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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Mega Millions Winner Defrauded by Clerk May Sue

Posted on December 2nd, 2009

Many lottery players take their lottery tickets to retail outlets to have their numbers checked. Over the years there have been many cases of unscrupulous clerks telling victims that their lottery tickets were not winners when in fact they were winning tickets. One state even went so far as to initiate a sting operation where [...]

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North Carolina to Add Mega Millions

Posted on November 6th, 2009

In the recent past most states offered lottery players either Powerball or Mega Millions. Many states are starting to offer players both mega jackpot lotteries in an attempt to boost lottery ticket sales and add more revenues to strapped state treasuries. Recently Tennessee agreed to offer its lottery players both lotteries and now North Carolina [...]

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