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In Pennsyvania, lottery tickets a big sellerNews Story
York County sold $52.3M tickets last yearWith more than $1.1 million in sales, the Manchester Shell in Manchester Township near York sold more lottery tickets than any other outlet in York County last year.With nearly $750,000 in sales, Lynn's Shur Fine at 5660 York Road in New Oxford, sold more than any other retailer in Adams County.In all, York County's 230 lottery outlets sold a total of $52.3 million in tickets in 2003, according to data provided by the state lottery.Adams County's 51 lotte
Mar 15, 2004, 7:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Counterfeit lottery tickets in TennesseeNews Story
The Tennessee Attorney Generals Office is working with the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) to determine how to deal with illegal tickets being circulated throughout Tennessee.TELC CEO Rebecca Paul said she first heard about the problem from victims of the scam who wanted the TELC to refund their money.They look like a lottery ticket, they scratch like a lottery ticket, but they are a phone card, Paul said, adding some victims reported that when they asked a retailer for lottery ti
Feb 3, 2004, 5:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cottage industry helps lottery winners dodge taxesNews Story
With few rules or law enforcement to stop it, a cottage industry has popped up to help lottery winners avoid taxes, child support, and other debts, potentially costing the state and federal governments millions in lost revenue. Enterprising merchants risking charges of aiding tax evasion are openly hawking losing lottery tickets on Craigslist and eBay to help winners offset the profits with phony gambling losses. If you need the losers to write off for taxes, read one ad, since removed, f
Aug 7, 2014, 11:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery game very profitable for those who know how and when to playNews Story
High-rolling gamblers are exploiting a quirk in Cash WinFall, raking in huge profits every 3 months Billy's Beer and Wine sold exactly $47 worth of lottery tickets the day before Marjorie Selbee arrived, just another sleepy day for the liquor store in this tiny Western Massachusetts town. But from the moment the 70-something woman from Michigan entered the store early July 12, Billy's wasn't sleepy anymore. Over the next three days, Selbee bought $307,000 worth of $2 tickets for a relative
Jul 31, 2011, 8:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Merchants show strong interest in Tenn. lotteryNews Story
To date, around 2,500 merchants representing as many as 2,900 Tennessee retail outlets have expressed an interest in selling lottery tickets next year, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. said Tuesday.The goal is 3,500 retail locations.Will Pinkston, speaking on behalf of the state lottery corporation, said advertisements have been placed in every newspaper in the state, inviting interested retailers to be on the mailing list for applications to sell tickets. Right now there
Sep 10, 2003, 6:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Some NC lottery players win so often, their good fortune defies logicNews Story
The North Carolina lottery wants you to believe we all have the same chance to win. But some players are winning so often, and so big, that their good fortune defies logic. Almost certainly, experts say, some are more than lucky. They are likely gaming the system. And the losers are the state's taxpayers, single parents and those who play by the rules. An investigation found players who beat staggering odds so consistently that statisticians said chances of being that lucky were less th
Oct 1, 2016, 10:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

NOT MUCH TIME LEFT TO ORDER YOUR BIG GAME TICKETSReply
Tim, This is a quote by you from a previous message: HEY DARRIN --I GEUSS THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE KNOW THE LAST LAUGH IS ON YOU ..WE DO NOT RIP PEOPLE OFF = ONLY THOSE WHO ARE NOT HONEST THEM SELVES THINK THE WAY YOU DO AND POST MESSAGES LIKE YOURS. KEEP PUSHING YOUR PORN BUDDY. BY THE WAY I MAKE A GOOD LIVING THE LEGIT WAY SELLING TICKETS ON LINE.. Notice it says...i am making a good living selling tickets on line...well look here this is a quote from your so called
Apr 15, 2002, 4:26 am - UTDraven - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan Lottery cracks down on retailers who cheat customersNews Story
When a customer brought a Keno ticket to Nick's Party Stop in Clinton Township, retailer Don Kallo ran the ticket through his lottery terminal, declared it a loser and tore it in half. Kallo, the spouse of store operator Linda Kallo, then took the torn ticket a $2,517 winner to the Michigan Lottery Bureau to redeem it. Suspicious lottery officials investigated and learned Kallo hadn't purchased the ticket, as he claimed, records show. It was determined the ticket had been purchased by
Nov 17, 2017, 2:23 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto ManiaNews Story
Store owners along state line hope Alabamians bring greater success to Tennessee lotteryConvenience store owners operating in Tennessee near the Alabama state line cashed in for decades on Colbert and Lauderdale residents who had nowhere else to turn to quench their thirst for an alcoholic beverage.A week from today, convenience store owners along the Alabama-Tennessee state line will try to again cash in on Alabamians' thirst.This time, that thirst has nothing to do with alcoholic beverages, si
Jan 13, 2004, 5:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery ticket printer grants rare peek at operationsNews Story
For about 30 minutes this afternoon, Pollard Banknote took the unusual step of stopping its new, instant-lottery ticket press so it could show it off. We're halting production for a few minutes, not withstanding the fact we've got to get tickets out the door still to pay for this sucker, Doug Pollard, the company's co-CEO with his brother John, said as the din of the press in Ypsilanti was quieted. But we'll fire it back up after. A mostly family-owned company based in Winnipeg, Canada,
Sep 22, 2015, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News