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Lottery ticket plucked from trash wins $100,000Reply
>Told the ticket wasn't a winner, the buyers pitched it in a store wastebasket.This is different than looking at the ticket yourself and deciding it's not a winner.> If I drop $100,000 in the street and walk away and the next person picks it up, it's their money, Ellen Corcella, the lottery's security director, said Wednesday.But if I toss that $100,000 because the person working the lottery machine tells me it's not a winner and is worthless, that's not dropping $100,000 in the street. T
Feb 17, 2005, 9:04 am - tg636 - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery game very profitable for those who know how and when to playNews Story
High-rolling gamblers are exploiting a quirk in Cash WinFall, raking in huge profits every 3 months Billy's Beer and Wine sold exactly $47 worth of lottery tickets the day before Marjorie Selbee arrived, just another sleepy day for the liquor store in this tiny Western Massachusetts town. But from the moment the 70-something woman from Michigan entered the store early July 12, Billy's wasn't sleepy anymore. Over the next three days, Selbee bought $307,000 worth of $2 tickets for a relative
Jul 31, 2011, 8:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$20 tip turns into $100,000 lottery prize for Maryland Uber driverNews Story
Happy tears for this winner and his family after winnings provide means for a meaningful trip By Kate Northrop A lucky Uber driver decided to use an unexpected $20 tip to buy a lottery ticket, which in turn earned him a six-figure prize. What others might call a risk turned out to be a rather lucrative decision for an anonymous Maryland man who netted a $100,000 lottery prize using a large tip he received from a customer. At the end of a Friday night filled with jetting Uber cu
Jun 8, 2022, 1:36 pm - Kate - Lottery News

Undercover lottery investigation tests store clerks' honestyReply
These types of investigations should be done more frequently, imo. I work in a convenience store, our lottery machine is situated to face the customers, the screen can be seen by them. Also, when any ticket gets validated as a winner, the machine makes a sound depending on the type of winner, which can be heard clear to the back of the store. As a rule (for myself at least), I always hand back any losing tickets to the customer....specifically because of this type of situation. If the customer t
Sep 9, 2010, 1:22 pm - cats1girl1973 - Lottery News

Powerball lottery states report brisk sales for huge jackpotNews Story
Hopeful lottery players are plunking down their money for Powerball lottery tickets at an astounding pace, in advance of tonight's estimated $300 million jackpot drawing.USA Mega will display the drawing results minutes after the drawing, which occurs at 11:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Pacific Time).Also on www.usamega.com, players will be able to see the Power Play number drawn, and within an hour or two the website will announce whether or not there was a jackpot winner. At that time, the Wedn
Oct 15, 2005, 4:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months agoReply
Congratulations to her, that seems like a stressful process to go through ( BUT! I'm willing to do it!! Lol ). I'm wondering if found tickets are eligible to be claimed? For example I have found multiple tickets in lotto machines when purchasing my own due to the fact that the lotto machines in my state are old and have a glitch that the last ticket you buy doesn't fall down, it stays stuck and you need to reach in there and pull it out manually. When I first moved here I lost ticke
Apr 19, 2024, 2:47 pm - goldfish777 - Lottery News

Quest for lottery jackpot denied againReply
I believe Mr Jackson could have received his money if he had 1. took the ticket back to the store he bought it from and had them try to validate it, the machine would kick it back out telling him he would have to take it to the lottery headquarters to get it validated, he couldn't do that because the office was closed which prevented him from being able to get it validated thru no fault of his own. He may have had time to get to the office if it were open. There may be video and a record in t
Mar 19, 2015, 8:50 pm - Winning K - Lottery News

Store owner guilty of stealing lottery ticket, claiming it as his ownReply
Sometimes ppl are first time lottery players or unexperienced players, and some arent sure how to check if they won so they go to the lottery store and ask the store clerk. This isnt the first time a story like this has come up in LP or any other news I have read.It's a common scam. The victim ask the clerk if they have won anything, the clerk will say no the tickets no good pretend to throw it out and pick it up and cash it themselves once the victim has left the store.It's easy for me to find
Dec 7, 2009, 11:21 am - NYSlugger 777 - Lottery News

Texas Lottery audit finds security flawsReply
Disaster recovery is a pretty common term in the IT field, and based on the article's emphasis on computer security issues I'm guessing the possible disasters they're thinking about are more along the lines of massive computer problems.A major failure halfway through the sales for an enormous jackpot could cost them millions of dollars and be far more significant than paying out on a bunch of stolen scratchers. Your comments asking what the fuss is about is an excellent example of why
May 7, 2006, 12:31 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Store owner accused of stealing lottery ticketNews Story
On Monday morning last week, Elizabeth Gelarderes did exactly what she always does, stop in at Richdale Food Store on her way to work for a regular coffee and a lottery ticket. The self-described ''lottery addict scrawled onto a ''Cash Winfall ticket the birth dates of her two children, something she's been doing for at least 10 years.The next day, she brought the ticket in to see if she'd won. The store's owner, Patrick Simboli, 45, allegedly took the ticket, checked it, and told her that she
May 20, 2005, 8:42 am - Todd - Lottery News