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Irish NY lottery winner's estranged husband wants halfReply
time*treat, I am so anti-fraud that I would not propose anything fraudulent. If she wouldn't have gone forward to claim the prize but instead had focused on getting her divorce finalized, she would not have materially had more assets to share at time of divorce. Remember, there is no lottery registration requirement that identifies the winner immediately after the winning drawing. The hypothetical fact she would have come forward after the divorce was final would have sufficient plausible deniab
Sep 7, 2011, 10:41 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

7 guilty in $2M lottery fraudNews Story
Seven people have pleaded guilty in a lottery telemarketing fraud that U.S. prosecutors say bilked mostly elderly victims out of an estimated $2 million. Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Tuesday the seven all residents of Israel carried out the fraud in 2007 and 2008. Lior Orgad, David Yamin, and Mor Galanti pleaded guilty in New York, while Guy Mayo, Elad Mayo, Asi Almakias and Yaniv Kalbers entered guilty pleas March 15, the U.S. Justice Department
Mar 23, 2011, 2:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Decision on privatizing Illinois Lottery 'within days'Reply
If this goes through I believe in a few years we'll be reading about massive fraud and mismanagement in the IL lottery.
Sep 11, 2010, 1:58 am - Nino224 - Lottery News

Alabama woman gets money back from lottery scamNews Story
An Alabama woman recently got $16,800 back after a joint U.S. and Canadian investigation into fraudulent telemarketers who represented themselves as lottery officials. The Alabama resident, whose name was not released, got her money back on May 14, according to a press release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A multi-agency U.S-Canada initiative called Project COLT was responsible for helping return the money. Many variations exist on the lottery scams, according to
May 24, 2010, 10:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Recent checks of Iowa Lottery retailers find no fraudNews Story
Security checks at lottery ticket sale locations at about 200 locations statewide in recent months have revealed no improper payments of prizes to or by store personnel, Iowa's lottery chief told a panel of state legislators last week. Terry Rich, chief executive officer of the Iowa Lottery, played up the safety and profitability of the lottery before members of the Legislature's Oversight Committee in the wake of an expansive report by Iowa's Ombudsman of State. The April report found the lo
Jun 15, 2009, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

$85M sought for "defective" Virginia lottery ticketsReply
The practice among state lotteries is widespread, said Rob Carey, an attorney who has filed similar challenges in Arizona, California, Colorado and Washington state. Unless the last ticket sold in every scratch-off game is the highest jackpot winner there will always be tickets sold after it was won. I think it would be more of fraud if the lotteries knew which tickets has the jackpot prizes and withheld them until most of the other tickets were sold. It looks like Rob Carey has stumbled on
Jul 1, 2008, 2:58 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

New York Lottery won't pay $25,000 for taped-up scratch-off ticketReply
i hadnt noticed that numbergirly you are right it is an obvious fraud when you look at that 40 and 10 part
Oct 23, 2007, 5:07 pm - tnlotto1 - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket agent guilty in fraud caseNews Story
Agent lied to customer about a winning ticket A Sylva, North Carolina, woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Jackson County Superior Court in connection with lottery fraud. Jodi Gibson, 23, was charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretenses and sentenced to a minimum of six months and a maximum of eight months in prison. This is the first incident of its kind since the lottery's inception in March. Other attempts at fraud usually involved people trying to fool the system,
Nov 15, 2006, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

U.S. Settles BetOnSports Online-Gambling Civil CaseReply
I'd like to know more about the alleged 'fraud and racketeering' charges, how this guy's company differs from any Vegas bookie joint ?
Nov 14, 2006, 12:39 am - guesser - Lottery News

Witness Says N.C. Lottery Commissioner Met With Possible VendorReply
I hope at least one count of fraud in the trial is gulity and make Mr. Geddings go to prison.
Oct 3, 2006, 1:01 pm - Just6ntlc - Lottery News