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Some lottery winning streaks have defied beliefReply
This kind of activity has been reported here before but it doesn't amaze me that the LP brain trust still can't figure out how people like Steve Player could have established their golden reputations without having to win a thing. For now let's just stick to the subject and discuss whether it makes more sense the Mass Lottery cheated so 10 players could all cash at least 100 winning tickets valued over $600 (three cashing over 1000 tickets) or more likely the majority of those tickets were
Jul 22, 2014, 3:26 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery prepared to take sports bets if lawmakers approveReply
I can legally bet on horse racing on my PC, Ipad, phone, etc. in KY and now can use the same account to make sports bets but only if I'm physcially in New Jersey. It's all about personal betting preferences and lotteries in any state that offers casino type gambling and makes sound business sense to offer some of those games online too. Online stock trading started right after Al Gore invented the Internet and even though some people lost millions, I never heard the same people will lose all
Feb 7, 2019, 3:39 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Woman wins $1.2 million on $18 Kentucky Derby betReply
As I understand it she did off track betting on the races @ Churchill Downs, so wasn't four different tracks. Was going to send LP a message about this, glad Todd et al were on top of this and beat me to the punch. For you outsiders we have Thurby on Thursday which is kind of a new day @ the Downs for Louisville residents unofficially. Friday...run for the fillies is Kentucky residents KY Derby--unofficially too. Then Saturday they race all day long too with Derby towards the end of the da
May 7, 2018, 12:52 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Free lotto ticket promotion taken lightlyNews Story
Some in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln communities are concerned that a lotto promotion at a UNL restaurant sent the wrong message to students about gambling.In a promotion that ended Sunday, the Subway restaurant at the Nebraska Union gave away about 9,000 coupons for free Nebraska scratch tickets during a four-week period, according to the restaurant's manager, Jennifer Acklin.Deb Hammond, director of Choices, a gambling treatment center in Lincoln, said the promotion was a con
Oct 2, 2003, 3:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Poland faces EU legal action over foreign lottery tax lawsNews Story
The European Commission has said Poland must end discriminatory taxation against foreign lottery winnings or face legal action. Currently, winnings from lotteries in other member states are subject in Poland to higher taxation than winnings in domestic lotteries. Poland exempts winnings from domestic lotteries or subjects them to a flat rate tax of 10 pct, whereas winnings from lotteries in other member states are taxed at the progressive income tax rates of 19 to 40 pct. The commissio
Oct 12, 2006, 1:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Bermuda officials staying quiet on sale of Florida lottery ticketsNews Story
The Bermuda Governor's office has stonewalled questions about whether it knew the sale of American lottery tickets in Bermuda was branded a potential breach of numerous laws in the United States by a top American gambling lawyer. Lottery Post reported last month that a legal opinion on the sale of the Florida Lottery Powerball and Mega Millions tickets at Paradise Games on Court Street was obtained by the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission as it probed the island's gambling industry in 2016.
Jul 31, 2018, 8:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Las Vegas woman wins $100,000 on $5 NFL parlay betNews Story
Only the 2nd bet she has ever made One of the biggest long shots in betting history will be cashed on Wednesday afternoon when Tayla Polia gets paid $100,005 for her $5, 15-leg NFL parlay that came through this week. The 26-year-old Polia, who moved to Las Vegas two months ago, got 20,000-to-1 odds on the parlay card on betting firm William Hill's mobile site. She cashed in by being on the right side of the point spread in 14 games and correctly picking the over in the Steelers-Broncos gam
Dec 26, 2015, 1:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Are Florida lottery tickets being sold illegally in Bermuda?News Story
The Bermuda Government was advised more than two years ago that the sale of American lottery tickets on the island appeared to breach numerous laws in the United States, including some designed to stop money-laundering. A legal opinion was sought by the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission on the issue from a leading gaming lawyer in Las Vegas, who identified a series of potential violations of federal and state laws. His evaluation is understood to have been shared by the commission with at l
Jun 20, 2018, 9:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

Gaming the lottery was this couple's retirement planNews Story
Gerald Selbee broke the code of the American breakfast cereal industry because he was bored at work one day, because it was a fun mental challenge, because most things at his job were not fun and because he could because he happened to be the kind of person who saw puzzles all around him, puzzles that other people don't realize are puzzles: the little ciphers and patterns that float through the world and stick to the surfaces of everyday things. This was back in 1966, when Jerry, as he is kno
Mar 1, 2018, 6:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News