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With promise of $1.5m prize, scam artist bilks woman out of nearly $28,000News Story
Vivian Murphy thought back to that heart-stopping moment when the voice on the phone proclaimed her the winner of a $1.5 million sweepstakes prize. For decades, Murphy, 85, had been a huge fan of Publishers Clearing House, the peddler of magazine subscriptions and household items widely known for TV commercials of winners dissolving into happy tears when presented with a gargantuan check. She entered nearly every drawing in the company's 50-year history, during which lucky winners have receiv
May 15, 2018, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Question about a citizen from Ecuador winningReply
United States Income Tax Treaties - A to Z The United States has tax treaties with a number of foreign countries. Under these treaties, residents (not necessarily citizens) of foreign countries are taxed at a reduced rate, or are exempt from U.S. taxes on certain items of income they receive from sources within the United States. These reduced rates and exemptions vary among countries and specific items of income. Under these same treaties, residents or citizens of the United States are taxed
Jan 2, 2013, 9:31 pm - Original Bey - Lottery Discussion Forum

Woman wins £5.4m lottery jackpot after tip from dead brother in a dreamNews Story
When Deana Sampson won 5.4 million (US$8.6 million) in the UK National Lottery in 1998, her life couldn't have changed more dramatically. With just 7.64 to her name, she was living in a council house in Sheffield in a loveless marriage and was struggling to bring up two children on just 79 a week in benefits. On top of that, she'd lost three close family members in nine years, including her disabled brother Glyn four months earlier. She was just about ready to give up on life. But then
Oct 25, 2011, 8:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mystery Powerball lottery winner spurs new contestNews Story
If you've checked your Powerball lottery ticket again and again and you are definitely not the winner of last week's $144 million jackpot, it's still possible to play. But not like that. The winner of the multistate game, which had the largest jackpot in D.C. lottery history, has yet to come forward to claim the prize, and Washington can't stop buzzing about who it could be. So the lottery folks, knowing how to take advantage of buzz when they see it, created a game that's all about anothe
Apr 16, 2009, 10:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Meet the NYC men who won the lottery hundreds of times and collected millionsNews Story
Includes video report He can barely walk. He has one eye. But Enrico Del Rio is one lucky, lucky guy. The 94-year-old Washington Heights man has scored lottery prizes of $600 or more an astounding 376 times between 2009 and last year. His total winnings more than $1.4 million. I seem to win all the time, the ex-Navy officer said in his cramped studio apartment, filled with crates of old lotto tickets. My mother passed it to me. My family tells me I took all the luck. Del Rio
May 28, 2017, 6:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery scams dupe thousandsNews Story
South Carolina couple's savings disappear; phone rings off hook Dick Long fought in the Philippines under MacArthur. Lillie Long taught first-graders for nearly three decades. Now, every time they go to the mailbox and just about every time they pick up the phone, they're being scammed. The Longs are lured by promises that seem so convincing and so easy to reach: Just send a few dollars and you will win millions in foreign lotteries and sweepstakes. Hopeful, they send the money.
Sep 27, 2010, 9:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery state chart/anonymity and claimants
I have been working on this off and on for a while and it is a work in progress. It is not meant to serve as legal opinion or legal advice. Feel free to send me info to add if something elaborates on the anonymity or other entity claiming issues. Prepared by Artist77. ANONYMITY FOR INDIVIDUALS/ WHAT ENTITIES CAN CLAIM?/NEWS Updated April 5, 2023 UNITED STATES ALABAMA No lottery . 3-19-2019 State Sen. Jim McClendon of Springville announced he is introducing legislation
Mar 30, 2019, 11:45 am - Artist77 - Jackpot Games Forum

Popular Toilet Papers, Butt Wipes, Unique Toilets & Humor CornerReply
Toilet Paper Around the World What bathroom tissue brands are popular overseas? Lotus Bath Tissue (Ft. James Europe) Moltonel Bath Tissue France; #1 #2, respectively Colhager Bathroom Tissue kitchen towels (Ft. James Europe) Spain; #1 Kittensoft (Ft. James UK) Ireland; #1 Selpak Bathroom Tissue Kitchen towels Turkey; #1 Embo Finland; #1 Tenderly (Ft. James Europe Italy; #2 Elle Bathroom Tissue Greece; #1 Delica Bathroom Tissue and Towels Greece; #2 Andrex
Aug 16, 2015, 7:47 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum