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Gaming the lottery was this couple's retirement planNews Story
Gerald Selbee broke the code of the American breakfast cereal industry because he was bored at work one day, because it was a fun mental challenge, because most things at his job were not fun and because he could because he happened to be the kind of person who saw puzzles all around him, puzzles that other people don't realize are puzzles: the little ciphers and patterns that float through the world and stick to the surfaces of everyday things. This was back in 1966, when Jerry, as he is kno
Mar 1, 2018, 6:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Some lottery winning streaks have defied beliefNews Story
The Brudnicks may be one of the luckiest families in Massachusetts. In just the last couple of years, Chelsea insurance agent Robert Brudnick has cashed in 140 winning Massachusetts lottery tickets worth at least $1,000 each. His 25-year-old daughter Ashley has racked up another 100 wins. And his 23-year-old son Nathan, has turned in 99 more. The total take: More than $440,000, mostly from scratch tickets. But state lottery officials and statisticians say they doubt any family could be tha
Jul 20, 2014, 3:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Survey: One-fourth of retail customers buy lottery ticketsNews Story
This is the second story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactOne out of every four customers at area stores that offer lottery games regularly buy tickets, according to a random survey of more than two dozen retailers in Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties.And the ticket sales they generate - more than $62 million worth in all five area counties over the last six fiscal years - have produced more than $3 million in commissions for the 65 are
Jan 25, 2005, 10:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery clock at 58 daysNews Story
As deadline nears, work moves swiftlyEach morning, somebody changes the big numbers on a chalkboard easel in the lobby of the Tennessee Lottery's busy headquarters.Today it reads 58 Days! That's the countdown to the targeted first day of lottery ticket sales, on or before Feb. 10. With thousands of dollars in incentive bonuses for lottery employees tied to that date - and millions in college scholarships to be funded by August - work is moving swiftly here and across the state.Contractors are
Dec 15, 2003, 6:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

The USA's 'luckiest' lottery players may not be as lucky as they seemNews Story
On, Dec. 29, 2016, Clarance Jones did something that most Americans could scarcely imagine: He cashed-in 20 winning scratch-off tickets, collectively worth $21,000, one after the other. For the average lottery player, that would be the ultimate payday. For Jones, it was practically routine. In the past six years, the 79-year-old from Lynn, Mass., has won more than 7,300 lottery tickets, totaling $10.8 million. That establishes him, by far, as the luckiest lottery player in America. But
Sep 19, 2017, 8:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

What happens when Michigan lottery retailers try to game the systemNews Story
Includes video report A Detroit gas station and convenience store owner scratched hundreds of instant game tickets the Michigan Lottery sent him for sale to customers, trying to identify the winners so he could buy them himself and claim the prizes, officials say. For each package of tickets, Mubarak Morshed calculated whether the total prize money exceeded the purchase price. If not, he reported the pack of tickets missing. If yes, he purchased the tickets and sought to collect the cash,
Sep 13, 2019, 10:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ Lottery investigating retailer lottery ticket 'discounting' practicesNews Story
Some people seem to have all the luck. And in New Jersey, some of the luckiest people are retailers who sell lottery tickets. Or so it appears from the New Jersey Lottery's list of winners. An Asbury Park Press review of Lottery claims submitted since 2009 found that half of the 20 most frequent prizewinners are either licensed lottery retailers or family members of store operators. As a group, those 10 people collected 840 prizes totaling almost $1.8 million, the Press found. About 70
Dec 6, 2014, 11:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery game development: Little left to chanceNews Story
Standing at the vending machine or counter display, it's hard to tell which instant lottery game is the hot ticket to buy. But to the Pennsylvania Lottery officials, every game in the display is considered hot or it wouldn't be there. Every one of the 50 to 54 instant lottery games introduced each year receives an abundance of forethought from how it looks, how it's played and how it will be received by players. We can't afford a so-so game, said Drew Svitko, the lottery's deputy execu
Aug 27, 2013, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cover-up alleged in Arkansas LotteryNews Story
An irate lottery player claimed in county court that Arkansas Lottery officials tried to keep him quiet about flawed lotto tickets. In a class action, the man says that the security director of the Arkansas Lottery Commission offered him a bizarre assortment of Lottery merchandise and asked him to keep quiet about flawed tickets, so the Lottery would not lose money while it had the tickets reprinted. Lead plaintiff Rick Tomboli sued the Arkansas Lottery Commission and its top officials, in
May 2, 2012, 9:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oklahoma border residents unable to buy lottery ticketsNews Story
First day lottery sales exceeded $1.2 millionFive a.m. came and went without the fuss other parts of Oklahoma experienced Wednesday, the first day of the state's new lottery.West Siloam Conoco's sign welcomed crafters, not lottery fans. The store opened without any lines of customers or instant scratch-off tickets. Our understanding is that no one has everything in this part of the state, said store owner Rhonda Favano. The equipment is ready, but Favano and her husband, Frank, are waiting on
Oct 13, 2005, 8:52 am - Todd - Lottery News