if having a fairytale wedding was not enough luck for one day, Spain's Prince Felipe, 36, and new wife Princess Letizia, 31, hit the jackpot yesterday with a lottery ticket given to them as a wedding present, state radio reported.The happy couple who wed in a glittering ceremony attended by the world's royalty yesterday won 12,000 euros (about $20,000) on a ticket given to them by a Barcelona pensioner, National Spanish Radio said.The retired employee of state television where Letizia Ortiz w
May 24, 2004, 8:45 am - Lottery News

UK Lottery funds digital movie projectionNews Story
The UK Film Council is to furnish some 150 cinemas across Britain with digital projectors in an effort to increase the viewership of independent films.The council has been awarded 19.25m ( 13m, US$23.14m) by the countrys national lottery to install the systems, which will dramatically reduce the cost of distribution of films, according to the BBC.Traditional film projectors require film prints, each of which cost around 1500 ( 1000, US$1800) per reel. Independent and foreign films often cannot
May 21, 2004, 10:41 am - Lottery News

Can you beat the odds to win the Powerball jackpot?News Story
If you've played the Powerball drawings and lost, would you like to improve your odds of winning the multi-million dollar jackpot? The head of the University of Tennessee's math department explains whether it's possible to beat the odds.People say getting struck by lightning is a better bet than winning a lottery. But the National Association of States and Provincial Lotteries web site says that in 1996, 1,136 people won $1,000,000 or more playing lotteries in America. And 4,520 others won $100,
May 21, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News

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 - Lottery News

Study: Brain Prefers Working for CashNews Story
It's nicer when you actually earn it.Lottery winners, trust-fund babies and others who get their money without working for it do not get as much satisfaction from their cash as those who earn it, a study of the pleasure center in people's brains suggests.Emory University researchers measured brain activity in the striatum - the part of the brain associated with reward processing and pleasure - in two groups of volunteers. One group had to work to receive money while playing a simple computer gam
May 13, 2004, 1:21 pm - Lottery News