Florida Lottery terminates contracts of three retailers

Comment #29

BuyLow — Fri, 16 May 2014 10:02:59 GMT

Yesterday.........

FLORIDA LOTTERY ANNOUNCES THE SUSPENSION OF 11 RETAILERS

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery today announced it has suspended the sale of its products at 11 retailers

Too many winners

Comment #28

Marilyn222 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:40:10 GMT

Thanks...

Comment #27

THRIFTY — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:38:48 GMT

Two is better than one. You doubled your chances of winning. Great return on a $6 ticket.

Comment #26

Marilyn222 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:35:28 GMT

I hope so...not bad though for 2 tickets which is $6.00

Comment #25

THRIFTY — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:16:37 GMT

You are a very lucky powerball lottery player. You are in the money.LOL

Comment #24

Marilyn222 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:27:18 GMT

Thank you. I went to the results and payout it seems I won $400 $3 wager. I guess hehehe...

Comment #23

LottoBux — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:42:53 GMT

Match Prize Amount

5 numbers + Powerball $150 MillionRolling Jackpot$2 wager

5 numbers $1 Million$2 wager

4 numbers + Powerball $10,000$2 wager

4 numbers $100 $2 wager

Comment #22

Marilyn222 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:32:43 GMT

Awesome! I won

Comment #21

Marilyn222 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:29:09 GMT

Thank you...I'll navigate the system.

Comment #20

RJOh — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:24:08 GMT

As a premium member you have all kinds of places at LP to get the answer to your question. Check the payout amounts posted at USAMega.

Comment #19

Jon D — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:10:02 GMT

Yeah, I'm aware of the standard deduction, I've paid taxes and had a W-2G before.

So the amount of the discount would of course depend on each person's individual situation and location. Maybe in CA $800/$1000 is the price, but in FL it is only $600/$1000 discount.(no state income tax) Then maybe it's only done at high traffic stores where they also have many $2000, $5000 and higher winners. And maybe it's mostly by a clerk/owner who has more existing deductions. You can adjust your assessmen... [ More ]

Comment #18

Marilyn222 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:29:40 GMT

I got 4 numbers but did not get the powerball with power play, how much did I win or did I win

Comment #17

RJOh — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:35:15 GMT

If a clerk offers to buy your $1000 ticket for $800, there's a good chance he might still have to pay more in taxes on the $1000 win when his total income is summed at the end of the year. So why the discount? Won't he lose money? Well, that's the trick. All he has to do is stick his grubby hand into the trash can at the store, and dig out a handful of losing tickets that customers throw away, and Bing! He's got enough losers to completely offset that $1000 win so no taxes are paid. So he keeps... [ More ]

Comment #16

Jon D — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:55:10 GMT

aren't the owners/signers of assumed winning tickets liable for the taxes paid on the winnings anyhow?

Yep, that's the key right there.

It's not illegal to sell your ticket to someone. It's not illegal to buy a ticket from someone, or pay less than the value of the ticket. But doing this transaction probably does involve tax evasion is some form by both parties, otherwise, why do it?

If a clerk offers to buy your $1000 ticket for $800, there's a good chance he might still have to pay mo... [ More ]

Comment #15

JonnyBgood07 — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:25:23 GMT

the funniest part and the biggest lie.. The integrity of the Florida Lottery is essential. The taxpayers of this state demand it, and so do I,

..apparently this is going on all over the country in some form.My question is irregardless if the owners are cashing the tickets

and are knowingly offering lesser amounts in cash to the winners,aren't the owners/signers of assumed winning tickets liable for the taxes paid on the winnings anyhow

Comment #14

RJOh — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:06:20 GMT

Bet they didn't ask if you bought the ticket when you cashed your $1500 OCL winner because I was never asked in Ohio or in another state.

They didn't have to ask because a local retailer(where I brought it) had to verify my winning ticket and help me fill out paper work which included that information along the information necessary to receive a W-2G at the end of the year before I could collect my winnings from a local authorized bank.

My $1500 ticket was worth about $1200 after I payed... [ More ]

Comment #13

Stack47 — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:29:20 GMT

Louis Tillman Johnson, of Pompano Beach, cashed in 252 lottery tickets worth $600 or more between October 2007 and August 2013. He collected more than $719,000 in winnings. Fifty-three of his tickets were sold at Akel Market.

That's an average of 42 tickets a year and The Florida Lottery should have investigated after one person cashed 42 tickets in 2007.

