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Last defendant in Jamaican lottery scam case going to trialNews Story
A Rhode Island woman accused of funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica through her airline job goes on trial in federal court in North Dakota this week. She is the last of 27 defendants in the case that began seven years ago this month. Here's a look at the case and the upcoming trial of Melinda Bulgin, which is expected to last up to 10 days. Why is this case a big deal? The Federal Trade Commission estimates that lottery scams could be a billion-dollar-a-year industry
Sep 10, 2018, 10:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DC lottery contract is the subject of a federal probe with numerous officials under scrutinyNews Story
A federal grand jury is investigating the awarding of the $38 million contract to run the District of Columbia lottery, a process that raises further questions about corruption in a city government already beleaguered by criminal prosecutions. Although no one has yet been charged in the lottery probe, authorities are looking for evidence of crimes including bribery and illegal steering of contracts, and numerous officials are under scrutiny, according to several people familiar with the probe
Dec 12, 2012, 9:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

W.Va. lottery winner buys trucks for fire depts.News Story
A West Virginia Powerball lottery winner known for his generosity recently turned his charitable ways toward the purchase of new vehicles and equipment for area fire departments. On Thursday, W. Randy Smith gave away a lot more of his money, this time, a little more than $1 million. Six Berkeley County fire departments each got a Ford F-350, four-wheel-drive, four-door pickup truck equipped with snow plows and walk-behind snow blowers. The idea of such specially equipped vehicles is to
May 15, 2011, 8:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Congressman leads charge to regulate USA online gamblingNews Story
Support for Congressman Frank's bid to regulate online gambling in the USA grows July has been a good month for Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the influential House Financial Services Committee and author of Bill HR 2046 the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act which proposes the regulation and taxation of Internet gambling in the United States instead of banning the pastime. Five more Congressman have signed on to the Bill as sponsors, including Representatives Anthony
Jul 23, 2007, 8:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

interest groups lining up to lobby on web gambling
WASHINGTON, July 3 While Internet gamblers lay down big money on World Cup soccer this summer, teams of lobbyists are facing off on Capitol Hill in a contest over whether the United States should choke off the growth of wagering on the Web. Representative Jim Leach, Republican of Iowa, co-sponsor of bill to cut back Internet gambling. Faced with bills to curb online betting, which attracts an estimated $12 billion a year in wagers worldwide, an array of interest groups like cas
Jul 5, 2006, 7:49 am - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Hampshire wins Wire Act lawsuitNews Story
Federal judge to DOJ: Wire Act only applies to sports betting New Hampshire has won its lawsuit against the US Department of Justice clarifying the scope of a 1961 federal gambling law. In a 60-page ruling issued Monday, US District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro rejected a 2018 opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel which expanded the Wire Act to broadly cover interstate online gambling. The previous interpretation from 2011 applies narrowly to sports betting. The judge handed the DOJ a
Jun 5, 2019, 6:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions price change details.Reply
Wow... you're a real nice person. If you would have read the rules on the txlottery.org site instead of posting your own thread in the wrong Forum in the first place maybe I would have seen it... As I said before: Just the Jackpot is $2.00 cost which is the only thing that I GOT WRONG . For 2 lines and you win only if you get all 5 plus megamall. Megaplier is not offered for the Just the Jackpot. (Section A, Line 4) (Subsection I, Just the Jackpot) CORRECTION IS $3.00
Jul 8, 2017, 1:25 am - adamc224 - Jackpot Games Forum

If you knew the numbers before the drawing?
Although some may be aware of the true story about a newpaper printing the winning numbers prior to the drawing some years ago... The story basically goes like this.. What would happen if, crazy as it might sound, a newspaper published the correct numbers of a lottery before the numbers were drawn? This story begins where a Vancouver resident called Oregon Lottery officials claiming that the newspaper he was reading The Columbian had printed the winning numbers for that nights drawing in t
Feb 25, 2012, 10:34 pm - Scientistman - Lottery Discussion Forum