Singapore man wrongfully jailed while claiming lottery jackpot
A Singaporean man who was wrongly detained while collecting a US$1.2 million lottery prize has finally received his winnings after a woman who claimed to be the rightful winner was jailed.A spokesman for the state-linked betting firm Singapore Pools told AFP Tuesday that the 48-year-old winner collected his cheque last week.The Straits Times newspaper reported Tuesday that the man, identified only as Mr. Ho, had been arrested in December while collecting his prize because a woman had informed po ...
Mar 1, 2005, 1:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
World Games officials face probe
Officials of global pyramid lottery scheme face tax evasion chargesA lawyer representing disgruntled investors in the controversial World Games Inc. (WGI) has reported WGI's Norwegian officials to the country's white collar crime unit kokrim.An kokrim official confirmed the federal agency that investigates and persecutes economic crimes in Norway had received the filing from lawyer Olav Sylte.He represents 8 people who are demanding the return of around NOK 1.2 million from WGI officials in No ...
Mar 1, 2005, 10:43 am - - Lottery News forum
Long-awaited lottery number comes up
A long-awaited lottery number, whose failure to be drawn in nearly two years was blamed for suicides and other family tragedies, finally made its appearance in Venice in Italy's highly popular lotto game.Frenzy over the number, 53, which was drawn in Venice's lottery Wednesday evening, had driven countless Italians to spend large sums on the biweekly lotteries, convinced, every time, the number would be picked out of the basket.Venice is one of several cities which participate in the lotto, and ...
Feb 10, 2005, 2:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Bangladeshi housemaid wins record Jordan lottery jackpot
A Bangladeshi housemaid was reportedly the sole winner of Jordan's New Year lottery, netting record pre-tax prize money of 350,000 dollars.It was the largest payout in the history of the lottery, which is run by the general union of charitable organisations, the official Petra news agency said.Mohammad Abdel Malek, 57, had been working in Jordan for 23 years, one of tens of thousands of Asians employed in the kingdom on wages of as little as 100 dollars a month.But the lucky winner will have to ...
Jan 6, 2005, 2:09 pm - - Lottery News forum
Thailand gambling tycoon gets 6 years in jail for rigging the lottery
Five men including Klom Bang Kruai, a gambling tycoon from Nonthaburi, have been sentenced to six years in jail for rigging the lottery in Thailand.The Criminal Court found Somtrakul Jomkrathok, Kittichart Kulpradit, Narong Unpaet alias Klom Bang Kruai, a lottery bookmaker in Nonthaburi, Suriyan Duangkaew, and Pichai Thep-arak, a tycoon from Lop Buri, together with other suspects still at large rigged lottery results of the Government Lottery Office and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural ...
Dec 30, 2004, 9:01 am - - Lottery News forum
GTECH lands 5-year deal with Finland lottery
Lottery systems operator Gtech Holdings Corp. reported Monday that it signed a five year deal with the Finnish national lottery.Veikkaus Oy, the operator of the Finnish national lottery, awarded the contract to Gtech to replace the country's existing lottery system with new software and terminals as well as provide ongoing services for the systems. The contract has automatic provisions for two, two-year extensions which would extend the contract until 2013.The company expects to generate $38 mil ...
Dec 21, 2004, 9:59 am - - Lottery News forum
Two win biggest lottery jackpot ever in Germany
Two people from the western German state of North Rhine-Westfalia got the winning numbers to share the biggest lottery jackpot ever in Germany - 26.7 million (US$35.5 million), lottery officials announced.The drawing on Wednesday finally broke the jackpot which had been accumulating in the twice-a-week lotto ever since the last big win on November 20, the Brandenburg state lottery company said in Potsdam.With the jackpot growing steadily over the past few weeks and publicity about it mounting, ...
Dec 17, 2004, 3:17 pm - - Lottery News forum
South Africa has become hotbed of lottery fraud
South Africa has become a criminal base for 419 international lottery fraudsters attempting to defraud people from around the world by sending unsolicited emails of false winning notices.This was revealed by Uthingo Management Corporate Services Director Dawid Muller at the World Lottery Association Convention and Trade Show, which is taking place at the International Convention Centre in Durban this week.Muller also released a list of lottery scam organisations that have been attempting to defr ...
Nov 16, 2004, 8:43 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery gift wins mechanic thousands
A Portuguese car mechanic who was given a lottery ticket as a tip after earlier refusing to buy it, has scooped a 50,000 (US$63,045) jackpot, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.Lottery salesman Jose Macedo tried to sell the 5 (US$6.30) winning ticket to Artur Luis but ended up giving it to the mechanic to show his appreciation for the small amount charged to fix his car.When the numbers on the national lottery ticket were drawn Monday, the mechanic won the 50,000 first prize. It was an e ...
Oct 21, 2004, 9:34 am - - Lottery News forum
First Nigeria On-Line Lottery Makes Debut
The first national on-line lottery game, Lotto Nigeria, has been launched.Established on April 30, 2004, with a 30 year national lottery license granted by the Federal government, NSL Lotteries Management Company Limited (NSL LMC) a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Sports Lotteries Limited will operate the lottery.While unveiling the game recently at Oceanview Restaurant, Ikoyi Lagos State, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Rick Wagner, said with the technical support of Tat ...
Oct 1, 2004, 8:39 am - - Lottery News forum
