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Austrailian lottery pool members believe co-worker kept $16.6m jackpot to himselfNews Story
Members of a Victoria, Australia, lottery pool are taking Tattersalls Sweeps to court, alleging a former colleague kept a $16.6 million lottery win to himself. The members want the Victorian Supreme Court to order Tatts to provide the name of the winner of Austrailian Powerball jackpot draw 961 in October last year, who they believe to be their colleague, and how the ticket was bought. The syndicate, a group of 14 Geelong workers, believe the man was one of three winners of a $50 million d
May 26, 2015, 7:12 am - Lottery News

Australian woman accidentally buys duplicate lottery ticket and wins twiceNews Story
A Melbourne, Australia, woman's forgetfulness has paid off to the tune of $835,149.68 (US$776,334) after she accidentally bought two entries in Saturday night's TattsLotto draw and won two division-one prizes. Each entry netted the woman in her 30s a division-one prize worth $413,810.74, and her cumulative winnings including cash from several other divisional prizes came to $835,149.68. The woman was told of her win on Monday, and initially believed the phone call from Tatts was a practica
Jul 23, 2013, 6:06 pm - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery director offers reassurances on outsourcingNews Story
Indiana won't turn its lottery over to a private company if bidders don't meet the state's high standards, the executive director of the Hoosier Lottery said Friday. The state has been seeking bids on a 10-year contract to run the Hoosier Lottery. Executive Director Karl Browning released a statement Friday, a day after a spokeswoman for Camelot Global Services, which runs the national lottery in Great Britain, told The Indianapolis Star it dropped out because the state's process encourages b
Sep 8, 2012, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Man dropped from lottery syndicate wins share in courtNews Story
A Melbourne, Austrailia, accountant has won his share of an $867,000 Tattslotto first division prize, three years after he was dropped from a 10-member Big Kahuna house syndicate. A thrilled Danny Watson and his legal team beamed outside court after a magistrate found a newsagent and his company guilty of false and misleading conduct over the handling of the syndicate. The magistrate said Mr Watson, a regular participant in the Fitzroy agency's system 17 entry, was entitled to damages of $
Nov 13, 2011, 11:47 am - Lottery News

Struggling couple wins $10M lottery jackpotNews Story
Australian couple played the same numbers for 36 years The overjoyed $10 million (US$10.5 million) winners of Thursday night's Australian Powerball game don't want to be named, but said they had been struggling to make ends meet on one income for years. It will be life-changing, they said. They plan to use some of the money to secure their financial future and some to help out their family and friends. The couple played the same numbers for 36 years across a variety of lotto games.
Aug 26, 2011, 7:13 am - Lottery News

Tatts Group buys New South Wales lottery for A$850mNews Story
The state government of New South Wales has sold its lotteries business to Tatts Group for A$850m (US$764m) after an auction process that attracted both Australian and international bidders. The total proceeds of the sale will exceed A$1bn after A$160m of cash and other assets from NSW Lotteries are transferred to the government. Melbourne-based Tatts, which operates lottery businesses in three Australian states and two territories, faced competition from a consortium led by Ontario Teachers'
Mar 3, 2010, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Tattersall's loses lottery monopolyNews Story
In Australia, Tattersall's 54-year monopoly on Victoria's lotteries has been broken as the State Government seeks to make more money from the lucrative market. Under the new arrangement, Tattersall's will keep such lottery products as Oz Lotto, Powerball and the Saturday Lotto but lose the instant lotteries or scratchies part of the market to Greek company Intralot. The lottery license process has been plagued by controversy with accusations of improper action by lobbyists, including for
Oct 12, 2007, 5:06 pm - Lottery News