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Police reveal financial picture of slain lottery winnerNews Story
A leather folder may hold the key to the cash and assets taken from slain Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare and what may be owed to his estate. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Detective Preston Hollis got the folder Jan. 31 from Linda Donegan of Plant City, the mother of Dorice DeeDee Moore. Moore was arrested Feb. 2 and charged by HCSO with Shakespeare's murder. In response to a search warrant, Donegan handed Hollis currency, jewelry and the leather folder holding financial documents, acco
Jun 18, 2010, 9:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner gets help on plan to turn good fortune into lifelong prosperityNews Story
Richie Randazzo became New York's luckiest and most famous doorman last year when he scored a $5 million lottery prize. The wisecracking 45-year-old from Gravesend, Brooklyn, became an overnight sensation, hitting the media circuit to tell his rags-to-riches story and enjoying a sitdown on Howard Stern's radio show. But even after hitting the jackpot, Randazzo could not escape his troubled past. For nearly two decades the one-time Park Ave. doorman had been a drug addict and, at one poi
Oct 6, 2009, 2:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery facts and trivia as it turns 35 years oldNews Story
Thirty-five years ago this summer, the newly created Ohio Lottery held its first-ever drawing, a public spectacle at Parmatown Mall that drew more than 1,000 people. Comedian Don Rickles had originally been invited to emcee the drawing of the new Buckeye 300 weekly game, but the public had to settle for Miss Ohio World 1974 and local TV stars Big Chuck and Hoolihan. Since then, the Ohio Lottery has turned hundreds of people into millionaires and transferred about $16 billion to Ohio's publ
Jun 18, 2009, 12:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner almost out of cash three years laterNews Story
For fun, Keith Bryce and his wife, Elizabeth, play bingo on Tuesdays at a Knights of Columbus Hall, or watch movies on a mattress in the living room. It's a long way from the craps tables, flashing lights and plush presidential suites at the swank Las Vegas hotels of their honeymoon. Since Bryce won the Mega Millions lottery three years ago, he has clashed with family, spent close to $3 million and isn't far from the poorhouse a place he assumed he'd never visit again. In the first 30 d
Dec 10, 2008, 8:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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JP Morgan bought out one of them, I forget who. This is so familiar to me....oh that's right.......JP Morgan has been, and is doing, what the money lenders did in Europe. But now they're buying up America. Control...control...control ! The Rothchilds were first named Red shield . There was an actual red shield in front and top of the family house I believe in the late 1700's. They lent money to the government to help fund the european wars. They hedged both sides of the war, having a spy c
Sep 21, 2008, 12:16 am - pacattack05 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relativesNews Story
Jean Edwards went from anonymous retiree to millionaire celebrity this week. But as far as she's concerned, not much in her life has changed. Edwards plans to stay in her Willow Street home and maybe take a vacation to Jackson Hole, Wyo., but that's about it. I just don't know why it would make any change in our lives, she said at a news conference Friday about her instant good fortune as a Powerball lottery winner. We'll be able to get some things we need, but why should you have
Aug 11, 2008, 2:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont could become first state to privatize lotteryNews Story
No other state has leased its lottery, but Vermont wants to be the first. Governor Jim Douglas hopes the lease will bring in $50 million dollars for the state budget, on top of the $23 million the lottery brings in now. Today in a special report, VPR's John Dillon explores the advantages and disadvantages of what is so far an untested idea. (sound of lottery machine printing ticket) (Dillon) Johanne Gray is a regular at this convenience store in Montpelier. She likes to play the
Dec 21, 2007, 2:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Record powerball lottery winner reflects on sad lifeNews Story
In his darkest moments, Jack Whittaker has sometimes wondered if winning the nearly $315 million Powerball game was really worth it. The jackpot that was the stuff of dreams turned into a nightmare: His wife left him and his drug-addicted granddaughter his protege and heir died. He endured constant requests for money. Almost five years later, Whittaker is left with things money can't cure: His daughter's cancer, a long list of indiscretions documented in newspapers and court records, a
Sep 14, 2007, 12:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How much would your dreams cost?Reply
also posted in the how much to family thread where I had the idea for this thread. Providing that it was 100 Million after taxes...... here's the breakdown. 1,000,000 would be taken off the top to blow in crazy ways at first to get that out of our system first thing. 3 to 4 Million on building an Earthship Hybred house. This house would have different levels and area where food could be produced year round. Also a larger Art Studio within it and those toy type things theater roo
Jun 21, 2007, 2:27 pm - manzplan - Lottery Discussion Forum

After a $100 Million jackpot win, how would you deal with family?Reply
Providing that it was 100 Million after taxes...... here's the breakdown. 1,000,000 would be taken off the top to blow in crazy ways at first to get that out of our system first thing. 3 to 4 Million on building an Earthship Hybred house. This house would have different levels and area where food could be produced year round. Also a larger Art Studio within it and those toy type things theater room indoor pool. Cost is less than conventional building as it will be part recycled items a
Jun 20, 2007, 2:11 am - manzplan - Lottery Discussion Forum