What's New On These Pages: October 1999

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• Saturday 30th October
  Everything was going fine in the chat room as I commentated the show to the usual suspects. All of a sudden, my browser started slowing and then crashed, just as Old Spice was getting ready to press the button to start the draw. I managed to get the browser up again and used the Live Updates to do a live Web update, but didn't get into the chat room fast enough to do a live chat room update.

  I replayed the draw in the room a few minutes later for those who wanted to see it anyway and I also got the full results faster than anyone else. I was surprised to hear the BBC 1 Wales continuity announcer claim there were no jackpot winners - either it was a mistake (there were 2 main lottery winners) or he was referring to the Thunderball.

  Added a new Big Draw 2000 section, which includes an exclusive online transcription of the leaflet that Camelot sent me. I've actually split the leaflet into three pages because it's a long read. I'll be constructing a FAQ to go in there shortly (probably tomorrow) - I've got the Big Draw 2000 Rules and Procedures booklet to pore through first.

• Friday 29th October
  The Big Draw 2000 Rules and Procedures booklet and the How To Take Part leaflet arrived through the post today. I hadn't seen the leaflet in any of the Liverpool lottery retailers I usually visit, so I had to request it from Camelot directly. Perhaps the biggest shocker is that Camelot are quoting a public e-mail address for the first time. Hey, it only took them 5 years to get one...

• Wednesday 27th October
  I got home late tonight, so I couldn't do a live chat room update, but I managed to get enough bits'n'pieces sorted out to do a live Web update. It didn't help that I had to do live commentary on Liverpool vs. West Ham United on our Liverpool FC site as well ! Despite all this chaos, I still put the full results up before anyone else.

• Saturday 23rd October
  The live TV show commentary and draws went fine and we had the "usual crew" milling around in the chat room. A shame that Camelot couldn't be bothered to do anything special for the 400th UK lottery draw, but at least I managed to put up the full results before anyone else.

• Wednesday 20th October
  It was moderately busy in the chat room tonight, despite yet more live European soccer on ITV to compete with the lottery show. The live commentary and draw went fine and I was the first to put up the full results.

• Saturday 16th October
  The chat room was reasonably busy tonight for the live TV show commentary and draw, which went ahead OK. I was the first to put the full results as usual.

• Friday 15th October
  Picked up two more tickets for tomorrow's rollover.

• Wednesday 13th October
  I was too busy doing the live commentary for tonight's Southampton vs. Liverpool Worthington Cup game on our Liverpool FC site (the Saints grabbed the winner in injury time) to do the live commentary and draw in the lottery chat room, but I still did the live Web update and generated the pages shortly after the draw.

  Had to wait a while for someone else in the house to get off the phone so I could contact Camelot, but I still was the first on the Net to put up the full results, which turned out to be the oasis of an unwon Wednesday jackpot too...

• Saturday 9th October
  The chat room was populated by the "usual suspects" tonight and the live TV show commentary and draw went OK. I was the first to put up the full results as usual.

• Wednesday 6th October
  The lottery chat room was fairly quiet tonight, with only 3 or 4 people in to witness the usual live and exclusive Net commentary and UK lottery draw. I was the fastest to put up the full results as usual.

• Sunday 3rd October
  Out of the blue, I received an e-mail with a 167-ticket wheel that guarantees a 3-match win and narrowly beats the old wheel (which used 168 tickets). I've duly updated the pages to use the new wheel.

• Saturday 2nd October
  The chat room was moderately busy and we had the delightful sight of the excellent (now reformed) Eurythmics for the first time ever on the lottery show. The live TV show and commentary went fine and I was the first to put up the full results.

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