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Texas Woman Scammed by 'Friend' in 'Facebook Lottery'News Story
Includes video report A woman in Texas says she was the victim of a well-worn scam, but what was unique in her case was that the fraudulent pitch came to her through a Facebook friend and was allegedly endorsed by President Obama. Kris White admits that she shouldn't have been fooled last week by the Facebook message saying she had won $250,000 in a Facebook Powerball lottery, ABC News affiliate KTRK reported. She said she was shown documents that wrote United States with lowercase letters
May 23, 2014, 2:05 pm - Lottery News

Canadian lottery winner donates $40 million jackpot to charityNews Story
Includes audio report Unlike most big lottery winners who spend days, or even months, trying to figure out how they'll spend their newfound riches, Tom Crist needed only a moment to decide where his $40 million in winnings would go: all to charity. Top on the list would be the medical center that cared for his late wife when she developed cancer. Still, it took Crist more than six months to tell anybody including family members he'd won. The retired Calgary executive had been lunching betw
Dec 20, 2013, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Two tickets share massive €188 million EuroMillions jackpotNews Story
Two very lucky EuroMillions players in Ireland and Belgium have won almost 94 million each in the latest jackpot draw Tuesday evening. There were two winning tickets sharing the top prize of over 187,937,614 (US$245.5 million). The winning tickets were sold in Ireland and in Belgium. When contacted this evening, a spokeswoman for the Ireland National Lottery was not yet aware of the location where the winning ticket was purchased. The jackpot of over 180m will be shared equally. We don
Jun 26, 2013, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Florida to reveal winner of $590.5 million Powerball lotteryNews Story
A woman from Zephyrhills, Florida, has stepped forward to claim last month's $590.5 million Powerball jackpot, the largest in U.S. history. The Florida Lottery scheduled a news conference for this afternoon in Tallahassee, promising big news about the Powerball winner. The winning ticket was sold at a Zephyrhills Publix. Though speculation about the winner's identity was rampant in the east Pasco town, no winner had come forward since the drawing. Around noon Wednesday, the unnamed woma
Jun 5, 2013, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

Former MD Lottery employee charged with theft of lottery ticketsNews Story
Claimed $67,000 in winnings before he was caught A former Maryland Lottery official has been indicted for stealing tickets and collecting tens of thousands of dollars from the winnings, officials said on Thursday. Mark Barron Hantski, 59, of Lothian, a former Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency employee, collected $67,000 in winnings after stealing tickets from the Maryland Lottery, officials said in a news release. Officials say that the Grand Jury for Anne Arundel County formal
Apr 19, 2013, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Liquor store in Passaic, NJ, sold winning Powerball ticketNews Story
Rumors were wrong Update: complete raw video of press conference added By Todd Northrop Contrary to rumors swirling in the media and on Web sites this morning, the New Jersey Lottery announced this morning at a press conference that the winning Powerball ticket for Saturday's $338.3 million jackpot was sold at a liquor store in Passaic. New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced Monday morning at a 10:00 am press conference that Eagle Liquors, located at 126 Pass
Mar 25, 2013, 10:18 am - Lottery News

NY brothers charged in plot to steal $5M New York Lottery ticketNews Story
They waited until shortly before the $5 million winning ticket in a scratch-off lottery game would have been worthless. Then, when two brothers from the Syracuse area went to claim the prize, they made an unusual offer: They told state lottery officials that they would be happy to take home less than the full amount if they could avoid a news conference. (See NY brothers claim $5M win from '06 lottery ticket, Lottery Post, Oct. 17, 2012.) The officials made them wait some more, saying a se
Nov 14, 2012, 8:07 am - Lottery News

NY brothers claim $5M win from '06 lottery ticketNews Story
Two brothers kept quiet for six years about the $5 million winning lottery ticket they'd bought at their parents' store in Syracuse. Andy N. Ashkar, 34, of Camillus, and his brother, Nayel N. Ashkar, 36, of Cicero, came forward March 1 of this year to claim the $5 million top prize in the $500,000,000 Extravaganza scratch-off game, lottery officials said. That was 11 days before the prize would've expired. It's unusual, highly unusual, lottery spokeswoman Carolyn Hapeman said Tuesday o
Oct 17, 2012, 9:24 am - Lottery News

Pool of McDonald's workers claims Mega Millions fraudNews Story
14 fast-food employees say co-worker tricked state lotto to avoid sharing winnings A group of 14 McDonald's employees from the Baltimore, Maryland, area are still convinced they were winners in the massive $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing earlier this year despite being told otherwise by lottery officials and are claiming that a co-worker defrauded the Maryland Lottery to avoid sharing a payout with them. On Sept. 19, the group filed a civil lawsuit against their co-worker, Mirla
Sep 29, 2012, 11:06 pm - Lottery News

Four golfers score $30M Lotto Max winNews Story
Four golfers from Langley, British Columbia, have scored their best ever round a $30 million Lotto Max jackpot. Lotto Max is a nationwide lottery game played in Canada. Ian McMurtrie, Wayne Miller, Tom Moryson and Joe Scully, who work together in Langley and are golfing buddies, had the winning ticket in Friday's draw. McMurtrie was the first to discover the win while watching the TV news Saturday morning and says his wife screamed and collapsed on the floor. He then signed all four
Apr 12, 2012, 9:41 am - Lottery News