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How About a Luxurious Train Trip Through India: Palace on Wheels

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Feel like a holiday? But you don’t want to stress of traveling between cities?
Why not board one if the most luxurious trains in the world and can a journey through India you will never forget?
A tour of North India by the Palace on Wheels is a journey worthy of kings. No wonder the experience is labeled as the Palace on Wheels. The Palace on Wheels sojourn covers Jaipur (the Pink city), Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ramthambhor National Park, Chittorgarh, Udaipur (the city of Lakes), the Bharatpur bird sanctuary and the epitome of love and romance, Agra, before returning to Delhi, the capital of India. There are 14 coaches in the Palace on Wheels and each one of them is named after former Rajput states. The names of coaches are romantic and mesmerizing… Kota, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Alwar, Sirohi, Kishangarh, Bundi, Dungarpur, Bharatpur, Jhalawar and Dholpur.

The Palace on Wheels has been rated as one of the ten best luxurious train journeys in the world. Once on board you get to feel the Royalty all over the train. The services and facilities offered on board befit kings and emperors. On board the Palace on Wheels are a series of restaurants, library, bar, lounges, individually designed saloons with en-suite bathrooms, personal attendants and lots more. At the top of it all, the passengers are greeted with traditional Royal welcome at every station. (more…)

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Weekend Lotto Summary – 30 March 2008

Monday, March 30th, 2009

EuroMillions – Friday 27 March 2009:
25 – 33 – 36 – 38 – 42 Lucky Stars: 6 and 7
There were no jackpot winners, next draw jackpot is estimated to be £15,000,000 (€15,000,000   -  $19,813,880)

Mega Millions – Friday – 27 March 2009:
10 – 15 – 24 – 38 – 50 Mega Ball: 19
There were no main jackpot winners, next draw jackpot is $34,000,000.

Powerball – Saturday – 28 March 2009:
2 – 3 – 16 – 41 – 48 Powerball: 19
Powerplay x3
There was no main jackpot winner, next draw size is a very cool $109,000,000.

UK National Lottery – Saturday – 28 March 2009
2 – 17 – 19 – 28 – 31 – 47 Bonus: 14
There were five jackpot winners in Saturday’s draw,  each person has won £2,783,114 (€2,997,441 , $3,955,334)

South African Nation Lottery – Saturday - 28 March 2009
12 – 18 – 19 – 20 – 31 – 37 Bonus: 4
There was one jackpot winners, who won R20,000,000 (South African Rand)  ($2,048,535 USD)

New Zealand Powerball – Saturday - 28 March 2009
3 – 11 – 17 – 23 – 26 – 39 Bonus: 36 Powerball: 01
There were no jackpot winners, next draw jackpot is $6,000,000 (New Zealand Dollars) ($3,366,217 USD)

Australia New South Wales, Saturday Lotto – Saturday – 28 March 2009
5 – 21 – 22 – 25 – 27 – 38 Supplementary: 8 and 43
There were twenty jackpot winners, each taking home $1,000,000 (Australian Dollars)($682,710 USD)

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Press Release: Powerball Jackpot Breaks to $109 Million

Monday, March 30th, 2009

(Powerball) The Powerball jackpot is on the move breaking through to new exciting levels.  Even though the jackpot was not hit, one lucky ticket sold in DC (1) won $200,000 each by matching all 5 white ball numbers.

The jackpot for the Wednesday, April 1st drawing will be $109 million with the cash option at $59.2 million.

The numbers drawn Saturday evening were 2, 3, 16, 41, 48, and the Powerball was 19. The Power Play multiplier was 3.

Twenty-five tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Another six tickets of that prize level had the Power Play and had the prize multiplied by 3 for a $30,000 cash win!  A total of 714,942 tickets across the nation won more than $4.9 million in prizes playing America’s favorite game. (more…)

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Mid Week Lottery Summary – 26 March 2009

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Mega Millions – Tuesday – 24 March 2009:
4 – 25 – 34 – 43 – 44 Mega Ball: 45
There were no main winners, the next draw is an estimated $34 Million (USD).

Powerball – Wednesday – 25 March 2009:
10 – 20 – 23 – 47 – 54 Powerball: 26
Powerplay x2
There were zero grand prize winners,  and next jackpot prize rolls over to a $94 Million (USD)

UK National Lottery – Wednesday – 25 March 2009:
1 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 36 – 38 Bonus: 8
There were no main jackpot winners, next draw is  $8,758,066 (£6,000,000  ,  €6,400,000)

South African Nation Lottery – Wednesday – 25 March 2009:
7 – 14 – 15 – 20 – 22 – 47 Bonus: 46
There were no jackpot winners, next draw is a superdraw with the jackpot sitting on $2,121,552 (R20,000,000 [South African Rands]).

