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Dec82020 by adminNo Comments

Under-18s to be banned from lottery amid gambling review

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May142019 by adminNo Comments

NBA Draft Lottery 2019: How to watch, odds for Zion Williamson’s next team

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May 14 (UPI) -- The 2019 NBA Draft Lottery takes place Tuesday in Chicago. UPI has you covered with how to watch and the odds for teams hoping to land Duke star Zion Williamson. Williamson is expected to be the No. 1 overall selection in the 2019 NBA Draft, which takes place June 20. The New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns each have equal odds -- at 14 percent -- for a chance to earn the No. 1 overall pick. The Chicago Bulls have the fourth-best chance at getting the No. 1 pick at 12.5 percent. The Atlanta Hawks round out the top five teams with the best chance at landing the top pick at 10.5 percent. The current format, which was approved in 2017, ensures the team with the worst record will receive no worse than the No. 5 overall pick. BetOnline.AG has the Knicks as th...

Mar102018 by adminNo Comments

Third time's the charm? Lottery hopefuls have another shot at 2 jackpots worth more than $300M

Finance

Will the third time be the charm?U.S. lottery hopefuls have another shot at two jackpots exceeding $ 300 million. The Powerball jackpot is currently $ 385 million, and the Mega Millions, $ 318 million. It's the third time ever that both have simultaneously been above the $ 300-million mark.(Although large, neither of the current prizes is a record-setting amount: For either to land in the top 10 of U.S. jackpots, they would have to surpass the $ 487 million Powerball claimed by a single ticketholder back in July 2016.)The next Powerball drawing is at 10:59 p.m. ET on Saturday, and the next Mega Millions drawing is at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday.The first time that both games simultaneously had jackpots topping $ 300 million occurred in August 2017; the second time was in December.In that most re...

Sep112017 by adminNo Comments

Psychiatric care is postcode lottery, say medical experts

Health

There are not enough NHS psychiatrists in some parts of the UK and more should be recruited to improve care, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists.In Scotland, there are 10 consultant psychiatrists per 100,000 people - but only eight for the same number in England and Northern Ireland, and just six in Wales.London's tally is more than double that of the east of England.English health ministers said thousands of new posts were already planned.The government in England recently announced there would be 570 extra consultant psychiatrists by 2020-21.And the Welsh government said it was committed to improving mental health services in Wales.But the Royal College of Psychiatrists said there were too few medical students specialising in psychiatry and not enough psychiatrists becoming consultan...