Record Breaking 2011 for Lottery Winners

2011 was a record breaking year for lottery winners in the UK seeing an extra 229 millionaires added to the rich list with twenty five of those coming from the Euromillions draw on 23rd December thanks to the Millionaire Raffle. During the past twelve months over £720 million has been paid out in prizes changing the lives of ordinary people up and down the country and 2012 looks set to continue the extraordinary trend so make sure you are taking part!

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The Health Lottery Comes Underfire

You may have seen the adverts on television for the new Health Lottery, a new game set up to rival the Lotto promising to raise money for projects that tackle health inequalities. This sounds great in theory but questions are now being raised about the ethics of the venture with one critic going as far as accusing them of “profiteering on the back of charities and undermining more generous lotteries.”

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Record breaking Lotto profits

The National Lottery operators have recently announced record breaking Lotto profits showing nearly a 7% increase in sales based on the same time last year. In the year to March the National Lottery operator has made a whopping £5.6 billion through ticket sales. This increase has beaten the previous record of £5.5 billion set between 1997 and 1998 and is an amazing result considering seven of the ten biggest lotteries in the world showed a fall in sales over the last year.

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London 2012 At Lotto

We all play the Lotto week in week out in the hope that the large blue finger of fate points to us and changes our lives forever and for a lucky few this happens and we read their stories in the papers. What we never hear about though are the great causes that benefit from the National Lottery, the charities that have been helped and the lives its has transformed. Right now though every time you play you become part of London 2012 at Lotto and are helping the country hosting one of the biggest sporting events ever.
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Lotto must be won

Did you know that the UK National Lottery rules and regulations state that the Lotto is only allowed to roll over three times before it has to be won? This might mean we miss out on the massive record breaking jackpots offered by other lotteries around the world but on the plus side it means the odds of winning a life changing amount of money are great improved. In the history of the draw there has only been a handful of triple rollovers and this week is one of them so this Saturdays Lotto must be won.
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