Lottery and Lotto News from around the World
The lottery and Lotto News stories presented here are constantly updated, so if you bookmark this page and come back daily you can keep abreast of the very latest breaking news items at the click of a mouse button. Our aim is to provide you with an up-to-date view of what's going on in every lottery and lotto game around the World.
Of course, Lottery and Lotto news can't cover every single winner or minor news story, but rest assured those that matter will appear on these pages. And if you would like to take a look at news stories from previous months, pay a visit to our very well-stocked World Lottery News Archive.
Don’t forget your Lottery Tickets
24th December 2008 1:54 PM
While you’re all rushing round preparing for tomorrows festivities, just a little reminder from us at WorldLottery.net, don’t forget your lottery tickets. There’s plenty of lottery draws going off all around the world over the festive period and lots of cash up for grabs!
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Lottery Tickets for Christmas
23rd December 2008 5:57 PM
Do you find there’s always at least one person who turns up with a gift on Christmas and you’ve forgotten them when buying your own presents. It always seems to happen in this house and that’s why I buy a few lottery scratch cards and tickets pop them into Christmas cards and give lottery tickets for Christmas. They make such a unique gift and at only £1 each are just perfect for those people you forgot!
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Winners Share Millions in Spain El Gordo Lottery
22nd December 2008 11:55 PM
The huge Spanish Lottery, or El Gordo as it’s known went off on Monday and winners shared billions in Spain El Gordo lottery, players across the country shared in over €2 billion in prizes from the worlds biggest lottery. The Christmas Lottery as it is known was launched back in 1812 was held on Monday 22nd December and offered financial security for many Spanish residents.
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Lottery Numbers
21st December 2008 3:04 PM
If you play the weekend draws from all the lotteries in our database then you will no doubt now want to know all the world lottery numbers and results from the weekend draws. Whether it’s Fridays Mega Millions or Euromillions Lottery results or one of Saturdays main draws from the UK National Lottery, the Irish Lottery, Powerball, or any of the other draws here are all the results and lottery numbers from the weekend.
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Scratch Card win for Single Mother
20th December 2008 2:12 PM
Alicia Guzman has struggled to raise three children for years alone on just a cashiers wage but no longer after a huge scratch card win for the single mother. Ms Guzman who won $750,000 on a California Lottery scratch card now dreams of buying a house and sending her daughter to college, its' great news for the lucky player and should make all her wishes come true.
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Test for Lottery Player
19th December 2008 11:43 PM
Is karma real? When we do a good thing for someone does it come back to us tenfold? Well one gentleman from Maine certainly thinks so. He plans to play the lottery after two good deeds this week and thinks karma will sway luck his way, so is this a test for the lottery player?
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National Lottery Opening Hours
18th December 2008 11:16 AM
If you’re one of the many people who purchase your tickets online then you’ll want to know all the details of the National Lottery opening hours over the Christmas period. Now you might think that with it being a website it will be open all over Christmas but it’s not unfortunately so you won’t want to be without your tickets for the Christmas draw, it's bad enough running round for batteries for the kids toys!
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Change for the Powerball Lottery
17th December 2008 7:46 PM
More participating states are to signal major change for the Powerball Lottery next month as Florida and other states sign up for the multistate lottery. Florida will begin playing the game on January 4th 2009 and that’s when all the changes will be taking place. These are the biggest changes to take place in a long time in the Powerball Lottery although the lottery has been constantly changing and developing since its launch.
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Win a digital camera with the National Lottery
16th December 2008 1:23 PM
As all of us in the know are aware, the best way to buy tickets for the National Lottery is online. It’s convenient and easily the most secure way to purchase tickets. You can also play instant wins and scratch cards at the website too, in fact right now they have to many festive instant wins they are running a competition. Play any of the festive instant wins and you could win a digital camera with the National Lottery.
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Plans for Global Lottery
15th December 2008 1:06 PM
National Lottery organisers Camelot have released plans for a global Lottery with a potential jackpot of £250 million. Revenue for charities and good causes raised by the lottery would be shared among all participating countries and Camelot have been discussing plans at length with 48 world lottery organisations. The hope is to create superdraws with many countries participating, making many millionaires for every draw.
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World Lottery Results 13th December 2008
14th December 2008 12:00 PM
If you were a ticket holder in one of Saturday nights’ lottery draws then here are all the World Lottery results for 13th December 2008. If you played in any of our listed Lotteries, the UK National Lottery, the Irish Lottery, USA Powerball Lottery, Canada lotto 6/49, or Italy’s Superenalotto then check your results below now. Good luck to all those who bought tickets for the draws and hopefully you were one of the lucky winners.
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Lottery Results for 12th December 2008
13th December 2008 2:04 PM
If you bought tickets for last nights' massive $207 million Mega Millions lottery draw or the Euromillions lottery draw for £12 million then you’ll want to know the Lottery results for 12th December 2008. Results to follow but I can bring you breaking news that last nights' Mega Millions lottery draw produced one winner who will receive the cash value of $140 million after taxes! Here are the lottery results and news from last nights' lottery draws.
