Record Mega Millions jackpot draws fans
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Lottery machines cranked out tickets at a dizzying rate Tuesday as the multistate Mega Millions game drew bettors with a jackpot estimated at a record $355 million.
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Organisers of the Millennium Stadium  tsunami concert say a recording of the concert could raise even more money.
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MEGA MILLIONS, June 2  /PRNewswire/ -- The Mega Millions jackpot is rising again. Friday's drawing produced a total of 403,214 Mega Millions winning tickets in 12 states, including three tickets that came within one number of winning it all.
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A record 97.5 million Americans tuned  in to Sunday's upset victory by the New York Giants over the  New England Patriots, marking the biggest TV audience in Super  Bowl history and the second most-watched U.S. telecast ever.
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A Portuguese textile worker who shared Europe's biggest-ever lottery jackpot of 43 million euros (57.6 million dollar) with a friend last month said his life has become hellish since his big win.
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Undaunted by the presence of eight millionaires in the field, Ghostzapper blazed to a wire-to-wire win in yesterday&#39;s $4 million Breeders&#39; Cup Classic at Lone Star
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MEGA MILLIONS, Dec. 9  /PRNewswire/ -- The Friday, December 8, 2006 Mega Millions drawing brought the excitement!  A total of 379,152 tickets from coast to coast won Mega Millions prizes, including two tickets that each won $250,000.
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A record-breaking crowd of 6,280 football fans packed into AFC Telford&#39;s New Bucks Head to get the chance to see England&#39;s Steven Gerrard in action.
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Fans snap up 370,000 tickets in three hours for Take That's new UK tour - but many immediately appear on eBay.
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Tonight's the night if you want to win the world's biggest ever lottery prize of Â£95m
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Wide array of performers play to 68,000 crowd.
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Someone in New York City will have a whole lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday week. That person is the sole winner in Friday&#39;s colossal Mega Millions drawing worth $149 million.
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MEGA MILLIONS, Dec. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- Even though there was no jackpot winner in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, a lot of players still walked away winners. With nine different ways to win, a total of 357,329 tickets won prizes in the December 12 drawing.
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Mark down 2004 as perhaps the most momentous year in the history of the gambling industry as investors embraced Las Vegas casino companies and tourists flocked to the city in record numbers to indulge in the whirlwind changes.
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A quarter of a billion dollars to build the track. Tens of millions in racing fees. More than 150,000 live spectators and a television audience of hundreds of millions.
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The megadeal involving Randy Johnson, Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez grew to 10 players Saturday, with the New York Yankees, Arizona and Los Angeles hoping to present the proposed trade to the commissioner&#39;s office soon for approval.
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National Lottery ticket sales and player numbers have increased,  a report by Camelot reveals.