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Keep Track of Those Lottery Tickets!

November 12, 2019   Game skill   No comments

A Maryland lottery player accidentally threw out a $250,000 Mega Millions ticket and retrieved it after a frantic 90 minute search. The 49 year old lottery player from Baltimore bought several lottery tickets for the March 9th drawing. The man checked his tickets but failed to realize he had a winning ticket. Shortly after he threw away the tickets a Maryland lottery employee told his brother that a winning ticket had been purchased at Barnabas Liquors in Temple Hills, the same store where the winning ticket was purchased. After the man’s brother told him the news the man called the store to check the winning numbers. The man went to the store and after searching through trash for about an hour and a half the winning ticket was located. The lucky winner said he will use his winnings to pay off bills and he and his wife are planning a trip to Europe.

A similar near mishap almost happened on the other side of the world. A New Zealand woman carried around a $4 million dollar winning ticket in her handbag for about a month before she realized she had had a winning lottery ticket. The middle aged woman had purchased a New Zealand Powerball lottery ticket at a local supermarket and stuck the ticket in her handbag along with other old lottery tickets. The woman and her family were shocked at the big win and the woman said that perhaps it was time to ‘upgrade’ her old battered handbag. She plans to upgrade the family’s home and help other family members.

n almost identical situation occurred in Melbourne Australia. The woman had bought a superdraw ticket last September and thought she had misplaced the lottery ticket. The unnamed woman stated, ‘I was just doing some spring cleaning and came across a ticket clipped to some other paperwork by a bulldog clip. I knew West Doncaster News and Lotto had sold a division-one winner but I thought I had lost my ticket. ‘Then I found it filed away yesterday and thought I’d call Tatts to see if I’d won anything. I really had no idea that it was the actual winning ticket.’

Imagine if these lucky winners remained in the dark about their big lottery wins. Most lottery experts say that the sale of online lottery tickets would prevent similar situations. Many countries now sell online lottery tickets and several lotteries send email alerts to winners which would prevent similar near mishaps like the ones above. It is time lotteries discarded outmoded technology and joined the 21st century.

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36 Inch Carnival Wheel Critical Overview

November 7, 2017   Game guide   No comments

At County and State Fairs there are always games of chance and the barkers that are there shouting out to the crowds. Using their booming voice and quick time patter, they deftly raise the anticipation level of those coming closer to the carnival wheel. A few taunts, jeers, promises, and people begin to part with those dollar bills. The money is placed on the bets and the excitement level ratchets upward another few notches.

It is a safe assumption that there will be at least one winner among the gathering throng as the betting public gets into the spirit of the game. The barker knows this crowd and he knows how to wow them. The star attraction is the magnificent “36 Inch Carnival Wheel” which is at the center of it all. With 20 individual spaces and 40 long lasting pegs, this gaming piece is designed to withstand turn after turn of the wheel. The numbers are listed in colorful letters on each space and as the wheel gets moved back and forth, they catch the eye of the crowd.

No one is immune to the clicking of the wheel as it is sent spinning to a new destiny. Each person who has a stake in the outcome edge closer, willing the “36 Inch Carnival Wheel” to land on the number that they have chosen. Each number corresponds to a prize and everyone wants to be the winner. At last, the wheel begins to make those final clicks as it rolls to a stop. There is a hushed anticipation in the air and almost everyone is holding their breath. All eyes are locked on the wheel as it click.. click.. clicks.. to its final stop.

The pegs click over one last time as the pointer shows the winning number. There are muted sounds and sighs of exasperation from the ones who almost won. There is also the yell and cheer from the one person who selected that one winning bet. Almost as one, the throng begins to pull out more dollars for one more bet and one more spin of the wheel. The barker smiles a toothy smile indeed, because his mission is accomplished and the spell has been cast.

You can own this “36 Inch Carnival Wheel” for yourself and use it to spin out some incredible games of chance at a moment’s notice. Use it for business, fun or in the company of friends. You can bring all of the excitement of a Roulette Wheel in Vegas or Atlantic City to your own home now. This “36 inch Carnival Wheel” measures a full yard in diameter and offers fun as big as its size.

It has 40 strong and long lasting metal pegs that will withstand as much play as you can give it. The spins are long, hard, and fast and this is one wheel that is going to provide you with no favoritism.. all bets are even at the start and lady luck is needed to help your number hit.

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