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The National Lottery ( Irish: An Crannchur Náisiúnta) is the state-licensed lottery of the Republic of Ireland. Established in 1986 to raise funds for good causes, it began operations on 23 March 1987 when it sold its first scratchcards. It launched the weekly drawing game Lotto the following year, holding the first draw on 16 April 1988.
Numbers game. The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the Italian lottery, Mafia lottery or the daily number, is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working-class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the ...
Crack was borrowed into the Irish language with the Gaelicized spelling craic. [1] It has been used in Irish since at least 1968, [28] and was popularised in the catchphrase Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn ("We'll have music, chat and craic"), used by Seán Bán Breathnach for his Irish-language chatshow SBB ina Shuí, broadcast on RTÉ ...
1930. The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake was a lottery established in the Irish Free State in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals' Sweepstake to finance hospitals. It is generally referred to as the Irish Sweepstake or Irish Sweepstakes, frequently abbreviated to Irish Sweep or Irish Sweeps. The Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions ...
1902. Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, Ireland. Died. 1976. Nationality. Irish. Occupation (s) Librarian, code breaker. Richard James Hayes ( Irish: Risteárd de Hae; born 1902, died 1976) [1] was an Irish code-breaker during World War II and was Director of the National Library of Ireland.
OPT become infamous for violence and drug trafficking, mainly operating crack dens in and around Orchard Park. [5] In August 1996, Orchard Park was set for demolition. A year later, portions of Orchard Park were torn down. The buildings were finally razed in 1998 and replaced with a $159 million development called Orchard Gardens in 1999. [6]
EuroMillions[ a] is a transnational lottery that requires seven correct numbers to win the jackpot, which consists of 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Star Numbers. It was launched on 7 February 2004 by France 's Française des Jeux, Spain 's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom 's Camelot. The first draw was held on 13 February ...
This duo had the winning ticket for the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot from January 13, 2016. This jackpot—the first one to surpass $1 billion—ultimately had THREE winning tickets in three ...