Guaranteed gains aren’t something that lottery players can experience personally, but good causes will always benefit from lotteries. Almost all lottery games assign a proportion of profits to good causes, and these can make participating in the lottery a perfectly productive thing to do even if you don’t win.

Thunderball success on 28 June, 2008 has made one family in Wales £250,000 richer. Gareth Beynon, who is 43 years old, matched all five main numbers and the Thunderball itself to give himself and his family a massive financial boost.

Syndicate disputes are fortunately quite rare, but when they arise they can cause a lot of stress and unease and potentially break up the lottery syndicate altogether. This article reveals several ways to resolve syndicate disputes and explains how many can be avoided in the first place.