Entries Tagged as 'Culture'

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About The Lottery

No matter how long you have been playing the lottery, it just never gets old, does it?  Well at least for some people. There are also those people who pride themselves in knowing all about the lottery strategies, trivia, statistics, and all that. Yet here are some interesting facts about the lottery that you may [...]

Monday, July 30th, 2007

More Things to Do With A Lottery Ticket

Alright, I know some of you may not agree with me regarding my last post but I just couldn’t help it, here’s another installment on radical things you can do with a lottery ticket.
Why not pool together a group of parents from your kid’s school and form a lottery syndicate with them? If you already [...]

Monday, July 9th, 2007

UK National Lottery

The UK National Lottery is the largest operating lottery in the country today.  It is also one of the most popular, if not the most popular lotteries in existence – at least in this part of the world.  It was launched in 1994 and has since then become one of the most favorite pastimes of [...]

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

The North German Lottery

It has been said that the North German Lottery is one of the world’s oldest lottery with the highest winning odds.  Lucky for you then if you are German and play this lottery (more on this later).  This lottery is also known as NKL (Nordwestdeutsche Klassenlotterie).  So how old is this lottery?  It can trace [...]

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Why Americans Love the Lottery

There is no doubt about it, the American people love to play the lottery.  From the Powerball to other lotteries carried out in various states, you can find a lot of takers who regularly patronize the lottery.  This passion is not really unique to the Americans but it cannot be denied that the lottery plays [...]

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Is there a European wide lottery?

As the European Union has continued to expand over the years, there is really no lottery that spans all the members of the EU. However, a lottery involving a considerable number of European countries does exist. This is called the EuroMillions.
The EuroMillions was launched by Camelot in the 7th of February in 2004. [...]

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Basic lottery vocabulary

Here are some terms that you would normally encounter when playing the lottery.
Adjacent numbers - Numbers in a bet that are one digit apart. Example: In the bet 02, 08, 15, 16, 31, 49 - 15 and 16 are Adjacent Numbers.
Announcer - A number or set of numbers that are predictors for numbers arriving in [...]

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Do lotteries exploit the hopes of poor people?

Of all forms of gambling activities, why are lotteries so popular? Why do most people prefer to take their chances on lottery tickets instead of other forms of gambling / entertainment? Why is it that, of all kinds of gambling activities, lottery seems to be the game of choice among those who belong in the [...]

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Are lotteries illegal in some places?

In most instances lotteries are run by the government or the local government of a particular state, as is the case in the United States. It goes without saying that lotteries that are recognized and organized by the government, whether local or national, are considered legal. In places where various lotteries are held, those that [...]

Monday, January 15th, 2007

The 5 largest lotteries in the world

Lottery is a game of chance. It is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers – and the person (or persons) holding a stub with the exact same numbers drawn wins the grand prize. The legality of lottery varies from one country to another. In some countries, lotteries are banned and considered [...]