It was an embarassing week for the Illinois lottery, when winners started complaining that their winnings checks were not being honoured by the bank!

In all 85 winners with winnings totalling over $159,000 were affected.

It was less than a year ago the syndicate of 16 workers from Montebello Unified School District won $12 Million on the Lotto.

And they just struck it lucky again, this time from playing Mega Millions.

Kathleen Crewe kept her winning lottery ticket in what she thought was a very safe place.

Being somewhat more careful than many lottery players, she not only tucked her ticket safely inside a thermos flask.

The US Powerball is a very hard game to win.

The odds are a pretty horrendous 1 in 195,249,054. Let’s call it 1 in 195 Million for ease of thinking.

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.

It’s been a typically insane ending to the ‘crazy as usual’ business of the Spanish El Gordo lottery draw.

El Gordo 2011 did not disappoint, with the Spanish queueing around street corners right up to the very last minute to buy their tickets.

It’s not entirely rare for the wrong lottery results to appear.

But normally it’s a third party – you know, a small newspaper printing last weeks numbers, or a regional TV show accidentally putting up last weeks graphic.

There are promotional codes for Love My Lotto from time to time. You’ll find them listed here when there is an active special offer.

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The current active promotion is BOGOF – Buy One Get One Free

When you join a Bronze, Silver or Gold syndicate you will get another syndicate free for 30 days.

The Daily Mail just reported that Professor Marcus du Sautoy recommends you pick your lottery numbers consecutively – because it ‘increases your chances of winning’.