Lottery
Dec 23 2007, AP

Winners of Spain’s Christmas lottery celebrated Saturday by drinking toasts and singing songs after thousands took a share of the $3.1 billion in prizes.Up to 1,850 tickets carry the winning number _ 06381 _ with each holder receiving $430,000. The...

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Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, representing the New Jersey Nets, listens to their selection in the NBA draft lottery, Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Secaucus, N.J. The Chicago Bulls got the number one pick in the upcoming draft and the Nets will pick 10th.