$1m prize up for grabs in new Lucky Block crypto prize draw
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There’s a $1m crypto jackpot up for grabs this week, as Lucky Block launches new prize draws.
A further $1m will also be dished out in a separate NFT draw, for owners of Lucky Block NFTs.
Ticket sales for the $1m crypto jackpot prize draw will begin on Monday 30 May, with the winner both announced and paid at 8pm on Tuesday.
The winner of the NFT draw will receive their prize at the same time, offering what Lucky Block says is ‘probably the best chance on offer anywhere of becoming a millionaire’.
Around 2500 NFTs have been sold for 3.75 WBNB apiece, each offering free entry for life into the daily NFT draw.
Following the huge main draw, a daily main prize draw will begin on 6 June.
Terence Ribaudo, Lucky Block’s head of product, said: “We are focused on creating cutting edge Web3 experiences, and bringing the best of the gaming and entertainment world to attract and reward new users into the space through multi-channel marketing.
“By utilising the best of blockchain technologies, and delivering experiences that people with no crypto experience can enjoy, we will build a new ecosystem that will benefit not just us, but the entire Web3 community.”
A live-streamed launch party with American rap star Swae Lee will take place on Lucky Block’s social media pages from 7pm on Tuesday 31 May, ahead of the announcement of the first draw winners.
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Lucky Block says there’s been a ‘frenzy’ of interest across both the crypto space and among ordinary consumers about the prize draws, which total $2m in LBLOCK tokens.
In part, that’s down to the free entry ticket option for the main prize draw.
For the first draw, anyone who holds more than $500 worth of LBLOCK tokens when a snapshot of the blockchain is taken in the 24-hour period before the draw, will be entitled to one free ticket.
Consumers will also gain a free entry by sending in a postcard.
There’s no upper limit on the number of tickets that can be bought for the jackpot prize draw.
The price of LBLOCK tokens – which can now be purchased with ordinary money – has risen nearly 100% in the past seven days in anticipation of the prize draws, to $0.00279.
Since last week visitors to the website have been able to buy LBLOCK using their credit or debit card.
Lucky Block has now launched its web app as the third leg of its consumer adoption strategy.
The web app is available to anyone with an internet-enabled device.
To find out more about Lucky Block NFTs, go to the Lucky Block NFT launch page. You can buy the Platinum Rollers Club collection NFTs at NFT marketplace NFT LaunchPad.
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Hit theatre production set at a house party to visit Manchester on UK tour
Daisy Jackson
Alright then, 24 hour party people, we’ve found a theatre production you might like the sound of – it’s called The House Party, and it’s set in (you guessed it) a house party.
This smash hit production by pioneering theatre company Headlong is set to land at HOME in March as part of the arts venue’s 2025 theatre season.
It tells the tale of a wild 18th birthday party, where Christine is trying to pick up the pieces of her best friend, a newly-dumped Julie (who happens to be the birthday girl).
Themes of class, power and privilege are all explored with a raw intensity as the cast on stage plough through shots and dive head-first into a night that will change everything they know.
The House Party, which has received glowing reviews from previous showings, is filled with ‘privilege, desire and destruction’.
When it stops off in Manchester, its cast will include Bridgerton’s Sesley Hope as Christine, Synnøve Karlsen (Miss Austen, Last Night in Soho) as Julie, and Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack, Patience) as Jon.
The ensemble of Frantic Assembly performers includes Ines Aresti, Oliver Baines, Cal Connor, Micah Corbin-Powell, Rachael Leonce, Jaheem Pinder and Jamie Randall.
The House Party is written by Laura Lomas and is a reimagining of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie for today’s generation.
It’s directed by Headlong’s artistic director Holly Race Roughan, who directed the Royal Shakespeare Company’s world premiere of David Edgar’s major new political play The New Real.
The House Party. Credit: Ikin YumThe production will be at HOME. Credit: Supplied
Movement direction will come from Frantic Assembly’s Scott Graham.
Prior to the UK tour of The House Party, Headlong celebrated its 50 year anniversary, including the hit production of A Raisin in the Sun which played nationwide.
The House Party will be at HOME in Manchester between 25 and 29 March, 2025 – you can get your tickets HERE.
Greater Manchester’s annual Repair Week is back to make you fall back in love with your stuff
Daisy Jackson
If you’re not a handy person, when something breaks, the temptation is often to abandon or bin it straight away.
But that’s just not how we’re gonna do it here in Greater Manchester any more, with the return of the annual Repair Week to help you learn valuable repair skills and save money at the same time.
Whether it’s tinkering with your bicycle, fixing up your small tech items, or having your furniture re-varnished and upcycled, there are so many places and people who are on a mission to help you fall back in love with your belongings.
There are even workshops to help you put flat-pack furniture together.
Taking place between 3 and 9 March, Repair Week will be the chance to learn skills, fix your stuff, gain repair confidence and find local fixers.
Events throughout the week (and beyond) will be hosted by community groups, businesses and plenty more.
You can sharpen knives, fix zips, and un-wobble chairs with a little hand from local repair heroes.
JillyGDesign Jewellery in Heaton Moor will fix up your sentimental and special jewellery items, while Rag Revival will help you turn unusable textiles into new creations with basic sewing skills.
There are repair cafes popping up all over Greater Manchester where you can take your belongings.
Greater Manchester’s annual Repair Week is back to make you fall back in love with your stuff. Credit: Supplied
Repair Week will highlight schemes like the Manchester Library of Things, where you can borrow the tools and equipment you need for those repair jobs at home.
During the week you’ll also be able to take a behind-the-scenes tour of the incredible Renew Hub, the UK’s biggest reuse hub, where donated items are brought back to life.
Similarly, you’ll be able to get inside the textile recycling centre run by homelessness charity Emmaus Bolton, where you can choose your own fabric from the scrap store and turn it into a very handy draught excluder to keep costs down and your heat in.
Recycle for Greater Manchester’s Repair Week will take place between 3 and 9 March, with workshops, events and resources to help you revive your belongings.
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30th May 2022 
