Each week a growing number of people are moving away from buying tickets to enter the UK National Lottery, and are instead visiting betting shops and online betting sites and are betting on the Irish Lottery instead. The main reason for them switching over to the Irish Lottery is that they have a much bigger choice of ways they can…
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Keno Player Win Big in Kansas
There are a few ways that you can play Keno, you could play on a Keno machine and have hours of fun and plenty of winning opportunities, or you could play in one of the sadly now diminishing number of keno Lounges, or you could even play the potentially huge paying Kansas Lottery Keno game. That is exactly what a…
Read MoreWhen is a $298.3m Powerball Jackpot Not a $298.3m Windfall?
There are plenty of decisions that need to be made when winning a massive lottery prize. One is over whether to remain anonymous but another that is more common in the USA is just how to accept your winnings. Massive Win for Truck Driver Truck driver Dave Johnson from Brooklyn in New York, USA, is still celebrating his $298.3m Powerball…
Read MoreWill the $1.5bn Mega Millions Winner Ever Claim their Winnings?
The clock continues to tick down as the October winner of the world record $1.5bn Mega Millions jackpot still hasn’t claimed their prize. Whoever the winner is has another three months to claim the highest ever amount won by a single ticket in US history. But why hasn’t the winner come forward three months after their incredible win and what…
Read MoreZeal Rejects Lottoland Offer Amidst War of Words
It has been announced that Zeal Network has refused a €76 million for its German business, Tipp24.com, by rival lottery giant Lottoland. Explaining the reasons for rejecting the offer, Helmut Becker, CEO of Zeal Network, said “It does not reflect the value of our German business”. Lotto24 It was also suggested by Becker that the attempted purchase was designed to…
Read MoreSpain Awaits the €700m El Nino Lottery Draw
The Christmas trees are still up in town centres as are the decorations. There’s still a bit of food left to eat but it’s early January and it all feels a bit strange. Not so in Spain though, because on January 6 it’s the El Nino draw and people are dreaming of winning a massive lottery prize. Spaniards do love…
Read MoreImagine Becoming a Millionaire on New Year’s Day
How do you start a new year? There’s probably a hangover to recover from and of course resolutions to be made. Your finances might have taken a festive hit too, so why not become a lottery millionaire on January 1? That’s happened a number of times and it’s an amazing way to start the year. 2019 was less than a…
Read MoreThe Lottery Mysteries that May Be Solved in 2019
2019 begins with some massive lottery jackpots to be won. Who wouldn’t want to win a £115m EuroMillions or $415m Mega Millions jackpot on New Year’s Day. 2018 proved to be a year full of big wins and a fair share of controversies too, some of which still need to be resolved in 2019. Who could ever forget the month…
Read MoreThe Highs and Lows of Playing the Lottery in 2018
Playing a lottery can have its highs and lows and that’s the case with these five strange stories from 2018. Francisco Rios from Connecticut, USA, was watching an episode of the 1950s Western TV series ‘Bronco’ and it gave him an idea. A man had been buried in a glacier for 22 years, 2 months, 18 days, 12 hours and…
Read MoreThink the UK National Lottery is Tough to Win? Try Winning the Italian SuperEnalotto Jackpot
Winning a lottery jackpot is never going to be an easy task. Try telling that to any Italian who loves nothing more than picking their SuperEnalotto numbers. It’s a task that is one of the most difficult in the world to achieve and this week players were hoping for a Christmas miracle and an €81.4m jackpot win but with no…
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