1.   For a few months after its introduction, lottery fever swept the nation.

2.   But lottery fever might be on the wane in the South.

3.   Lottery fever hit South Carolina Wednesday, and it had nothing to do with the size of the Powerball jackpot.

4.   On days when lottery fever hits, that makes as much sense as anything else.

5.   After leading a New Year prayer, the respected Monk Hsin Yun told worshippers at a Buddhist temple not to indulge in the lottery fever.

6.   But some Chinese fear the lottery fever is sending a bad message to the young and it will lead to social problems.

7.   In recent years, millions of people throughout India have been gripped by the lottery fever.

8.   The film is about a small Irish town infected with lottery fever.

9.   Lottery fever has swept Taiwan since the game was legalized last month.

10.   Statistics indicate that Norway is gaining four new millionaires every week as lottery fever grips the nation.