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Magic Monday and Second Chance Guaranteed Winner
28th November 2011 11:44 AM
Both the Magic Monday and Second Chance Guaranteed Winner promotions have now ended; the details below are for information purposes only.
The Health Lottery launched in September 2011 with ticket sales starting on 29th, the first ever draw took place on 8th October. Shortly after this lottery launched two new features where introduced – Magic Monday and the Second Chance Guaranteed Winner. Magic Monday means that not only can players win one of the three main prizes from the Health Lottery but additionally they have the chance to enjoy discounts and free gifts from major retailers every time they purchase a ticket for this lottery.
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Mega Sena
23rd July 2010 3:43 PM
Many lottery draws run in the South America region but the biggest and richest of these must be the Mega Sena Brazil Lottery, the largest lottery played in Brazil. The popular Mega Sena Brazilian Lottery is well regulated and run solely by the Caixa Economica Federal bank of Brazil. Mega Sena Lottery draws take place twice weekly, on Wednesday and Saturday evenings and the draw is an unusual lottery draw with balls drawn from two lottery machines simultaneously to make up each individual lottery number.
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Lotto Max
23rd September 2009 11:26 AM
Lotto Max Canada is the game that was introduced in to replace the Canadian Super Lotto 7. Tickets first went on sale on September 19th, 2009 with the first draw taking place just six days later on September 25th, 2009. Draws for the Lotto Max take place every Friday and players have to pick seven numbers from 49. To win the jackpot all seven drawn numbers have to be matched and the minimum jackpot for Lotto Max Canada is CAD $10 million.
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Australian Lottery
12th January 2009 11:23 AM
There are several Lotteries running in Australia but the biggest and main Australian Lottery is Oz Lotto. It’s Australia’s original national lottery game, created on February 26th 1994 it was originally a once weekly lottery played on Tuesday evenings. Since 2000 the lottery has become, like many world lotteries bi-weekly with draws every Tuesday and Saturday evening. The Oz Lotto was the first Australian lottery game to be based on chance and is administered by Tattersalls.
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El Gordo Spanish Lottery
25th November 2008 9:56 AM
The El Gordo Spanish Lottery game is without a doubt one of the biggest world lotteries. The El Gordo, which translates to ‘the big one’, offers a large volume of players a huge amount of prizes. Although the El Gordo de la Primitiva takes place twice a week the El Gordo is slightly different. The El Gordo has three very special draws a year: The El Gordo Navidad, which takes place on the 22nd December, the Sorteo del Nino which happens on the 6th of January - the day of the Epiphany- and the third, the summer draw which is held on the 5th July.
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South African Lottery
14th October 2008 9:20 AM
The South African National Lottery was launched in the year 2000 and is by far the most popular form of gambling in South Africa. In the year 2007 the transactions on the South African Lottery totalled R3.97 Billion and there is an average of five million transactions per week. The South African National Lottery has produced 811 millionaires to date and 273,496,235 winners in total since its launch.
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Irish Lottery
12th September 2008 12:48 PM
The Irish Lottery has been operating in the Republic of Ireland since 23rd March 1987 and offers a range of games including scratch cards, Lotto draws and televised game shows. Run by the An Post National Lottery company, part of the An Post postal service and tickets are available at lottery kiosks and lottery machines throughout Ireland. A recent €6 million rebranding to the company saw a whole new logo, re-launched website and the option to purchase tickets online.
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Super Lotto Plus
8th August 2008 2:46 PM
The Super Lotto Plus is a Californian lottery game that has been available to play since its launch in 2002. This game is run by the California lottery and plays out alongside the other lotteries in the state such as the Mega Millions and Fantasy 5. Draws for the Super Lotto Plus take place twice a week every Wednesday and Saturday at 7:57pm PST. One of the best things about the Super Lotto Plus is that in total there are nine prizes tiers available to win and the jackpot is always worth a minimum of $7 million.
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SuperEnalotto Italy
4th August 2008 8:32 PM
The SuperEnalotto is an Italian lottery that has been available to play since its first draw in the 3rd December 1997. The SuperEnalotto has become one of the most popular lottery games to not only be played in Italy but also around the world. This is because of the impressive jackpots that the SuperEnalotto often has available to win. Draws for the SuperEnalotto take place on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8pm local time. This enables the jackpot to not only increase and potentially rollover three times a week but also gives players the chance to become overnight millionaires three times a week.
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Lotto 6/49 Canada
1st August 2008 1:28 PM
Unlike our own National Lottery, Canada has several lottery companies running draws throughout the country. The one I’m going to talk about is Canada’s favourite Lottery, Lotto 6/49. Lotto 6/49 was the first lottery draw to allow Canadians to choose their own numbers, launched in June 1982, draws are held every Wednesday and Saturday like our very own National Lottery.
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Mega Millions Lottery
15th May 2008 3:03 PM
The Mega Millions Lottery is a multi-state lottery game that has been available to play since May 2002. It replaced The Big Game which was first launched in August 1996. The operators of this lottery are the Multi-State Lottery Association however each of the states or jurisdictions that participate in this lottery run it on an individual basis meaning that some of them have different rules and regulations. In total there are 42 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S Virgin Islands that participate in Mega Millions.
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Powerball Lottery
14th May 2008 9:43 PM
The Powerball lottery game is one of the biggest multi-state games available to play in America and the game was previously known as Lotto* America. As Lotto*America the game was played using a 6/54 matrix but with the name change came a new game matrix for the Powerball lottery. The first Powerball lottery draw was held its first draw on the 22nd April 1992 and since then has made numerous players millionaires.
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UK National Lottery
9th May 2008 2:49 PM
The UK National Lottery has been available to play since November 1994 and has made countless players millionaires since it was first launched. In March 2002 this lottery rebranded itself and was given the new name of the UK Lotto, however it is still widely known as the UK National Lottery. When it was first introduced this lottery game was really popular to play and although interest in the UK National Lottery has declined it still attracts players from around the world.
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