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Oregon Lottery winner goes to jailNews Story
A White City woman accused of using a dead woman's credit card to buy an Oregon Lottery ticket that won a $1 million prize has been jailed for violating her probation on a methamphetamine possession charge. Christina Goodenow, 39, was sentenced to six months in custody for violating her probation in a 2003 methamphetamine case. Meanwhile, she remains in a dispute with authorities over the lottery proceeds. Authorities say Goodenow spent about $11,000 using the card of the mother of a lo
Nov 18, 2006, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

"Boce Boyd"
This happened in Las Vegas on a Memorial Day weekend in the late 1980's. (The pending numbers thread made me think of this, not quite pending numbers but this is a story of some kind of influence ). There's a hotel in Las Vegas that caters to the Hawaiin trade. Hawaii is a very pro-labor union state. On this particular weekend, the hotel owners (mutliple properties) had some kind of labor dispute going on with on of their other properties. The Hawaiins got wind of this and rounded up
Apr 16, 2006, 10:28 am - Coin Toss - Mystical Forum

Co-worker suing for share of lottery prizeReply
Is it unbelieveable that the courts would allow you to sue if you were hit by a drunk driver and there are no unbiased witnesses? Whether a claim has merit or not can only be determined by hearing whatever evidence there might be. Claiming that he had to have another pool member advance the money for his tickets suggests that he's telling the truth, or it suggests that he's clever enough to create that suggestion, because if he's lying he could have simply said that he chipped in his share. Whet
Mar 22, 2006, 3:30 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Lotto winner's ex-wife fights backNews Story
The gloves have come off in the legal battle over Canada's biggest-ever individual lottery jackpot.In a new court filing, Nynna Ionson, the ex-wife of $30 million lottery winner Ray Sobeski, makes it clear that she considers him a calculating liar who would go to almost any lengths to keep his new-found wealth out of her hands. . . .after winning the $30,000,000, the Husband had told reporters that he did not have anyone special in his life, Ms. Ionson says in her 54-page affidavit. He did no
Dec 20, 2005, 7:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Impartial choice promised for Texas Lottery chiefNews Story
The chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission said Wednesday that politics will play no part in whether a powerful ex-lawmaker is hired to run the beleaguered state agency.Former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin, a Houston Republican who lost his bid for a 12th term by a scant 16 votes last year, was an 11th-hour entry into the hunt to replace former director Reagan Greer after Lottery Commission Chairman C. Thomas Clowe encouraged him to apply last month. At least eight other applicants had made it to
Dec 9, 2005, 1:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Million-dollar ticket fight goes before Mass. Lottery boardNews Story
In the opening round of what may be a lengthy legal battle, an 83-year-old local man who found a winning Massachusetts lottery ticket in a trash bin defended his right to the $1 million prize yesterday, fending off a rival claim.The hearing, at the headquarters of the Massachusetts Lottery Commission in Braintree, was largely an exercise in legal technicalities.The commission said earlier this month is had already rejected a counterclaim on a ticket found by Edward St. John in a trash bin at the
Nov 30, 2005, 12:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

A77's MM Challenge - for limited time
A. [up to 7 WBs] +[ 1 MB] (equal to 21 combinations), ORB. [5 WBs] +[up to 20 MBs] (equal to 20 combinations), ORC. Up to 20 lines of (5 +1) (equal to 20 combinations) Let's have a fun possibly at the very last moment!Largely for entertainment purpose and intended to last only for presumably short time period, I prepared for A77's MM Challenge. Nevertheless, if and when something miraculous happens, I will keep my promise as being said here.This challenge will end as soon as the current MM run i
Nov 15, 2005, 10:15 pm - anonymous77 - Jackpot Games Forum

Former Texas Lottery Director is Bush's Pick for Supreme CourtNews Story
Harriet Miers proved to be a tough, no-nonsense administrator during her five years heading the Texas Lottery Commission, firing two executive directors to stamp out scandal but leaving unexpectedly amid lagging sales and player interest.President Bush tapped Miers on Monday for the Supreme Court, a nomination that prompted closer scrutiny of Miers' years in Texas as a private attorney, a member of the Dallas City Council and chairwoman of the three-member commission that oversees the state's lo
Oct 3, 2005, 3:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery accused of over-inflating jackpotsNews Story
The Attorney General's Office will examine allegations that the Texas Lottery Commission is inflating the advertised jackpots for its Lotto game because ticket sales are too sluggish to support the high payouts.Lottery officials rejected the allegations, but acknowledged that because of lagging ticket sales, for the first time in the game's history they would be unable to boost their jackpot estimate for Saturday's drawing if no one wins Wednesday night.Dawn Nettles, publisher of the online Lott
Jun 9, 2005, 11:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery software development ideasReply
Hello everyone. I'm back, wow this has been one great ride, I must admit pulling the ultimate Aprils Fools joke did cross my mind.Yet this is not the case, yet I must admit it did cross my mind. Although some of you might get a kick out of it, I dont think it would be very nice. yet sometimes I do think just like everyone elselike just come back and SAY SUCKERS! APRIL FOOLS, yet April fools day is tomorrow, yet I am not going to fool you ok.Promise!Ok everyone here goes. I am going to skip step
Mar 31, 2005, 4:25 pm - biglooooser - Lottery Systems Forum