Missouri shuts down illegal lottery Web site

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CASH Only — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:37:16 GMT

The actual payback on scratch tickets is 65%, if not higher.

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songagram — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 00:55:48 GMT

Isn't that the truth. They like to make you think you're going to win with ease when they advertise too. You know 1 ticket in 5 is a winner but they don't tell you the winning ticket is worth 1 DOLLAR. So they take home 4 you get 1.

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qutgnt — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:43:05 GMT

Yah the only ones allowed to rip us off are the states. Poor kid was just trying to make a buck. What a damn shame.

Missouri shuts down illegal lottery Web site

Lottery Post — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:30:23 GMT

A young man from Festus, Missouri set up his own online lottery and named it after a TV show. He called his Web site pimpmyride.com. Pimp My Ride is a show on MTV. There's no connection between the show and the lottery.The lottery Web site invited people to enter the contest for a $2 fee. The winner of a random drawing was to get $20,000 to customize, or pimp out, their vehicle.The site drew entries from across the country. Some people entered as many as 100 times.According to court record... [ More ]