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Comparison Of Wednesday Lotto Results Winners

July 12, 2012 Lotteries / Lottery Results / Lotto
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Experts recommend playing unusual combinations when playing the lotto.  This way, if you win, you are less likely to share your winnings with others.  But what qualifies as “unusual” and normal?  One of the best ways to find trends is by looking at the Wednesday lotto results winners.  Not as many people play the Wednesday lotto so it is easier to analyze the Wednesday lotto results than the Saturday results.

There are some interesting trends which show up in just the last week of Wednesday lotto results winners.  Usually, about 200-300 thousand people win at least something on the Wednesday lotto.  You can expect 0-1 Match 6 winner, about 1-4 Match 5 plus bonus winners, and about 200 Match 5 winners.  There are usually thousands of Match 4 winners and hundreds of thousands will Match 3 Wednesday lotto results.

On one recent drawing, the Wednesday lotto results were 9, 25, 29, 32, 37, 38 and bonus 28.  There were a total of 266,462 winners broken down into: 0 match 6 winners, 2 match 5 plus bonus winners, 167 match 5 winners, 12,326 match 4 winners, and 253,967 match 3 winners.

Compare these Wednesday lotto results winners to another drawing of 3, 5, 8, 9, 18, 44 and bonus 42.  These Wednesday lotto results had an impressive 499,840 total winner – almost twice as many from the other drawing!  This isn’t because there were more people playing either because the prize fund was just 1.6 million compared to 2.4 million for the other drawing.  This combination of numbers produced 3 jackpot winners, 14 match 5 plus bonus, 584 match 5, 30,185 match 4, and 469,054 match 3 winners.

Lottery analysts would be able to instantly tell you why this drawing had so many more winners than the other Wednesday lotto results.  Simply, most people pick their numbers in some pattern.  Surprisingly, many people pick consecutive numbers.  According to one study, about 10 thousand people play the combination of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 for their picks each drawing!  We don’t have the specific numbers but we can assume that lots of other people are also playing other consecutives like 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.  Anyone playing this combination would have gotten a Match 3 win with the Wednesday lotto results.

We can’t say what caused the 3 winners with all of the Wednesday lotto results to pick their numbers in that exact way.  However, there does seem to be a bit of a trend – and when the Wednesday lotto results are in a pattern or trend, you will have to split up any big earnings.  It would have been better for someone to choose the apparently random numbers from the other Wednesday lotto results and take home the entire jackpot for themselves rather than splitting it up with a bunch of lucky others.

Beijing Goes Lottery Crazy

June 22, 2012 Jackpot / Lotteries / Lottery Results / Winning The Lottery
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The Euro Lottery and the British lottery/">National Lottery certainly bring on their frenzies when the jackpots’ rollover and people begin frantically buying tickets in an attempt to stake a claim on the ever increasing millions on offer.

 

The British lottery whirl is, however, is nothing quite like the frenzy that recently took place in Beijing when a winning lottery ticket sparked a wave of lottery players at a single lottery kiosk.

 

After $89 million (570 million Yuan) was won on the Union Lotto – the biggest jackpot ever in China – people became lottery-mad, buying up multiple tickets in the lottery which, in the sense of how much its jackpots are, is dwarfed by other countries.

 

The winner, who remains unknown, had apparently bought three lines of lottery-numbers/">lottery numbers for the grand total of 220 Yuan and now has 60 days to claim the prize, which will be taxed at 20%.

 

People are most amazed at the way the numbers were found. The unknown person allegedly used the machine to pick the first row of numbers then used the same numbers twice more on separate lines, meaning that he or her would split the prize three ways with… himself or herself.

 

The kiosk in question in based in the Sanlitun district of Beijing. The previous biggest win on this lottery was 565 million Yuan.

 

Compared to the Euro Lottery, these are small numbers. The lottery generates less enthusiasm in China which, one would think would have the world’s largest lotteries due to the nation’s vast population.

 

China is also the place often attributed as being the ‘birthplace of lotteries’, as, according to historical accounts, it was lotteries that were used to raise funds for the building of vast civic structures such as The Great Wall of China.

 

Perhaps this new rush of interest in Chinese lotteries will prove to be a benefit for the most populous country in the world.

Search for Euro Millions Winner Continues

June 22, 2012 Euromillions / Jackpot / Lotteries / Lottery Numbers / Lottery Results / National Lottery / Winning The Lottery
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You can play Euro Millions online or by paper tickets from outlets all over the UK. Although due to  the fact that no one has come forward to claim £63.8 million in prize money could arguably be proof that playing online is safer.

