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CT Lottery quiet as uncomfortable allegations pile upReply
Smith sent an email to all CLC employees...to remind everyone that there is an existing structure and process for reporting concerns about ethical conduct...including the Office of State Ethics, the CLC's general counsel, the CLC's human resources department, and your supervisor. Unfortunately for Smith and his goal of keeping the feds out the CLC's dirty business, it not illegal to contact a law enforcement agency when you suspect corruption and fraud at your workplace, even if that workpla
Jul 19, 2019, 2:23 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News

Better Business Bureau releases study on sweepstakes, lottery and prize scamsNews Story
A new report by the Better Business Bureau says sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams are using ever-changing methods to hurt victims financially and emotionally. The frauds concentrate on seniors, targeting them by direct mail, cold calling, social media, text messages and smartphone pop-ups. BBB warns consumers to be on guard against the serious frauds and their perpetrators. The report Sweepstakes, Lottery and Prize Scams: A Better Business Bureau Study of How 'Winners' Lose Millions
Jun 18, 2018, 8:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Jamaican court goes easy on lottery scammersNews Story
There are reports of disquiet among Jamaican law enforcement officials over news that 15 men who pleaded guilty to lottery scam-related charges in the Hanover Circuit Court were sentenced to fines totaling $367,000. According to information obtained by The Gleaner-Power106 news centre, the men all pleaded guilty to possession of identity information on November 23rd and 24th. The reports indicate that seven were fined $30,000; five were fined $20,000 while two were fined $25,000. The ot
Dec 4, 2017, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

“Foreign Lotteries: The Games You Can’t
color=#800080Foreign Lotteries: The Games You Cant Win.Cross-border fraud is a serious problem and it appears to be growing. For example, consumers in the U.S. and other countries lose billions of dollars each year to telemarketers operating from boiler rooms across the border who pitch bogus products, services and investments. They also lose money to Internet scam artists who operate anonymously from places outside the U.S. The most common cross-border frauds pushed by telemarketers, spam ema
Aug 18, 2004, 7:22 am - teaparty - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are Lotteries RiggedReply
as for the person on an earlier page of this thread mentioned/that they would have to identify exconvicts in order to manipulate the drawing away from them winning it, is idiotic in two ways. they dont have to manipulate the winning away from anyone, if they are simply not letting anyone win it.!the people who claim to have won milions of dollars . are front people usually 35-60 years of age who have signed a statement swearing to not reveal the truth. in texas the first people to win the lo
Dec 27, 2003, 10:51 pm - interceptor - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery scam costs Fresno man $2,300News Story
A new twist to a scam involving the Canadian lottery has cost a 77-year-old Fresno man $2,300, Fresno police reported Wednesday.David Case, a detective assigned to the department's elder abuse unit, said the victim received a letter from the International Lottery Sweepstakes of Canada, accompanied with a check for $2,450, notifying him that he had won $100,000 in the Canadian lottery.To collect his winnings, however, the victim was instructed to deposit the check and then send $2,300 (to cover C
Dec 26, 2003, 3:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. lottery and electronic sweepstakes on collision courseNews Story
South Carolina retailers who offer electronic sweepstakes to customers are feeling jittery. That's according to one member of the S.C. Education Lottery Oversight Committee , a panel made up of state legislators and members of the public. The question is, are electronic sweepstakes legal in South Carolina? said Alexander Shadwick, after Tuesday's meeting. They don't know if the games are legal or illegal, so the courts have to decide, he said. But it scares all the retailers.
Sep 29, 2011, 9:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illegal betting operations shut due to cash strapped States?Reply
The cities that are struggling with their budget are coming up with all kinds of ways to raise revenue. The city of Atlanta GA has given the courts notice to prepare for an influx of speeding cases. Law enforcement officers are going to crack down on speeders. They say it's a matter of public safety and not about revenue. Well if that is the case; I wonder why they haven't did this before now. Traffic in Atlanta is speeding; and everybody on Atlanta Interstate speeds. I's going to watch this cra
May 25, 2011, 8:49 am - sunjune6 - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C lottery retailers caught selling tickets to minorsNews Story
In August and September, teenagers working for North Carolina state law enforcement officers walked into more than 300 places where North Carolina lottery tickets are sold. They had been given strict and careful instructions. Try to buy a ticket. Carry your real ID. If asked about your age, don't lie. At 91 stores more than 28 percent of the locations checked clerks sold them tickets, even though it is against the law to sell one to a person younger than 18. Such violations were fou
Nov 7, 2006, 1:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

What is your opinion on new WA state lawReply
I wouldn't worry too much about it. They don't have enough space in the prisons now for the violent criminals. I have a lot of friends in law enforcement, and these are the kind of laws that they chuckle at... Besides, Littleoldlady, it's already against Federal law to use a telephone line to place a gambling bet. That law has been around for many years.
Jun 14, 2006, 6:45 pm - Badger - Lottery Discussion Forum