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Six indicted in numbers racketNews Story
Six people were charged yesterday in what authorities say is a massive gambling network that grossed millions of dollars a year in Northeast Ohio.A federal grand jury indicted reputed East Side numbers kingpin Virgil Ogletree, 81, of Beachwood, and his longtime friends and associates Eunice Bonton, Melvin Murray, Noah Hutchinson Sr., Andrew Freeman and Mary Stover. All are charged with running an illegal gambling business, while Ogletree, Hutchinson and Bonton also are charged with tax violation
Aug 13, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Court Orders City To Return Couple’s Tax On Lottery WinningsNews Story
Ohios highest court says one Northeast Ohio city cant tax lottery winnings under its current law.The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Wednesday in favor of a Euclid couple that was ordered to pay $102,000 after winning $3.5 million in the Ohio Lottery in 1998. The court says the money is not taxable because it does not fit the definition of taxable income under Euclid city law.The citys ordinance defines taxable income as wages, salaries and other compensation paid by an employer and-or the net prof
Aug 7, 2003, 4:10 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery Board develops workers code of conductNews Story
The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. apparently does not intend to interfere with the love lives of its employees, but lottery workers may find their political activities restricted.Many of the ethics provisions in a code of conduct recommended yesterday by a Lottery Board committee are straight out of the lottery law approved by the legislature in June.There was one new wrinkle that the committee rejected. It would have prohibited dating between lottery supervisors and subordinates because of
Aug 1, 2003, 7:45 am - Lottery News