Briton scoops 148-mn-pound jackpot
August 11th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug (IANS) A Briton has come forward to claim the 148.7 million pounds Euromillions jackpot, making it the nation's second largest lottery win, the Telegraph reported saturday.The win continues ... Read more...
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British schools spend sports time on Indian dance: Cameron
August 10th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Defending a decision to scrap two-hour-a-week allotted for sports in British schools, Prime Minister David Cameron has said the schools were using the time on ... Read more...
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Princess Beatrice runs race
April 1st, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 1 (IANS) Britain's Princess Beatrice was among 5,000 runners who took part in an exhibition race at a new Olympic Stadium in London.The 23-year-old Beatrice first fired the ... Read more...
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Winners of Spain Christmas lottery to share $5.2 mn
December 24th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 24 (IANS/EFE) Holders of tickets sold in the northeastern town of Gra?en took the 4 million euro ($5.2 million) first prize, known as "El Gordo" (The Fat One) ... Read more...
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UK’s Olympic swimming team poses naked for underwater photo-shoot
March 4th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): A dozen of swimmers from Britain's Olympic team have got together to pose naked for a daring underwater photo-shoot.The group included swimmers, divers, water polo players and one ... Read more...
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3 out of 4 Brits are gambling addicts
February 16th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A survey has found that the number of gamblers in Britain has risen, with three out of four being gambling addicts.The survey by the Gambling Commission found 73 ... Read more...
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Number of gambling addicts in UK rising due to lax Gambling Act
February 16th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A survey has found that the number of gamblers in Britain has reached nearly half a million, thanks to the liberal gaming laws brought in by Labour.The survey ... Read more...
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Lawrence Cavendish £5.5m Lottery Winner Flees Spain Penniless
January 24th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by GD
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Jan 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Winning a lottery worth a staggering 5.5million might seem to be the ultimate dream come true for many. Factory worker Lawrence Candlish, might have felt the ... Read more...
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Displaced Georgian woman wins lottery jackpot on Christmas
December 26th, 2010 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Tbilisi, Dec 26 (IANS) For this displaced woman who ekes out a humble existence in a dormitory in this Georgian capital, Christmas brought her a sweet surprise -- a $2.4 million lottery ... Read more...
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Christmas Eve luckiest day for winning lottery
December 24th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24 (ANI): The National Lottery has claimed that Christmas Eve is the luckiest day of the year for winning the lottery.National Lottery organisers said December 24 is the luckiest day ... Read more...
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Joblessness climbs in Spain
December 3rd, 2010 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 3 (IANS/EFE) Spain's jobless rolls expanded by 24,318 last month to more than 4.11 million people, an increase of 0.6 percent from October, the Labour and Immigration Ministry said Thursday.It ... Read more...
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Cowell plans to launch lottery-style game show
October 24th, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 24 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell is planning to launch National Lottery-style game show on television.According to the sources, Cowell has been in talks to make a glitzy interactive prize ... Read more...
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Britain’s record jackpot winner to walk away with $180 mn
October 9th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 9 (IANS) Britain's biggest-ever lottery jackpot winner will be walking away with 113 million pounds (about $180 million), a media report said Saturday.But it is not yet known if ... Read more...
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John, Margaret luckiest lottery names
April 14th, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 14 (ANI): If your name is John or Margaret, then you can sure win a fortune in a lottery, according to National Lottery figures.The figures have revealed that those named ... Read more...
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Boob jobs, sheep, replacement knees among lottery winners’ shopping list!
March 3rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 3 (ANI): Boob jobs, a flock of sheep and replacement knees are some of the things that feature on the list of those who hit the winning numbers in lottery, ... Read more...
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Simon Cowell to launch new show
November 9th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 9 (ANI): Simon Cowell, the man behind 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent', is all set to launch another "major entertainment format" on terrestrial television.According to sources, after ... Read more...
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Millions of Brits still touch wood, avoid walking under ladders!
October 10th, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 10 (ANI): Almost half of Britons follow bizarre rituals thinking they would bring them good luck, a study has found.Millions of people in the UK are so superstitious that they ... Read more...
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UK lottery jackpot winners usually live in homes with No. 3 in their addresses
August 19th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 19 (ANI): A British survey has revealed that lotto jackpot winners often live in houses which have the number 3 in their address.The survey found that winners staying at addresses ... Read more...
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An average Brit adult forgets three things a day
July 23rd, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): An average adult forgets three key facts, errands or events every day, a UK study has found.According to research carried out by National-Lottery.co.uk, around 15 million of Britons ... Read more...
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Nigerian woman gives lottery cash to beggar
July 16th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 16 (RIA Novosti) A Nigerian lottery winner gave all her prize money to a street beggar an hour after being given the cheque, a website said.
Forty-six-year old Rosemary Obiakor from ... Read more...
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Depp, Jolie voted ideal actors by Britons
March 7th, 2009 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) Hollywood superstars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie have topped an online poll by British fans who would love to cast them as ideal leading actors in their own ... Read more...
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Depp, Jolie named Brits ideal movie leads
March 6th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): If British film fans were to make their own films, they would cast Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie as leading actors, says a new poll.According to a ... Read more...
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Academics call for introduction of risk literacy for school students
January 5th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 5 (ANI): Basic lessons in statistics and probability called risk literacy may help teach kids how to weigh the pros and cons and make sensible life decisions, claims one ... Read more...
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Britains historic sites at risk from funding cuts
December 26th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 26 (ANI): A new report has indicated that some of Britains most famous historic sites are at risk as the number being saved for the nation declines amid budget ... Read more...
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Meet the couple who married and became millionaires all thanks to the Internet!
September 4th, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 4 (ANI): A couple who had met on a dating website saw their luck continuing through the Internet when they won 1.9million pounds playing the lottery online.The duo, Ed ... Read more...
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UK convicts wanting freedom early are now hugging trees
July 15th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): British prisoners are signing up for a National Lottery-funded project to assess and measure ancient trees in the hope that by doing so, they will gain freedom ... Read more...
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Never bet on number five when you try your luck at lotto!
June 14th, 2008 - 8:30 pm ICT by ANI
London , June 14 (ANI): Those who believe in luck and love playing lottery should never put their money on number five as this is the unluckiest number for high-stakes Lottery ... Read more...
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Number 13 really is lottery’s ‘unluckiest’ number!
November 19th, 2007 - 1:32 pm ICT by admin
London , Nov 19 (ANI): Number 13 really does seem to be unlucky when it comes to the lottery, for it has appeared fewer times than any other ball in the UK ... Read more...
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Eight in ten Brits don’t mind living with a ghost!
November 14th, 2007 - 3:02 am ICT by admin
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The best things in life come for free, even for lottery millionaires
November 14th, 2007 - 2:30 am ICT by admin
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