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Player sues Oregon Lottery, charging video poker game riggedReply
Even if the lottery's official rules state X% is returned and that's what players are receiving, there's still the issue of the theoretical payouts is being widely touted in promotional materials, website, etc - which by extension, many players would assume the auto-hold feature would be adjusted toward that advertised value verses something less optimal. Agreed, it's not the lottery's responsibility to teach one how to play, but it is the lottery's responsibility to clearly disclose the limi
Jan 9, 2015, 3:15 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery News

Washington man to fight state lottery; says new scratch card 'misleading'Reply
Monkeybutt, (nice screen name...your real name wouldn't be Ken by any chance? ...just kidding) Is the game cancellation confirmed anywhere? Any link? Or is this just word of mouth or from a clerk? I don't doubt you, just would like to confirm. If so, I have no problem with that. If the game is confusing or misleading, then maybe they should pull it. The lottery will then just have to recover those losses later on. And I wouldn't be surprised if they did pull it in this case. We know the me
Jun 23, 2013, 9:07 pm - Jon D - Lottery News

Washington man to fight state lottery; says new scratch card 'misleading'Reply
For everyone who has posted negative comments here, maybe you should be aware of the facts before you type. The fact that the Lottery only posted the the comment of Two games on one ticket, each game played separately on the Lottery website and not on the game is deceivieving the public. You shouldn't have to go to a website to read new rules . Also, seems there must be something in his favor now - the WA State lottery has now pulled the game from retailers. And not only this game but
Jun 23, 2013, 11:14 am - Monkeybutt - Lottery News

$360 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised on huge salesReply
Have you ever heard the expression, you don't know what you don't know ? I thought I knew. I took an accounting course as an adjunct to my science degree way back when, and I'm really anal about researching everything. Now I see, it was such a huge blessing that I never won a JP before, because knowing what I know now, I would probably have been in the 70% statistic. The 70% applies to windfalls...legal windfalls. I can only source one place which states it's all windfalls: inheritance, laws
May 15, 2013, 5:26 am - Teddi - Lottery News

Judge orders new trial in Arkansas lottery ticket suitReply
The lottery commision has stated the machines were working and worked for all the tickets before and after her ticket...therefore she must not have scratched off the ticket completely. When interviewed on today show and asked she said she did not know We've already come to the conclusion that Duncan isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and we're talking about a $20 scratch-off ticket with a playing area that clearly shows whether the ticket won or not. I provided a link that shows the gam
May 30, 2012, 8:42 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Judge orders new trial in Arkansas lottery ticket suitNews Story
An Arkansas judge on Thursday ordered a new trial to decide who can claim a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket prize, a little more than three weeks after he ruled that a woman who said she bought the ticket but mistakenly discarded it was entitled to the money. White County Circuit Judge Thomas Hughes ruled May 1 that Sharon Duncan should get the prize money, not two other women involved in the case. Hughes ordered the new trial in a one-paragraph ruling that did not elaborate on his reas
May 25, 2012, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Two workers in lottery pool sue over $118 million ticketReply
The $9 was used on behalf of the pool players that contributed money to purchase the tickets that won the prize of $9. The $118m Jackpot was won with shares of money that belonged to the two plaintiffs. There was an existing authorization by the two plaintiffs, that saw their share in the $9, share in the pool of a larger fund, that won the $118m Jackpot. I believe that the two plaintiffs should at least, get a proportion in the Jackpot, that equals their share of money contribution, as alrea
May 18, 2012, 1:24 am - Factorem - Lottery News

N.J. woman suing state over lottery taxNews Story
State retroactively slapped her with $1.58 million in taxes A Rockaway, New Jersey, woman who won a $14.9 million prize in the New Jersey Lottery's Pick 6 drawing in 2009 is suing the state to get a $1.58 million income tax refund she says she is owed. Kimberly Wearin's lawsuit, made public today in Superior Court in Morristown, says that when she won the prize on June 4, 2009 and took it as a lump sum, winnings from the state lottery were excluded from taxable income, under state law.
Jun 7, 2011, 5:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?Reply
^^^THIS^^^ As I am sure most of us are, I tend to be a very generous and trusting person, almost to a fault. However, like RJOH said, once you start the gravy train rolling, people will be at the station every day anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Win the lottery and everyone will have their hands out...friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, and people whom you never even heard of who have absolutely nothing to do with you. I also think many have contempt for rich people, and especia
Apr 10, 2011, 4:33 pm - ameriken - Lottery News

Disputed $50M lottery jackpot partially paid outReply
I am going to first make a contract and make sure that it is legal for me to add a clause that says in the case of a dispute, the director (me), can determine if somebody is entitled to anything. I'll save you some trouble. No. It's not quite that black and white, but that's the assumption you should be working with. One thing I can promise is that a contract doesn't apply to somebody who didn't sign it, so if somebody outside of the group claims they're entitled to a share you need some
Feb 17, 2011, 2:45 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News