Police file charges in illegal lottery

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RJOh — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:38:55 GMT

Police think that more than 450 people are involved in running, and Orlando and Wallace Hightower are only the middle tier of an operation that could yield much more money than police have already confiscated.

Is this about the people or the money available for confiscation

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time*treat — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:21:08 GMT

Gotta make up for those small soc. sec. checks, somehow. Perhaps they'll find Bin Laden in one of those envelopes. I feel safer already.

Police file charges in illegal lottery

Lottery Post — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:31:00 GMT

After a four-year investigation, Burlington, North Carolina, Police charged two men and have warrants drawn on a third in connection to a butter and egg lottery operation.

Police seized more than $6,000 Friday evening as well as a shotgun, illegal lottery tickets and several grams of cocaine and marijuana, according to a Burlington Police Department news release.

Police say they have charged mid-level participants in the illegal gambling operation that used to be considered a poor man... [ More ]