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• Royal Mail ready to sell Camelot stake

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Move could raise £85m for cash-strapped postal business • Royal Mail owns 20% of National Lottery operator Royal Mail looks ready to cash in its equity holding in Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery, in a move that could raise up to £85m for the cash-strapped postal business. The state-owned ...
  2 days ago

• Tip: £20 Free Play from The National Lottery

  
  UK Bargains — Authority: 130
  Here’s a killer deal for anyone who enjoys a little gambling online, or even any one who doesn’t. £20 free play from The National Lottery. All you have to do is deposit £5 (that you can instantly withdraw again) and your account will be credited with £20 - you have a great chance of actually [...]
  5 days ago

• Statistics help required re the National Lottery

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 151
  The Telegraph have a helpful table of the winning lottery numbers for each of the last 15 years lotteries. Now because I am a bit geeky, I put the figures into Excel to do some analysis but right away I spotted something odd. If you add up all the times that each ball has been drawn in the main draw you get 8,742 ...
  1 week ago

• NTS & SNH find fences unsightly so shoot 12,000 Mar Lodge red deer

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  The Scottish Gamekeepers Association has blown the whistle on the disgracefully skewed priorities of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) with a forthcoming article in its magazine, Scottish Gamekeeper.Over the past 15 years, 12,000 red deer of any age and of both sexes, have been culled in and out of season. This ...
  1 week ago

• Lotto Trouble

  
  Heavenly Worldliness — Authority: 433
  When we hear of a big national lottery win I often express my sympathy for the victims and the trouble they are in. Theres probably a bit of schadenfreude in my attitude but this article from the Christian Institute confirms my worst fears. A married couple from Wales have scooped a share of a £91 million ...
  1 week ago

• 15 years of Lottery funding

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Since The National Lottery began in 1994, more than £23bn has been raised for good causes. These are some of the 330,000 grants awarded
  2 weeks ago

• Some New Details About Affordable Webhosts Which You Could Be Interested In

  
  Online Security Authority — Authority: 428
  In the early life of the Internet, finding an reasonable hosting provider was similar to getting the jackpot in the national lottery. Not only were they hard to find and locate, they also charged you the heaven and the world and everything in between to set up and run your website. Of course those were the early life ...
  2 weeks ago

• The National Lottery: what do you think of it?

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 176
  The National Lottery is celebrating its 15th birthday today. There were many controversies in the run up to its launch. Would it encourage gambling and result in more problems of gambling addiction? Would it be a welcome source of funds for good causes or would it provide an excuse for government to cut its funding? ...
  2 weeks ago

• Most bizarre requests for Lottery funding

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  In the 15 years since the National Lottery began over £23 billion has been given to good causes with an average of 100 Lottery grants awarded in every postcode. Here we look at some of the most unusual requests for lottery funding.
  2 weeks ago

• Do You Play The National Lotto Too Much

  
  Winning Ways — Authority: 138
  Playing the lotto can be diverting as a hobby for most. Unfortunately, there are some that take this entertainment a bit too far. Are you permitting your lottery game playing to take over your life? Playing the lotto should be fun something that gives you the chance to cash in on a [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Banksy and Baldrick among Britains unsung heroes

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  Graffiti artist Banksy comedy TV character Baldrick and the joint founder of Marks & Spencer were among people named as the nations top unsung heroes in a new study.
  2 weeks ago

• Do You Play The National Lottery Too Much

  
  Free Articles directory — Authority: 450
  var fbShare = {url: http://pledgeco.com/2009/do-you-play-the-national-lottery-too-much/,size:large}Playing the lotto can be diverting as a hobby for most. Sadly, there are some that take this entertainment a bit too far. Are you permitting your lottery game playing to take over your life? Playing the lotto should ...
  2 weeks ago

• Camelot outlines benefits for potential bidders

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  National Lottery operator Camelot has outlined a strategy to double its profits in a document to potential bidders ahead of Wednesdays deadline for firstround offers for a £250m controlling stake.
  3 weeks ago

• Play with the lottery.

  
  The fantastic site of Lord Matt — Authority: 411
  Its the time of year when a soul can start to feel like it is time to have some fun. This fun is even better when we are having it with someone elses money. £49 has been put up by a friend (Dave) for the soul purpose throwing it at the lottery. The plan is to just have some fun and if anything is won then lunch is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Scratchcard error makes worker a lottery millionaire

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Bingo hall worker scoops lottery jackpot after being given wrong scratchcard in supermarket Mistakes committed by some retail workers – giving the incorrect amount of change, refusing to offer refunds, misguidedly referring to male customers as "chief" – can be infuriating. But one bingo hall worker is £1m ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lotto Euromillions: Soothing the sore of envy when others strike it lucky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  When the slings and arrows of the lottery deliver up a fortune that is truly outrageous, as onlookers we immediately try to wrestle it into a narrative. Without a narrative, it is just a wonderful stroke of life-changing luck that happened to some other people and didnt happen to us. Thats just nauseating – you cant ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bank plays its part in £45m lottery win...

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 971
  As we all know the National Lottery is a tax on the stupid.
  3 weeks ago

• Euromillions lottery winners - live

  
  News: News blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 129
  The identities of the biggest lottery winners in British history were revealed today. Follow how the news unfolded and find out how the lucky ticket holders plan to spend their share of the £91m Euromillions jackpot. 9.30am: "The lotterys giant finger of fortune hung tantalisingly over Britain today before ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lottery winners: what to spend the millions on

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  The lucky Euromillions winners will have their lives changed forever. But what would they spend their money on? • Space flights The winners will be able to reach for the stars. Virgin Galactic space flights are expected to cost about £107,000 so the winners would have enough for 400 sub-orbital space flights. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Life begins at £91m for lotto winners

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  In successive press conferences this morning, first at 10am at St Davids hotel in Cardiff and an hour later 200 miles north at the Thornton Hall spa hotel on the Wirral, the identities of the biggest lottery winners in British history will be revealed. In a now familiar ritual, the newly minted multimillionaires – ...
  3 weeks ago

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