Australia New South Wales, Wednesday Lotto – Wednesday – 25 March 2009:
1 – 7 – 10 – 15 – 21 – 27 – 6 – 20
There was three jackpot winners,  who each won $465,799 ($666,666.67 [Australian Dollars])
The next jackpot draw is $20 Million [Australian Dollars].

Remember if you don’t have a ticket, you cannot win.
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Tonights Powerball Jackpot is $81,000,000

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Don’t miss out on the chance to be $81 Million richer.

The Powerball jackpot has been rolling over for the last few weeks and has grown to a very nice and repectable $81 Million. Just think of how winning the jackpot could change your life. So what are you waiting for, why not take part in the draw now.

Powerball – Wednesday Draw – 25 March 2009:

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Billionaires: Mukesh Ambani – India

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

He is ranked as the worlds seventh richest person with his wealth valued at US $19.5 Billion. Mukesh Ambani is also the richest person in Asia.

Reliance Industries
Mukesh Ambani is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder (48%) of Reliance Industries which is India’s largest private sector enterprise and it ranks 206 in the list of Global Fortune 500 company. Reliance Industries is also listed on the National Stock Exchange of India, it has over 3 million shareholders, which makes it one of the world’s most widely held stock. For the financial year ending 2008, Reliance Industries had a annual turnover of US $35.9 billion and profit of US $4.85 billion.

Reliance Industries was by founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in 1966. Dhirubhai Ambani was an Indian rags-to-riches business tycoon and father of Mukesh Ambani.

Sporting Interests
Mukesh is also a avid cricket fan and he currently own’s the Indian Premier League (IPL) team the Mumbai Indians. Through a subsidary, Mukesh purchased the rights to the Mumbai franchise on auction for $111.9 million in 2008. The bid was also the highest bid for a franchise in the league.

The world’s most expensive home
Mukesh is currently building a US $2 Billion home he is calling “Antilla”. Once complete the home/palace will consist of 27 stories, the bottom six of which are car parking. 9 elevators are planned, presumably one for each member of the family. Each floor will apparently be different from the others, both in layout and design. The “health level,” will include an ice room, complete with snow flurries where guests can escape the heat of Bombay, along with a private gymnasium for Mr. Ambani.

Achievements

  • Chosen the businessman of the year 2007 by a public poll in India conducted by NDTV
  • Conferred the United States-India Business Council (USIBC) leadership award for “Global Vision” 2007 in Washington.
  • Ranked 42nd among the World’s Most Respected Business Leaders and second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004.
  • Conferred the World Communication Award for the Most Influential Person in Telecommunications in 2004 by Total Telecom, October, 2004.
  • Chosen Telecom Man of the Year 2004 by Voice and Data magazine, September 2004.
  • Ranked 13th in Asia’s Power 25 list of The Most Powerful People in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004.
  • Conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington D.C., USA, May 2004.
  • Ranked No.1 for the second consecutive year, in The Power List 2004 published by India Today, March 2004.
  • Recorded as the first Trillionaire in India, June 2007.
  • Awarded the “Chitralekha Person of the Year Award — 2007″ by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Forbes Rankings
2007 – Ranked 14 of The World’s Billionaires
2008 – Ranked 5 of The World’s Billionaires
2008 – Ranked 7 of The World’s Billionaires (more…)

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Weekend Lotto Summary – 23 March 2008

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

EuroMillions – Friday 20 March 2009:
12, 16, 23, 31, 35 Lucky Stars: 4 and 6
There were two main jackpot winners in Friday’s draw, each person will be getting £14,023,690 (€14,858,752   -  $20,301,311)

Mega Millions – Friday – 20 March 2009:
15, 16, 20, 39, 40 Mega Ball: 26
There were no main jackpot winners, next draw jackpot is $24,000,000.

Powerball – Saturday – 21 March 2009:
19, 23, 27, 49, 52 Powerball: 2
Powerplay x4
There was no main jackpot winner, next draw size is a whopping $81,000,000.

