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Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich to answer lottery player questions live Monday eveningNews Story
Lottery Post will host event at 8pm EST By Todd Northrop Lottery players from across the United States and around the world will have the chance Monday evening to ask questions about the Eddie Tipton computerized drawing rigging scandal to Terry Rich, Iowa Lottery CEO, who was instrumental in discovering the crime. In December 2010 a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $16 million was won on a ticket purchased in Iowa. One year later, with just two hours to spare before the ticket was to expire, a
Jan 11, 2016, 10:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Sick mother accuses daughter of stealing $1 million lottery prizeNews Story
A dollar and a dream has turned into a $1 million legal nightmare with a Brooklyn, New York, woman accusing her daughter of running off with her jackpot. In papers filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court, Barbara Quiles says her daughter, Linza Ford, has absconded with her winnings. It's heartbreaking what she's done, Quiles, 51, said Tuesday night. God is on my side. God doesn't like ugly and this is ugly. The mother says she suffers from lupus, bulging discs, spinal stenosis and has had two
May 27, 2015, 7:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Sister loses fight over $32M jackpot her brother split with barberNews Story
Sam Haddad did a happy dance outside the Ottawa courthouse Tuesday, minutes after a judge dismissed a lawsuit from his sister seeking millions from the $32 million lottery jackpot he and his longtime barber won five years ago. Five years of hell is almost over. It's over! the 63-year-old Ottawa man cried, as a female relative ululated joyfully behind him. That's Lebanese yodelling, Haddad explained to bemused journalists. Now we can enjoy our money, Haddad's wife, Denise, exclaimed. We'r
Nov 14, 2013, 8:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ $338 million Powerball winner and ex-girlfriend in court over moneyNews Story
If you expect part of a lottery winner's fortune because you've already shared a long personal and business relationship, always remember: Get it in writing. That was the reluctant decision of a state judge Friday, who cited state law in refusing to freeze the assets of Pedro Quezada, the Clifton man who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot last spring, pending the outcome of a trial to determine if his former live-in girlfriend is entitled to a share of the winnings. Ines Sanchez and Qu
Nov 10, 2013, 9:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pa. Lottery privatization pursuit nears another deadlineNews Story
Treasurer Rob McCord urges Corbett to drop the idea The price tag for exploring Gov. Tom Corbett's idea for outsourcing management of the Pennsylvania Lottery has crossed the $4 million threshold and is marching toward the $5 million mark. Recent revisions to the contract with the administration's outside legal advisers, DLA Piper, alone now allow it to be paid as much as $3.4 million. That is up from the original $375,000 cap set when the firm was hired in March 2012 and has steadily r
Oct 28, 2013, 8:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Four years after drawing fiasco, Tenn. Lottery settles with tech firmsNews Story
The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. has received nearly $1 million from a pair of technology companies it blamed for software glitches that resulted in the sale of about $2 million worth of unwinnable tickets in 2007. (See Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings flawed since inception, Lottery Post, Aug. 21, 2007.) The computer program that Smartplay International and Gaming Laboratories International came up with for games such as Cash 3 and Cash 4 was flawed and resulted in thousands o
Dec 17, 2011, 9:22 am - Todd - Lottery News

Court filings outline steering of D.C. lottery dealNews Story
In recorded conversation, official suggests ousting winner of bidding Documents filed in federal court Thursday portray in vivid detail the efforts of a number of D.C. officials, including then-Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray and Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi, to manipulate the outcome of the competitively bid, multimillion-dollar D.C. Lottery contract. The documents, supported by transcripts of tape-recorded conversations, were filed in response to efforts by the city to resis
Sep 16, 2011, 10:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

$750,000 Winner - Jingle Jumbo Bucks - 2010Reply
OK, here is the response which I received. Thank you for contacting the Georgia Lottery Corporation (GLC). The Georgia Lottery goes to great lengths to ensure the security and integrity of every game. Game symbols and prize amounts are distributed randomly during the printing process of instant tickets. All instant games are audited by an independent CPA firm prior to the release of a game to confirm that the appropriate number of prizes is included in the printing process
Nov 30, 2010, 3:39 pm - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Florida sheriff fears lottery winner murderedNews Story
A truck driver's assistant who won $16.9 million in the Florida lottery in 2006 is feared dead after not being seen by friends or relatives since April. Abraham Lee Shakespeare, 43, was reported missing by a police informant in November. There are a lot of odd and bizarre circumstances in this case, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. We fear and are preparing for the worst. We're working this case as if it were a homicide. Donna Wood, public information officer for the Polk County Sher
Jan 6, 2010, 5:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery director under scrutiny for equipment debacleNews Story
A year ago, Ohio Lottery Director Michael A. Dolan persuaded skeptical lawmakers to buy $11.6 million worth of equipment to launch the state's new Keno game on a promise that the setup would still work after a year a premise that Dolan later admitted was false. Now, as Dolan prepares to ask the same legislative panel to approve a $41 million contract with a company to run Keno and other lottery games for the next two years, the director's own dubious promises could return to haunt him. On
Jun 1, 2009, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News