Lucky Spaniard scoops

Lucky Spaniard scoops 126 million-euro lottery jackpot

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MOSCOW, May 9 (RIA Novosti) - A lucky ticket holder in Spain has won a 126 million-euro ($171.6 million) jackpot in the EuroMillions lottery, the British Sky News television reported on Saturday.
The record prize, if the ticket was bought by a single person rather than a syndicate, would be the world's biggest lottery win, Sky News said. The winner has not yet come forward.

EuroMillions is a pan-European lottery, launched in 2004. Initially only the United Kingdom, France and Spain were involved, but lotteries from Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland joined the draw in October 2007.

Draws are held every Friday night, and take place in Paris. A standard EuroMillions ticket costs 2 euros per line played. All prizes, including the jackpot, are tax exempt, except in Switzerland, and are paid in a lump sum.

Russia launched its Gosloto, the first state lottery since the Soviet era, in 2008 to help raise funds for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort Sochi and to promote sport and a healthy lifestyle.

A man from Kolpino, near St. Petersburg, won 100 million rubles, or nearly $3 million, in March this year.

UK pair win £90 million EuroMillions jackpot

UK pair win £90 million EuroMillions jackpot
Lotto prize is British record-breaker

TWO British ticketholders shared a massive £90 million jackpot in the EuroMillions draw, Camelot revealed today.

They scooped £45,570,835.50 each – the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the UK.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said: “This is fantastic news.

“These two ticketholders have just banked the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the country.”

Winning numbers in the EuroMillions draw were 11, 19, 34, 43 and 45. The Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9.

According to the Queen’s bankers Coutts & Co, each winner would earn about £6,000 a day in interest on the estimated jackpot, or £45,000 a week and £2,350,000 a year.

Until now, the largest UK lottery win had been scooped by Glasgow postal administrator Angela Kelly.

She won the £35.4 million EuroMillions jackpot in August last year.

Dolores McNamara from Ireland is still the biggest European winner, netting £77 million in July 2005.

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables
People throughout the world are familiar with the fables attributed to Aesop.People told and retold these stories for over nine hundred year before they were first written down in the third century A.D.The fables are full of useful advice for people everywhere.They have been adapted to appeal to both young and old.Many people think that a person's education is incomplete without them.Because they are so well known,we easily recognize and understand sayings like"Slow and steady wins the race" and "Persuasing is better than force."The three fables given here are typical of those written by Aesop.They are short,have human interest, and point out an important lesson to lean.
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