SACF gets 41,500 pounds from Heritage Lottery Fund

Last Updated: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 12:24

A West London-based South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) has received 41,500 pounds grant from Britain`s Heritage Lottery Fund to uncover a hidden and highly significant part of Indo-British film heritage in the UK.

West Bengal govt plans to ban online lottery

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 08:55

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday that the government would ban online lottery "Online lotto".

US man finds million-dollar lottery ticket in cookie jar

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 19:35

An American man who was facing a mountain of bills and eviction from his house has become a multi-millionaire after discovering a lottery-winning ticket in his cookie jar.

Sreesanth dropped from State Lottery Advertisement

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 17:44

Tainted pacer S Sreesanth, arrested in spot-fixing allegation case, was on Friday dropped from the advertisement for the state run Kerala Lottery.

US lottery organisers appeal for unclaimed prize of $1 mn

Last Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 12:12

The winning ticket was sold in a shop in South Brunswick with the numbers 3, 7, 21, 28, 43 and 2.

H1B visas may be decided through lottery this year

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 13:35

If it happens it would be for the first time since 2008 that the fate of thousands of applications for H-1B visas would be decided by a computerised draw of lots.

Chinese company prints winning lottery tickets, sued

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 18:31

A printing firm in Shanghai is being sued for mistakenly creating 350 winning lottery tickets instead of the two that it had been asked to print.

Indian-origin lottery winner`s death still unclear

Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 08:37

Autopsy of Indian-origin businessman Urooj Khan, who died last year after winning a USD one million jack pot, revealed no trace of cyanide in his body apparently because it dissolves quickly, a medical examiner said.

Brother asked for review of lottery winner`s mysterious death

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 18:27

The brother of an Indian-origin businessman, who died of cyanide poisoning after he won a million dollar lottery, says that he pressed authorities to review the initial finding.

Nigerian held for lottery fraud

Last Updated: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 18:54

A 36-year-old Nigerian national was arrested here for allegedly cheating people of lakhs of rupees by making them believe that they have won a lottery organised by RBI, police said on Sunday.

Indian-origin lottery winner`s body exhumed

Last Updated: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 09:06

The body of a 46-year-old Indian-origin businessman here, who died of cyanide poisoning days after he won a million dollar lottery, was exhumed.

‘Lottery winning’ EPL footballer fears fans` backlash

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 08:36

A top footballer from the Premier League has won 125,000 pounds in Lottery, but the star player has requested anonymity to avoid getting abused from fans.