Verifying California Lottery Winners
When there is a big jackpot winner in the California Lottery officials won't say exactly how much the winnings must be security officers ask a series of questions to make sure the person holding the ticket is the actual purchaser of the ticket.
Lottery officials won't tell me the exact questions, but they are along the lines of: When did you buy the ticket? Where did you buy the ticket? If the answers seem odd or out of place the security officer can decline to pay at that time and launc ...
Nov 3, 2006, 7:06 am - - Lottery News forum
$45 million Calif. SuperLotto winner claims jackpot
The holder of a $45 million California SuperLotto Plus ticket, which was purchased at a Calabasas Shell station, came forward Monday, lottery officials said.
Lee Jarrett claimed the jackpot, saying he just realized that he was holding the winning ticket from last Wednesday's drawing.
I checked the Lottery's Web site around 3 a.m. and then I just stared at the ticket for 20 to 30 minutes, making sure I had the right draw date and that all the numbers really matched and that I wasn't imagin ...
Oct 24, 2006, 10:27 am - - Lottery News forum
Elderly S.F. man loses $10,000 in lottery scam
Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a lottery scam after a 75-year-old San Francisco man was swindled out of $10,000.
According to San Francisco police, the victim received a letter in the mail last week from Global Investment Securities World Trust Services telling him he had won $82,459.61 in the Canadian lottery. The letter included a false notarized letter listing the man's name, address and the amount he had supposedly won and a bogus receipt purporting t ...
Sep 18, 2006, 11:18 pm - - Lottery News forum
Six indicted in alleged $48 million lottery operation
Suspected ring leaders of an underground lottery operation were indicted Thursday on charges of illegal gambling and money laundering in a scheme police say may have netted $48 million over five years.
According to a statement issued by U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott, Prasert Somsinsawasdi, 59, and his wife, Noy Somsinsawasdi, 46, ran the Sacramento-area lottery operation out of residences, Asian markets and small video stores, none of which were licensed lottery retailers.
Karen Ernst, an F ...
Aug 25, 2006, 8:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Reporter honored for lottery coverage
Steve Geissinger, the Sacramento bureau chief for ANG Newspapers, received a national award Friday night from the Association of Capital Reporters and Editors for coverage of California's controversial entrance into the multi-state Mega Millions lottery.
Geissinger won third place. The association is composed of journalists from the capitals of all 50 states.
Early last year Geissinger began writing more than two dozen lottery stories, which also appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News and ...
Aug 7, 2006, 11:39 am - - Lottery News forum
Calif. lotto winner remains hidden
New millionaire avoiding the spotlight
Somewhere in California, a man named Richard Furness Roberts is quietly sitting on $110 million.
The SuperLotto winner presented the coveted ticket he purchased at a South Pasadena liquor store to lottery officials Friday nine days after his six numbers were called on the evening news.
But, apparently, mum is the word for the bashful millionaire at least for now.
Lotto officials told disappointed members of the media that there would be n ...
Jul 18, 2006, 1:24 pm - - Lottery News forum
One lottery ticket wins $110 million Calif. SuperLotto jackpot
You could be $110 million richer today.
That is, if you are the one lucky lottery player who bought a Super Lotto Plus ticket with the numbers 2, 9, 12, 20, 34 and Mega number 16. The odds are one in 41.4 million, but someone has done it.
Wednesday's jackpot was the best payout in four years and the sixth largest prize in Super Lotto history.
The ticket was sold at the Foremost Liquor Market at 301 Monterey Road, South Pasadena.
The California Lottery is expected to make a formal ann ...
Jul 6, 2006, 7:33 am - - Lottery News forum
$106 Million: Biggest California Lottery jackpot in 4 years
California lottery players woke up Sunday morning to find a SuperLotto Plus jackpot that hasn't been so big since August 24, 2002 the kind of jackpot that will have people standing in long lines at the local convenience store.
The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $106 million Sunday currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world, and the game's largest jackpot in four years.
None of the tickets sold for Saturday night's $98 million drawing matched all ...
Jul 2, 2006, 5:57 pm - - Lottery News forum
$98 Million: Gigantic California lottery jackpot gets even bigger
Largest lottery jackpot in the world; may become the largest Calif. jackpot since 2002
The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $98 million Thursday currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
If the jackpot inches up a few million before the drawing, it will become the largest California lottery jackpot in four years. On Saturday, August 24, 2002, a $120 Million jackpot was awarded.
None of the tickets sold for Wednesday night's $90 million drawing ...
Jun 29, 2006, 2:09 pm - - Lottery News forum
$90 Million: California lottery jackpot raised again
One day after the California SuperLotto Plus jackpot rolled to $89 million, California lottery officials raised it by another $1 million.
California lottery jackpots are guaranteed amounts, so the raised amount can only be due to actual sales exceeding expectations.
The new guaranteed California SuperLotto Plus jackpot for the Wednesday, June 28, 2006 drawing is $90 million.
Lottery players throughout California are buying tickets at a rapid pace for the largest SuperLotto Plus jackpot ...
Jun 27, 2006, 7:17 am - - Lottery News forum
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