Die, resurrect and win the lottery
While some are breaking the laws of fate, winning lotteries twice or even three times, others die, come back to life and first thing… also win the lottery. It may sound incredible, but, at least, one such case is documented. Truly precisely because of such stories, like this, Australian lotteries continue to be so popular.
Bill Morgan was a simple trucker, and one day, delivering valuable cargo, he got into a traffic accident. Critically ill Morgan was given medicine, which caused a negative reaction of the body, provoking a heart attack, which ended with clinical death for the trucker. It lasted, true, Total 14 minutes.
He later spent 12 days in a coma, then woke up, filled with an unprecedented thirst for life and new achievements. He immediately proposed to his girlfriend, and she agreed, making Bill the happiest person in the world. In honor of this, he decided to buy a lottery ticket…
When Morgan won a new car in the lottery, local news showed an unprecedented interest in him. They asked him to repeat the purchase of a lottery ticket, and Morgan agreed, after which he immediately won a huge amount of 250 000 dollars – and it all got on camera!
History of the Tutts Group
The company had three divisions: lottery, wagering and gaming decisions.
Lottery
Tatts Group has a near monopoly on lotteries in Australia. Tatts Lotteries is the lottery operations division of the Tatts Group, and as of September 2013 of the year the company owned or leased:
- Tatts Lottery , which runs lotteries in Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
- Golden Casket , which operates lotteries exclusively in Queensland.
- NSW Lotteries , which operates lotteries in New South Wales and the Australian capital.
- SA Lotteries. which hosts lotteries exclusively in South Australia.
Racing and sports betting
Tatts Group owns wagering licenses under its subsidiary UBET in Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania. Most of these assets were previously owned by UniTAB before, how she teamed up with Tattersalls Limited, to form the modern Tatts Group in 2007 year. All licenses give the company the right to exclusively operate physical bookmakers, who offer tote, fixed odds and sports betting in their respective jurisdictions. The company also operates online nationally as Ubet.com, offering products for racing and sports betting.
His stores operated under several different brand names due to a series of acquisitions., including TAB, TattsBet, Unitab and others. 27 November 2014 of the Year The Tutts Group announced, what in 2015 will start consolidating all its betting properties under the new UBET brand.
Game solutions
Consists of two companies: Maxgaming and ByteCraft . Tatts Group operates and provides services for electronic slot machines (known in Australian slang as "slot machines", short for poker machines).
Maxgaming
Provides monitoring solutions and value-added services for the Australian gaming industry. The governments of many Australian states have introduced mandatory monitoring of all slot machines, which they license, to protect the integrity of the industry. Under this system, monitoring licenses are granted to independent companies., who run computer networks, connected to all gaming machines within the respective jurisdiction. All machine actions are controlled, to ensure correct payment of prizes and correct calculation of income taxes.
MaxGaming is licensed in three jurisdictions: N.S.W., Queensland and Northern Territory. Queensland – single monitoring license, which is not exclusive, Nonetheless, MaxGaming still takes about 80% market in this state.
ByteCraft
ByteCraft – this is a company, specializing in electronics, which the Tatts Group acquired mainly for servicing slot machines. However, the company is not limited to gaming machines., as her main contract is to service Telstra payphone networks.
Inheritance
When Tattersall's was founded, George Adams structured the company like this, so that the original working families inherit the profits. This created the so-called "Tattersall heirs": subsequent generations inherited a share of the company's profits. It was sometimes considered unfair, when people inherited the profits of a multi-million dollar company (which has benefited from a government-provided monopoly over most of its business) just by birth. IN 2005 year the company decided to list on the Australian stock exchange “to the heirs of Tattersall” are now allowed to sell their stake in the company, and for the first time the public could buy it. After listing on the stock exchange, local newspapers and other media listed the names of these "Heirs".
How to play Lotto on Wednesdays?
The Lotto environment gives you some choice, when it comes to game options. Here is a list of, what could you try:
- Ticket with numbers, which you have chosen;
- Pre-filled ticket, which contains randomly selected numbers;
- System: this is an option to increase the number of games, which you can play. Obviously, that playing a higher percentage of games will increase your chances of winning. There are two types of system games: more numbers (You play every game with a large set of numbers) and fewer numbers (this option decreases the correct numbers, which you must have, to win);
- Syndicate: Wednesday Lottery Lets You Play Syndicate. This is a group of people, who play lotto together and share the winnings among all syndicate members;
- Multiweek play: allows you to send numbers for the drawing to the next two, five or ten weeks.
