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Congressman leads charge to regulate USA online gamblingNews Story
Support for Congressman Frank's bid to regulate online gambling in the USA grows July has been a good month for Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the influential House Financial Services Committee and author of Bill HR 2046 the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act which proposes the regulation and taxation of Internet gambling in the United States instead of banning the pastime. Five more Congressman have signed on to the Bill as sponsors, including Representatives Anthony
Jul 23, 2007, 8:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$447.8 million Powerball jackpot sets off shock, speculation in MenifeeNews Story
For the owners of a Menifee, California, liquor store, a bad year just got $1 million better. For the rest of Menifee, the town gossip just got $447.8 million more interesting. The store, Marietta Liquor Deli, sold a Powerball ticket that hit a massive jackpot in Saturday night's drawing. The million-dollar retailer bonus it will earn couldn't come at a better time, as the owner was recently diagnosed with a lung disease. Until the winner or winners step forward which could happen as ea
Jun 12, 2017, 9:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 2)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 27, 2018, 6:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NY brothers' $5 million lottery theft trial enters second dayNews Story
The trial of two brothers accused of trying to claim $5 million in winnings off a stolen lottery ticket started Monday at 1:00 pm in Onondaga County Court, in Syracuse, New York. (See Non-jury trial expected next week for lottery-thieving brothers, Lottery Post, Apr. 19, 2013.) Andy Ashkar, 34, is accused of stealing a winning ticket from customer Robert Miles at The Green Ale Market on East Fayette Street in Syracuse on Oct. 27, 2006. Prosecutors say Ashkar told Miles the Extravaganza tic
Apr 23, 2013, 4:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner Jack Whittaker's losing ticketNews Story
Jack Whittaker, a 55-year-old contractor from Scott Depot, W. Va., had worked his way up from backcountry poverty to build a water-and-sewer-pipe business that employed over 100 people. He was a millionaire several times over. But when he awoke at 5:45 a.m. on Christmas morning in 2002, everything he'd built in his life held only passing significance next to a scrap of paper in his worn leather wallet a $1 Powerball lottery ticket bearing the numbers 5, 14, 16, 29, 53, and 7. Whittaker had pu
Dec 19, 2012, 10:03 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

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredReply
There were no weeds in the garden of Eden. Adams blood was genetically pure and there were no diseases of the blood. Who made the weeds? Who is the author of death? Who genetically made giants from what was available to him without having to create because he could not create something from nothing? Who wants the stolen glory? Who wants to be worshiped in the name of God? Who wants to be like the most High God? People are taught much of what God s will is but there is not scriptur
May 31, 2011, 7:36 pm - Delta Draw - Lottery News

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredReply
Fairytales??? I have sat on the floor with Saudi Princes, who in their best whites and headwear served rice on a platter adorned with ground meat turd-like things. We ate with our right hands from the same plate. They asked me if I was a Christian. I said yes . They pointed out that I and they had a father in Abraham. Yes, he is the father of those who believe the promises of God . Their heritage was out of Ishmael, while mine as a former gentile was through Jesus Christ. Wh
May 31, 2011, 7:53 am - Delta Draw - Lottery News

Idaho's biggest lottery winner knew he would winReply
Lesson #1. Why the U.S. was downgraded: U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000 Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget: Annual family income: $21,700 Money the family spent: $38,200 New debt on the credit card: $16,500 Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710 Total budget cuts: $385 Got it?
Feb 22, 2012, 3:01 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Record lottery winner's wealth cost him dearlyNews Story
It was coming up on Christmas, and Brenda-the-biscuit-lady was inexplicably happy as she walked to work in the predawn darkness. Brenda didn't just make biscuits over at the C L Super Serve for $6 an hour. She served up good cheer. How you doin', honey? she'd greet customers, with such enthusiasm that they had no choice but to smile back. Dad-gonnit, you are growing up on me! she'd call to schoolchildren, just to see them grin. What grade you in now? At 39, Brenda Higginbotham didn't have muc
Jan 31, 2005, 9:36 am - Todd - Lottery News