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Lottery Winner Sentenced For Failing To Pay TaxesNews Story
A big lottery winner from Chevy Chase, Maryland, has been ordered to serve six months of home confinement for failing to report his windfall to state tax collectors.It's part of a three-year suspended sentence for Faegh Ansari-Jaberi. The state attorney general's office said Ansari-Jaberi, 57, failed to file state tax returns between 2000 and 2002.Ansari-Jaberi admitted to having received more than $158,000 in lottery winnings between 2000 and 2002 none of which he reported to the state.Additi
Oct 6, 2005, 10:33 am - Lottery News

Kansas may be loser in Oklahoma lotteryNews Story
Mark Lunn can't wait for the Oklahoma lottery to get started.Lunn is a cashier at the Cenex gas station in South Haven, Kan., a dusty stopover four miles north of the state line on Interstate 35. Oklahoma residents, he said, form most of the station's customers for Kansas Lottery tickets.It can get overwhelming at times. We get swamped every time there's a drawing, Lunn said Thursday afternoon. They come from as far as Oklahoma City a lot of our regulars come from Oklahoma City. That may cha
Oct 3, 2005, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery jackpot game tickets in sales declineNews Story
Citing plummeting revenues that indicate a jackpot fatigue in state lotteries throughout the nation, the chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission challenged the organization's staff to consider boosting Lotto Texas sales by making the game more creative. Why can't we do something creative for a change making it a $4 million jackpot and two Harley-Davidson motorcycles or a Corvette or one of those fancy trucks? said Chairman C. Tom Clowe Jr. Let's create some buzz. Let's give $4 million and
Sep 29, 2005, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Single winner for Illinois State Lottery Lotto jackpotNews Story
A single player has won the $9.25 million jackpot from the Illinois State Lottery's weekend Lotto game.The only ticket to match all six winning numbers from Saturday night's Lotto drawing was sold at a service station in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn.The next Lotto drawing jackpot will be $2 million.In addition to the grand prize winner, 35 players matched five of the six winning numbers from Saturday's drawing, and will receive second prizes of $973 apiece.Another 1,836 players matched four of t
Sep 26, 2005, 8:18 am - Lottery News

First N.C. lottery commission in placeNews Story
The members of the first N.C. State Lottery Commission include Glaxo's former chief executive, the state's hurricane preparedness chief and a political consultant who helped bring a numbers game to South Carolina.Charles Sanders, the former chairman and chief executive of the drug giant, was tapped Thursday by Democratic Gov. Mike Easley to lead the commission for the next year.The nine-member committee also includes Bryan Beatty, the state's crime control and public safety secretary, and Kevin
Sep 26, 2005, 6:38 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery winner to be revealed FridayNews Story
The winner of last week's $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be revealed tomorrow.New Jersey Lottery officials have scheduled an 11:30 am news conference on the campus of Seton Hall University to introduce the winner. They won't say whether the winner was a single individual or a group.The winning ticket from last Friday's drawing was bought at a newsstand in Rutherford.The winner will collect the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever awarded in the US.Officials have even refused to r
Sep 22, 2005, 11:21 pm - Lottery News

GTECH makes political donation days after gambling contract awardedNews Story
Six days after winning a state contract, the company Pennsylvania chose to run its computer system for slot machines gave $50,000 to a national nonprofit that raises money for Democratic governors including Gov. Ed Rendell, the group's finance chair.GTECH, a Rhode Island lottery company, has given $481,267 to the Democratic Governors' Association since 2000, according to a political watchdog group. But the payment March 8 had nothing to do with the $6.3 million a year contract announced by the
Sep 22, 2005, 11:18 am - Lottery News

Mass. shop's lottery sales earn visit from State TreasurerNews Story
The line of people which is usually present in front of the lottery machine at The News Shop on Main Street in Winchester, Massacusetts, should be a good indicator that the local store is one of the best in the state when it comes to lottery sales.A few weeks ago, the staff of The News Shop was personally thanked by State Treasurer Tim Cahill for helping to provide revenues for not just Winchester, but the 350 other cities and towns in the commonwealth as well.Kim Cater, owner of The News Shop,
Sep 22, 2005, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Michigan lottery profits at record levels, thanks to Club KenoNews Story
Club Keno is a winner, at least for the Michigan state treasury.The 2-year-old lottery game has bumped Michigan Lottery revenues over $2 billion mark for the first time in its 33 years. Last year, the lottery took in $1.97 billion.Club Keno will gross about $330 million in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, says Lottery commissioner Gary Peters. That is 16 percent of total lottery sales.Net lottery profits for the fiscal year will top last year's record $645 million dollars, Peters told the Detroi
Sep 22, 2005, 9:01 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery may start in six monthsNews Story
Three weeks ago the North Carolina legislature passed the lottery, but since then there's been little work done to move it forward.There's a long list of projects ahead for the state before tickets are sold. The governor still expects it to begin in six months or so.Three weeks ago, Governor Easley proudly signed the lottery bill. He expected to follow South Carolina's timeline for rolling out tickets. I think in South Carolina, my best information is they had the scratch cards in that five to s
Sep 20, 2005, 12:39 pm - Lottery News