I knew I should have bought ...

... a lottery ticket. You never know - this may have been me.

Lebanon came to a standstill on Monday night as the biggest lottery in the nation's history was finally decided.

No-one had won the top prize since the beginning of the year and lottery fever had gripped the country, with people buying tickets to the last minute.

The jackpot ballooned to 6,306,619,438 Lebanese pounds, the equivalent of just over $4m.

The surprise on the live television announcement was that there was not one winner but three.

posted by Lazarus, 11:38 AM