More Calif. stores accused of stealing customers' lottery prizes
Perhaps you're not quite as unlucky in the lottery as you thought.
That scratcher ticket you tossed? Well, it just might have been a winner with the cash prize going to none other than the store owner or clerk you passed it off to as garbage.
Ten retailers and clerks are accused of trying to cash in customers' winning lottery tickets at three locations in San Jose, two in Milpitas and one in Santa Clara. Nine people were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of felony grand theft of lottery ticket ...
Mar 6, 2009, 7:59 am - - Lottery News forum
Woman claims Publix cashier threw away winning lotto ticket
Annie Collier loves to play the lottery. She has a ritual of buying tickets each week and playing certain numbers.
Occasionally, she'll hit.
Last Thursday, Annie's lotto tickets were piled in her purse. She bought them earlier in the week and didn't even pay attention to what the numbers were.
Talk about lucky!
On Valentine's Day, Annie love for lotto paid off big. She won $800.
Annie's son called to share the good news. My son had called me and told me, 'Mom, you know that 3131 c ...
Feb 19, 2009, 12:35 pm - - Lottery News forum
Single ticket wins $76M Calif. lottery jackpot
A single California Lottery ticket purchased in Shasta Lake hit all six winning numbers in Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus game.
At the time of the draw, the jackpot was the largest in the nation at $76 million.
The winning ticket was purchased from the Circle K at 4833 Shasta Dam Boulevard.
The winning numbers are 14, 23, 24, 25, 44, and the Mega number is 18.
Also, four other tickets matched five of the six winning numbers and are each worth $29,473. Those tickets were purchased i ...
Feb 10, 2009, 7:55 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery win bad news for gas station employees
Store owner allegedly sold winning lottery ticket, fired staff to avoid sharing commission
Selling the winning lottery ticket turned out to be unlucky for four employees at the gas station that sold the $25.5 million ticket Jan. 3.
The employees, a former manager and three cashiers, allege that they were fired because the Wadsworth Mobil owner did not want to share the one percent commission he received for the winning ticket.
I'm kind of sorry we sold the winning ticket only because i ...
Jan 29, 2009, 11:00 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery retailers busted in raid
Store owners, clerks accused of stealing winning tickets
Lottery officials raided several mini marts Tuesday in Fresno, California.
Owners and clerks were taken away in handcuffs after undercover investigators say the suspects cheated would-be customers by lying about winning tickets.
Late last year officers posing as consumers showed up at many local mini marts to test their honesty. More than a dozen store owners and employees failed. Today, authorities caught up with them at the busi ...
Jan 22, 2009, 11:45 am - - Lottery News forum
Custer rich with Powerball winners
They're starting to feel lucky in Custer, South Dakota.
With the second $200,000 Powerball winning ticket having been sold in the Southern Hills community in less than six months, Powerball business was brisk Monday at Lynn's Dakotamart.
We're selling a lot of tickets today, because I think they're all feeling hopeful, store bookkeeper Kathy Cundy said.
Cundy said she was feeling a bit hopeful herself, since she had in her purse a Powerball ticket purchased prior to Saturday's drawing, ...
Jan 20, 2009, 8:43 am - - Lottery News forum
New Michigan lottery terminals are giving retailers fits
Numerous glitches have popped up on the touch-screen devices that use satellite technology
The new generation of Michigan Lottery machines is giving some retailers fits as the devices sometimes go on the blink in this winter's harsh weather.
The state began replacing 11,000 older model machines last fall, and the conversion should be completed by month's end.
But unlike the old system, which used phone lines, the new one relies on satellite technology.
In snowy, windy weather, the ne ...
Jan 16, 2009, 7:54 am - - Lottery News forum
N.H. hopes to begin selling lottery tickets at Wal-Mart
New Hampshire is looking to Wal-Mart as a possible way to help boost its lottery revenue.
Lottery Director Rick Wisler said lottery machines in Wal-Mart stores could boost sales.
Wal-Mart has resisted requests around the country to sell lottery products. But next year, Arkansas, where Wal-Mart is based, is starting its own lottery, and that has lottery officials everywhere thinking the development might encourage the retailer to change its mind.
Gov. John Lynch last week called on the l ...
Nov 26, 2008, 8:21 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery ticket has all the numbers, but 7 seconds late
Joel Ifergan came within seven seconds of becoming a multi-millionaire, and he's ready to go to court to claim his windfall.
Mr. Ifergan bought a lottery ticket one night at 8:59 p.m., but Loto-Qu bec's computers processed and printed it only after the draw's deadline at 9 p.m.
It turned out to be a winning ticket but it popped out of the machine too late. Now, Mr. Ifergan is suing Quebec's behemoth lottery corporation for $13.5 million, saying that the machine's time lag cost him his shar ...
Oct 8, 2008, 6:54 pm - - Lottery News forum
Police: Store clerk conned La. lotto winner out of $800,000
A lottery loser may have been a big winner after all.
A joint investigation by Louisiana State Police and the state's Lottery Corporation determined on Wednesday that a clerk at a Belle Chasse convenience store conned a jackpot winner out of his ticket and a payoff of $800,000.
The purchase of the ticket took place in late May, according to local media sources.
When the owner brought the ticket back to the store to claim his prize, the clerk allegedly told him he was mistaken and kept t ...
Sep 26, 2008, 11:29 pm - - Lottery News forum
