The Lottery- Big Money, Big Problems

Alice Irizarry and Andrew Devis present the story of author J. K. Rowling whose storytelling began with an idea on a train ride and months of writing in her notebooks in a small Scottish coffee shop. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-birth-of-harry-potter/Download our ...  Show more

What hope for healing do people with life-threatening diseases have? Patrick and Gillian Woodward share the story of Doctors Sujai and Lavanya Suneetha and their clinic in India. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/nireekshana-acet-a-place-of-confident-hope/Download our app ...  Show more

Andrew Devis and Gillian Woodward look at lottery games. Would winning the lottery have a positive or negative effect on someone’s life? https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-lottery-big-money-or-big-problem/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidD ...  Show more

Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan report on the economics of lotteries. How important is lottery revenue for governments? Why was the recent Powerball lottery in the US historic? Who gets the most benefit from lotteries? Listen in to learn the answers to these questions and more. Visi ...  Show more

A chance of luck, a stroke of fortune, a twist to beat the odds… The lottery represents hopes and dreams—but not everyone's willing to wait for their lucky day. These criminals set out to rig the system through cons, theft, and even murder. Ash and Alaina stack up the ten most st ...  Show more

Voter turnout is a problem around the world, particularly in local elections. But a small group of academics and activists in the US are experimenting with a new way of getting people to turn up and put their cross in a box – a lottery. Every voter is entered and one lucky winner ...  Show more