There is, however, some good news for punters: if no-one wins the jackpot in Wedneday's draw, Camelot, the National Lottery operator, will for the first time enact new regulations stipulating that the jackpot must be won by somebody.
And patients risk losing lives, especially if threats to withdraw emergency cover for the first time are enacted.
In the 1930's, for the first time we enacted national legislation providing unemployment insurance, an old-age pension to be known as Social Security, and a mother's pension, Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
For the first time, he enacted a character that lives in an urban area.
The ruling will probably force the Irish government, for the first time, to enact legislation setting out how and in what circumstances women with life-threatening conditions can get abortions.
Wait, there's more: So smart kid teams up with the school's top stoner (a childhood friend), the same one who got him wasted for the first time, to enact a plan.
This was the first time China had enacted special copyright protections for a domestic film.
But more crucially the context has changed since the first time these amendments were enacted.
On Tuesday, the Bank was unable to buy as many bonds as hoped, being left with a £52m shortfall for the first time since QE was enacted.
For instance, for the first time since it was enacted in 1991, a federal program that charges passengers up to $4.50 to pay for airport capital projects has collected less money than the year before.
