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16 siblings share $20 million lottery jackpot in New JerseyNews Story
Sixteen brothers and sisters from New Jersey who pooled money for a decade to buy lottery tickets got the ultimate payout a $20 million Pick 6 jackpot they'll use to repair homes they lost in Sandy, send their children to college and preserve the legacy of their late mother, who urged them to vie for the pot together in the first place. The Endreson clan, who range in age from 53 to 76, accepted the check from the New Jersey Lottery Thursday. They' opted for a lump sum payment of $14 million
Jul 24, 2014, 3:00 pm - Lottery News

Three times lucky for lottery-winning familyNews Story
A family in Norway has hit the lottery jackpot for the third time in six years and the wins have so far all coincided with the birth of a new baby. The latest lucky winner is 19-year-old Tord Oksnes who won 12.2m Norwegian krone (US$2.1 million) last week on the country's national lottery. Before him, his 26-year-old sister Hege Jeanette had pocketed 882,000 (US$1.4 million) in 2010, only four years after their 58-year-old father Leif won 441,000 (US$712,000) on the same lottery. The lu
Sep 26, 2012, 2:21 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner hangs self 7 years after collecting winNews Story
Seven years ago, Gerald Muswagon was all smiles as his troubled life took a fairy-tale turn when he won a $10 million lottery jackpot.On Sunday, Mr. Muswagon hanged himself in his parent's garage.It was a shocking end for a man who appeared to have the world at his fingertips, yet clearly never could grasp the instant fame and fortune he was handed through his lucky $2 Super 7 ticket. People are very upset, and this is all very surprising, said his cousin, Mike Muswagon. But he had been very d
Oct 5, 2005, 9:31 am - Lottery News

Embattled lottery pyramid scheme slammed by Australian courtNews Story
World Games Inc. (WGI), a loosely-based international company that has been on the run from legal authorities around the world for several years, was found to be in violation of the 1974 Trade Practices Act by the Australia Full Federal Court for organizing an international lottery pyramid scheme.The court's ruling was directed at Gold Coast company Worldplay Services Pty. Ltd., a corporate entity that is tightly coupled with WGI.The decision also upheld that Greg Kennedy, the company s director
May 10, 2005, 8:57 am - Lottery News

World Games officials face probeNews Story
Officials of global pyramid lottery scheme face tax evasion chargesA lawyer representing disgruntled investors in the controversial World Games Inc. (WGI) has reported WGI's Norwegian officials to the country's white collar crime unit kokrim.An kokrim official confirmed the federal agency that investigates and persecutes economic crimes in Norway had received the filing from lawyer Olav Sylte.He represents 8 people who are demanding the return of around NOK 1.2 million from WGI officials in No
Mar 1, 2005, 10:43 am - Lottery News

Sydney man arrested over Nigerian scamNews Story
Police in Sydney said Thursday they arrested an Australian man suspected of being part of a global, multimillion-dollar scam that dupes victims into believing they can claim some of the foreign assets of the Nigerian president.Hundreds of people in Australia and in countries including Malaysia, Japan, Norway, Greece, Indonesia and England have fallen prey to the scam, police said.The scammers send letters and e-mails asking people to help the Nigerian president recover funds that have long been
Oct 30, 2003, 5:26 am - Lottery News

$10M jackpot winner's luck runs outNews Story
A multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot winner had a reversal of fortune yesterday when he was sent to jail for his part in a high-speed police chase.Gerald Muswagon, 40, was convicted of dangerous driving yesterday for reaching speeds of 180 kmh while fleeing from police on residential streets in October 2000.A single father of two, Muswagon had hoped to be handed a conditional sentence that would have allowed him to continue looking after his children.His lawyer, Tim Valgardson, even invited sen
Oct 2, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games to buy online lottery operatorNews Story
Scientific Games Corp., a maker of betting equipment and lottery systems, on Friday said it would acquire International Game Technology's on-line lottery operator for $143 million in cash.The agreement to buy IGT Online Entertainment Systems will give Scientific Games, based in New York, access to online lottery systems that produce lotto-type game tickets in seven states and the Caribbean.IGT Online, which also supports systems sold to customers in Korea, Norway, Switzerland and Shanghai, gener
Sep 12, 2003, 9:54 pm - Lottery News