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Georgia Lottery cracks down on 'shadow winners'News Story
The Georgia Lottery is launching a full-scale effort to crack down on so-called shadow winners people who take a percentage of the prize to stand in for the real winner. Anyone with a winning ticket over $600 must show the Georgia Lottery proof of ID to collect their money. Before that cash is handed out, though, the Georgia Lottery checks to see whether the winner owes any back taxes or court-ordered judgments such as child support or educational loans. If that's you, a shadow winner can
Sep 12, 2014, 9:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

does state lottery officials know where the jackpot instant tickets go what town ect,Reply
I believe this is how its done in Texas. a. The lottery firm with the contract designs the scratch tickets, or adopts one used by another contractor. b. The contractor, using confidential guidance by the lottery, prints the tickets including the specific number of winners. The total approximates the state/player shares with the state getting the larger share. c. The tickets are bundled in packs and sent to a warehouse in Austin, Tx for distribution. d. UPS (not the post office)
Jun 29, 2014, 12:49 pm - bobby623 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Massachusetts Lottery names new executive directorNews Story
Shaking hands with someone who has just won a million dollars is not a bad way to make a living. Lynn native Beth Bresnahan, 38, is the second woman and youngest person to head the Massachusetts State Lottery, which has 400 employees and 7,400 agents statewide. It generated $4.85 billion in sales last fiscal year, with $956 million returned to cities and towns in unrestricted local aid. Bresnahan, who previously served as the lottery's assistant executive director and marketing and communi
Mar 20, 2014, 4:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How To Determine Winning Scratch-Off Lotto Tickets – TexasReply
Hey all - first of all, let me diffuse something in my posts - I am not crazy, LOL! I have spent decades as a bookie (early days) and from MLB and NFL, I have a good way with numbers, I see things and sometimes, it can't be explained easily (or at ALL!). I am an avid horse player, less now that Lone Star takes 20% off the top (GREED) so, I will sometimes go to spend a day playing Belmont, Hollywood Park and the simulcast building is a place to be left alone - no one bugs you. Most people make th
Mar 11, 2014, 12:31 pm - CashCrown - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Lottery tracks down $50 million winner who lost ticketNews Story
Credit card purchase key to tracking down winner An unbelievable set of circumstances have come together for Kathryn Jones, who won $50 million from an unclaimed Lotto Max prize drawn a year ago a win for which she lost the ticket and never checked the numbers. The Hamilton woman had absolutely no clue she could be a winner when Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation officials showed up at her door a while back wanting to talk to her, she said Tuesday at a news conference at the OLG headqu
Dec 5, 2013, 10:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Minnesota man claims share of $448M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report Paul White's family gave him grief for years when he said he'd win the lottery one day. On Thursday, he showed them to the tune of $86 million. White, a project engineer from suburban Minneapolis, came forward Thursday as one of three winners in the $448 million Powerball jackpot, one of the largest in American history. White showed up at the Minnesota lottery headquarters to claim a replica check made out for $149 million. Because White picked the instant-cash opt
Aug 8, 2013, 5:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Moldy Sandy-damaged NJ Lottery tickets leads to workers' comp claimsNews Story
Two New Jersey Lottery employees allegedly sickened by moldy Superstorm Sandy-damaged scratch-off tickets are looking to be compensated for some unlucky circumstances. The employees, who filed worker's compensation claims, were exposed to approximately 400,000 stinky lottery tickets for more than six months in a warehouse at the state lottery headquarters in Lawrence and were asked to audit the tickets by their superiors. An account of the conditions from one warehouse employee was reporte
Jul 2, 2013, 10:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Man claims half of record $63.4 million Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
There were 4 winning tickets 2 of which were his Harry Black won an incredible $31.7 million in the lottery, but the way he accomplished it is even more amazing. The Surrey, British Columbia, man who won half of a record-breaking Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot has come forward more than a month after the draw with not just one, but two winning tickets. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) said that each of the four winning tickets in its $63.4 million Lotto 6/49 draw on April 13 w
May 31, 2013, 8:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ Lottery workers being sickened by moldy Sandy scratch-off tickets, employee claimsNews Story
Some New Jersey Lottery employees got a little more to scratch off than they bargained for. For six months, tens of thousands of moldy Superstorm Sandy scratch-off tickets have been sitting in a warehouse at the state lotto's headquarters in Lawrenceville sickening several workers, according an employee who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. We're all suffering from headaches, the employee said. If you go into that room, you start experiencing respiratory problems. You fe
May 2, 2013, 5:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. co-workers split $50M Powerball jackpotNews Story
The two co-workers had a ritual for the past 10 months. She would buy two Powerball tickets, write their names on the back, and then give him a copy. It may have seemed a modest indulgence. The longest of long shots. But on Wednesday night, it paid off big-time with more than $11 million for each of them. Rosa DeLeon, 52, of Arlington and Reginald LeBlanc, 54, of Lexington, who work at the Costco in Waltham, bought a $50 million Powerball ticket at a gas station in Lexington. The two
Dec 19, 2012, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News