"technical difficulties. Arthur wasn't used again until the draw on Saturday 5 January 2013. Also note, on the draw on Saturday 31 August 2013, they announced that Arthur with set of balls 3 was chosen, but they were using Merlin due to technical difficulties. Arthur wasn't used again until the draw on Wednesday 18 September 2013. National Lottery (United Kingdom) The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom. It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery was initially regulated by the National Lottery"
"with scratchcards, and the flagship drawing game, Lotto, began in March 1988. The National Lottery now operates three families of drawing games (Lotto, EuroMillions, and Daily Million), funds televised bingo and game shows, sells a wide range of scratchcards, and runs a number of Millionaire Raffles each year. National Lottery games are available online as well as through a network of over 3,700 retail agents nationwide. By the end of 2013, the National Lottery had achieved over €12 billion in cumulative sales, had paid out €6.7 billion in prizes, and had raised €4.4 billion for the good causes it supports."
"National Lottery (Ireland) The National Lottery () is the state lottery of Republic of Ireland. It was created when the Republic of Ireland government passed the National Lottery Act, 1986 to help raise funds for good causes. The eligible causes are sport and recreation, health and welfare, national heritage and the arts, the Irish language, and the natural environment.In 2005, at the E.U. gaming convention in Gent, Belgium, E.U. Legislation was passed prohibiting Irish residents playing any Irish National Lottery games while abroad in any E.U member state. This includes Tenerife. National Lottery gaming operations began on 23 March 1987"
"Million Lottery The Million Lottery or Million Adventure was the first English State Lottery and was launched by the government in 1694. The brainchild of speculator and Master of the Royal Mint Thomas Neale, the Lottery was created in order to raise money for the Exchequer. 100,000 £10 tickets were offered for sale as one of a series of measures to raise revenue to allow English participation in the Nine Years' War against France. Other contemporary financial innovations included the granting of a Royal Charter to the Bank of England and the creation of the country's first national debt. Neale"
"2012. This was a world record unclaimed prize. All investment income from unclaimed prizes also goes to good causes via the National Lottery Distribution Fund. The National Lottery is regulated by the Gambling Commission. Previous regulators were the Office of the National Lottery (known by the acronym OFLOT) until 1 April 1999, and the National Lottery Commission – a non-departmental public body reporting to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport – until 1 October 2013. The Lottery was set up in 1993 under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 and was reformed under the National Lottery Act 1998 and"
"was over. Million Lottery The Million Lottery or Million Adventure was the first English State Lottery and was launched by the government in 1694. The brainchild of speculator and Master of the Royal Mint Thomas Neale, the Lottery was created in order to raise money for the Exchequer. 100,000 £10 tickets were offered for sale as one of a series of measures to raise revenue to allow English participation in the Nine Years' War against France. Other contemporary financial innovations included the granting of a Royal Charter to the Bank of England and the creation of the country's first national"
"National Lottery Commission The National Lottery Commission was an organisation set up on 1 April 1999 under the National Lottery Act 1998 to regulate the United Kingdom's National Lottery. It replaced the Director General and the Office of the National Lottery (Oflot). On 1 October 2013 it was abolished, with its responsibilities being assumed by the Gambling Commission. The Commission was a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and its costs were reimbursed from the National Lottery Distribution Fund and Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund. The Commission’s duties were to ensure that players are"
"New York Lottery The New York Lottery began in 1967 as the third modern U.S. lottery, after Puerto Rico's began in 1934, and New Hampshire's in 1964. As part of the New York State Gaming Commission, it provides revenue for public education and is based in Schenectady. Players must be at least 18 (including video lottery); however, the minimum is 21 for Quick Draw (a keno game drawn four minutes apart) where alcohol is served. Lottery winnings are subject to state and Federal income taxes. New York City and Yonkers residents also are subject to local income taxes. Prior to"
