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The lottery news stories on these pages are updated on a daily basis, allowing you to bookmark this page and check back daily to keep abreast of all the very latest breaking lottery news items at the click of a mouse button.
No matter which lottery you are interested in, we will try and bring you the very best up-to-date news and opinions of our experienced lottery writers as to what is happening in the world of lottery. Whether it’s the UK National Lottery, the big US multi state lotteries or in fact the smaller state lottery draws you can find any breaking news of them on these pages.
World Lottery News cannot of course cover every single winner or minor news story but you can be assured that everything important, changes to any of the world lottery draws or breaking news will be covered on these pages.
The lottery news pages also allow you to look back on older lottery news as all stories are archived on our pages, the archived pages are a great way of checking back on stories which may have broken recently and the archives allow that information to be constantly available to you.
We cover all sorts of breaking lottery news, interesting winners stories, news about changes to lottery draws, lottery scams and bumper jackpots. These lottery news pieces are then combined with opinions from our lottery writers and their expert thoughts on the breaking lottery news stories of each day.
The lottery news pages are a valuable source of information for any world lottery fan no matter which of the world lottery draws you are interested in. You can guarantee that anything that is worth reading about in the lottery world, then you will find it here within these pages.
Lottery Numbers 6-3-10
7th March 2010 12:02 PM
With a glut of rollovers and lottery fever sweeping the world, players really have been out in force this weekend to buy lotto tickets and try and scoop one of the many world lottery rollovers. Whether you were playing in the UK National Lottery rollover or the major multi-rollover Powerball Lottery we have all the news, lottery numbers and the results here for you to check.
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One player scoops the Euromillions
6th March 2010 11:47 AM
Excitement has been building as the Euromillions Lottery jackpot has been steadily rising and the estimated £40 million jackpot last night certainly made things reach fever pitch. With higher than expected ticket sales the jackpot climbed to £41.7 million and in the event just one player scoops the Euromillions Lottery jackpot, winning £41,706,216, an amount I’m sure you’ll agree is a unthinkable amount of cash.
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Euromillions fortune up for grabs
5th March 2010 1:20 PM
Tonight there is a Euromillions fortune up for grabs as a double rollover pushes the Euromillions Lottery jackpot up to £40 million! Last week there were no winners for the £25 million rollover jackpot and that means there really is everything to play for this week. You have just a few hours left until the draw so it really is your last chance to buy tickets for the Euromillions Lottery.
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Mega Millions Lottery rolls again
4th March 2010 6:11 AM
Players were out in force on Tuesday night to be the one winner of the $100 million plus Mega Millions Lottery, yet despite higher ticket sales than usual and lots of interest in the draw the Mega Millions Lottery rolls again. That means on Friday evening, for the next draw the Mega Millions Lottery jackpot will be worth a staggering $133 million to a single winning ticket holder.
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Australian government sells off Lotto
3rd March 2010 11:43 AM
News has reached us today that the Australian government sells off the lotto to Tattersalls, the company who already own the Oz or Australian Lottery. The lottery group has sold for a massive A$850 million in an auction held yesterday in New South Wales. The sale attracted both local and overseas bidders and when finalised is likely to be worth more than A$1 billion to the Australian government.
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Rollup for the Mega Millions rollover
2nd March 2010 12:14 AM
It’s yet another Mega Millions rollover, pushing the US lotto jackpot well over the $100 million mark. With a jackpot of $112 million in tonight’s draw it’s time to rollup for the Mega Millions rollover and grab those winning tickets now. There’s no doubt that lottery players will be out in their droves now the jackpot has been ramped up again and that could mean a winner tonight, especially if the big lottery syndicates get in on the action.
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Canada Lotto Max sees unprecedented draw
1st March 2010 11:16 AM
Last Friday the Canada Lotto Max saw an unprecedented draw as the jackpot tipped the $50 million creating ten MaxMillions draws. At $60 million it’s the biggest amount ever seen since the launch of the Canada Lotto Max early last year. In the event, not so many millionaires as expected were created but that does push up the jackpot for this Friday’s draw.
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Lottery Numbers 27-2-10
28th February 2010 11:58 AM
Another weekend is upon us, the final weekend of February. That surely means that Spring is on it’s way for at least half of the world. With a lottery win of course, you could find the sunshine whatever the month so it’s now time to check those winning lottery numbers from last night’s lottery draws. Whichever of the world lottery draws you had tickets for, it’s now time to see if you are a world lottery winner.
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Euromillions Lottery eludes players again
27th February 2010 11:54 AM
With yet another rollover, players were keen last night to scoop that £25 million Euromillions Lottery jackpot. Yet the Euromillions Lottery eludes players again with no tickets from any of the nine participating European countries matching all the winning numbers to win the jackpot. That means that the Euromillions Lottery rolls over yet again and next weeks jackpot will be worth an estimated £40 million.
