The World’s Biggest Lotteries

Posted on August 17th, 2010

Lotteries are one of the oldest forms of gambling known to man. All across the ancient world lotteries were played. The construction of the Great Wall of China was partially financed through lotteries. The American Revolution was financed by various lotteries and venerable educational institutions such as Harvard and Princeton were started with lottery money.  [...]

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EuroMillions

Posted on June 1st, 2010

EuroMillions
EuroMillions is a popular pan European lottery played by millions across Europe every week. EuroMillions was launched in 2004 by the Française des Jeux, The Spanish Loterías y Apuestas Del Estado and Camelot, operator of the UK National Lottery. EuroMillions drawings are held every Friday night at 20:35 GMT and EuroMillions tickets cost €2.00. (About [...]

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Talk About Luck!

Posted on May 13th, 2009

A Spanish woman who spent the weekend at home suffering from the flu was astounded to learn that she had won the Euro Millions lottery jackpot of £110 million. ($166,655,366 USD) The unnamed woman from Mallorca did not know of her good fortune until she was tracked down by lottery officials. The unnamed woman stated, [...]

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