Seguro Ndabene is known as the luckiest lottery player in Canada, whilst most of us dream of winning just the once Ndabene has won the lotto 5 times in the past 5 years.

His past windfalls include $1 million twice, $100,000 and $50,000 and then in January he topped the lot by scooping $17 million in the Super 7 draw.

However this time around he is having to fight for his money because his claim to be the sole winner is being disputed by Tony Koprnicky who says the winning ticket was part of a group  purchase and he wants his share!

Koprnicky happens to be the brother in law of the lady who runs the kiosk where the ticket was bought, he maintains that he was part of an open group agreement that was being run by the kiosk.

It seems that this story is going to run and run before the courts decide whether Koprnicky does have a claim to the money, Ndabene meanwhile insists the win was just good fortune on his part. He says he has no winning system he just plays often.

We brought you news a couple of weeks ago about the unidentified winner of China’s biggest lottery prize.  The man won a massive 360 million yuan after buying 44 identical Double Color Ball tickets which cost just  just 176 yuan.

The winner has now been out to collect his winnings and speculation about his identity continues as he was wearing a facial mask and sunglasses, he has become known as the most wanted man in China! All that is known about him is that his surname is An and he is from Anyang.

His plans for himself include expanding his current buisness but also he is going to be helping others, a 9 year old girl is set to benefit by having her medical bills paid and a fund is to be set up to help local charities. He spoke about maintaining his current lifestyle and will be spending the money wisely.

Halloween is coming up and with it, two massive draws, EuroMillions and the Italian SuperEnalotto, they are both very popular lotteries that often compete for the biggest jackpots available.

EuroMillions is drawn on Friday and has a jackpot of US$115 million while the Italian SuperEnalotto has the biggest jackpot in the world right now with US$119 million on offer.

The Lottery Shop have come up with a great offer to treat yourself this Halloween if you are struggling to decide which to enter, if you play EuroMillions for 2 games you can take a 5 draw entry into the SuperEnalotto at a special discounted price of $16!

Thats a great offer and will give you loads of chances to win this week, it has only just been announced so jump on your broomstick double quick and fly along to the Lottery Shop.

Most of us at some time have bought a scratch card or scratch off ticket and most of us will just toss it into the bin once it has been revealed as loser.

However collecting lottery tickets especially scratch off’s is becoming increasingly popular in the US and in Europe, and the name for the hobby is known as Lotology.

Scratch off’s are the main focus for enthusiasts with 75% of lotologists specialising in collecting them, other interesting tickets include void and mint condition tickets that have yet to be scratched.

There are many groups popping up around the world which are devoted to lotology and a search of the web reveals web sites, newsgroups and even forums that are used by the people who love collecting lottery tickets. Some sites specialise in buying and selling tickets that have been used and are non winning.

There are also clubs around the world the main one being the Global Lottery Collectors Society, this is based in the US and has a large following.

If scratch cards are your thing, im afraid we can’t help with producing the actual ticket but we can recommend a great site for you to play, it is called Scratch2Cash and has fast become the worlds number 1 online scratch card site.

Join now and get an amazing €5 FREE to play no deposit required, you never know you could just change your day!

There is not long left if you are planning on playing the Halloween Australian Super Draw, tickets are on sale for just another three days so if you have still to buy yours you had better get cracking.

$20 million is up for grabs with 60% of the total lottery earnings going into the prize fund, never before has this lottery been available to overseas players so get in on the action while you can.

Prizes are awarded for matching 6 of 6 numbers, 5 of 6 plus either bonus number, 5 of 6, 4 of 6 and 3 of 6 plus either bonus number.

It will cost you just US$16 to play 10 games but if you play more games you become eligible for bonus free games these are automatically added when you play eg play 30 games for US$ 48 and you get a game free!

This is Australias biggest superdraw and you have to be in to win so get your tickets today!

EuroMillions did not find a jackpot winner on Friday, the numbers drawn were 6, 18, 20, 29, 31 and the lucky stars were 2 and 8. However some of you ended up happy with nine players managing  to match 5 numbers and just the 1 lucky star to win a life changing amount of money.

