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The British public would be shocked at just how much money is stolen from vulnerable and unaware people every year through lottery scams. Most would be extremely surprised that so many people are still falling victim to a scam that has been around and well publicized now for a decade. The scams have absolutely nothing to do with the actually lottery or any valid lottery around the world. It is even uncertain as to the exact figures of whom and how much as many people are too embarrassed to report that they have become victims to the scam. The scam …

The UK saw a meeting that celebrated the 15th anniversary of the lottery this last week and what a turn out it had. With winners only invited, it had an amassed wealth in the room of over 400 million pounds. There were 197 winners in total that attended the celebration. Imagine the number of people attending if it had been an event for poker players getting rakeback! The champagne flowed as they all reminisced on how they felt about the highs and lows of winning. Most people imaging that the moment they discover that they have a winning ticket is pretty amazing and one …

One stressed out shopper hit the jackpot at a supermarket in the UK last month. We all have those days where we head down to the store to get in the week’s shopping, but we are a bit distracted and decide to lighten our day with a little lottery flutter. Nothing can be more annoying on one of these stressful days than being in a queue and asking for something and the checkout girl making a mistake. You know the routine; you notice the error and can envision the chaos that is about to occur if you say something. The …

Two tickets in the UK have won the mammoth euro lottery jackpot recently. The two tickets are the biggest wins to ever be made in the UK. The two sets of winners have been confirmed by the Euro lottery. The winners are a lottery syndicate in Liverpool and a couple in South Wales. Both sets of winners have interesting stories to tell and are keen to share! The syndicate consists of seven lucky call center winners who work for Hewlett Packard. No solemn words of keeping their jobs and investing the money from this group, the first thing they all …

The Facebook revolution has changed a lot of things about how we keep in touch and contact people. Status updates are used all the time to keep people informed on what’s going on in their lives and other important information. For instance, you can check up on what’s happening with your favourite online poker rooms and even the latest rakeback promotions by following them on facebook and twitter. Now just imagine that you are signing onto your Facebook page and you see an update that tells you that you have just won the lottery! That is exactly what happened to …

We read about them all the time and wonder what it would be like to see the ticket in your hand match up with the lottery numbers on the television. The screaming, celebration and disbelief! We all have a little scenario in our heads of what it must be like when our numbers come in. Two lucky winners this week had a slightly different scenario play out for them. Two separate winners on different continents both turned up at stores and handed over their winning tickets only to find out that they had won the big jackpot. Now, I don’t …