And with it goes the Social Democrats' hope of winning back the majority they recently lost in the Bundesrat, the powerful second chamber of parliament where the states are represented.
Sri Lanka need to win the match to have any chance of winning the three-match series, having lost the opener by 137 runs.
Days earlier, Ms Battle had filed a police report saying she had picked the winning numbers but believed she must have lost the ticket when she dropped her handbag in the snow outside a convenience shop.
England have been in four of the previous five finals, winning the tournament in 1994, but lost out to New Zealand in the past two finals.
More importantly, for the first time in years The Broncos started winning more games than they lost, not to mention made the playoffs, beat The Steelers, and were 2 games away from The Super Bowl.
After clinching the Test series by winning the first two matches, Australia have now lost three matches in a row, losing in the third Test in Cape Town by an innings and the opening Twenty20 match by four wickets.
That does not mean, however, that the tea party is winning the war even if it has lost a few battles.
After winning the toss and batting Australia soon lost Watson, the hero of their Champions Trophy final triumph, but Ponting and opener Tim Paine steadied the ship.
The African side made a dream start to this season's series, winning the first two tournaments, but lost 7-0 in a tense quarter-final to New Zealand in Wellington before going on to win the second-tier Plate competition.
The red states may have lost the presidential election, but they are winning new residents, largely at the expense of their politically successful blue counterparts.
The Oscar-winning actor and director, who portrays a sailor lost at sea, is the only actor in the largely speech-free production.
Many say that Petersen was never the same and in his next outing he lost for the first time, Len Harvey winning a controversial points decision to claim the British title.
Sanchez broke Massu's serve five times in the final and lost his own only once, and sealed victory by winning the last five games of the match.
Washington is yet to record a winning season since leaving Montreal and lost the division by 21.5 games last season.
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But Georgia is less interested in regaining access to the Russian market, which it lost in 2006, than in winning trading concessions from America or the EU in return for letting Russia join.
I'm still leading the championship and that's the main target for us, we lost seven points with Mark winning but we gained some more points on the rest of the field.
Though this generation is sticking around longer, the results aren't always wonderful: 13 of the 30-something men lost their first-round matches without winning a set, almost as many as the 14 who won their matches.
We were very confident of winning the case, but even if we had lost there would have been a certainty to it, now it just drags on.
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In that 2007 one-day series, England were reeling after a 5-0 thumping in the Ashes, and lost five of their first six ODIs before winning their last two group games to edge above the Kiwis and qualify for the best-of-three final against Australia.
The top-ranked Djokovic has lost two of his past four matches after winning 22 in a row, including the Australian Open for his sixth Grand Slam title.
Swansea have already lost Andy Robinson to Leeds since winning the League One title and the Liberty Stadium side do not want to lose another influential midfielder on the cheap.
Mr Palmer was fourth, followed by Elnaawi, Chrisandthecapper, Quinzieme Monarque, Go Get the Basil, Always in a Tiz and Freedom Child, who broke late out of the gate and lost any chance of winning.
Though the Cardinals won the Series in seven games even with the miscommunication, they lost Game 5 when Rangers catcher Mike Napoli hit what became the game-winning double off of Rzepczynski.
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The Giants lost their first seven games but have moved off the bottom of the table by winning their last three.
And, of course, the way the place shook when Ray Knight stomped on home plate with the winning run of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series, just moments after all seemed to be lost.
After winning at 184 two seasons ago, Wright lost in the finals last year.
And yet the greater irony is that, by the same reasoning, Hebborn himself lost by winning.
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The Flyers lost seven players to graduation, but are off to the best start in school history, winning 21 of their first 22 games.
Montgomerie also has an enviable Ryder Cup record as a player, having never lost a singles match, and he sunk the winning putt in the 2004 match.
Wigan have now lost 16 points from winning positions, which alongside Bolton is the joint worst record in the league.
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