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Calif. lotto winner remains hiddenNews Story
New millionaire avoiding the spotlight Somewhere in California, a man named Richard Furness Roberts is quietly sitting on $110 million. The SuperLotto winner presented the coveted ticket he purchased at a South Pasadena liquor store to lottery officials Friday nine days after his six numbers were called on the evening news. But, apparently, mum is the word for the bashful millionaire at least for now. Lotto officials told disappointed members of the media that there would be n
Jul 18, 2006, 1:24 pm - Lottery News

Record $150 million Euro Millions lottery drawing FridayNews Story
Fortune-hunters are set to propel the Euro Millions jackpot to a record 85 million (US$150 million), experts said yesterday.If one player wins the jackpot this Friday they will pocket 4-times more than Britain's biggest National Lottery winner.In just seconds they would have more cash than David and Victoria Beckham, whose joint wealth is estimated at 75 million.A National Lottery spokesman said: If a lot of people all over Europe decide to have a go the jackpot could be 85 million. If no o
Jan 17, 2006, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Woman who stole $175,000 lottery ticket avoids jail timeNews Story
Dora Leal dodged a potential 15-year prison sentence Monday and was given probation and community service for her theft of a $175,000 winning lottery ticket from a group of Chicago traders.Last month a Cook County jury found Leal guilty of stealing the Mega Millions lottery ticket in December, 2003.She was a runner at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, where 16 people had pooled money to purchase lottery tickets, said prosecutor Lori Rosen. Leal was sent to a convenience store with the tickets
Jan 10, 2006, 6:36 am - Lottery News

N.C. anti-lottery trying to halt all progress on gamesNews Story
An anti-lottery legal foundation wants a judge to prevent the North Carolina Education Lottery from doing any work while a lawsuit challenging the lottery's passage in the Legislature is heard.In a filing late Friday in Wake County Superior Court, Robert Orr with the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law filed a motion asking a judge to order the lottery commission to stop operating for now.The proposed preliminary injunction also would keep state officials from loaning the commission
Jan 2, 2006, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Breakfast buddies file suit over lottery ticketNews Story
A Howland, Ohio couple who won $250,000 playing Mega Millions discovered the hard way that money can come between friends.Michael Salcone and his wife, Theresa, of Gretchen Drive have been sued by 10 of Michael Salcone's former breakfast friends at the Elm Road McDonald's after a dispute arose over whose money bought a winning lottery ticket. I'm just astounded, Theresa Salcone said Wednesday when she learned of the suit, filed in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.According to the filing, the
Dec 29, 2005, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Oregon Powerball winner will finally be announcedNews Story
A Milton, West Virginia, native living in Oregon claims he won the $340 million Powerball lottery jackpot, according to his sister in Milton.Sylvia Neal said at first she didn't believe her brother, Robert Chaney, 72, when he called her the night of the drawing and said he was not only a millionaire, but a multimillionaire. You hear these things; you know it is true, but it did not sink in, Neal said. It is beginning to sink in. I feel at peace. We have always been close. He is a wonderful per
Nov 5, 2005, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Gang used winning Pick 4 lottery tickets to launder drug moneyNews Story
Federal authorities say they have broken up a cocaine-trafficking ring that laundered more than $270 million over 15 years in an operation that began in Michigan and branched out across the country.The organization, known on the streets as the Black Mafia Family, had ties to the rap music industry, and its two leaders have appeared in rap videos, said Robert L. Corso, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Agency in Detroit. They were in fact just another group of thugs who brought fear
Oct 28, 2005, 10:02 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket sales might begin in AprilNews Story
It will probably be April or later before anyone is able to buy a North Carolina lottery ticket, the lottery commissioner in charge of laying down rules for contractors said Monday.Robert Farris is chairman of the vendor selection subcommittee, which met for the first time Monday to begin drafting the official request the state lottery would make to businesses for help in running the lottery.During the meeting, Farris said that before any companies were asked to offer their services to the state
Oct 26, 2005, 9:25 am - Lottery News

What if you won the Powerball?News Story
North Dakotans are among the thousands of people in 27 states who have been snatching up Powerball tickets. But what would they do if they won the record jackpot?Bryce McGillis, 28, a technical school student and worker at Phoenix International in Fargo, said he probably wouldn't handle all those millions very well. Probably not, to be honest, he said. I'm bad with money. Roger McNeil, 51, of Fargo, said he and his wife, Bernadette, would buy land and build a square-dancing ballroom. I'm sure
Oct 19, 2005, 11:30 pm - 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