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The Biggest Rollover Stunt of all
12th December 2008 9:48 PM
A stuntman who has performed in massive blockbuster hits pulled off the biggest rollover stunt of all last Wednesday when he scooped £7 million in the National Lottery rollover. Mr Lisbon who has done the stunts in movies such as Batman returns, Tomb Raider and Harry Potter is still coming to terms with his good fortune and the enormity of his win has not yet sunk in.
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Midweek Lottery Results 10th December 2008
11th December 2008 11:54 AM
There were plenty of lottery rollovers in last weekends draws ensuring there was millions up for grabs in several of the midweek world lottery draws, so to see if your numbers came up and you were one of the lucky winners from around the world here are the midweek lottery results for 10th December 2008. So if you played in one of the big world lottery draws such as the UK National Lottery, the Irish National Lottery the US multistate Powerball Lottery or Canada 6/49 check your results here now and see if you were one of the lucky winners taking home millions in the midweek lottery.
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Mega Millions Lottery Results 9th December 2008
10th December 2008 5:35 PM
There were no main winners yet again in last night Mega Millions Lottery draw and the rollover jackpot has now broken the $200 million mark. The Mega Millions Lottery results from 9th December 2008 were 11, 12, 26, 31, 33 and the Mega Ball was 27. No players matched all the winning numbers and the Mega Ball creating a massive rollover jackpot for Fridays draw.
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Lottery Winners Daughter Fights for Cash
9th December 2008 5:27 PM
A National Lottery winners daughters fight for cash is finally over after Camelot-the National Lottery organisers- agreed to pay her dead mothers winnings to her. Valerie Ward, 61 from Darlington Co Durham sadly died of cancer just hours before the main National Lottery draw in October, being an online lottery player and buying her tickets well in advance she still had two weeks of tickets playing at the time of her death in October 2008.
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Online Lottery Player Hits Big Win
8th December 2008 12:29 PM
An online Lottery player has hit a big win without even touching a Lottery ticket or even leaving the house! The lucky player known only as Mrs R buys her lottery tickets through the National Lottery website online regularly and didn’t even need to check her lottery results to know she had won. The lucky Hampshire player won £194,067 by matching five main lottery numbers and the bonus ball.
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World Lottery Results for 5th 6th December 2008
7th December 2008 1:19 PM
It’s getting closer and closer to Christmas now and a lottery win might be just the thing we are all hoping for to give our bank balances a boost for the festive period. If you’ve been playing the selected lotteries from our site then here are the world lottery results for 5th and 6th December 2008.
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Teenage Lottery Winner Arrested
7th December 2008 12:31 PM
It seems that money truly can be the root of all evil as a teenage lottery winner is arrested on cocaine charges. Callie Rogers who at a tender 16 became the second youngest person ever to win the UK National Lottery was arrested with her partner on Wednesday after a raid on her property uncovered thousands of pounds worth of cocaine and a stun gun.
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No Jackpot Winner in Powerball Lotto 3rd December
5th December 2008 12:30 PM
Yet again there was no jackpot winner in the Powerball Lotto from 3rd December pushing the jackpot up to an estimated $30 million. No one matched all six winning numbers in Wednesday draw meaning the Powerball jackpot rolls over yet again creating an even higher jackpot. The jackpot is reaching a staggering amount now and no doubt lottery fever will now start to take hold, creating a frenzy to purchase tickets for tomorrows draw.
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Winter Striptease in New Lotto Ad
4th December 2008 11:40 AM
You’d be forgiven for breaking into a shiver at the sight of the winter striptease in the new Lotto ad, as a couple strip off and run into the freezing cold sea on an icy day I have to admit taking a sharp intake of breath. The Advert is part of the ‘Lotto way of thinking’ campaign currently running and is designed to get people to take a chance on the Lotto and see what happens.
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Rollover Lotto Winners to Keep Working
3rd December 2008 1:56 PM
Many of dream of winning the National Lottery so we can quit our jobs and live the life of luxury but this isn’t the plan for one lucky couple. The rollover Lotto winners are to keep working in their car repairs garage despite winning £7.6 million in last Saturdays National Lottery rollover draw. Eric and Sue Tarry of Fakenham, Norfolk scooped the rollover jackpot on Saturday after buying one lucky dip ticket.
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Christmas Came Early for South Africa Lottery Players
2nd December 2008 2:10 PM
It’s that time of the year when we’re all trying to make our money stretch a little further than usual and find spare cash for all those 'must-have' gifts but not for one group of people who all won big in the last month. Christmas came early for these South Africa Lottery players as the South African National lottery paid out of R11 million rand over four Lottery draws.
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National Lottery Results 29th November 2008
1st December 2008 2:14 PM
It was an explosive National Lottery draw with a rollover jackpot of over £7 million up for grabs. Were you a lucky ticket holder? There was one big jackpot winner in the draw and lots of smaller winners, here’s is a breakdown of the winners and the National Lottery results for 29th November 2008.
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America Lottery rollovers create huge Jackpots
30th November 2008 7:49 PM
There were no winning tickets in last Friday nights’ Mega Millions Lottery creating yet another rollover for Tuesdays draw. Plus in the Powerball draw last night there were also no winning tickets making America Lottery rollovers create huge jackpots of almost $150 million when combined. That’s a huge amount of money and here’s detailed lottery results with the winning numbers from both the multistate lottery draws.
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