Cars
A classic Ferrari has become the most expensive car ever sold in Britain after it sold for £20.2 million.
The Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the world’s most sought-after cars, with just 39 built between 1962 and 1964.
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Gaming Success Stories
A New York Giants fan became $50,000 richer after Sunday night’s Super Bowl thanks to a $1,000 bet.
Jona Rechnitz, who runs a real estate company in New York, placed a $1,000 bet on a safety being the first scoring play of the Super Bowl.
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Gaming Success Stories
A recession-hit Spanish town celebrated a staggering €700 million lottery win, while possibly the world’s unluckiest man was forced to look on.
The residents of small rural town Granen celebrated scooping the massive El Gordo jackpot, while Greek filmmaker Costis Mitsotakis was forced to watch in despair after failing to buy a ticket.
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Lifestyle
Qatar’s royal family has paid a whopping $250 million for Paul Cézanne’s The Card Players, making the artwork the new record-holder for world’s most expensive painting.
The record-breaking sale beats the previous record of $140 million paid for Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 in 2006.
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Lifestyle
Designer Alex Carroll is auctioning what is reportedly the world’s oldest timepiece this Valentine’s Day, along with what may be the world’s rarest necklace, and hopes to raise millions for charity with the proceeds from the sale.
The timepiece and necklace are being auctioned next week in time for Valentine’s Day, with a starting bid of $1 million.
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Entrepreneurs
The nice folks over at Huffington Post pointed out that Apple now has a windfall of cash after yet another profitable year – and tried to point out the things that cash could theoretically purchase.
We’ve heard a lot of chatter as a result of that, with inexperienced pundits and passionate fanboys and equally devoted doubters all coming up with their own ‘Apple will TOTALLY buy’ situations. Rival companies? Sure. Environmental initiatives? Probably in our dreams. But what if Apple did use their piggy bank on something major, something ‘magical’? Here’s our favorite highly speculative scenarios that people have told us, and our two cents about them…
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Gaming Success Stories
Iowa Lottery officials say the attorney who claimed to have possession of the winning ticket in a $14.3 million jackpot has abandoned his claim.
Attorney Crawford Shaw abandoned the claim – which he confirmed was on behalf of a client in Belize – last Thursday, Iowa lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer told the Associated Press (AP).
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Design
The construction bill for One World Trade Center, the skyscraper under construction at Ground Zero in New York, has risen to more than $3.8 billion, making it the world’s most expensive new office tower, according to Fox News.
The massive bill, up $700 million from the latest public estimate, marks another obstacle in the rebuilding process of the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which has been marred with political challenges and ever-lengthening construction delays.
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Dining
Let it Flow readers enjoy splurging on the finer things in life. And although we have recommended some pretty nifty rare foods and lavish dining experiences in the past, vegetarian cuisine hasn’t been at the top of our suggestions. But with a growing trend for celebrities, socialites, and even athletes going vegetarian/vegan, it would be a mistake not to represent this type of cuisine.
Here are a few tips for dining vegetarian style in NYC – but to keep it interesting for meat eaters, we’ve thrown in a couple of curve balls as well.
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Casinos
Baccarat is a popular game with Asian visitors to Las Vegas casinos.
Big-time gamblers, primarily from Asia, are flocking to Sin City to play baccarat and providing a big boost to the city’s casino revenue in the process.
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