The nine-country Euro Millions Lottery jackpot, valued at €126,231,764, has been won, turning an as yet unidentified Spanish player into a member of the mega-rich set overnight. The jackpot is a new record, well in excess of the previous record won by an Irish woman, Dolores McNamara in July 2005, and valued at €115,436,126. The as yet unnamed player was the only one among millions of players to tick the five correct numbers (4, 23, 24, 29, 31) and two stars (8, 9) and win the huge jackpot draw, which took place in Paris. The UK press reported that Friday’s [ Read More ]
Archive for May, 2009
iMEGA today asked the US District Court in Minneapolis to prevent the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) from enforcing an order it issued to 11 Internet service providers (ISPs), to block state residents’ access to 200 Web sites. The Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement division (AGED) of the Minnesota DPS sent letters last week to AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and other companies offering Internet access, ordering the companies to prevent Minnesota residents from viewing sites included on an AGED "black list". All of the sites named on the list are related to online gambling. iMEGA filed suit against John Willems, director [ Read More ]
Jim Rome’s annual Smack-Off competition is heating up and slated to take up an entire day’s worth of air-time. Listeners are amped to participate and speculation is growing as to who will win. Fans are looking for answers and rife with anticipation. This being the case, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com, posted odds on the favorites and long-shots to provide some answers as to what may go down. Oddsmakers at BetUS.com posted the following odds on Jim Rome’s Smack-Off: 2009 Smack-Off Odds: Iafrate 3/2 Greg in Vegas 3/1 Doc Mike DiTolla 7/2 Steve Carbone 5/1 Joe in the OC 6/1 Terence [ Read More ]
