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Oregon woman tricked by international lottery scamNews Story
The letter from Star Lotto Prize Inc. promising a big win was so believable.But within a week of receiving it, Juanita Foss of Beaverton had lost $3,000. Any time you get a lottery thing like this it's fraud, said Foss, a retiree who wants to make sure no one else falls for the scam.The swindle starts with an official letter promising a rich reward. It moves forward with a fake check sent to the victim. And ends with the victim forwarding a real check to an international address.The scam may be
Sep 30, 2005, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Will gamble on lottery revenue pay off for N.C.?News Story
Research shows more money goes to schools, but ad blitz may have unintended costs The states now offering lotteries do not simply make a product available in order to accommodate the widespread taste for buying a low-priced chance at a big prize. They seek to foster that taste. ...The state lottery agencies have in fact evolved into a new breed of government agency created in the mold of the modern corporation with its eyes firmly fixed on the bottom line. So wrote Charles Clotfelter and Philip
Sep 19, 2005, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery has limit for Pick 3 and Pick 4 NumbersNews Story
The Hoosier Lottery has at least one unhappy player, and he's not unhappy because he lost. He's angry that he wasn't allowed to play at all.Ken Myers of Fort Wayne, who plays the Daily 3 and Daily 4 numbers regularly, sent us a copy of a letter he sent to lottery officials, complaining that from time to time, the lottery cuts off betting on certain numbers. It has happened to him, he says, and others he knows.You can imagine what a player's response might be if he tried to bet four numbers and w
Aug 26, 2005, 8:53 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery Appears Dead as Senate AdjournsNews Story
They've finally adjourned, but there's no guarantee that the North Carolina Senate can go home.The General Assembly worked until sunrise to just about finish this year's legislative session. Senate leader Marc Basnight gave up on passing a lottery before going home and he said that, barring unusual circumstances, the lottery is dead for the year. It may come up again when lawmakers reconvene in May.Legislators managed to approve new lobbying rules, and the Senate agreed to a compromise on new re
Aug 24, 2005, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery planning end for Super Lotto gameNews Story
It's a good bet that the Ohio Lottery's big-money jackpot game won't be around much longer.The lottery is planning to replace Super Lotto Plus, which has existed in various Super Lotto forms since 1987, with another game designed to be different than the 12-state Mega Millions game played in Ohio.The new game, to be called Lot 'O Play, will be available at online sales terminals starting Oct. 9, Tom Hayes, Ohio Lottery director, said Wednesday. Its minimum jackpot will be $1 million and can incr
Aug 18, 2005, 5:51 pm - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery still looking for $93 million Powerball winnerNews Story
New Mexico Lottery officials have announced that Wednesday night's $93.4 million winning Powerball ticket was sold at a retailer in the metropolitan Albuquerque area.Additional information about the retailer is not being released at this time.No one claiming the prize had come to Lottery headquarters in Albuquerque by the time offices closed for the weekend late Friday afternoon.Additionally, no credible calls were received from an individual or individuals claiming to have the winning ticket. T
Aug 12, 2005, 10:31 pm - Lottery News

Clever lottery players all win on handshake agreementNews Story
He hasn't even gotten the check yet, but Yousef Sharif already has given up three-quarters of his $2 million Michigan Lottery winnings.And he's still smiling.The Swartz Creek resident, a skilled trades worker at Delphi Flint East and owner of Happy Boy Market in Flint Township, won the top prize in a June 29 drawing at the International Freedom Festival in Detroit.In a classic case of a bird in the hand, four of the five finalists competing in the drawing decided to hedge their bets by agreein
Jul 8, 2005, 10:54 am - Lottery News

Lottery Cheats Ruin Players' ChancesNews Story
When it comes to the lottery, there are lots of games, and we all know they're games of chance. When we play, we expect a fair chance. But that's not always the case. Eyewitness News learned your odds of winning were hurt at times - sometimes by thieves stealing entire cases of lottery tickets and other times by the very people selling you the tickets.Drew Lowe was a clerk at a Brownsburg Shell Station until he was caught doing something the lottery calls fishing - when an employee literally
May 23, 2005, 9:24 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery may learn lessons from GeorgiaNews Story
As North Carolina inches closer to starting a lottery, Georgia lottery officials may be enjoying a sense of irony, as South Carolina is now undergoing the same uncomfortable feeling that they created for the Georgia Lottery when they started the S.C. Education Lottery in 2002.At the time, South Carolina politicians estimated that a Palmetto State lottery would siphon away up to $112 million from Georgia's lottery.But those predictions never came to pass.Instead, Georgia has enjoyed a string of r
May 10, 2005, 12:24 pm - Lottery News

Texas legislature defeats Internet lottery billNews Story
An Internet search for online gambling netted 9 million hits Wednesday, but Texas House members nixed hopes that one of those might lead to the Texas Lottery.Lawmakers, seeking ways to help fund the state budget, rejected a measure, 89-52, that would have raised as much as $275 million more a year by allowing the lottery to debut on the Internet.Passions rose in an unpredictably bipartisan fashion as lawmakers debated the virtues and vices of expanding gambling to pay for better education, hea
May 6, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News