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Mega Millions winner forced to split jackpot with co-workersNews Story
For one New Jersey lottery winner looking to keep a Mega Millions jackpot all to himself, luck ran out today. Americo Lopes, who took home a $24 million jackpot three years ago, must surrender $20 million of that bounty to five former coworkers after a civil jury found he cheated the men out of their rightful share of the winnings. On Nov. 10, 2009, two winning Mega Millions tickets were claimed from a $77 million jackpot, one of which Lopes had, leaving him with $38.5 million. He chose a
Mar 15, 2012, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Jury awards jailed illegal alien $750,000 lottery ticketNews Story
After deliberating only 35 minutes Thursday, a Houston County jury awarded ownership of a $750,000 lottery ticket to an illegal alien who claimed he was taken advantage of by the man he had worked for as a day laborer. Jose Antonio Tony Cua-Toc, 27, a native of Guatemala who entered the country illegally in 2000, had filed a lawsuit against Erick Cervantes, a Fort Valley business owner who claimed the winning Jingle Jumbo Bucks lottery ticket from Georgia lottery officials. (See Illegal al
Mar 14, 2012, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Judge rules man has no right to ex-girlfriend's lottery winningsNews Story
A Seminole County, Florida, man who sued his ex-girlfriend for half of her $1 million Florida Lottery winnings went away empty-handed Tuesday, her attorney said. After 1 days of testimony, Circuit Judge Alan Dickey ruled in favor of defendant Lynn Anne Poirier in what's known as a directed verdict meaning the plaintiff's case was deemed legally insufficient. Howard Browning, who is unemployed, and Poirier, a Seminole County special-education teacher for more than three decades, had lived t
Feb 8, 2012, 10:57 am - Lottery News

Connecticut lottery winners settle $1 million battleNews Story
Money doesn't always buy happiness especially when it involves two friends fighting over a winning Powerball ticket. Last week, Armando Martins, a drywall installer from Trumbull and Nino Nascimento, a local mason, agreed to settle their three-year legal battle in state Superior Court over a $1 million winning ticket. Under the terms of the settlement, reached before Judge Barbara Bellis, Martins will get $630,000 while Nascimento gets $370,000. Both Martins and Nascimento declined comm
Jan 30, 2012, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Mich. lottery winner burns through money, gets jail time for drugsNews Story
A Williams Township, Michigan, lottery winner will be spending about the next month and a half behind bars for illegally possessing a prescription painkiller. Isabella County Trial Court Judge Mark H. Duthie on Thursday sentenced Leroy N. Fick, 59, to 45 days in jail with credit for three days served. Upon release, he will serve one year of probation and must also pay several court fines and costs. Fick was late in appearing for the 2 p.m. hearing in Duthie's courtroom and had to be picked
Jan 14, 2012, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Supreme Court hears arguments in lottery trademark suitNews Story
An attorney for a Little Rock marketing firm argued Thursday before the Arkansas Supreme Court that his client should be allowed to proceed with a trademark lawsuit against the Arkansas Lottery Commission. The high court heard oral arguments but did not immediately issue a ruling in a lawsuit filed by Alpha Marketing against the Lottery Commission. The company has been seeking a ruling that it has exclusive rights to use of the terms Arkansas lottery, Arkansas Lotto, and Lottery Arkansas, som
Dec 9, 2011, 10:11 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery wins ruling in $5 million trademark disputeNews Story
The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against two men who sought $5 million in damages from the Georgia Lottery Corporation in a lawsuit over the MONEYBAGS$ logo. The suit was filed by George Kyle, who obtained a registered trademark for the MONEYBAG$ logo and game in 1995, and Frank Mankovitch, whom Kyle had been given the exclusive right to market the game. The logo consisted of a velvet pouch containing wooden tiles. From 1999 to 2002, the Georgia Lottery obtained approval to use Kyle's t
Nov 21, 2011, 1:08 pm - Lottery News

Man dropped from lottery syndicate wins share in courtNews Story
A Melbourne, Austrailia, accountant has won his share of an $867,000 Tattslotto first division prize, three years after he was dropped from a 10-member Big Kahuna house syndicate. A thrilled Danny Watson and his legal team beamed outside court after a magistrate found a newsagent and his company guilty of false and misleading conduct over the handling of the syndicate. The magistrate said Mr Watson, a regular participant in the Fitzroy agency's system 17 entry, was entitled to damages of $
Nov 13, 2011, 11:47 am - Lottery News

Woman accused of killing Florida lottery winner sued by victim's estateNews Story
The estate of slain Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare has filed another lawsuit against the woman accused of killing him. The latest lawsuit, filed last week in Tampa's courthouse, accuses Dorice DeeDee Moore of taking more than $1 million from Shakespeare. The estate is seeking 121 items, including many pieces of jewelry, a Rolex watch, six computers and two cameras. The valuables were seized by Hillsborough County deputies during the investigation into Shakespeare'
Oct 14, 2011, 5:47 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner must pay for court-appointed attorneyNews Story
$1 million lottery winner faces meth charges There was only one problem with Megan Gatlin's using a court-appointed attorney in her upcoming criminal trial: She's a lottery winner. The 28-year-old Vancouver woman won $1 million this spring in the Oregon Lottery's St. Patrick's Day Raffle. So when she appeared Friday in Clark County Superior Court to face charges of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and third-degree theft, her attorney questioned the appointment. Def
Sep 5, 2011, 1:43 pm - Lottery News