Five officials in central China have been sacked and five other people arrested over a scam involving a lottery for apartments.
In China, where the first lottery was authorised in 1987, only two types are allowed: those which provide funds for social projects such as supporting orphans and disabled or elderly people, or for sports installations.
More than 5000 people took part in the lottery which was intended to allocate 124 low-cost apartments in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, Xinhua news agency said.
Authorities grew suspicious when six consecutive numbers won. The chances of that happening were "one out of a thousand trillion'', a maths specialist from Huazhong Normal University was quoted as saying by a local newspaper.
Police arrested the alleged mastermind and four accomplices, including two who were responsible for drawing the lots and one who wrote a computer program to produce the desired result, Xinhua said.
The suspects allegedly took nearly one million yuan ($186,567) and are likely to be charged with economic crimes, it said, quoting a city official.
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Rush is on for record OzLotto draw, by Margaret Wenham - The Courier-Mail - 27th June 2009
Try calling the Golden Casket office and you're warned that because of the interest in Tuesday's record-breaking $90 million Oz Lotto draw you may be on hold for some time.
"This is the biggest draw of all time," Golden Casket public relations manager Karen Anning said yesterday.
"We're expecting one in three adults to buy a ticket, that's five times more than would normally participate."
Ms Anning said the massive prize amount was calculated from what was left in the division one prize pool from last week's draw – $59 million – together with the expected level of interest this week in the jackpotted amount.
"We're guaranteeing $90 million, but it may go beyond that," she said.
She said the previous biggest lotto win was a $58.7 million Powerball prize won in June last year.
Punters have until 7.30pm on Tuesday to buy their ticket, but Ms Anning warned people not to leave it too late.
"We're encouraging people to buy their entries now as we had one store in Melbourne that ran out of paper last week," she said.
Last year, more Gold Coast residents than anywhere else in Queensland enjoyed big Lotto wins, winning $25,056,910 in first division prizemoney.
(Credit: The Courier-Mail)
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"This is the biggest draw of all time," Golden Casket public relations manager Karen Anning said yesterday.
"We're expecting one in three adults to buy a ticket, that's five times more than would normally participate."
Ms Anning said the massive prize amount was calculated from what was left in the division one prize pool from last week's draw – $59 million – together with the expected level of interest this week in the jackpotted amount.
"We're guaranteeing $90 million, but it may go beyond that," she said.
She said the previous biggest lotto win was a $58.7 million Powerball prize won in June last year.
Punters have until 7.30pm on Tuesday to buy their ticket, but Ms Anning warned people not to leave it too late.
"We're encouraging people to buy their entries now as we had one store in Melbourne that ran out of paper last week," she said.
Last year, more Gold Coast residents than anywhere else in Queensland enjoyed big Lotto wins, winning $25,056,910 in first division prizemoney.
(Credit: The Courier-Mail)
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Victorians flock to buy tickets for $50 million Oz Lotto draw, by Antonia Magee - Herald Sun - 23rd June 2009
Lotto mania has hit Victoria and more than a million people are expected to buy a ticket for Tuesday's $50 million Oz Lotto.
That's triple the number of those usually in the draw.
About 20 per cent of the state's population were predicted to buy at least a single ticket, Tattersall's spokeswoman Karen Anning said.
"We are expecting one of the busiest days in our history," Ms Anning said.
She said most people opted to buy a single quick pick ticket, but when the jackpot grew, many also took part in syndicates or system entries with family and friends.
Mathematics expert Peter Taylor, from Melbourne University, said the odds of winning first division tonight were about one in 45 million. There was a 2.3 per cent chance it would be a Victorian.
"It's not very good odds," Prof Taylor said. "People would be much more likely to win playing blackjack."
The draw is only the second $50 million jackpot in Australian history. (Credit: Herald Sun)
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That's triple the number of those usually in the draw.
About 20 per cent of the state's population were predicted to buy at least a single ticket, Tattersall's spokeswoman Karen Anning said.
"We are expecting one of the busiest days in our history," Ms Anning said.
She said most people opted to buy a single quick pick ticket, but when the jackpot grew, many also took part in syndicates or system entries with family and friends.
Mathematics expert Peter Taylor, from Melbourne University, said the odds of winning first division tonight were about one in 45 million. There was a 2.3 per cent chance it would be a Victorian.
"It's not very good odds," Prof Taylor said. "People would be much more likely to win playing blackjack."
The draw is only the second $50 million jackpot in Australian history. (Credit: Herald Sun)
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$50m lottery winner plans to grow better carrots - 16th June 2009
A 74-year-old amateur gardener who scooped a 25 million pound ($50 million) lottery prize said on Tuesday he would spend part of his winnings hiring an expert to learn how to grow better carrots.
Brian Caswell said he had always struggled with the vegetable on the prize-winning allotment he maintains with his wife Joan, 71, in Halliwell, near Bolton.
"I've been trying to grow carrots ever since I've been on that allotment and I've never had any success," he said.
"What I'm going to do now is bring a professional in and say, 'Right, sort that out'."
He said the couple had decided to go public with the news of their huge win in last Friday's EuroMillions draw on the advice of lottery operator Camelot.
"How could you keep that secret?" he said. "The answer is you can't."
His wife said she was still adjusting to her sudden wealth, which saw the couple's win splashed on the front of the Sun and the Daily Mirror newspapers.
"Usually we are the people sitting watching the television, and now everybody is sitting watching Brian and I."
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Brian Caswell said he had always struggled with the vegetable on the prize-winning allotment he maintains with his wife Joan, 71, in Halliwell, near Bolton.
"I've been trying to grow carrots ever since I've been on that allotment and I've never had any success," he said.
"What I'm going to do now is bring a professional in and say, 'Right, sort that out'."
He said the couple had decided to go public with the news of their huge win in last Friday's EuroMillions draw on the advice of lottery operator Camelot.
"How could you keep that secret?" he said. "The answer is you can't."
His wife said she was still adjusting to her sudden wealth, which saw the couple's win splashed on the front of the Sun and the Daily Mirror newspapers.
"Usually we are the people sitting watching the television, and now everybody is sitting watching Brian and I."
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With rights acquired from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), a joint venture of the Sinatra Estate and Warner Music Group, PartyCasino.com has also developed the Sinatra Slot - a five-reel, 20 line slot game with a Sinatra Big Band feature. Play through the three ages of Frank in Hollywood, Las Vegas and New York, collecting and writing big band tunes on the way. The game features an accumulating bonus trigger; collect a Treble Clef for each reel to build up a Sinatra track at the top of the screen. Complete the track to see Frank sing a classic track and then get a chance to write your own number in the Big Band Bonus feature. The minimum bet is $0.01 and maximum is $1,000. To celebrate the recent introduction of this innovating slot, PartyCasino.com is offering the chance to win trips to New York, Las Vegas or Hollywood and free spins until July 7 – see http://www.partycasino.com/news/newsletter for more details. Other highlights include film themed slots such as Mission:Impossible, The Terminator, Top Gun, Saturday Night Fever, Gone with the Wind and Rambo.
The PartyBingo.com jackpot in the Lilac Lounge is now over £63,000, the largest in the industry at the current time. It is rated by independent adjudicators to be one of the most ripe to be hit and the ball count has been increased to 37 make it easier to hit!
A PartyGaming spokesman said: “PartyCasino.com is a completely different product to what it was six months ago with so many great new games added. The Gold Mega Jackpot just continues to grow and grow past previous record levels – we’re surprised it hasn’t been hit yet. At the same time jackpot hunters are going to find PartyBingo.com very attractive, £63,000 would be a seriously big bingo win!”
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