SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The jackpot in the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game has grown to $6.25 million.
The rollover occurred because no player matched all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing.
Although there was no grand prize winner, 27 players matched five of the six winning numbers - good for second prizes of $783.50 apiece. Another 1,487 players matched four of the six numbers and will receive third prizes of $25.50 apiece.
A MAN who scooped £13million on the lottery has a secret lovechild he has hardly ever seen.
Meat packer and bingo caller Ken Henry, 58, walked out on his daughter Sarah O'Connor and her mother, Marjorie, when the girl was just a few months old.
Sarah and her mum were so hard up they had to live in a caravan for several months until they moved into a council house.
Sarah, now 32, has two young children of her own and a third is due in September.
Tamale, June 3, GNA - A watchman with the Tamale Office of the Department of National Lotteries (DNL) who won a total of 2.6 million cedis lotto last Saturday, claimed that Jesus Christ gave him the winning numbers in a vision.
Mr Kofi Apiya, a lotto addict, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Tamale that he had ceased to be a member of any Christian fellowship because he was no longer winning lotto.
Mr Apiya said after constant persuasion by a staff member of the Tamale Office of the DNL, he accepted the Christian faith and joined the Tamale East branch of the Church of Christ.
We've heard it all before, that "it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game." In Hollywood, winning is the only game in town. It's a business that can't afford to play by the simple life lessons of youth. Entertainment is a ruthless business that lives by its own set of rules. To take a cynical look at it, it's a lot like politics: it will often do anything to get your vote (i.e., your money at the box office). Ask it what it believes in and the answer is money, the lifeblood of the industry. To sell the most tickets, it frequently has to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Without money, it can't afford to make family films like "Kicking and Screaming," a Universal Pictures release about the effect that little league sports can have on suburban families.
PENNSYLVANIA – As reported by the Pennsylvania Patriot-News: "The partnership planning to build a casino just outside of Gettysburg is making enemies.
"The Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg yesterday released a statement calling the casino 'inappropriate, insensitive and detrimental to the heritage and hallowed ground we are dedicated to honor, protect and preserve.'
"It boasts a membership of 25,000 which includes representation from all 50 states, is dedicated to preserving the Gettysburg battlefield and its monuments.
"David LeVan, president of Chance Enterprises Inc., the midstate partnership planning to build the Gettysburg Gaming Resort & Spa, called the Friends' decision 'disappointing.'
Electronic bingo terminals will not morph into slot machines if House members get their way.
Earlier this week, the Senate passed legislation allowing existing bingo parlors to use electronic terminals for their games. Gambling opponents and some lawmakers worried that the machines were a backdoor effort to expand legalized gambling in Texas.
But anti-gambling fervor ruled Thursday night during the House debate over legislation to allow the Texas Lottery Commission to continue operating. Without any debate, the House adopted amendments to ensure that the bingo machines cannot be used to legalize gambling that is currently illegal.
Online casino and gambling site Getminted.com recently appointed Gloria Gonzalez to the post of Head of Marketing. Gonzalez rose to this prestigious position after only a month at Getminted.com. She demonstrated her potential with Getminted's live UK advertising campaign, which she headed. Getminted have been pushing to promote their online poker, monopoly and bingo offerings through the offline campaign.
Gonzalez was previously employed by telecommunications firms, including Ericsson, PageOne, O2, iTouch and Zed.
Getminted offers a wealth of online gaming options, including casino games, virtual racing, television game show games, bingo, poker and more.
Betting markets have defeated experts, polls and the media in predicting the outcome of current events such as presidential elections.
During the past four U.S. presidential campaigns, economists at the University of Iowa have operated an Internet-based futures market system, where anybody could bet on one of the two major-party candidates.
In the 2004 election, for example, every source in the U.S. considered the race too closes to call before the election night. But the University of Iowa market gave George W. Bush a clear edge since the end of the Republican convention in September, two months ahead.
A university student has vowed to continue her studies after scooping a £3m Lotto jackpot.
Sarah Cockings, 21, from Whitley Bay, who is studying for a degree in Social Work at Northumbria University, plans to splash out on a convertible Mini.
She said a "funny feeling" on Saturday led her to pick six numbers rather than her usual Lucky Dips.
Miss Cockings placed them at her local Post Office, in Whitley Bay, where her younger sister Alex, 18, works.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Bodog.com continues to lead the pack in offering wagers on the most talked about pop culture events. Today Bodog.com has posted odds on a variety of outcomes in the most talked about trial of the year -- Michael Jackson's.
Bodog.com is running three wagers on the trial:
- Will Michael Jackson be convicted of child molestation at the end of this trial?
- Will Michael Jackson serve a jail sentence for his current child molestation trial?
