The Lottery Economy-Interesting Statistics

Posted on September 3rd, 2010

Millions of people buy lottery tickets every day in hopes of that one big win. Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots routinely exceed $100 million dollars and even after taxes are taken out winners are set for life provided they don’t squander their winnings foolishly. On the other side of the Atlantic mega jackpot lotteries such [...]

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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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