"lottery was established in Puerto Rico in 1934. This was followed, decades later, by the New Hampshire lottery in 1964. Instant lottery tickets, also known as scratch cards, were introduced in the 1970s and have become a major source of lottery revenue. Individual lotteries often feature three-digit and four-digit games akin to numbers games; a five number game, and a six number game (the latter two often have a jackpot.) Some lotteries also offer at least one game similar to keno, and some offer video lottery terminals. Presently, many US lotteries support public education systems. As of November 2018, lotteries"
"laws of each jurisdiction; there is no national lottery. Private lotteries were legal in the US in the early 19th century. In fact, a number of US patents were granted on new types of lotteries. In today's vernacular, these would be considered business method patents. Before the advent of government-sponsored lotteries, many illegal lotteries thrived; see Numbers game and Peter H. Matthews. The oldest continuing government-run lottery in the US was established in Puerto Rico in 1934; the oldest continuing lottery on the US mainland began in 1964 in New Hampshire. As of 2011, lotteries are established in 43 states,"
"unless specifically authorised by statute. Early English state lotteries included the Million Lottery (1694) and the Malt Lottery (1697). These Lotteries were part of a series of financial experiments by the English government including recoinage and the foundation of the Bank of England to raise the capital available to the state. A 1934 Act, further liberalised in 1956 and 1976, legalised small lotteries. A National Health Service Lottery was piloted in 1988 but cancelled for legal reasons before the first draw. The UK's state-franchised lottery was set up under government licence by the government of John Major in 1993. The"
"private individuals or companies and licensed to operate by small countries. Most private online lotteries have stopped trading as governments have passed new laws giving themselves and their own lotteries greater protection. Government-controlled lotteries now offer their games online. The UK National Lottery started in 1994 and is operated by the Camelot Group. Around 70% of UK adults play the National Lottery regularly, making the average annual sales over £5 billion apart from the year 2000-01 where sales dropped just below that. In its first seventeen years it has created over 2,800 millionaires. In 2002 Camelot decided to rebrand the"
"naβiˈðað] or simply Lotería de Navidad [loteˈɾia ðe naβiˈðað]) is a national lottery. It is organized every year since 1812 by a branch of the Spanish Public Administration, now called Loterías y Apuestas del Estado. The name Sorteo de Navidad was used for the first time in 1892. The Spanish Christmas lottery is the second longest continuously running lottery in the world. This includes the years during the Spanish Civil War when the lottery draw was held in Valencia after the Republicans were forced to relocate their capital from Madrid. After the overthrow of the Republican government the lottery continued"
"a sitcom called ""Upwardly Mobile"" about a working-class family who won the Lotto and moved to an upper-middle-class area. It ran for three seasons between 1995 and 1997. ""Waking Ned"" (known as ""Waking Ned Devine"" in North America) is a comedy film set in a tiny rural village, based on a fictitious winner of the Lotto. National Lottery (Ireland) The National Lottery () is the state lottery of Republic of Ireland. It was created when the Republic of Ireland government passed the National Lottery Act, 1986 to help raise funds for good causes. The eligible causes are sport and recreation,"
"of the new company. The process of finalizing the lottery contracts was delayed due to an industrial dispute involving the employees of An Post National Lottery Company over the terms and conditions of staff transfers to Premier Lotteries Ireland, but the dispute was resolved in February 2014, and contracts were signed on 27 February 2014. Some of the funds paid to the Irish state will be used for a range of local infrastructural projects, including the construction of a National Children's Hospital. The National Lottery began gaming operations on 23 March 1987, when it launched its first scratchcards. Since then,"
"which was distributed among 180 winning tickets (billetes) that win €4 million each. For 2013, due to falling demand, the number of €20 tickets available was reduced from 180 million to 160 million, reducing the potential maximum prize pool to €2.24 billion (70% of ticket sales), with a maximum potential El Gordo of €720 million. A lottery was first held in Thailand (then known as Siam) in 1874 during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), as part of an international fair organised for his birthday. A lottery was organised in 1917 by the British government with Thai consent to"
"the $1.586 billion jackpot was split by three tickets sold in Chino Hills, California, in Munford, Tennessee, and in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Powerball replaced Lotto*America in April 1992; Mega Millions replaced The Big Game 10 years later. (See below for the evolution of the name ""Mega Millions"".) Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada and Utah do not sell lottery tickets. In 2013, Wyoming became the 44th state to establish a lottery; the next year, it began, initially offering both Mega Millions and Powerball. Powerball's predecessor began in 1988; the multi-state game was known as Lotto America. The game, and name, were"
