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Texas Woman Scammed by 'Friend' in 'Facebook Lottery'News Story
Includes video report A woman in Texas says she was the victim of a well-worn scam, but what was unique in her case was that the fraudulent pitch came to her through a Facebook friend and was allegedly endorsed by President Obama. Kris White admits that she shouldn't have been fooled last week by the Facebook message saying she had won $250,000 in a Facebook Powerball lottery, ABC News affiliate KTRK reported. She said she was shown documents that wrote United States with lowercase letters
May 23, 2014, 2:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

First Kentucky Lottery drawing machine donated to historical societyNews Story
The Kentucky Historical Society has taken posession from the Kentucky Lottery Corporation of a unique piece of state history the machine used to conduct the first legal lottery drawing of the 20th century in the Commonwealth. The Beitel Criterion machine, widely seen on televised drawings, was used for Lotto Kentucky (the first numbers game offered in the state) and Cash 5 drawings from 1989 through 1993. During that time more than $350 million in prizes were awarded through drawings using th
Nov 24, 2009, 12:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Quebec man wins $30 million in lottery, says he doesn't want to changeNews Story
A 48-year-old accountant who has just pocketed more than $30 million after winning a lottery says he's not sure he's going to give any money to his siblings. Yves Dubeau, an amateur painter for more than 20 years, quit his job Monday and said he wants to open an art gallery where his own paintings and those of his friends can be viewed. Dubeau won $30,011,440, which one Loto-Quebec spokesman called the biggest-ever payout for one person in a Canadian lottery. Of the amount, Dubeau has deci
May 3, 2006, 12:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Police offer tips to avoid lottery scamsNews Story
Calumet City, Indiana, police are investigating several reported scams that have misled people into thinking they have won a substantial amount of money from the lottery. According to police, the scam begins when the victim receives a letter in the mail, along with a check for several thousand dollars. The letter then instructs its recipient to call a telephone number in Canada. When the victim calls the Canada number, he or she is told the check is part of the lottery winnings and are ins
Apr 9, 2006, 12:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Long Island friends win $8.3M lottery jackpotNews Story
Two friends from Lido Beach, New York, won $8.3 million in the Lotto drawing on March 18, the New York State Gaming Commission announced Wednesday. Longtime friends Randi Bernstein, 63, and Elizabeth Kelly, 56, both of Lido Beach in Nassau County, New York, collected $8.3 million in winnings. The friends who plan to share the profits matched all six numbers of the Lotto drawing on March 18. Bernstein, an Avon rep and mother of two, said she's going to use the money to pay for some of the p
Apr 27, 2017, 9:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionReply
Hillary lost Secret Service because she's a rotten witch with a behind the camera persona which includes a filthy mouth, no class, no respect and no dignity. She's a witch by all definition, look at her face, she doesn't even have to open her big mouth. She's about as arrogant as you can get. When Bill told the Marine who served 8 years for his country and did 2 tours in Iraq to sit down because he wanted the truth about Benghazi, it shows you what type of couple they are..they w
Oct 19, 2016, 12:14 pm - dr65 - Lottery News

Baltimore man, 81, loses his home after falling for lottery scamNews Story
The first caller told Norman Breidenbaugh he had won $2.5 million in a foreign sweepstakes, but there was a catch: Breidenbaugh needed to send $2,000 in fees before collecting his earnings. Other calls followed, promising Breidenbaugh millions more even a Mercedes Benz as long as he would wire some money to pay taxes on the prizes. He obliged, sending more than $400,000 over about six years, hoping the promised winnings would cover his wife's medical expenses. The prizes never came. The pe
Mar 7, 2013, 9:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Britain's record lottery winners go publicReply
Economics is always an underlying theme. Some people in the far mid-western frontier did not want slaves and by golly, some economists just would not take NO for an answer. Mob rule used succession for an excuse to do business on the backs of humans like they were mules. The same kind of mob ruined our economy of late and they don t want to run this country in the black so a new succession called bankruptcy can usher in new order out of the chaos. The greedy will always be w
Jul 22, 2011, 4:51 pm - Delta Draw - Lottery News

Lotto machine rejects winning ticketNews Story
In South Africa, a Durban woman has asked Lotto operator Gidani to investigate its scanning machines after her winning ticket was declared invalid. Wanda Bromehead, said she had checked the newspaper and knew she had won R88 in the May 16 draw. But she was surprised when the teller behind the counter ran her ticket through the scanner and the screen displayed the words No Winner . The teller was asked to scan the ticket three more times, and the message was the same. Doubting herself
Jul 20, 2009, 1:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Sharon Sharp, 1939-2009: Former lottery director of Illinois, CaliforniaNews Story
She was the GOP candidate for Illinois secretary of state in 1978 Sharon Sharp, whose accidental entry into politics started with a $10 loan from Donald Rumsfeld, ran for Illinois secretary of state in the late 1970s and was the state's lottery director under Gov. Jim Thompson. Mrs. Sharp, 69, died of lung cancer Sunday, July 5, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said her son, Christopher Kip Sharp. She lived on the city's Gold Coast. Mrs. Sharp had held posts in the Elk Grove Township
Jul 7, 2009, 1:44 am - Todd - Lottery News