Australasia Lottery Information

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Oceania is a term meant to refer to a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. This geographical region is often referred to as Australasia as well. In this region, playing the lottery is quite popular as a form of entertainment for adults. The Australia Lottery and the New Zealand Lottery are both very popular lotteries and both offer a wide variety of lottery games for all gambling personalities. There are lotteries in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, The Northern Territory, Western Australia, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

Lottery games in Australia are numerous. Some of the lottery games in Australia have been around since the early 70's. Lottery games these days are government managed to protect the citizens from corrupt game runners and much of the revenue generated by the lottery sales is put back into the community with such things as educational improvements. Coupled with the benefit of winning cash prizes, the Australia lottery is a favorite lottery system in the region.

In such places as Western Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales, lottery games like Lotto and Lotto Strike are popular. Other games include OZ Lotto, Powerball, Gold Lotto, Casket Lotto, Keno, Super 66, Tatts Lotto, Cash 3 and what are called Scratchies. Sports pools like soccer pools are also quite popular forms of lotteries.

New Zealand lotteries are huge as well. There are numerous lottery games for the lotto player to choose from. New Zealand lotto games like Powerball lotto and Big Wednesday lottery games are turning lotto players into millionaires. Lotto, Lotto Strike, Keno and Instant Kiwi are popular lottery games offered in New Zealand as well.

Papua New Guinea offers lottery games to lotto players as well. Lotto Management Services heads up the lottery program in Papua New Guinea.

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November 7th, 2009

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November 7th, 2009

Police arrested two men and two women earlier this week who allegedly ran a lottery ticket scam that targeted elderly Hispanic victims. The four worked as a team and typically targeted elderly Hispanic victims at stores and on the street, according ...

November 7th, 2009

Chicago police say four people have been charged in a lottery scam that targeted older Hispanics. Police say the four usually approached their victims on the street, claiming to have a lottery ticket worth $1 million. They would say they couldn't ...

November 7th, 2009

Libya, which chooses its pilgrims by lottery, is seeking to limit the numbers this year, allowing those chosen to postpone their trips until next year and almost doubling the fees pilgrims need to pay. Al-Rabeeah spoke at the launch of a nationwide ...

November 7th, 2009

The whisper around the ship was that the great man was largely confined to his cabin, unlikely to receive visitors -- and certainly not likely to hand out the week's winning line in the National Lottery. In fact, there was no trace of any sorcery at ...

November 7th, 2009

Detroit Metro Airport may soon gain two new features: lottery games and small wind turbines. On Nov. 17, the Wayne County Airport Authority board is likely to approve a licensing agreement with the Michigan Bureau of State Lottery that would enable ...

November 7th, 2009

(AP) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take ...

November 7th, 2009

Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $116,504.04 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. The winning tickets were bought in Greenacres and Kissimmee, lottery officials reported. The 371 tickets matching four numbers won $101 each ...

November 7th, 2009

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - Travelers soon may be able to play the lottery at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The Detroit Free Press reports Saturday that the Wayne County Airport Authority board on Nov. 17 is likely to approve a licensing agreement that ...

November 7th, 2009

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