 

You can all picture the scene – You see the numbers in the newspaper or on the televised show, you can’t remember where you put your ticket, and perhaps you find it as one of those cocoon-like balls in the bottom of the pair of jeans you put in the washing machine. You will never know what numbers you wrote down and you, potentially, just lost out on enough money to have you swimming in caviar for life… if that’s your thing that is!

 

To avoid this potentially devastating scenario, if you play Euro Millions online, your ticket is stored electronically and can be checked up on at any time. In fact, so are all the tickets you have bought for up to 180 days (the period for which prizes can be claimed).

 

It is certainly in the lottery/">National Lottery’s interest to pay out jackpots and other prize money, as it serves to better advertise the event and it is not like Camelot, the lottery/">National Lottery operator, can keep the money if no one claims it.

 

Paying out money inevitably encourages more people to play and therefore makes Camelot in the long-term.

 

Camelot is reported to be desperately trying to locate the person who bought the winning ticket and have managed to whittle the possible location down to the Hertfordshire area, who due to the deadline on claiming prizes, has until 11pm on December the 5th to claim their prize.

 

A Camelot spokesperson said, “We’re desperate to find this mystery ticket holder and unite them with their winnings and we’re urging everyone to try checking in the pockets of clothing, in wallets, bags and down the back of the sofa – someone out there could literally be sitting on a fortune.”

Lottery World Record Broken

June 22, 2012 Jackpot / Lotteries / Lottery Numbers / Lottery Results / Winning The Lottery
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When the Mega Millions numbers came in on 31st of March this year everyone knew that this would be a world record breaking jackpot due to the sheer number of people who had played and the rollovers accumulated from previous weeks.

 

The Mega Millions is the largest lottery in the world and encompasses a vast majority of states across the USA. The lucky winners were based in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland. They will split the sum of $640 million worth all of $462 million after taxes. In the USA, unlike in most European countries, lottery winnings have to be taxed.

 

The spokesman for the Illinois Lottery, Mike Lang, said that the winning ticket in his state was sold in the small town of Red Bud near St. Louis. The winner had used a quick pick to choose the numbers. The winning ticket for Maryland had been sold in a 7-Eleven convenience store in Baltimore County. The third was purchased somewhere in the North-East of Kansas.

 

The director of communications for the Maryland lottery said that the last time the winning Mega Millions numbers were scratched onto a ticket in her state was back in 2008, when a ticket brought home $24 million.The winning ticket in Baltimore was won in a predominantly African-American, working-class neighbourhood, which, by all accounts, has seen better times.

 

The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are just 1 in 176 million so local residents are naturally astounded. Although despite of its incredibly low odds, the Mega Millions has proved to be an exceptionally popular lottery draw and in some parts of the country queues had stretched around the block from local convenience stores.

 

For example, the state of Idaho typically sells around 200,000 to 250,000 tickets per draw but, although in recent months, Idaho has been selling approximately 800,000 tickets per Mega Millions draw. No one knows quite what triggered this massive rush to play but some suggest it is a result of the economic downturn.

The British Lottery Scandal

June 21, 2012 Lotteries / Lottery Results / National Lottery / Winning The Lottery
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For some the British lottery-results/">lottery results can become quite ‘painful’ to watch when you consistently seem to lose and don’t even gain the occasional ‘£2.50’ break to remind you that there is actually real money to be won and it isn’t all just a waste of time, effort and money.

 

This depressing scenario can be made even worse when you find yourself in a situation where have bought a ticket, have the winning numbers, but then realise that your ticket was worthless because of a problem within the lottery system. This ‘unthinkable’ situation almost happened to a number of players in 2010 when they were sold lottery pay slips that were out of date and had no chance of winning.

 

Politicians and punters alike immediately demanded that the useless tickets be withdrawn and that Camelot, the lottery operator, refunded those affected by the problem.

 

As a consequence of the blunder, investigators have visited dozens of lottery outlets across Scotland and found out-of-date Thunderball slips still in use. These outlets ranged from the smallest convenience stores to the largest supermarkets.

 

“Camelot should have made sure that every one of the old forms were withdrawn and destroyed at the time of the changeover,” said Gilian from Bishopbriggs, adding:

 

“They are making enough money from the lottery to spend a little to make sure everyone has the same chance of winning. I would be as well throwing my money down the drain as using a form with only some of the numbers included.”