Obviously, what if you want to win something serious, you should wait for a special event. They are announced in advance. Check the news every once in a while, to find out, will there be something exciting in the coming weeks.
| Lottery | Name | Maximum Jackpot |
|---|---|---|
| Fat | 18 million EUR | |
| Euromillions | GBP 167 million | |
| Powerball | $1.6 Billions | |
| Mega Millions | $656 million | |
| SuperLotto | $120 Million |
How to play
Wednesday lotto is the same, what u Saturday lotto in Australia. For each draw, players must choose six numbers from 45. These are primary numbers. Players can also choose two additional numbers, which give certain awards.
The jackpot is won only then, when a player matches all six main numbers. There are also very impressive rewards for getting five main numbers plus one extra correct or five main numbers.
Players can choose their own numbers or buy a ticket with randomly selected numbers - this is an option, which allows you to test your intuition or trust the case.
Prize levels, winning distributions and odds
That sounds good, but let's get to the basics - how much can you win? Lotto is held on Wednesdays with a guaranteed jackpot of one million dollars. The chances of winning big money are one of 8,155 million.
Yes, now you can tell yourself, that this jackpot is pretty low. You're right, but it is not so! While a regular jackpot is not something, what can cause excitement, then there are special events and mega-voices. Watch them closely! The jackpot during special events can reach 20 million Australian dollars and more!
The odds of getting five correct primary numbers plus one extra is one to 678 755. The chances of getting five correct numbers is one to 36 689, four winning numbers - one to 733 and three winning numbers plus one or two additional - one to 297.
Odds of winning odds
1 Prize 6 = 1: 8,145,060
2 Prize 5 + 1= 1: 678 755
3 Prize 5 = 1: 36 689
4 Prize 4 = 1: 733
5 Prize 3 + 1= 1: 297
6 Prize 2 + 2= 1: 144
7 Prize 1 + 2= 1: 144
Now let's take these chances and turn them into real reward values.. If we take the last game, then of all the winners, nobody was able to get all six primary numbers. There were nine lucky ones, matching five numbers and one additional, each of which took home 6 806 Australian dollars. People, which had five correct numbers, got 538 dollars and those, who had four correct numbers, got 27,90 dollar each.
Obviously, that the amounts are not so impressive, like those, what some other international lotteries have to offer. Nonetheless, chances are very good, and money, which you received, tax-free. The amount can also be requested as a lump sum. If you are an international player, it would be nice to consult a lawyer and find out, will you pay income taxes in your country.
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Australia was not the leader in the amount won until the last decade. The situation began to change, beginning with 2007 of the year:
- It was in this year that the first big win was 33 million Australian dollars. Prior to this, the winnings did not exceed ten million.
- The next record-breaking jackpot won was 58 million in 2008 year.
- IN 2009 year the jackpot was hit 106 million, it was played by two participants.
- Finally, maximum win in 2012 year amounted to almost 112 million Australian dollars. He was divided among themselves by as many as four lucky ones.
Interrupted work
Tatts Pokies
Beginning with 1994 Tatts Pokies have operated for more than 13 000 slot machines in Victoria. However, the company's license has expired 16 August 2012 years and has not been extended.
The expiration of the license has led, that Tutts sued Victoria for contract compensation, signed with the government in the mid-1990s. In the contract, signed by the government of Victoria, Tatts Group will be eligible for infrastructure compensation, which they had to pay, to get started Tatts Pokies. The government has benefited materially from this infrastructure.
The government claimed, what the contract said, that compensation will be paid, if "licenses" are granted to any other party with 2012 of the year, but instead they gave "rights" to other operators and, in this way, stated, that they are not obligated to pay compensation.
26 june 2014 of the year, the Supreme Court of Victoria established, that the "rights" were valid licenses under a government signed contract, and awarded Tatts Group 451 157 286 Australian dollars plus legal fees and interest.
Tabcorp Holdings also sues Victoria under a separate agreement, which she signed with the government, however, the Victoria Supreme Court stated, that their agreement explicitly refers only to specific licenses of the time, and, in this way, Victoria's government is under no obligation to Tabcorp compensation. Tabcorp has since appealed against this verdict.
8 july 2014 Victoria appealed, trying to avoid paying Tatts Group compensation. Tatts stated, which will defend the appeal.
Thalarius PLC
Talarius PLC operates slot machines in the UK under the brands Quicksilver , Winners and Silvers . The company has more slot machines in the United Kingdom, than any other company: 7 461 the machine is in 173 locations. IN 2016 Tatts Group sold the British slot business to the Austrian gaming equipment manufacturer Novomatic Group.