For the rest of us there is always next Friday and the news gets even better because the jackpot will roll over for the fourth time giving a jackpot of  around €77,000,000!  Only the Italian SuperEnalotto can beat that offering a jackpot of €77,700,000.

Ticket sales for EuroMillions were around €55 million for last Fridays draw and this looks set to continue as the jackpot rises, in fact we could be in for a superdraw quite soon if no one manages to predict all the numbers so keep checking back as we will be following EuroMillions all the way!

Click here to play EuroMillions from the UK

Click here to play EuroMillions from outside the UK.

From time time to time we bring you details of which lottery currently offers you the best cost/benefit ratio in the world to play and this weekend it is the turn of the Illinois Lotto.

Drawn three times a week on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Saturday’s the Illinois Lotto uses a simple 6/52 play matrix which means to win the jackpot you have to match all 6 numbers drawn from a pool of 52.

The pay out divisions go down 4 levels and to win a prize at the last level you have to match just 3 numbers and the odds of acheiving this are around 1 in 67. There are other prizes for matching 5 numbers and 4 numbers.

This weekends jackpot stands at US$7,750,000 and costs just US$7.50 to buy a block of five tickets, you can play as a one off or subscribe and get your tickets even cheaper. The Lotter is also offering new customers a great welcome offer of buy a ticket get one free at the moment so join today and you can play for free!

A 67 year old lottery winner was left empty handed after taking his ticket into a store to be checked, the ticket was found to be worth $1 million which proved to be too tempting for 25 year old shop worker Pankaj Joshi who promptly told the man it was not a winner and claimed the money himself.

Joshi picked up a cool $750,000 after taxes and disappeared, he is thought to have fled back to his native Nepal, he had worked at the store for 5 years and had been a student at the University of Texas, but it seeems the lure of money got the better of him.

The situation came to light when the store manager heard the shop had sold the winning ticket and told police that Joshi never played the lottery, money was found in various bank accounts in Joshi’s name, a warrant is now out for his arrest and he could face up to 20 years in prison.

It is not clear yet what will happen to the recovered money, the person claiming the win is hoping that the money will be returned once it is proven in court to be his.

Have you ever walked into a shop and asked for your lottery tickets to be checked only to be told you haven’t won by the shop worker and you just turn around and walk out?  I wonder how many shop keepers would be tempted to do the same as Joshi when faced with a big winner!.

Another good reason to play online!

It is almost the weekend and Europe’s most popular lottery, EuroMillions comes out to play as usual on Friday,  this week we feel it deseves a special mention for one reason and that is, the estmated jackpot stands at a whooping £54 million.

EuroMillions began in 2004 and at that time only France, Spain and the UK took part but it became fast apparent that this lottery was going to be in great demand and it wasn’t long before Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland got in on the action.

Simply pick 5 numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 lucky stars from 1 to 9 to win this weeks jackpot and because most of us won’t be that lucky EuroMillions also pays out down 12 levels so still plenty of chances to win something.

France remains the luckiest country with more prizes having been won there than anywhere else but with online ticket sales you no longer just have to be resident in the participating countries to enter, you can play wherever you live.

What better way to begin your weekend than with a win but remember you have to be in the draw to win the draw!

UK resident’s click here to play EuroMillions

Resident’s outside the UK click here to play EuroMillions

Not the biggest jackpot in the world right now but the Austria Lotto currently has one of the best cost/benefit ratio’s which means better chances of a win for your money, the  jackpot stands at  €7,500,000 for the draw tonight Wednesday 21st October.

The Austria Lotto uses a simple 6/45 matrix and is drawn twice a week on Wednesday’s and Sunday’s, there are 5 prize divisions, match 6 numbers to win the jackpot, 5+1 to win 2nd prize then 5, 4 and 3 for the next prize divisions. The odds of winning a prize at the last level come in at around 1 in 45 which is very good!

Remember that you do not have to be resident in Austria to play, you will keep 100% of any winnings, so join the Lotter today and take full advantage of the welcome offer of buy a ticket get one free!

Get smart with your lottery money and play the Austria Lotto here!