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Lottery becoming a central issue in Alabama governor's raceNews Story
Alabama's Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls are banking on a game of chance to reclaim the state's highest office from the GOP. Former state Supreme Court chief justice Sue Bell Cobb and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox have sought to make early splashes with their educational lotteries. Alabama is one of just six states without a lottery. There's also no casino gambling. Only one other state Utah lies contiguous to states with lotteries or casinos, yet excludes casinos itself. It's an eas
Feb 26, 2018, 7:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery denies millions in prizes to winners of scratch-off gamesNews Story
The Georgia Lottery Commission has refused to pay more than $17.1 million in scratch-off game prizes since 2014 the year lottery officials instituted a policy of investigating big-money winners. The lottery has issued 270 denial letters to winners of $1,000 or more in the past four years, citing a variety of suspicions that could be fraud: people who claim multiple winning games in a relatively short period of time; winners who can't identify where or when the game was purchased; or individua
Dec 20, 2017, 7:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery cracks down on retailers who cheat customersNews Story
When a customer brought a Keno ticket to Nick's Party Stop in Clinton Township, retailer Don Kallo ran the ticket through his lottery terminal, declared it a loser and tore it in half. Kallo, the spouse of store operator Linda Kallo, then took the torn ticket a $2,517 winner to the Michigan Lottery Bureau to redeem it. Suspicious lottery officials investigated and learned Kallo hadn't purchased the ticket, as he claimed, records show. It was determined the ticket had been purchased by
Nov 17, 2017, 2:23 pm - Todd - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionReply
Where have you been the last eight years? Nothing but crickets from you. The private sector is doing fine. The notion the White House would purposely leak classified information is offensive. I'm the most fiscally conservative President since Ike. Broke his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term On February 23, 2009, Obama said Today, I m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. Durin
Jan 18, 2017, 2:15 pm - mikeintexas - Lottery News

N.C. legislators look to expand lotteryNews Story
Lawmakers in Raleigh are looking to place bets on the state lottery once again as a source of more money for education programs across North Carolina. House and Senate budget negotiators are working on a plan, already adopted by the state Senate, that would significantly increase advertising of the lottery's scratch-off and other offerings, including the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpot games. Another part of the plan, also backed by the Senate: Making a version of instant tickets availabl
Aug 22, 2015, 10:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Inside the biggest lottery scam everNews Story
Former MUSL employee denies rigging Hot Lotto drawing It was two days before Christmas in 2010 and Eddie Tipton had a $16.5 million lottery winner in his pocket. Sporting a hooded jacket, the stocky 47-year-old approached a silver-haired clerk at the counter of an Iowa-based Quik Trip market at around 3:30 p.m., stacking on the counter $3.17 worth of hot dogs, a fountain soda and two tickets. But Tipton didn't need Lady Luck. The Quik Trip purchase was phase two of a crafty plan to take
Jul 7, 2015, 1:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man overcomes gambling addiction, wins lotteryNews Story
Joseph T. Jones Jr. won $20.8 million in 1992 in a Pennsylvania Wild Card Lotto $993,000 yearly for 21 years. He just deposited the last check months ago. I didn't spend it all. I didn't lose it all, said Joe. His nickname for the last 20 years has been Lotto. If I'm at the urinal at an Eagles game, he explains, and one of my friends sees me, he'll yell, 'Yo, Lotto!' Joe, 61, is still selling office supplies, though work is a relative term. He visited two clients before he hit th
Jul 6, 2013, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho's biggest lottery winner knew he would winReply
haymaker, Good point1 sandia, Who Obama did surround himself with....not cabinet, but his 'czars': Richard Holbrooke - Afghanistan Czar Ultra liberal anti-gun former Governor Of New Mexico . Pro-Abortion and pro-drug legalization. Wants to dissolve the 2nd Amendment. Ed Montgomery - Auto recovery Czar Radical anti-business black activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. University of Maryland Business School Dean ; teaches that U.S. business has cause
Feb 22, 2012, 6:36 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Son of UK lottery winner says his mother kicked him out years agoNews Story
Lottery winner says she wants to rebuild relationship with her son The son of Euro Millions winner Angela Dawes today claimed that his mother kicked him out when he was 12 and has not spoken to him since. Steven Leeman, now 17, said that Ms. Dawes, 43, threw him and his father John, 44, out of her home after she had affairs with other men. The teenager also claimed that she has refused to acknowledge his existence, answer his phone calls and blanks him when they meet on the street. H
Oct 12, 2011, 10:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post member subject of new motion pictureNews Story
'Infringed' opens in theaters early 2009 Known at Lottery Post as Jim695, Jim Grimes lived a story compelling enough for the silver screen As the producer of director Neil LaBute's award-winning In the Company of Men and other features, Fort Wayne filmmaker Mark Archer knows a good story when he sees one. He knows Jim Grimes' story is a good one and will soon be telling it on the big screen. I don't think 'Infringed' will make it into many film festivals. I'm in the super-minority i
Oct 29, 2008, 11:48 am - Todd - Lottery News