Lottery Post member asks "Mr. Lotto"
Hat-tip to Mr. Lotto , Steve Allensworth
Mr. Lotto answers your questions
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
What is the mysterious 21st ball in the Quick Draw game, asks BTW. I am a member of Lottery Post, the lottery Web site. We are having a discussion regarding what the 21st ball in the Quick Draw game is all about.
I have gone to the official New York Lottery Web site but I can't find any explanation for the 21st ball other than it is shown in the results as a green ball.
Do you ...
Apr 26, 2008, 3:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Unemployed N.Y. Man Wins $14 Million Lottery
Incognito winner sports black marker mustache and shades
What do you do when you've been unemployed for months and your tax refund comes through on April Fools' Day? Michael Perez, 51, of St. Albans decided to take a chance and put $5 on the New York Lottery.
I felt guilty spending the money, I needed it for other things, he said. He no longer feels guilty; the ticket netted him $14 million.
Perez was joined at the Queens Botanical Garden on Tuesday by representatives of the New Yor ...
Apr 22, 2008, 11:04 am - - Lottery News forum
Man dons disguise to claim lottery jackpot
A New York lottery winner said he disguised himself with a marker-drawn beard when he accepted his prize to protect his new fortune from thieves.
Michael Perez, 51, said he used a marker to draw a goatee on his face and further disguised himself with a hat and sunglasses so thieves would not recognize him while he accepted the $14 million ceremonial check from the New York Lottery, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
I've got to look out for my family, Perez said of his disguise.
Pere ...
Apr 17, 2008, 10:44 am - - Lottery News forum
N.Y. Lottery searching for new draw talent
Updated: 1:38 PM
Maybe you could be the next lottery queen.
The New York Lottery is looking for some new faces to join Yolanda Vega, Marissa Rodriguez and Sarah Pingel as a highly visible member of the Lottery's draw team.
Those chosen for the jobs, which are civil service positions, will complement the existing team, not replace it.
In addition to handling the drawings, which take place several times each day and 364 days per year, the Lottery talent travels the state to take part i ...
Mar 5, 2008, 9:29 am - - Lottery News forum
Small N.Y. store sells lots of winning lottery tickets
It's called Broadway News, but the Money Store might be a better name. New York State Lottery money falls like thousand-dollar bills from heaven at the newsstand at 352 Broadway in Newburgh.
Since 2002, 154 people have won $1,000 or more at the store. That's nearly twice as many as the next store with the most winners in Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties, a Sunday Record analysis found.
The Quick Mart at 515 Broadway sells nearly as many tickets but had just 81 winners in the same time. ...
Mar 3, 2008, 9:32 am - - Lottery News forum
N.Y. Lottery apologizes for mob ad
The New York state lottery has apologized to Italian-Americans after it aired a series of TV ads that featured Sopranos-esque mob characters.
The ads, for a $3 million scratch off game called Ba Da Bling, featured the characters singing about the game in Brooklyn accents to the tune of Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), the New York Post reported Monday.
Italian-American groups expressed distaste toward the ad, and one group, the Sons of Italy in Ameri ...
Feb 4, 2008, 10:51 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.Y. takes first step toward lottery privatization
New York has taken a step toward privatizing the state lottery. The state's Budget Division has started the process of hiring an independent investment adviser to guide Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal.
Spitzer wants to open the lottery to private investors, using money made on a potential lease to start and sustain an endowment funding the State University of New York system. Spitzer has said any offer must include at least $4 billion in upfront payments.
The Budget Division is seeking a f ...
Feb 4, 2008, 10:14 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery scammer who later won shot, killed
A Fort Lauderdale man who once went to jail for making fake lottery tickets and then won a million-dollar prize for real died from a gunshot wound.
Anthony Soltys, convicted felon and instant millionaire, died as mysteriously as he lived.
Soltys died Friday afternoon from a gunshot wound he received the night before in Fort Lauderdale.
Police are searching for the person or persons that left him to die in the middle of Northeast Fourth Avenue, in the 1700 block.
Soltys was taken ...
Jan 20, 2008, 12:22 am - - Lottery News forum
Winner of New York's biggest lottery jackpot sold himself the ticket
A Manhattan deli clerk may have sliced his last salami after selling himself the winning ticket to the biggest scratch-off lottery jackpot in state history.
Waleed Alsaidi, 22, will take home $10,000 per week for the rest of his life about $6,450 after taxes are withheld after getting lucky in the New York Lottery's Win for Life Spectacular game.
The Yemen native said that he bought the ticket as a present to himself while working the lonely late shift on New Year's Eve at his fa ...
Jan 18, 2008, 7:54 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery ticket thief sentenced
East Greenbush woman to serve six months of weekends in jail despite pleas for leniency
An East Greenbush woman who admitted stealing a $25,000 winning lottery ticket was sentenced Thursday to six months of weekends in jail, despite pleas from her attorney that the court show some mercy and drop the jail time.
Kelly Clifford, 21, appeared before Judge Robert Jacon for sentencing last week, when her lawyer, John Kelleher, asked for compassion for his client.
During that appearance, Kel ...
Jan 11, 2008, 8:38 am - - Lottery News forum
