Record breaking Lotto profits

June 7, 2011 by  
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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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Lotto must be won

November 4, 2010 by  
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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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Winner failed to notice lottery win

August 26, 2010 by  
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When you look at the statistics of National Lottery you cannot help but be amazed. Since the first draw back in 1984 the lottery has given away over £24 million to good causes and awarded over 330,000 grants. In addition to this there are now over 2000 new millionaires in UK who owe it all to those six lucky numbers. Some times though when we look at these numbers we forget about the people behind the winnings, the people whose lives have been changed for ever, people like Graham Pyatt, a winner who failed to notice his lottery win.
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Brazil from The National Lottery

July 15, 2010 by  
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This weekend is a National Lottery Rollover with an estimated jackpot of £7 million. Just imagine winning this life changing amount of money, you could do what you want when you want and jet off to all of those exotic locations you have always wanted to visit. Of course not everyone will win such a jackpot during their lifetime but this does not mean you have to miss out. If you visit their website there are plenty of fun packed games to be enjoyed and if you play the superb Rainbow scratchcard today you could even win a holiday in Brazil from The National Lottery.
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Sale of Camelot

July 9, 2010 by  
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Ever since the National Lottery was formed in 1994 it has been operated by the Camelot Group Plc who has successfully bid for the license three times beating off stiff competition from big names such as Richard Branson. However the group made up of well known shareholders such as Cadbury Holdings, De Las Rue Holdings Plc, Fujitsu Services and Royal Mail Enterprises Ltd yesterday announced that the sale of Camelot to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has been approved by the UK National Lottery Commission.
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