"UK Ltd. Following an evaluation period, on 7 August 2007 the NLC announced that Camelot Group plc was the preferred bidder to become the operator of the next National Lottery Licence. Camelot’s bid was selected as the bid most likely to generate the best returns to good causes over the course of the licence. The licence came into force on 1 February 2009, to run until 2019, with the option of up to five years' extension. National Lottery Commission The National Lottery Commission was an organisation set up on 1 April 1999 under the National Lottery Act 1998 to regulate"
"2012, total National Lottery sales were €734 million. A total of €406 million was distributed in prizes and €225 million was distributed to good causes. All cash prizes won in National Lottery games are paid as tax-free lump sums. All prizes in Lotto, EuroMillions, and Daily Million games must be claimed within 90 days of the applicable drawing dates. No minor under the age of 18 may purchase tickets for or claim prizes in any National Lottery game. Winners have the right to remain anonymous. Lotto, which began in March 1988, is the National Lottery's flagship drawing game. It is"
"Nationale Postcode Loterij The Nationale Postcode Loterij (National Postcode Lottery) is the biggest charity lottery in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1989 by Novamedia, a marketing agency that sets up and runs charity lotteries. Fifty percent of the proceeds of this lottery are donated amongst 81 charities, which, in 2010 amounted to over 270 million euros. Prize winners are the lot owners whose postal code, a code that forms part of the winners' residential address, has been drawn. Hence even if not participating one may still find out that one would have won had one played. Anticipations of post-decisional"
"six states and the District of Columbia banded together, since, on their own, they could not create jackpots into the tens of millions of dollars that had become commonplace in the most popular single-state lottery games. MUSL's first game was called ""Lotto America"" even though only those seven jurisdictions took part. The first Lotto America drawing was in 1988. Lotto America lasted until April 1992, when it was replaced with Powerball. MUSL retained the rights to the ""Lotto America"" name; a new version of the game was launched on November 12, 2017 with the first drawing held November 15. The"
"specter of a deluge of freed southern blacks competing with the white working class, then dominated by ethnic Irish and immigrants. On the lottery's first day, July 11, 1863, the first lottery draw was held. On Monday, July 13, 1863, five days of large-scale riots began, which were dominated by ethnic Irish, who targeted blacks in the city, their neighborhoods, and known abolitionist sympathizers. As a result, many blacks left Manhattan permanently, moving to Brooklyn or other areas. In the following decades, New York strengthened its dominance of the financial and banking industries. Manufacturing continued to rise: Eastman Kodak founded"
"was to provide funds for education. New York governor Hugh Carey suspended sales for about nine months in 1975-76 due to a scandal involving unsold tickets being selected as ""winners"". Another scandal in 1986 involved state employees manipulating mail-in tickets in a mail room to result in over $40,000 in winning to friends and family. The first big winner of the Lottery was Lou Eisenberg, who won $5 million in 1981; in that era, winners could not choose cash in lieu of annuity payments. An agreement between Mega Millions and Powerball was reached in October 2009. All lotteries then with"
"the national lottery was established in August 1951 to recruit funding for the construction of a hospital in Tel Aviv. Games include the flagship lottery, Chance, Keno, 777, 123, ""Hish Gad"" (themed scratchcard games), lottery subscriptions and the Big Lottery, The recorded prize in israeli lotto is 74 Million ILS and 148 Million ILS in the double lotto. The Shrine Temple which gained permission of the public in the Edo Era had released a rush for promotion, it was prohibited by Meiji's Penal Code (a theory that was in the Cabinet Order of 1869). But in dark urban areas where"
"at a Baltimore County 7-Eleven won a one-third share of the jackpot. (The other tickets were sold in Illinois and Kansas.) As with the other two sets of winners in that drawing, the ticket holder(s) chose the cash option, rather than the 26 yearly payments. In 1972, citizens of Maryland approved a constitutional amendment to begin a government-run lottery. The Maryland Lottery began on January 2, 1973. The Lottery opened its doors for the very first time with 94 employees to handle operations, 3,800 sales agents to sell tickets and 51 banks to distribute tickets to agents and handle deposits."
