Established in 1995 and run by chef Heston Blumenthal, The Fat Duck is a one of the finest restaurants in England. Located in Bray, Berkshire, this posh and elegant restaurant is a bit of a paradox. From the outside, the place looks more like the proverbial pub or 'everyman' eatery. Inside, the restaurant is more like a palace with a delectable menu created on the principles of molecular gastronomy.

The menu definitely has its own niche, meaning that some of its items are not for everyone. Some of the dishes you find include snail porridge, sardine sorbet, and salmon poached with licorice.

The Fat Duck was the recipient of the Michelin Guide Three-Star award in 2004. Along with two other well-known restaurants, The Fat Duck was one of the only three in the UK and Ireland to receive such a prestigious award. The restaurant was awarded again in 2005, this time by the acclaimed Restaurant Magazine. It was given the title of the Best Restaurant in the World.

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China’s lottery could topple those of the United States and become the world’s first hundred billion dollar lottery, according to China Center for Lottery Studies at Peking University. It has the potential to grow more than tenfold from its current level of $15 billion sales with more than 100 million players to one worth $150 billion.

Wang Xuehong, executive director of the China Center for Lottery Studies and a senior research fellow, Ministry of Finance, said the China Lottery has huge potential for growth, if it could capture some of the illicit gaming market.

Last year, China’s lottery amassed revenues of just $15.6 billion (105.1 billion yuan), compared to an estimated $45 billion (300 billion yuan) spent on illegal lotteries and around $150 billion (1.03 trillion yuan) spent in total on illegal forms of betting. It is estimated that only 18 percent of China’s 1.3 billion people have ever played the lottery and the fact that there are 500 million mobile phone users in China would considerably widen the access.

China issued the first license for a welfare lottery in 1987 and a second one for sports in 1994.

Things are going to change!!

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