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Lottery winners collect less again
26th February 2010 8:20 AM
After the midweek UK National Lottery draw it’s just another week where lottery winners collect less again as a poor turn out matched with several winners meant the UK National Lottery winners didn’t even become millionaires. It again throws into doubt the viability of the UK National Lottery in its current state and shows clearly why players are switching in their droves to the Euromillions Lottery with it’s jackpot and guaranteed millionaire every single week.
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Dont forget the Euro Lottery rollover
25th February 2010 10:12 AM
With news of the £56 million Euromillions Lottery winners still dominating the news, thoughts and dreams of lottery wins are still very much in people’s minds. So don’t forget the Euro Lottery rollover this weekend where you can have the chance to win a staggering Euromillions Lottery rollover jackpot of £25 million. Just a single rollover and look at the size of it, it’s easy to see why the Euromillions Lottery is fast becoming one of the most popular of the world lottery draws.
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Record South African Lottery winner loses out
24th February 2010 12:19 AM
A record South African Lottery winner loses out this week in more ways than one. Not only did he not win the 91 million rand rollover lottery prize but now he's been hounded from his home and no one seems to know why. After the draw, 52-year-old Stanley Philander, a Cape Town cleaner was announced in the press as the lottery winner. He was announced as the 91 million rand winner, however now it transpires that he is not the true winner after all and in very confusing circumstances.
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Lotto Max reaches Maxmillions
23rd February 2010 9:57 AM
With a $50 million limit, several rollovers can soon create an overspill in the Canada Lotto Max and that’s exactly what’s happened this week as the Lotto Max reaches Maxmillions status. That means the main jackpot on the Lotto Max Canada has hit $50 million and that will lead – according to estimated ticket sales – to at least nine Maxmillions draws where nine lucky players have the opportunity to win a clean $1 million.
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Match 5 Euromillions prize unclaimed
22nd February 2010 1:22 AM
A Euromillions prize worth a life-changing amount of money is about to be added to the fund for good causes if the winner does not come forward soon. The match 5 Euromillions prize still unclaimed is worth a massive £118,777.50 and will expire on Wednesday if the winner does not come forward. To see this cash turned back over into good causes would be an awful shame so we at World Lottery are putting a shout out for the winner to see if we can trigger any memories.
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Lottery Numbers 20-2-10
21st February 2010 12:07 PM
Another week of lottery news and another week of ticket sales for all the major world lottery draws and what an exciting week it has been. Whichever of our lottery draws you had tickets for here are all the lottery results and winning lottery numbers for the weekend draws. From the UK National Lottery to the Powerball Lottery we have all the news and winners here.
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Mega Millions rolls again
20th February 2010 11:36 AM
With a jackpot of $68 million players were out in force last night to become the next Mega Millions Lottery winner, yet despite high ticket sales and a frenzy of players from all of the participating states the Mega Millions rolls again pushing the midweek lottery jackpot up to an estimated $83 million. Last night’s Mega Millions Lottery numbers were 1 – 22 – 39 – 42 – 46. Mega ball 36, the draw produced lots of smaller division winners but no jackpot winners pushing the jackpot up even higher than before!
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Friday night Lottery jackpots
19th February 2010 12:18 PM
It’s the weekend, finally! And while we can’t even try and top the £113 million Euromillions Mega jackpot rollover of last weekend that doesn’t mean that the Friday night Lottery jackpots aren’t worth a big mention. There are two main Friday night draws from our world lottery pages, the Euromillions Lottery and the big US Mega Millions Lottery and both lotteries have jackpots that are not to be sniffed at.
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Would a new number add Spice to UK Lotto
18th February 2010 12:09 PM
Recently the UK National Lottery has been seriously overshadowed by the Euromillions Lottery in terms of jackpots and popularity. UK National Lottery jackpots have struggled to climb and the amount of times they have reached £5 million in the last six months have been few and far between. With Wednesday jackpots struggling to get to even half that and rollovers rare is it time for a shake-up? Would a new number add spice to the UK Lotto?
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Lotto Max the one to watch
17th February 2010 12:23 PM
Always the first to bring you news of big lottery jackpots, today we have noticed that Friday’s Canada Lotto Max rolled over yet again. That means the Lotto Max is the one to watch with an estimated rollover jackpot of $42 million. As followers of this Friday night draw know, it can only grow to $50 million before it reaches its cap and creates a Lotto Max Maxmillions draw.
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Euromillions results error
16th February 2010 12:30 AM
It was one of the biggest jackpots ever seen on the Euromillions Lottery, a rollover on the birthday Mega Jackpot created a Euromillions Lottery rollover of £113 million. The whole country had been in a frenzy all week and as such as were keen to bring you the winners news and results as soon as we possibly could but a Euromillions results error meant that the winners in the last World Lottery news story were incorrect.
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