Entries Tagged as 'European'

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Scottish Woman Wins the Euro Millions

An ordinary postal worker in Scotland has just suddenly surpassed the wealth of some of the most well known names around the world, including Princes William and Harry. Angela Kelly, a former postal worker in East Kilbride bought a Euro Millions lottery ticket for 1.50 a week before at Sainsburys. She found out she was [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]