 

Camelot did promise to launch an urgent investigation and appealed for the names and locations of stores that seemed to be selling the old slips. Camelot claimed that every retailer was contacted when the slips were changed and told to dispose of the old slips, and they couldn’t understand why some retailers had not done this.

 

In light of the old lottery ticket quandary, several mathematicians have calculated, due to the old slips having too fewer numbers to choose from, that the chances of a lottery-results/">lottery results being successful decrease by 48% when the old forms are played.

Lottery Syndicates: The Aftermath of the ‘12 Bus Drivers from Corby’

June 21, 2012 Jackpot / Lotteries / Lottery Results / National Lottery / Winning The Lottery
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Lottery syndicates can be a good way to improve one’s odds of winning a large jackpot. The joys of winning the lottery through a syndicate were revealed when the story of 12 bus drivers from Corby made the tabloid headlines in March of this year.

 

According to the tabloid press, which loves a good lottery story, 12 hard working men finally got a break from a job their jobs as bus conductors, when they found out that they had won a large sum of money on the lottery and so excited was one of the winners, that he walked away from his job immediately after discovering he had won!

 

The syndicate winner’s employer, Stagecoach, was quick to play down the rumour that one of the men had walked off a bus in the middle of a circuit after learning about his win. Yet it seemed that, although Stagecoach claimed no men had tendered their resignation, every one of them failed to turn up to work the next day causing chaos at the bus depot they were based at.

 

One of the most interesting developments is reports of a young woman and co-worker, who is now dubbed as being the ‘unluckiest woman in the UK’ as she had been a member of their syndicate up until six months prior when they reshuffled the lotteries they played and she decided she could no longer afford to be part of the syndicate.

 

The tabloids, which love to scorn at other’s misfortunes, reported that the ‘unluckiest woman in the world’ was devastated that she was no longer part of the syndicate, as the reason she dropped out in the first place was because she was broke. Several of the drivers have claimed to want to club together and create a package of money for the woman. Some of the others, however, remain less charitable. As Charles Connor, one of the winning drivers, said, ‘What can I say? You’ve got to be in it to win it.’

 

Several of the men have ex-wives and have voiced concerns about their former partners trying to make claims on their money. Those wives interviewed have expressed no such interest.

The Televised History of the National Lottery

June 21, 2012 Euromillions / Lotteries / Lottery Numbers / Lottery Results / National Lottery / Winning The Lottery
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National lotteries across the world are usually accompanied by televised shows of the draws as a way of advertising the event, making it more fun and interactive, and earning extra money from guaranteed viewing figures. The first ever lottery/">National Lottery show in the UK – The lottery/">National Lottery Live: The First Draw – took place on Saturday 19 November 1994.

 

Noel Edmonds presented the show, which lasted a full hour and featured 49 contestants competing to be the first person to start the draw. The first lottery/">National Lottery winner in the UK was 18-year-old Deborah Walsh.

 

For its first few years the show was called lottery/">National Lottery Live and featured may presenters including Anthea Turner, Bob Monkhouse, and Ulrika Johnson. On 30th November 1996 the draw machine failed to start live on BBC1.

 

On the 20th of May 2006 a group of protesters forming part of the Fathers 4 Justice group invaded the set and caused the event to be suspended while the demonstrators were removed.

 

Originally the lottery/">National Lottery show was recorded on a Saturday and was aired on the same day or shown live, but now the majority of the ‘non-draw’ aspects of the show are recorded beforehand and only the actual is live.

 

The Wednesday draw is shown during a special ten minute slot in scheduled on BBC 1 and is hosted in the lottery/">National Lottery Head Quarters by presenters, including Scott Mills, Christopher Biggins, and Alan Dedicoat.

 

Due to proposals to spread BBC programming across the whole of the UK, the lottery/">National Lottery Live will be recorded in Scotland in the future. The Euro Millions show is televised on Fridays, whilst the lottery/">National Lottery Xtra channel was broadcast on Freeview for an hour a day between March 2008 and February 2010.

How the Euro Millions Lottery Benefits Everyone

June 20, 2012 Euromillions / Lotteries / Lottery Numbers / Lottery Results / Winning The Lottery
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The Euro Millions lottery has been taking place for years and there are still people who assume that the only people who benefit from this lottery, or indeed other lotteries, are the eventual winners and the lottery operators. In actual fact, as regular players will be able to attest to, the Euro Millions lottery helps everyone.

