Barbados lottery
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The Barbados lottery is the national lottery
Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...

 in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. It is owned by the Barbados Olympic Association
Barbados Olympic Association
Barbados Olympic Association, founded in 1962, is the National Olympic Committee for Barbados.-History:Formed after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation in 1962, the Barbados Olympic Association first competed at Olympic level at the 1968 Summer Olympics and has continued to compete at...

. Its games are:
  • Double Draw
  • Mega 6
  • Doubles
  • Pick 3
  • Pick 4
  • Caribbean Keno
  • Super Lotto
  • Scratch


The results are aired nightly on the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 and printed in the daily newspapers of Barbados.

Results are audited by the PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....

company. The Barbados lottery's operations were once under the oversight of the Leeward Islands Lottery Holding Co. (LILH) this company was purchased by GTECH Corporation for US$40 million in 2004. http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/04/06/lottery.htm
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