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Lottery drawings on the first and sixteenth of each month are televised on National Broadcasting Services of Thailand and Spring News starting at 14:30 on Spring News and 15:00 on NBT also simulcast on Radio Thailand Domestic Service. in 2016 the draw also simulcasted on Thairath TV starting from 14:00. Towards the end of the show, just before ...
The first French lottery was created by King Francis I in or around 1505. After that first attempt, lotteries were forbidden for two centuries. They reappeared at the end of the 17th century, as a "public lottery" for the Paris municipality (called Loterie de L'Hotel de Ville) and as "private" ones for religious orders, mostly for nuns in convents.
A lottery was organised in 1917 by the British government with Thai consent to help finance Britain's war effort. Lotteries were held intermittently until 1933, when they became regularised under the finance department. [21] The present Thai lottery is managed by The Government Lottery Office, a state enterprise managed by the Ministry of Finance.
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Winners of the first prize-winning ticket of £483,795, which was issued in Jersey, and a second place of £50,000 issued in Guernsey, are yet to be announced due to no-one coming forward.
The Mega Millions jackpot for the Jan. 3 drawing is now at $785 million. Take Our Poll: What’s the First Thing You Would Do If You Won a Big Lottery Jackpot? While that is less than half of the ...
Despite laws against gambling, illegal casinos are widespread in Thailand. The first large-scale gambling houses were established in Ayutthaya by the government in the late-17th century or early-18th century as a result of the steady growth of Chinese population. During the 19th century the number of gambling houses grew in tandem with the ...
A lorry driver and his wife who won £3.6 million on the EuroMillions said their first purchase was a £17 back-scratcher. Lee Kuchczynski, 52, said he was in Yorkshire driving his HGV when wife ...