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While some US state lotteries have reported recently that they need to make job cuts, it is pleasing to see reports of record revenue rise for the Arizona Lottery. While it is clear that the global recession has had an impact on spending all over the world, it seems that world lottery games are riding the storm very well and in particular the Arizona Lottery. A 13.3% increase over 2009 sees the revenue rise to $551 million for fiscal 2010. This revenue rise is reported to be higher than any other state lottery that has reported gains so far.

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Article Added: 2nd September 2010

Every world lottery has a selection of different games for their players to choose from. This means mean that people can choose whether to play the games with less favourable odds but bigger jackpots, or games that are easier to win but a smaller jackpot prize. It doesn’t matter what lottery games people choose, a winner is never guaranteed and there were no winners for the Washington Lottery games, Lotto and Hit 5 on Monday evening, which means that these will now roll over to create even bigger prizes.

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Article Added: 1st September 2010

There are three UK National Lottery prizes expiring in September and one of them will need to be claimed within the next couple of days before it goes to the National Lottery good causes. It is always shocking to see the amount of lottery prizes all over the world which go unclaimed every week and although the money that is not claimed does go to a good cause, it is largely felt that those that play the lottery should benefit from the win. Sadly this doesn’t always happen.

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Article Added: 31st August 2010

It is no secret that the MegaMillions has been rolling over for some time now, creating the biggest lottery jackpot in the US at the weekend. There was a massive $133 million up for grabs for the draw on Saturday and the news has reached us that a single ticket wins the MegaMillions jackpot on this draw. There is very little that we can tell you until the lucky winner comes forward to claim this amazing lottery prize but we can reveal that winner is from California.

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Article Added: 30th August 2010

It is great to see some of the smaller state lottery games in the US rolling over to produce some amazing jackpots and when news of the winners rolls in, we often hear some fairly amazing stories. A draw which took place on 24th July saw a fantastic $10 million jackpot won, and the news comes to us today that the Florida Lottery winner claims their prize two months after the draw took place. Taking the money in a sump sum this lucky Florida Lottery winner has netted a prize just over $6 million.

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Article Added: 28th August 2010

A system wide computer glitch costs the Vermont Lottery this month after extra winners were created as a result of this system error. In the space of 30 minutes 72 Lottery tickets were sold which were almost identical and the executive director of the Vermont Lottery has said that ‘looks can be deceiving as these tickets are not winners’. He has also stated that once a system is place to account for the tickets, the holders of them will get paid for the inconvenience, which could turn out to be quite expensive.

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Article Added: 27th August 2010

Almost two weeks after the winning draw took place, a Canadian Lotto Max winner claims his prize of $25 million. Gerald Clement who is 50 years old and from Ottawa, Canada, has spent the time with his close circle of friends and family trying to prepare himself for may or may not be, following this amazing lottery win. Gerald is single and has no children so this Lotto Max win is likely to change his life beyond belief with no kids to share his new fortune with, but no doubt there will be offers of help from far and wide.

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Article Added: 26th August 2010

Last Updated: 02/09/2010 09:20:49