The US citizens love to play the lottery: Americans spend $80 billion a year on tickets, compared with just $11 billion on going to the movies. Not surprisingly, there are also those who try to cheat the system. The crunchy cipher Gerald Selbee has always had a love of maths and riddles. At school the […]
Success, as you know, requires perseverance and a lot of patience. That was the lesson Bon Truong, a landscaper from Edmonton, Alberta in Canada, learned. The lucky man managed to win $60 million in the lottery after playing for thirty years. The interesting thing is that all this time Truong filled in the same numbers […]
In 1994 the romantic comedy It Could Happen to You (starring Nicolas Cage) won the hearts of many film fans. In the story, a New York cop wins the lottery and shares the prize with a waitress (played by Bridget Fonda). Did you know that this plot is based on a true story? It is […]
In 2018, a New York lawyer swindled $107 million from lottery winners who hired him to manage their investments. Several years ago, he claimed in an interview that lottery winners could be easy targets for fraudsters. In August, a Brooklyn federal prosecutor accused Long Island lawyer Jason Kurland of defrauding lottery winners who entrusted him […]
Home to 1.3 billion people from over 50 nations, Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It spans 30 million square kilometres, six time zones and eight different climate zones. It is commonly assumed that Africa is limited in technology and cut off from the rest of the online world. But in recent […]
The Lottery 4 of 20 (Gosloto) celebrated its first draw on New Year’s Eve. Those who win lottery tickets qualify for big cash prizes. Here you can find out the basic rules of the lottery, when and where the 4 out of 20 draw results are published, and how to check your winnings in the […]
The biggest jackpot in history has hit $1.6 billion (R105 billion) in the US, according to Business Insider. It was reported by Business Insider. At least one Mega Millions lottery ticket with all six numbers matched was sold in South Carolina on Tuesday, October 23. The odds of winning the jackpot were one in 302.5 […]
The South African Powerball and Lotto draws are constantly attracting new players. And it’s no wonder — after all, almost everyone dreams of winning a massive jackpot in the lottery. But in reality, participating in lottery draws for the sake of a big win is perhaps the worst strategy in the world of online gambling. […]
In 2020, two states have produced their first-ever Mega Millions jackpot-winning tickets, as Wisconsin followed in the footsteps of Arizona in taking the game’s top prize. A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night – the white balls 25, 28, 38, 59 and 62, plus the gold Mega Ball 22. […]
Make sure you use a secure mail service to minimise the chance of losing your lottery ticket. If it is lost, proof that you just had a winning ticket or proof that the lottery has received it will not be provided by mail. It is best to keep a photocopy of your lottery ticket for […]
