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First lawsuit in state lottery-fixing scandal seeks millionsNews Story
It was one of those feel-good moments that lotteries love to promote when Lucky Larry Dawson smiled as he claimed a $9 million jackpot, surrounded by kids and grandkids. But five years later, the Iowa man could become a key player in a barrage of litigation that threatens to cost state lotteries tens of millions of dollars in damages in an insider jackpot-rigging scandal. A Des Moines law firm filed a lawsuit Wednesday on Dawson's behalf seeking to declare that his Hot Lotto jackpot in May 20
Feb 4, 2016, 9:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iraqi's Oregon jackpot raises questions on lottery salesNews Story
The man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million. He politely asked that his name be kept quiet, then told state officials that he had set up a local bank account into which they should deposit money annually. And then he went away, richer and more mysterious than when he arrived. It was not an ordinary day at the Oregon Lottery. The story started with small details, lotter
Dec 13, 2015, 3:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

BOMBSHELL: MUSL employee might have rigged Hot Lotto computerized drawingNews Story
Lottery Post has been warning of the dangers of computerized drawings for over a decade, and now prosecutors of the mystery Hot Lotto winner from Iowa are looking at the possibility that those warnings have come true. Prosecutors believe there is evidence indicating a former information-security director for a lottery vendor in Iowa tampered with lottery equipment before buying a Hot Lotto ticket that would go on to win $14.3 million, according to court documents filed Thursday. The trial
Apr 13, 2015, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bill would allow N.C. lottery winners to remain anonymousNews Story
Lottery players in North Carolina who win big money in the games from a Powerball jackpot to a $600 scratch-off ticket win can't keep it a secret. State law says the names of lottery winners and what they won are public information. But a House bill set for a hearing Wednesday would change that, requiring confidentiality unless the winners consent to having their information released. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County, said he's concerned current technology makes it
Mar 4, 2015, 9:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

does state lottery officials know where the jackpot instant tickets go what town ect,Reply
I believe this is how its done in Texas. a. The lottery firm with the contract designs the scratch tickets, or adopts one used by another contractor. b. The contractor, using confidential guidance by the lottery, prints the tickets including the specific number of winners. The total approximates the state/player shares with the state getting the larger share. c. The tickets are bundled in packs and sent to a warehouse in Austin, Tx for distribution. d. UPS (not the post office)
Jun 29, 2014, 12:49 pm - bobby623 - Lottery Discussion Forum

For D.C. Lottery scratch-off game players, fewer chances to win bigNews Story
For three years, D.C. resident Deonte Byrd has been making an almost-daily trek to Log Cabin Liquor at Seventh and S streets NW to hunt for a million-dollar jackpot in the form of a scratch-off lottery ticket. In 10 minutes on a recent day, Byrd bought $10 worth of tickets, won $7, cashed it in and lost his winnings on new tickets. This is an addiction. I'm addicted. I'm an addict, a joking Byrd, 25, said with a smile. The single father of three said he buys scratch-off tickets religiousl
Mar 26, 2014, 2:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery knew about exploited game's flaws for years, IG saysNews Story
Massachusetts State Lottery officials knew for years that a small group of gambling syndicates had virtually taken over a game called Cash WinFall winning most of the prizes during high payoff periods but did nothing about it until the local media began investigating, according to state Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan. Sullivan's report details the way a handful of math and science wizards, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates looking for an interesting school
Jul 31, 2012, 8:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. lottery winners face charges in welfare fraudNews Story
Two big time lottery winners are facing arraignment on fraud charges Thursday after the state auditor found that they collected welfare benefits during the same period that they won hundreds of thousands of dollars from the lottery. James T. Casey Jr. of Waltham did not tell welfare officials that he has won more than $700,000 since 2009, Auditor Suzanne Bump found, a period in which Caset has collected $12,157 in MassHealth benefits and $1,553 in food stamps. Casey, who had just been release
May 31, 2012, 6:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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Support your local anti-bullying laws and organizations!Pick 3 4, 891 923 586 782 146 006 August 30, 2011 Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on Spot Thanks ~ Winnie Hu Under a new state law in New Jersey, lunch-line bullies in the East Hanover schools can be reported to the police by their classmates this fall through anonymous tips to the Crimestoppers hot line. In Elizabeth, children, including kindergartners, will spend six class periods learning, among other thi
Apr 2, 2012, 9:40 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

State cuts lottery winner's benefitsNews Story
Michigan woman who won $1M continued to collect $200 a month in food stamps A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the state lottery but continued to get food stamps has an unusual connection to the legislator seeking to outlaw what she was she's doing. Amanda Clayton, 24, won $1 million in the lottery in September and until recently was still receiving $200 a month in food stamps to feed her and her two children. Late Wednesday, the state Department of Human Services sai
Mar 8, 2012, 7:28 am - Todd - Lottery News