If they release the full report, everyone will see The Lottery was at fault as well.

If one person cashing multiple tickets is aga... [ More ]

Comment #12

Stack47 — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:36:49 GMT

Bet they didn't ask if you bought the ticket when you cashed your $1500 OCL winner because I was never asked in Ohio or in another state. And based on the lottery ads to buy tickets as stocking stuffers at Christmas, it has to be legal to cash a ticket we didn't buy. The reason a player would sell a lottery ticket at less than face value might make them a crook, but if buying and/or selling anything at more or less than face value is illegal, we're all guilty.

We might be very skeptical if a... [ More ]

Comment #11

Jon D — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:00:51 GMT

Yep, they don't want to lose that extra revenue from clerks and owners playing.

Just like a business with unsafe operations, if the fine is small, they will continue to operate unsafe conditions and just pay the fine as a cost of doing business.

DRAMATIZATION: (fictional, for entertainment only)

Lottery Asst- Chief, this clerk scandal is growing and doesn't seem to be going away.

Lottery Chief- Yeah, the dang media and nosey newspapers got everyone all worked up.

Lottery Asst- Wha... [ More ]

Comment #10

Nikkicute — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:35:00 GMT

The investigation found that the lottery wasn't following some of the industry's best practices, including asking winners whether they own or work for stores that sell lottery tickets.

If they release the full report, everyone will see The Lottery was at fault as well.

Comment #9

Stack47 — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:26:11 GMT

The integrity of the Florida Lottery is essential. The taxpayers of this state demand it, and so do I, Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell said in a statement. We expect that each of our retailers abide by the code of integrity outlined in their contract with the lottery. When they don't, our responsibility to our players and this organization is to end our relationship with that retailer.

Apparently the State of Florida didn't charge any of these retailers with a crime, but the Lott... [ More ]

Comment #8

Cieli Diverde — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:12:57 GMT

NO news here.. This goes on all over the Country...

Comment #7

RJOh — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:42:43 GMT

Most states know crooks are cashing lottery tickets to laundry drug money or help some players avoid taxes and child support but unless they can save more money than it cost to correct the problem it doesn't make economic sense to do anything about it.

Comment #6

Mattapan — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:38:57 GMT

I agree. It looks very bad for them to come out and say, we caught these guys breaking the law but we won't tell you what law. It definately looks like they have something to hide and just causes more distrust.

Comment #5

savagegoose — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 07:54:08 GMT

wow its not like florida is a poor state. to run such a shoddy operation,.

Louis Tillman Johnson, of Pompano Beach, cashed in 252 lottery tickets worth $600 or more between October 2007 and August 2013. He collected more than $719,000 in winnings. Fifty-three of his tickets were sold at Akel Market.

and

The investigation found that the lottery wasn't following some of the industry's best practices, including asking winners whether they own or work for stores that sell lottery tic... [ More ]

Comment #4

rdgrnr — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 03:31:50 GMT

Florida should go public with everything they have.

They look just as shady as the crooks by keeping everything secret.

Makes it look like they don't want anybody knowing how lax they've been on enforcement for so long.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:48:36 GMT

California tells vendor's why they being shut down. They send a shot across the vendor's bow.

Amongst their violations: lying about the true worth of the ticket- in this case,scratchers.

Charging a percentage to cash your scratcher tickets for less to avoid child support payments.

Florida should be up front and spill the beans, after all- its pointless closing the barn door once the animal has taken off.

Comment #2

Jon D — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:32:19 GMT

The news release did not specify which laws were broken or whether any legal action would be taken against the owners. Lottery Assistant Secretary David Bishop said the lottery would not provide any more details.

Interesting...no more details?

Is this being tough on crime, or just the appearance of being tough on crime

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:53:11 GMT

Good job. Start weeding them out, and letting others know that somebody might be watching them.

I said it before and I will say it again, those 4king dishonest clerks, are gonna end up making everybody else in that line of work look like crap.

Florida Lottery terminates contracts of three retailers

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:43:30 GMT

Each retailer violated Florida law, banned from ever selling lottery again

Three Pompano Beach, Florida, stores that sold lottery tickets violated state law and won't ever be allowed to sell tickets again, Florida Lottery officials announced Monday.

Officials said in a news release that the three stores, which were raided this month, also broke lottery rules and the terms of their contract.

The news release did not specify which laws were broken or whether any legal action would be take... [ More ]