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Human error caused expensive Va. Lottery mistakeNews Story
New Game Generated More Than 600 Winning Tickets Debra and Raul Bennett are faithful lottery players, though in nearly 15 years of playing they never had won much more than pocket money. So on Sunday, when the retired Hampton, Va., couple realized they had a winning ticket from the Virginia Lottery's brand-new Fast Play Super 7s game, they were ecstatic. Plans for spending the $7,777 the game's top prize came fast and furious. But when the Bennetts went to the Hampton Virginia Lottery o
Oct 22, 2008, 6:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mega lottery bucks go unclaimed every yearNews Story
Imagine the luck: You beat the odds and hit the lottery. Now imagine this kind of luck: You don't even know it. Of all of life's weird twists of fate, this is pretty high up there. You could be living in fat city, if only you had checked your ticket or saved it from your jeans pocket before doing laundry. Last year, more than $600 million in lottery fortunes went unclaimed in the United States. That could build, like, half of a football stadium. In California, $29 million went unclaimed
Oct 5, 2008, 11:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery makes three new millionairesReply
I am very glad that these instant game players won. Please indulge me for a minute- The following is an e-mail I received from the Georgia Lottery in response to a question I had - I found it interesting. Maybe you will too... The question was sent in February: Name:xxxxxxx Email: xxxxxxx Phone: xxxxxx Subject: instant game MLB Braves Comments: I saw where this game is over and the tickets are being pulled. NO $250,00 jackpots claimed out of 4 and the game
Mar 27, 2008, 8:00 pm - DoubleDown - Lottery News

Tax office workers win Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Eight female employees of the Monongalia County sheriff's tax office in West Virginia won Saturday night's $276.3 million Powerball jackpot, officials said today. Reportedly, the women will take a lump sum payment amounting to about $17 million each. All of them showed up for work today at the courthouse in Morgantown, according to MetroNews. Chief Tax Deputy Linda Famico was bombarded with phone calls from media outlets from the time the office opened at 9 a.m. Famico told a reporte
Mar 17, 2008, 11:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Office lottery pool wins $61.5M Powerball jackpotNews Story
After a decade of pitching in a dollar a week, a Powerball office pool paid off in a huge way yesterday for 22 Kentuckians. The group of current and former employees of a Bardstown business claimed the $61.5 million Powerball jackpot yesterday afternoon after making their way to Louisville in a white SUV limousine. When a lady at the lottery claim window asked Jane Shelver if she could help her with something, Shelver's response came quickly and enthusiastically. You certainly can, S
Sep 28, 2007, 11:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

Heres a gooder!
FROM THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT COORDINATOR {MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY} INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS FILE REF:HL/5564/40/07/MICS BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION: DEAR WINNER: It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in th
Sep 22, 2007, 6:40 am - Amazing Grace - Lottery Discussion Forum

Clerk tricks lotto winner, pockets moneyNews Story
A man who went to a 7-Eleven in Roseville, Calif., to check on his lottery tickets had picked the right numbers, but state officials said it was the clerk who almost hit the jackpot. The female clerk told the customer he won $4 on his Mega Millions picks for Aug. 14, and then pocketed his winning ticket worth $555,000, California Lottery officials said. However, the clerk's alleged scheme fell apart after the unnamed victim became suspicious and called lottery officials. Rajinder Kaur,
Sep 7, 2007, 10:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

what state do you think has the worst lottery?Reply
By far the worst Lottery in the Country (and maybe even the world) is the Hoosier Lottery. Here are just some of the reasons why: A history of scandal and corruption: The Hoosier Lottery has a well documented history of scandal and corruption. These are just a few of the high...or rather low lights: 1. Jack Crawford was the Hoosier Lottery's first Director. He was forced to resign after news of an affair with his housekeeper hit the press. While this scandal was not related to lotte
Jul 2, 2007, 11:44 am - Uncle Jim - Lottery Discussion Forum

501 Million Jackpot !!
Isnt that misleading advertising? Mexico s Melate Game has reached an Historic Jackpot for Sunday June 3rd 2007. http://www.pronosticos.gob.mx/ Me late can be translated as I have a Hunch or I can feel it in my Heart (That's why their logo is a Heart) 406 Million Pesos for the Melate Game and 95 Million Pesos for the Revancha (Revenge) Game I say that is misleading advertising because they are separate games 15 pesos for a melate and 5 pesos more (optional) for the Re
May 31, 2007, 2:30 am - future boy - Jackpot Games Forum

I won 2,000,000.00 Euros
I get a lot of Nigerian offers in Email asking me to collect my portion or fee for putting funds in my name, and giving the person their share. I know that's a scam, but this one caught my eye. It has an agent's name to contact, phone number, fax number, address, ref# and batch #s that I deleted out, just in case this is for real, and they didn't ask for info on my bank account. But a red flag went up when I thought that if I really won, wouldn't I get a certified letter in the mail? Who kno
Mar 26, 2007, 6:38 pm - pacattack05 - Lottery Discussion Forum