Spain Breaks Up Sweepstakes Fraud Ring
Madrid police broke up a fraud ring that cheated hundreds of Americans and Canadians out of $35 million through scams such as a lottery simulating a Spanish Christmas sweepstakes, officials said Tuesday.A total of 103 people - mostly Nigerians - were arrested during raids in and around Madrid, police said.The ring allegedly swindled 500 people, mostly residents of the United States and Canada, this year through different methods, police spokesman Jose Maria Seara told national radio.Fifty people ...
Oct 15, 2003, 3:32 am - - Lottery News forum
Judge raps FTC over lottery ticket case
An Ontario judge has sharply criticized the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for the way it has handled a case against a Canadian businessman who is alleged to have fraudulently sold thousands of lottery tickets across the border.Mr. Justice Arthur Gans of the Ontario Superior Court called the FTC's case against George Yemec a pittance and rapped the agency for spending months investigating Mr. Yemec to turn up allegations that don't come close to fraud. I must confess that I find this lack of a ...
Oct 13, 2003, 3:44 am - - Lottery News forum
Online Lottery Glitch Leads to Cancelled Prizes
Online scratch-card outfit - tombola.com - has apologised after a software glitch at the weekend led to a large number of gamblers winning the jackpot.Those who took part in the online game couldn't believe their luck when they won up to 5,000 (US$8,050) just for taking part in the i:scratch game.But their euphoria was short-lived when they received an email telling them that the game was null and void.Said the email: I am writing to you in relation to your win on tombola.com over the week ...
Sep 17, 2003, 11:25 am - - Lottery News forum
B.C. man wants 10-year-old lottery ticket tested for his prints
A Vancouver man wants the courts to help him learn whether his fingerprints are on a decade-old $10 million lottery ticket.Michael Ufnal claims he's the rightful owner of a winning lottery ticket he says was cashed in by a neighbor. But he lost the proof more than 10 years ago. In an affidavit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Ufnal says that in May of 1992 he bought a lottery ticket at a convenience store and put it in his wallet. Then he lost the wallet.In the court documents, Ufnal claims he la ...
Sep 12, 2003, 9:49 pm - - Lottery News forum
GTech signs contract extension with Danish lottery
GTech Corp. of West Greenwich, R.I., today announced that it has signed a two-year contract extension with Dansk Tipstjeneste A/S, the operator of the National Lottery in Denmark.GTech says the deal could be worth approximately $10 million.Under the terms of the contract extension, GTech will continue to provide Dansk Tipstjeneste with software support and terminal maintenance and repair through Aug. 31, 2005. GTech and Dansk Tipstjeneste have enjoyed a successful partnership over the past 14 ye ...
Sep 12, 2003, 3:44 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery syndicate robbed of winnings at celebration party
An Italian Lottery syndicate won and lost a fortune when members were robbed at gunpoint as they divided up their 30,000 (US$47,000) winnings.Five masked gunmen burst into the celebration party at a social club as the money was being handed out in envelopes and grabbed the cash before escaping in a waiting car.Syndicate organiser Vincenzo Paviglianiti, 43, said: We were just about to start handing out the money when five men burst in wearing masks. At first everyone laughed because they though ...
Aug 27, 2003, 6:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Family double as father scoops lotto windfall
A retired father of three is celebrating an 85,248 Lotto windfall - just two months after his son scooped 179,137.Anthony McDonnell was presented with his cheque by his son Ian after the family double, which is estimated to have defied odds of 339 billion-to-one.Mr McDonnell, 59, from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, matched five numbers and the bonus ball in last Saturday's National Lottery draw - eight weeks after Ian, a 34-year-old finance worker, did the same.Mr McDonnell senior told a press confer ...
Aug 21, 2003, 3:19 am - - Lottery News forum
Surrey man wins Keno Viper live on City TV
Terry Fisher of Surrey, British Columbia won a 2003 Dodge Viper live on City TVs Breakfast Television Friday morning. Terry and his wife Sharon were special guests on the show along with 10 other finalists from across the province. Each of the 10 finalists had entered the Keno Viper contest by purchasing a $10 Keno ticket between June 22 July 27, 2003. Fisher entered the contest after playing Keno at the Wheelhouse Neighbourhood Pub on 96th Ave. in Surrey.Last Friday 10 names were drawn from ove ...
Aug 20, 2003, 3:32 am - - Lottery News forum
Pensioner woozy after near-win lottery saga
An Italian pensioner felt faint and had to be taken to hospital when he realised he had forgotten to hand in a lottery ticket that could have won him 66-million (US$73.4 million).He was so busy organising his daughter's wedding that he forgot to take his slip to the lottery office when Europe's biggest-ever jackpot was up for grabs last week.When he realised he had guessed the correct six-figure number, he felt faint and had to be admitted to a hospital near Rome, Italian news agencies said on ...
Aug 20, 2003, 3:21 am - - Lottery News forum
Lotto: the business of making dreams come true
Georges Gharib likes his job. I contribute to bringing joy, he says. And he likes to talk about it. Gesticulating while talking on the phone, signing papers during interviews, Gharib seems at home in his office overlooking Charles Malek Avenue.Gharib is the manager of La Libanaise des Jeux the company that manages Lebanons National Lotto.The joy his company has brought to some people is great indeed: in the past 11 months six jackpot winners have won between $1 and $3 million each.There are lo ...
Aug 18, 2003, 3:30 am - - Lottery News forum
