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Arkansas Lottery begins todayNews Story
Less than a year from voter approval to first ticket sales Arkansas has officially become the 42nd state to operate a government lottery the 43rd jurisdiction, counting Washington, D.C. Arkansas Lottery scratch-off tickets are now on sale at nearly 1,500 retailers throughout the state with the proceeds going towards funding college scholarships. Retailers were allowed to begin selling scratch-off lottery tickets just after midnight today, and at least one location saw people lining up t
Sep 28, 2009, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Delaware legalizes sports bettingNews Story
Table games are next; Maryland lawmakers worried Standing in front a screen displaying lines for the NFL, NBA and MLB, Gov. Jack Markell Thursday signed a sports betting bill into law at a ceremony inside the VIP room at Delaware Park racetrack and casino. After signing the legislation Markell said his administration looks forward to working with the state's three racinos to make the Delaware sports lottery as successful as possible. There is tremendous interest in the sports lottery t
May 15, 2009, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relativesNews Story
Jean Edwards went from anonymous retiree to millionaire celebrity this week. But as far as she's concerned, not much in her life has changed. Edwards plans to stay in her Willow Street home and maybe take a vacation to Jackson Hole, Wyo., but that's about it. I just don't know why it would make any change in our lives, she said at a news conference Friday about her instant good fortune as a Powerball lottery winner. We'll be able to get some things we need, but why should you have
Aug 11, 2008, 2:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Sunday draw...Day of rest...What you think...Reply
Pumpi We can't demand or even expect every one else to live our lives (life life according to how we do it). As far as Sundays generating the most lottery money, that just isn't true. Some states that have two pick 3 and 4 drawings only have the evening drawing on Sunday. The state lotteries Pick 6 games are usually twice or three times a week, all days different than Sunday. MM and PB are not on Sunday. You've often mentioned billions and even a trillion in your threads. Here's a
Jun 16, 2008, 11:20 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Contract controversy reveals D.C. Lottery's tangled rootsNews Story
Jerry Cooper, the man who helped bring legalized gambling and the lottery to the District nearly 30 years ago, called local businessman Warren C. Williams Sr. with a suggestion last year. The District's contract with Lottery Technology Enterprises, the firm that has run the city's online gaming for about 25 years, was going to expire by 2009. Would Williams be interested in bidding against LTE for the lucrative contract? No, but maybe his son and daughter-in-law would. So Alaka Willi
May 21, 2008, 8:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Best jackpot advice yet
We were watching TLC last night when they showed the lottery programs. When David Edwards came on my wife said he sounded likedecent guy. I told her people on LP said he was just like Jack Whitaker. She asked why so I looked on the net (couldn't remember exactly what he had done) and found this. Considering all our threads here about What would you do if you won $ _ _ _ million , this is well worth reading (my bolding, article on blue background): David Edwards, another lottery loser
Dec 26, 2007, 9:24 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Employee hacks into online poker siteNews Story
A leading Internet poker site said Friday that a hacker exploited a security flaw to gain an insurmountable edge in high-stakes, no-limit Texas holdem tournaments the ability to see his opponents' hole cards. The cheater, whose illegitimate winnings were estimated at between $400,000 and $700,000 by one victim, was an employee of AbsolutePoker.com who hacked the system to show that it could be done, a spokesman for the company anonymously told a reporter. This is literally a geek trying
Oct 25, 2007, 9:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

CBS publishes second hatchet job on lotteryNews Story
News outfit intent on slamming lotteries CBS News, currently the lowest-rated broadcast network of the big three , today ran its second story in the past month attempting to dig dirt on lotteries in America. In its latest diatribe, CBS News alleges one of the oldest, most widely-spread lottery myths that lotteries prey on the poor and destitute. The problem is, the myth has been disproved time and again by long-term studies, using scientific means. (See Study proves lottery not '
Oct 8, 2007, 12:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery 'glitch' leaves players suspiciousNews Story
Brentwood lottery player Wil Prude thinks the computers that draw random numbers for the Tennessee Lottery's Cash 3 and Cash 4 games still have not been repaired. Lottery officials announced Aug. 21 that a glitch in the system had been corrected one that prevented duplicate numbers, such as 1-1-3, from being drawn as winning combinations for the previous three weeks. But Prude, who plays Cash 3 every day, is among the players whose confidence in the game is now shaken. He says the mach
Sep 2, 2007, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Setting a trust for anonymity: how does it work?Reply
Sorry about the delay in replying... a couple of days ago I had posted a couple of links to some news stories (about what generally happens to large jackpot lottery winners) in my message and my account was suspended on suspicion of spamming... Anyhow, thanks to Todd and his gracefulness, I'm online again... Thank you so much, joshuacloack, for taking the time to contribute here your wisdom... it is very much appreciated. The problem with setting two trusts, IMHO, with the second one being a
Apr 16, 2007, 12:44 pm - JRCa - Lottery Discussion Forum