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Michigan lottery winner convicted of welfare fraud gets probationNews Story
The Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who made national headlines for continuing to accept food stamp benefits after winning $1 million on a Michigan Lottery game show was sentenced today in Wayne County Circuit Court to nine months of probation. Amanda Clayton, 25, won the money on the show Make me Rich! last year and took home more than $700,000 after taxes. She was charged in April with two felony counts of welfare fraud failure to inform for not alerting the state Department of Human Services
Jul 24, 2012, 4:51 pm - Lottery News

UK Lottery winner jailed for benefit fraudNews Story
A man who won nearly 5 million (US$7.8 million) in the UK National Lottery, but fraudulently claimed about 13,000 (US$20,200) in benefits, has been jailed for nine months. Edward Putman, 46, who was convicted of rape in 1993, won the life-changing sum in September 2009. But he continued applying for housing benefit and income support and even wrote to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and his local council claiming he was broke and could not even afford to eat. In reality he wa
Jul 24, 2012, 10:13 am - Lottery News

Mass. lottery winners face charges in welfare fraudNews Story
Two big time lottery winners are facing arraignment on fraud charges Thursday after the state auditor found that they collected welfare benefits during the same period that they won hundreds of thousands of dollars from the lottery. James T. Casey Jr. of Waltham did not tell welfare officials that he has won more than $700,000 since 2009, Auditor Suzanne Bump found, a period in which Caset has collected $12,157 in MassHealth benefits and $1,553 in food stamps. Casey, who had just been release
May 31, 2012, 6:46 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner who kept cashing welfare checks charged with fraudNews Story
A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday for collecting food stamps and public health insurance despite pocketing a $735,000 jackpot. Amanda Clayton, 25, was silent during a brief court hearing after spending a night in jail. A not-guilty plea was entered, and her lawyer vowed to fight the charges. Clayton is the second person in Michigan caught with food stamps despite newly minted wealth. Gov. Rick Snyder last week signed a law requiring the lottery to notify the Human Se
Apr 17, 2012, 7:14 pm - Lottery News

NY lottery winner charged with welfare fraudNews Story
Apparently one New York resident thinks getting $1,000 a week for life is not enough, and the taxpayers should give him more. A western New York lottery winner has been accused of improperly receiving more than $4,000 in public assistance. The Orleans County sheriff's office says 51-year-old Anthony Palermo of Albion began receiving $1,000 a week in 1998 after winning the Win for Life scratch-off lottery game. Police said Thursday that Palermo applied for and began receiving Medicaid and h
Apr 13, 2012, 4:37 pm - Lottery News

State cuts lottery winner's benefitsNews Story
Michigan woman who won $1M continued to collect $200 a month in food stamps A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the state lottery but continued to get food stamps has an unusual connection to the legislator seeking to outlaw what she was she's doing. Amanda Clayton, 24, won $1 million in the lottery in September and until recently was still receiving $200 a month in food stamps to feed her and her two children. Late Wednesday, the state Department of Human Services sai
Mar 8, 2012, 7:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery bill could limit winner's takeNews Story
Michigan welfare recipients couldn't claim major prizes Michigan lawmakers are being asked to prevent any person receiving welfare from winning major Michigan State Lottery prizes, and the idea has area residents and business people at odds. If signed into law, the proposed legislation would prohibit a person getting welfare, food stamps or Medicaid from collecting a lottery prize of more than $600. If the prize were larger, the portion not paid to the winner would go to the state School A
Oct 20, 2010, 8:17 am - Lottery News

Confucius lottery tickets draw ireNews Story
Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher who prodded his fellow countrymen to seek their fortunes in a decent manner, would now find his portraits and sermons printed on lottery tickets, the only form of gambling allowed by the Chinese government. Late last month, lottery stands in east China's Shandong province began selling Confucius-themed tickets that carry a top prize of 300,000 yuan ($44,000). But the tickets have drawn ire from netizens and columnists who claim that putting Confuc
Feb 3, 2010, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Arizona legislators may borrow against future lottery revenueNews Story
Voters must extend lottery beyond 2012 State lawmakers already are eyeing another special session on the budget next month, including a proposal to ask voters to extend the Arizona Lottery. The plan comes even though the Republican-controlled Legislature has yet to give final approval to plans to cut about $300 million in state aid to education and welfare-agency funds. That effort stalled Thursday when two GOP lawmakers refused to go along with a piece of the package to let state agenc
Nov 23, 2009, 10:32 am - Lottery News

China gets lottery fever after massive jackpotNews Story
Water-cooler talk across China has been awash with theories on how to spend a fortune after someone from Henan province won nearly 360 million yuan (US$52.7 million) on Thursday. The prize is the country's biggest jackpot to date. Despite the fact that the lucky winner has not yet stepped forward to claim the prize, many have an opinion on how much happiness it might buy. It's incredible. That was the verdict of 75 percent of the 140,000 people taking part in an online survey yesterday
Oct 13, 2009, 10:18 am - Lottery News