Fraudster extradited from Jamaica to South Carolina for prosecution
By Kate Northrop
A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in a years-long lottery telemarketing scam that preyed on at least 115 people.
Investigators cracked down on a wire fraud lottery scam that targeted at least 115 elderly victims.
Alando Gentles, 43, of Jamaica, was sentenced to 36 months behind bars after pleading guilty in federal court to wire fraud conspiracy tied to a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-based lottery scam that ran for nearly seven years.
The Ohio Lottery is due for a major upgrade to its gaming technology and machines this month, which will replace over 90,000 pieces of lottery equipment statewide.
A UK man didn't believe his wife had won £1 million (US$1.3 million) in the lottery considering she had just pranked him with a fake win two weeks earlier.
A Michigan woman had never played the lottery before in her life, but her first ticket, which she received as a gift, was all it took for her to win a $500,000 prize.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is urging a mystery lottery winner to come forward before a $40 million (US$28 million) Lotto Max jackpot slips away at the end of the month.
The Holiday Millionaire Raffle is underway in Kansas, giving players in the state their best odds at winning $1 million before the end of the holiday season.
Lottery players across the state of Maryland have collectively hit it big after one week of wins valued at $10,000 and more resulted in a massive total payout of $29.5 million.
The North Carolina Lottery has paid out exactly $1 million post-tax to a player who won a top prize in a game that factors in taxes to guarantee the million-dollar amount.
