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Man Wins Lottery and Leaves Wife: Donna Campbell Evicted

Winning the lottery is supposed to good news, but not in the case of a Florida man who won the lottery and left his wife. Donna Campbell found that her husband Arnim Ramdass left her after he and his coworkers hit a...

Top Italian lottery prize is won

" A winner has been found in Italy's massive state lottery draw - described as Europe's biggest-ever jackpot. The winning Superenalotto ticket - worth 146.9m euros (£128.3m; $211.8m) - was bought in a coffee bar...

Adapting new sports to Britain offeres alternative fun exercise

Adaptation new sports to Britain has offered alternative and fun ways to exercise. With the increase in knowledge and the accessibility of health information on the internet attitudes towards health and...

Ontario Lottery - Scratch & Win?

In a upsetting story out of Sountern Ontario, no not the Bryan McCabe and the Panthers beating the Maple Leafs, a batch of misprinted Scratch & Win tickets have lead to some frustrating news. The tickets in question, approx. 3 million Fruit Smash, were...

2010 Olympic lottery offers another chance for tickets

Weren't able to spend the small fortune on Olympic tickets? Not to worry, today the BC Lottery Corporation announced that they will be selling Olympic themed lottery tickets with prizes ranging from vehicles,...

Big donations to B.C. Liberals linked to bingo industry

Under the "O" -- obfuscation."Private bingo hall and community gaming centre interests appear to have contributed $269,711 to the provincial Liberals between 2002 and 2007. But almost none of those donations were...

Are you Gambling with your competition?

"Running a Small Lottery or Competition PrizeThe area of lotteries, prize draws, prize competitions and instant win promotions was reformed by the Gambling Act 2005 (the Act) which came into force on 1st September 2007.The general consensus is that the changes have given...

Major lottery winner says he's a fraud victim

" Major lottery winner says he's a fraud victim Ex-carpet cleaner sues to recover more than $3.5 million Ian Mulgrew, CanWest News ServicePublished: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 VANCOUVER -- B.C.'s biggest lottery winner claims he was bilked of more than $3.5...

Postcode lottery for reconstructive surgery

The Diep operation is reconstructive surgery done at the same time as mastectomy and this story shows the difference it can make to some women after losing a breast to cancer. In the UK many women are not offered...

Man Buys Winning Lottery Ticket Seven Seconds Too Late

A Montreal man bought a Super 7 lottery ticket containing all seven winning numbers. One small problem: he bought it just seven seconds past the mandatory 9 pm cutoff time. After being warned by a store manager...

9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot

"9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roswell,...

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Great Britain Storms up the Olympics Medals Table Thanks to Lottery Funding

Great Britian is enjoying one of its best Olympics medal haul in one hundred years.  The success can be directly linked to a massive £130m lottery injection, as compared to funding of circa £52m for Athens...

Why Play A Losing Game? Study Uncovers Why Low-income People Buy Lottery Tickets

Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them -- especially low-income people, who spend a larger percentage of their...

Legacy of Tagore to be preserved in the UK

London. July 13, 2008. The dance form of first Asian Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, will be the subject of a major study and preservation in the UK. "The project entitled Legacy, supported by Britain's...

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