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The Graeme Thorne kidnapping is the name given to the 1960 kidnapping and murder of Graeme Thorne for money that his father, Bazil Thorne, had won in a lottery. A crime which caused massive shock at the time and gathered huge publicity, it was the first known kidnapping for ransom in Australian history. The police investigation that led to the capture and conviction of his murderer, Stephen Leslie Bradley, is regarded as a textbook example of forensic investigation. The kidnapping is arguably Au
Dec 31, 2011, 11:11 pm - myturn - Lottery Discussion Forum

UPS Employees Charged in Stolen Lottery Ticket InvestigationNews Story
New Mexico Lottery security agents have identified 12 Albuquerque-area men and women allegedly involved in the theft and receipt of 24 packs of Lottery tickets, stolen while in transit at an area United Parcel Service shipping hub.Charges have been filed against some of the suspects, and information from the investigation has been forwarded to the Bernalillo and Sandoval County District Attorneys.The face value of the packs was $7,200 ($300 per pack). However, advertised prizes ranged from $1 t
Dec 17, 2004, 4:35 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man buys second winning $1M lottery ticket at same store in less than 2 yearsNews Story
A North Carolina man has won a second $1 million lottery prize at the same store in less than two years, lottery officials said Friday. Terry Splawn won $1 million with a $150 Million Cash Explosion scratch-off ticket he bought Wednesday at Sam's Mini Stop on Old Charlotte Road in Concord, according to a North Carolina Education Lottery news release. The odds of winning $1 million in that game are 1 in 1.8 million, according to the lottery's website. Splawn won his first $1 million prize i
Mar 13, 2019, 8:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Connecticut men charged with rigging machines in lottery schemeNews Story
Investigators uncover more than 20 retailers suspected of cheating State authorities continue to investigate the rigging of a Connecticut Lottery game they say increased the number of winning tickets and the payout to retailers. One store, operated by two Wallingford men charged earlier this year, took in over $200,000 in additional prize payouts due to the scheme, authorities say. Rahul Gandhi and Prakunj Patel, both of 37 Jobs Road, Wallingford, were arrested in March by the state Dep
Jul 13, 2016, 7:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery says it need not obey state policiesNews Story
Though the state recently cleaned up its policy for investigating harassment claims, the Tennessee Lottery is exempt from those rules, officials said making it even tougher for the public to keep tabs on harassment cases at the agency.The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. on Thursday dismissed its chief administrative officer, Steve Adams, after an investigation of workplace harassment allegations. Lottery officials have refused to provide details of the allegations or investigation, citing at
Jan 9, 2006, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Interesting Lottery Stories?Reply
Undercover Lottery Investigation Staff did a test where a Customer, cashed in a $75,000 Winning ticket. The Lottery Clerk gave them $75.00. The Undercover Lottery Investigation Staff Member was just about to build a case against that Dishonest, Lottery Cashier, but there was a twist. The same day, the Lottery Cashier realized in Horror that she made a HUGE mistake and accidentally mistook a $75,000 Winning ticket for only $75. She had no idea the Customer was actually an Undercover Lottery Inves
Feb 17, 2021, 8:52 am - Karen Nathan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Investigation finds lottery scamming Tipton brothers have repaid virtually nothingNews Story
By Jason Clayworth and Rachel Denny Clow Two brothers who spearheaded the biggest lottery scam in U.S. history have repaid less than $1,400 in restitution despite owning property worth nearly $2 million, a Des Moines Register and Corpus Christi Caller Times investigation has found. Between them, Eddie and Tommy Tipton have admitted rigging winning drawings in at least five states, including Iowa, worth a combined $24 million. But they have barely made a dent in the more than $2.4 millio
Dec 27, 2018, 8:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Inquiry in Iowa Lottery mystery touches CanadaNews Story
Investigators seeking to unravel an attempted multimillion-dollar Iowa Lottery jackpot scheme have been in contact with Canadian authorities and are looking into people who may have been involved, an agent said Thursday. Special Agent in Charge Patrick Townsend of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed his agency sought assistance from Canadian law enforcement early in the 18-month investigation into a withdrawn claim for a $14.3 million Hot Lotto jackpot. (See $14.3 million
Jul 26, 2013, 12:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Hot Lotto trust representative won't name winnerReply
She says Shaw did provide a copy of the trust agreement, but it wasn't detailed. She says the Lottery will not make that document public during the investigation into the jackpot, claimed minutes before the one-year expiration. Don't worry about the document being made public during the investigation, who's to say the Lottery Commission wouldn't inadvertantly release the document after the investigation revealing the identification of the winner. After all the Lottery Commission is a
Jan 20, 2012, 1:18 pm - PERDUE - Lottery News

Pa. Man Charged With Redeeming Forged Winning Lottery TicketReply
PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY THWARTS ATTEMPT TO CLAIM POWERBALL PRIZE WITH FORGED TICKET --> Carlisle man arrested at Lottery headquartersHARRISBURG A Carlisle man faces charges of forgery and theft by deception in connection with a failed attempt to use a fake Powerball ticket to claim an $853,492 prize. The ticket scam failed when the forged ticket couldn t pass the Lottery s validation tests. Brian Scott Miller, 34, of Pheasant Drive South, Carlisle, was arrested Monday at Lottery headquarters by
Nov 16, 2005, 6:18 pm - sirbrad - Lottery News