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California Lottery Drops Gambling Themes IdeaNews Story
Citing widespread opposition, California Assemblyman George Plescia on Monday dropped lottery-backed legislation that would have added Nevada-style gambling themes to the state-run games.Though he quietly deleted the amendment, the San Diego Republican said he's pushing the rest of his controversial measure -- which would boost lottery prizes and slice struggling schools' share of revenue -- in the hope of fostering lotto mania that would then increase education's take.Even with the deletion of
May 18, 2004, 7:07 am - Lottery News

Pool players ponder Powerball hypocrisyNews Story
Nobody was betting on $212 million at The Pour House on Friday.A week after Charleston police and State Law Enforcement Division agents raided a pool tournament at the Savannah Highway tavern, three patrons at the bar shook their heads no over their beer. They hadn't bought a $1 chance at the state-sponsored, long-odds Powerball game.The prize at stake in tonight's drawing for the multistate lottery payoff has climbed to more than $200 million for the second time in five months. The last time,
May 8, 2004, 2:10 pm - Lottery News

California legislature could expand lotteryNews Story
Despite fears California is becoming the world's gambling capital, the state lottery Friday broadened its proposed overhaul to include Nevada-style games banned by the 1984 lottery initiative.The lottery -- which is finding increased competition with Indian casinos -- amended its already controversial reorganization plan to add games including roulette, dice, baccarat, blackjack, Lucky 7s, draw poker and slot machines.The amendment fueled the controversy surrounding the legislation, which alread
May 8, 2004, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Gambling Proposal Would Allow Cities to Vote on CasinosNews Story
Cities could vote on casinos and thousands of electronic slot machines would be installed at Ohio racetracks, under a new legislative proposal that backers hope to put on the November ballot.House Speaker Larry Householder said Wednesday he believes cities would view the casino idea as a positive trade-off given that rural areas benefit from racetracks through the sale of grain for horses. So this is a way to allow the urban areas to also have a benefit, Householder said.Democrats and Republi
Apr 22, 2004, 1:52 pm - Lottery News

Man bets all on roulette and winsNews Story
Now the subject of TV showA British man who sold all his possessions, including his clothes, stood in a rented tuxedo on Sunday surrounded by family and friends and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.He won't go home empty handed.Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on Red. The wheel was spun, a crowd of supporters including h
Apr 12, 2004, 1:57 am - Lottery News

Michigan authorities break up private lottery, seize $2.2 millionNews Story
Authorities have seized $2.2 million and broken up a private lottery that they say mimicked the Michigan State Lottery but paid off significantly more money for matching winning numbers.Operating from modest homes in Detroit and nearby Oak Park, the family business appears to have roots going back 30 years, the Wayne County sheriff's department and prosecutor's office announced Friday. Numbers operations have been around for several decades before the lottery, but this is the largest we have ser
Apr 9, 2004, 9:53 am - Lottery News

Man to bet all on Vegas roulette spinNews Story
A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.If he wins, he doubles his money. If he loses, he will be left with only the television crew documenting his every move.Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, said he was worth about 75,000 pounds ($138,000) after he sold everything in March. I thought I was worth at least 100,000 pounds, he said in a telephone interview from La
Apr 9, 2004, 4:16 am - Lottery News

Alleged high-tech roulette scam "easy to set up"News Story
An alleged high-tech roulette scam that saw three people walk out of a London casino with 1.3 million recently sounds too implausible even for a movie plot.But a physicist who developed a technology-based system that famously beat the wheel in the 1970s has told New Scientist that in theory it would have been fairly easy to carry out with a little know-how and the right tools.Two men and a woman were arrested on 16 March after raking in a huge win over two evenings. Suspicious casino staff are
Mar 25, 2004, 5:20 am - Lottery News

Gang arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casinoNews Story
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of using James Bond-style electronic trickery to win almost 1.3 million at a London casino.The Metropolitan Police said today that two men and a woman, all from Eastern Europe, had been arrested for allegedly obtaining money by deception.They are accused of using a scanner inserted into a mobile phone and hooked up to a microcomputer to calculate where a roulette ball would probably fall after the third turn of the wheel.The Daily Mirror newspaper re
Mar 22, 2004, 4:41 pm - Lottery News

Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM GrandNews Story
First a military veteran hit a Megabucks slot jackpot shortly after Veterans Day, then a woman who was born on Christmas Eve hit Megabucks shortly before Christmas.Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.The winner, a woman from another country who asked to remain anonymous, hit for $10.2 milli
Feb 16, 2004, 6:18 am - Lottery News