"lotteries were authorized from 1749 to 1761, until the Lords of Trade expressed their disapproval of the practice, effectively banning public lotteries in Massachusetts until the American Revolution, when lotteries again became frequent, until a new ban was enacted in 1833. The modern Lottery was created in 1971 and held its first drawings the following year. Eligible non-profit organizations are allowed to operate certain gambling games for fundraising purposes, including bridge and whist, bingo (also called ""beano""), raffles, pull tabs, and casino nights (referred to as ""bazaars""). Senior citizen organizations (""golden age clubs"") are also allowed to run bingo games"
"for only pledging to donate 20.3% of ticket costs to charity, compared to the National Lottery's 28%, and that the lottery's structure was designed to contravene British law regarding lotteries. Lotteries are operated at the state level in the U.S.; 44 states and 3 territories operate state lotteries, and nearly all of them are members of consortiums that operate regional games, and the two near-national games Mega Millions and Powerball. In January 2016, Powerball set a record for the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, with its January 13, 2016 draw having an estimated jackpot of US$1.5 billion. The precursor"
"Mega Millions Mega Millions (which began as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery game; it is offered in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first ""(The Big Game) Mega Millions"" drawing was in 2002; see below. (What is now Mega Millions initially was offered in six states; the logo for all versions of the game following the retiring of ""The Big Game"" name featured a gold-colored ball with six stars to represent the game's initial membership.) Mega Millions"
"Mega Millions Mega Millions (which began as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery game; it is offered in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first ""(The Big Game) Mega Millions"" drawing was in 2002; see below. (What is now Mega Millions initially was offered in six states; the logo for all versions of the game following the retiring of ""The Big Game"" name featured a gold-colored ball with six stars to represent the game's initial membership.) Mega Millions"
"as little as $0.01. The game's attractions to low income and working class bettors were the ability to bet small amounts of money, and that bookies could extend credit to the bettor. In addition, policy winners could avoid paying income tax. Different policy banks would offer different rates, though a payoff of 600 to 1 was typical. Since the odds of winning were 1000:1, the expected profit for racketeers was enormous. The first modern government-run US lottery was established in Puerto Rico in 1934, followed by New Hampshire in 1964. In 2018, Ohio became one of the first states to"
"the National Lottery Act 2006. The National Lottery is a member of the World Lottery Association. The National Lottery have a number of different machines and ball sets which are selected by either a celebrity or a member of the general public. This is used to randomise the process and create an independent selection of machinery to reduce the chance of human override. Below is a table of how many times each machine has appeared in the main National Lottery, or Lotto game. As of Saturday 3 May 2014 Note, on the draw on Saturday 17 September 2011, they announced"
"After lengthy negotiations with South Africans ""Department of Trade and Industry"" (DTI) Score-A-Lot closed in Dec 2001 The Natal Lotto (also referred to as the KZN Lotto) was launched in the KwaZulu-Natal province in 1992. During eight years of operation it raised R869 million and paid R345 million to charities and R448 million in prize money. South African National Lottery The National Lottery is operated by ITHUBA Holdings, to whom the licence was granted in 2015. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established in 2000. Lottery tickets may be bought only by people of at"
"Approximately 60% of sales are returned to players, 30% is used for state-funded programs, 7% is used for commissions to retailers, and 3% is given to the Lottery for operating expenses. The first game—Twin Win—went on sale on May 15, and the first drawing was May 24. Scratch-offs, now the Lottery's best-selling game, became available on February 10, 1976. ""Pick 3"" was introduced in July 1976. In April 1983, Pick 4 began. Keno, initially played only at Lottery retailers equipped with monitors, began in January 1993. (Keno expanded to ""Keno Bonus"" in 1999, and ""Keno Super Bonus"" in 2009.) In"