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It is almost a week now since a single ticket purchased in New Jersey won a massive $212 million but sadly the PowerBall winner is yet to come forward to claim their lottery prize. You would think that someone winning such a massive amount would be rattling the doors of Lottery HQ first thing on Monday morning, but we must remember that this is a massive amount of money and some people like to take the very wise move of consulting legal and financial advisors before they make their claim.

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Article Added: 19th March 2010

Time and time again we hear news of lottery winners failing to claim their wins on time and a prize of £3.6 million is at risk of being left unclaimed as the deadline looms for a National Lottery winner to come forward. The deadline is now only a few days away and is for a lottery draw which took place back in September 2009. So if you have tickets lying around for this draw, now would be a good time to check them again as the winner will need to contact the National Lottery operators no later than 5.30pm on Monday 22nd March.

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Article Added: 18th March 2010

The Big Lottery fund which has its resources supplied by the National Lottery does some amazing things for good causes within the UK. The news there has been a National Lottery grant for World War Veterans from the Big Lottery Fund’s Heros Return 2 programme, could  bring an a bigger insight into the history of World War II to enthusiasts. The grant of almost £8,000 is to enable to veterans to each return to their wartime location as the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II looms.

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Article Added: 17th March 2010

After a few amazingly exciting weeks on the world lottery games, things are likely to be a little calmer this week. The huge jackpots that have been up for grabs on some of the worlds most popular lottery games have now been won, although not all of the details of winners have yet been released. However, although low by its own standards, the Italian game SuperEnalotto offering the largest jackpot of €47.7 million will be a very desirable lottery to play this week,  even though it is probably the most difficult lottery game in the world to win.

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Article Added: 16th March 2010

We have been watching both the MegaMillions and PowerBall lotteries boast incredible jackpots over the past few weeks. With many more states opting into both of these games over recent weeks, the roll over jackpots for these lottery games have risen much quicker and evenly than ever before. While the MegaMillions produced a lucky winner for its massive $133 million roll over jackpot back on 5th March, the PowerBall has continued to climb. We do have news today that there is a winner for the PowerBall from the draw on Saturday 13th March.

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Article Added: 15th March 2010

Many lotteries worldwide offer Millionaire Raffle games with their lottery games from time to time, often to celebrate a special occasion or date. Last year the Illinois Lottery offered a Millionaire Raffle game in celebration of St Patrick’s Day,  but sadly  two Illinois Lottery winners may miss out on the $1,000 prizes they have each won on this lottery Millionaire Raffle game, as they have not yet made their claims for their fantastic  prizes.

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Article Added: 13th March 2010

This year has been very exciting so far in terms of lottery jackpots. There have been some staggering rollover prizes on offer with various world lottery games, many of which have now produced winners. However, lottery players again failed to find the winning numbers for one of these lottery games in particular. The PowerBall jackpot rises again after the draw on Wednesday did not produce a winner, which sees this jackpot now reach a fantastic $200 million, which is easily the world’s highest at the moment.

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Article Added: 12th March 2010

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Last Updated: 19/03/2010 00:19:57