Most players in the USA will now be aware that the 2012 changes to the Powerball have been put in place. The marketing has been telling us all how the Powerball is now easier to win, because that’s what we wanted. And of course that the minimum grand prize has been increased from $20 Million [...]

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The USA must have the craziest and most restrictive lottery laws around. Other countries have been allowing players to buy lottery tickets online for many years. Other countries allow their residents to play in whatever lottery games around the world that they like. But the USA severely clamped down on it’s citizens freedoms a few [...]

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The Daily Mail just reported that Professor Marcus du Sautoy recommends you pick your lottery numbers consecutively – because it ‘increases your chances of winning’. Unfortunately, whilst it made a good headline, the Daily Mail got their conclusions entirely wrong from the facts Professor du Sautoy gave them. Yes, Marcus did recommend you pick consecutive [...]

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Now that the EuroMillions changes are in place, we’re starting to get used to having two draws a week. But I do keep getting asked what time the draw is, and where can I watch it on TV? Well folks, the draw is made at 7:45pm GMT in Paris (same time as the Friday draw). [...]

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Apparently 54% of Irish workers would keep their job even after winning a lottery jackpot. The survey conducted by Peninsula Ireland, an employment law consultants, not only showed that most people would keep working – but that 45% would keep going until they reached retirement age. MD Alan Price said he found it admirable that [...]

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You may have wondered which areas of the UK have been the luckiest when it comes to winning the lottery. Well now we know, as The UK National Lottery have kindly provided us with a list. So here are the Top 10 Luckiest Lottery places in the UK, in order of the number of big [...]

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It doesn’t happen very often, but it happens often enough that the lottery companies have teams to investigate suspicious claims. Here’s How It Looks: You hand over your lottery ticket to the guy in the shop. He scans your ticket, and says “no, sorry, nothing this time – but good luck for the next draw”. [...]

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The Spanish lottery is about to get privatised, with the Government expecting to raise in the region of $10 Billion. Spain hopes the sale of a 30% share in the national lottery will make a decent dent in the countries budget deficit. It’s likely the sale will be the largest IPO the country has ever [...]

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Residents of New Hampshire in the USA are celebrating with a ‘Tax Repeal Tea Party’. As of yesterday, there is no longer any State tax payable on lottery winnings in New Hampshire. Residents were required to pay an extra 10% on any lottery winnings above $600 in a law introduced back in 2009. But last [...]

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EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle pays out a guaranteed £1 Million to one person every draw. Which means two new millionaires every single week. Now the EuroMillions Raffle odds actually depend on how many people buy entries into the draw. And it’s not just per ticket – you get one raffle entry for every line of numbers [...]

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