 

The money that is raised through lottery ticket sales is not just divided up between the prize funds. In fact around 28% of the money in the UK is sent into a ‘good causes’ fund, which benefits society at large.

 

The money in the fund is typically sent to educational, ecological, social, or cultural institutions, societies and programmes. This means it can be used to set up youth schemes, to help preserve national artefacts, or encourage participation in certain sporting activities.

 

Some lottery critics claim that the funding of these kinds of projects is the sole responsibility of governments and that this money in being used as a fall-back, breeds complacency in budget planning and therefore breeds waste and inefficiency at the expense of those who bought the lottery tickets.

 

This argument still doesn’t change the fact that the Euro millions lottery benefits everyone due to the sheer amount of money raised. It also allows players to appreciate that they are making a charitable donation at the same time as giving themselves the potential to become a millionaire over night! That’s surely a good reason to want to play for the jackpot this weekend!

 

The Euro million draws take place every Tuesday and Friday and the live show this weekend is being hosted by Canadian twins Finn and April Luca at 11:45pm GMT. This week is not a rollover so the odds of winning a jackpot should be better for those playing.

How to Get Involved with Friday Euro Millions

June 20, 2012 Euromillions / Jackpot / Lotteries / Lottery Checker / Lottery Numbers / Lottery Results / National Lottery / Winning The Lottery
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Since 2004, Friday Euro Millions has given players a ray of hope for the start of the weekend, something to help them struggle through the week’s work. For several years, the Friday Euro Millions draw was the only draw of the week but due to its success an additional draw was launched on Tuesdays, the first of which took place in May 2011.

 

Tens of millions of people watch the results each Friday and watch the draw on live TV, where it is streamed from Paris to the UK. Others don’t bother to watch the live draw and prefer to just check the numbers later on their smartphones or the Internet. Results can also be found by visiting the Euro Millions website at www.euro-millions.com. Additionally a Euro Millions app can be downloaded to a smartphone or tablet.

 

Perhaps due to the prospect of starting the weekend with a lottery win, the Friday Euro Millions draw always seems to attract more viewers than its Tuesday counterpart. Perhaps people like the idea of winning the lottery, celebrating all weekend, and then quitting their job on Monday morning!

 

 Of course, winning the Tuesday jackpot would be equally as satisfying, but it doesn’t seem to have the same kind of ‘pre-weekend grandeur’ that the Friday Euro Millions draw has.

 

If you are new to Euro Millions then the easiest way to pick up tickets is to start an account online, where you can put in as little as £5. You can then use that money as you like, spreading it over different weeks of play or buying more lines to improve your chances of a win in a single draw.

 

Purchasing tickets online gives you exactly the same chance of winning as purchasing them offline and it also means you don’t have the issue of potentially misplacing your ticket or destroying it somehow, as your ticket details will be stored safely with your account.

 

 If you buy a ticket today it is quite possible that you will be a multi-millionaire by next week. Remember, someone has to win!

100 Millionaires to be crowned in Euro Raffle

June 20, 2012 Jackpot / Lotteries / Lottery Numbers / Lottery Results / National Lottery / Winning The Lottery
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This month 100 people will win £1 million when the Euro Lottery Raffle takes place on the night of the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, on July 27. The raffle is being held as a thank you for all the players for helping to fund the London Olympics. This will set a world record in the amount of millionaires being created all at once.

 

lottery/">National Lottery players are contributing £2.2 billion to help stage the London Olympics, helping to build venues and infrastructure. The opening ceremony is going to be a huge event for the UK and this raffle will help to add to the grandeur and make the night extra special for a few lucky people.

 

Much of the money raised by lottery players has gone towards the training of athletes..

 

The Olympic Games and Paralympics will use a mixture of venues including old and historical and contemporary and state-of-the-art, which will be used by athletes, coaches and other people associated with the Games from 216 countries.

 

There has been some controversy surrounding the Ministry of Defence’s bold anti-terrorism tactics in the run up to the London 2012 opening ceremony, such as the placing of ground-to-air missiles on the roofs of residential houses.

 

The previous record for this kind of millionaire crowning took place in 2010 on Christmas Eve when 25 players won the money in a Euro Lottery Raffle. Whenever events like this take place there are usually some winners that fail to come forward to claim their tickets, likely to have having lost them or, likelier still, not checked the results. This failure for winners to come forward and claim prizes prompts nationwide searches by Camelot, the raffle’s operator, in which as many as two hundred people can be employed to discover the owners of the winning tickets.

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