UK National Lottery – Saturday – 21 March 2009
1, 31, 32, 33, 36, 38 Bonus: 8
There were zero jackpot winners in Saturday’s draw,  the jackpot rolls over to £15,000,000 (€18,000,000 , $21,000,000)

South African Nation Lottery – Saturday - 21 March 2009
5, 9, 27, 41, 45, 47 Bonus: 20
There were no lucky main jackpot winners, next jackpot R6,000,000 (South African Rand)  ($631,246 USD)

New Zealand Powerball – Saturday - 21 March 2009
03, 07, 20, 24, 36, 40 Bonus: 18 Powerball: 08
There were no jackpot winners, next draw jackpot is $5,000,000 (New Zealand Dollars) ($2,824,732 USD)

Australia New South Wales, Saturday Lotto – Saturday – 21 March 2009
3, 13, 18, 19, 29, 38 Supplementary: 9 and 12
There were five jackpot winners, each taking home $820,237 (Australian Dollars)($571,378 USD)

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The World’s Billionaires of 2009

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Forbes has once again announced its annual list of the worlds billionaires for 2009.

The main overall change to the list is the drop in overall Net Worth of the majority of billionaires due to the current economic conditions and as a result there are less billionaires in 2009 than there were 2008.

Another interesting change is that Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft) is once again the worlds richest person with a net worth of $40 Billion. Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway CEO) has been pushed down to second place with his net worth currently $37 Billion.

One of the 44 billionaires who were able to increase their net worth was Oprah Winfrey who is now worth $ 2.7 billion and ranked 234 on list. A interesting name appearing on the 2009 list is the Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera who has a net worth of $1 billion.

Rank
Name
Citizenship
Age
Net Worth ($bil)
Residence
1
William Gates III
United States
53
40
United States
2
Warren Buffett
United States
78
37
United States
3
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Mexico
69
35
Mexico
4
Lawrence Ellison
United States
64
22.5
United States
5
Ingvar Kamprad & family
Sweden
83
22
Switzerland
6
Karl Albrecht
Germany
89
21.5
Germany
7
Mukesh Ambani
India
51
19.5
India
8
Lakshmi Mittal
India
58
19.3
United Kingdom
9
Theo Albrecht
Germany
87
18.8
Germany
10
Amancio Ortega
Spain
73
18.3
Spain
11
Jim Walton
United States
61
17.8
United States
12
Alice Walton
United States
59
17.6
United States
12
Christy Walton & family
United States
54
17.6
United States
12
S Robson Walton
United States
65
17.6
United States
15
Bernard Arnault
France
60
16.5
France
16
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong
80
16.2
Hong Kong
17
Michael Bloomberg
United States
67
16
United States (more…)

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Mid Week Lottery Summary – 19 March 2009

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Mega Millions – Tuesday – 17 March 2009:
9 – 15 – 24 – 28 31 Mega Ball: 17
There were no main winners, the next draw is an estimated $16 Million (USD).

Powerball – Wednesday – 18 March 2009:
16 – 26 – 29 – 41 – 45 Powerball: 1
Powerplay x2
There were no grand prize winners,  and next grand prize rolls over to a $70 Million (USD)

UK National Lottery – Wednesday – 18 March 2009:
9 – 16 – 25 – 29 – 31 – 37 Bonus: 24
There were five main jackpot winners, who each won  $1,255,485 (£883,679  ,  €958,438)

South African Nation Lottery – Wednesday – 18 March 2009:
12 – 16 – 17 – 37 – 41 – 49 Bonus: 20
There were no jackpot winners, next draw  jackpot rolls over to $413,304 (R4,000,000 [South African Rands]).

Australia New South Wales, Wednesday Lotto – Wednesday – 18 March 2009:
8 – 28 – 31 – 32 – 39 – 40 Supplementary:  1 and 34
There was one jackpot winner,  who won $1,350,695 ($2,000,000.00 [Australian Dollars]

Remember if you don’t have a ticket, you cannot win.
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Mega Million Draw Results: 17-03-2009

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Draw Results:
9, 15, 24, 28, 31 Mega Ball: 15

Winners:

Matched Balls:
(White) + (Yellow)		 Jackpot Winners Jackpot Amount
5      +      1 0 $12,000,000
Matched Balls:
(White) + (Yellow)		 Prize Winners Prize Amount
5      +      0 4 $250,000
4      +      1 39 $10,000
4      +      0 1,465 $150
3      +      1 1,626 $150
2      +      1 24,402 $10
3      +      0 63,506 $7
1      +      1 135,314 $3
0      +      1 238,153 $2

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