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Court rules grandmother, 90, will receive $1.85 instead of $41M jackpotReply
She got $1.85 (one dollar and eighty five cents). McKee said she is a widow who lives on Social Security, can't see well I'll bet her lawyers cringed when she said that in court because their case was based on her believing she won $41 million on a penny slot machine. So far most of the comments are from members that probably never played a slot machine, don't know some machines scroll advertisements for other games, and don't know the games rules are on the front of the machine. McKe
Apr 26, 2015, 2:36 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Sibling battle over $32M lottery win lands in courtReply
Nahas says she asked to split the ticket cost with Haddad and he agreed. She alleges that she asked her brother to put her name on the ticket once he had bought it. She then wrote down the numbers to be played on a slip of paper and put it in her wallet. Something doesn't smell right about sis's story. The guy has bought thousands of tickets, so he is accustomed to getting lots of tickets on a regular basis. But according to sis, on this one particular day she just so happened to decide to
May 4, 2011, 11:05 am - ameriken - Lottery News

Canadian gets 9 years for U.S. lottery scamNews Story
A Vancouver man was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday for running a lottery scam in the United States that defrauded dozens of elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Henry Anekwu, 43, was convicted in April of 10 counts of mail fraud and six counts of wire fraud, all of which were centered around a telemarketing operation that told victims they had won a lottery, but needed to pay taxes or other fees up front to claim their winnings. Individual victims paid as much as $60
Jul 12, 2010, 8:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery surplus has state officials scramblingNews Story
Pre-K, increased scholarship amounts, other school programs are possibilitiesTennesseans are playing the lottery, but not as many students as expected are taking advantage of college scholarships and state officials have not decided what to do with the surplus.The scholarship program is projected to have $115 million in excess this year and another $79 million next budget year.State Sen. Steve Cohen, who sponsored the lottery, wants the money to pay for pre-kindergarten classes and to increase s
Dec 15, 2004, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Losing bidders protest $262 million Maryland Lottery contractNews Story
Two losing contenders for a contract worth as much as $263 million for the computer network that runs the Maryland lottery are protesting a decision to award the business to a rival, charging that a state agency chose the highest bidder after a tainted process. Lanham-based Gaming Innovations LLC and London-based IGT Global Solutions filed the protests with the Maryland State Lottery Gaming Control Agency after the agency awarded the eight-year contract to Scientific Games International of La
Sep 21, 2016, 11:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery wranglings could delay new D.C. scratch-off tickets for monthsNews Story
It could be many months before D.C. lottery players see their usual array of new tickets for sale, with a contract controversy that has depleted the D.C. Lottery's supply of scratch-off tickets and has cost the District government hundreds of thousands of dollars showing no sign of ending soon. The latest delay comes after city financial officials moved to cancel the most recent solicitation for a new lottery vendor in December, saying the lone respondent's price was too high. The decision co
Jan 2, 2014, 9:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New lawsuit claims Indiana Lottery did not award all prizesNews Story
Man who spent $40,000 on lottery sues to get money back; lawsuit claims Hoosier Lottery overstated number, amount of prizes in 'Cash Blast' game Two men filed a lawsuit Friday against the Hoosier Lottery, seeking class-action status as a result of the lottery's admitted misrepresentation of the number and amount of prizes available in a scratch-off game. Jeff Frazer, Carmel, and Jeff Koehlinger, Auburn, seek reimbursement in the lawsuit filed in Marion County for the losses they incurred w
Jan 6, 2007, 9:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months agoReply
I thought a lottery ticket is a bearer's instrument (it is written so on the back of many tickets). Some basic vetting is appropriate (i.e., where when did you buy this ticket?), but police interviews, checking the store's video feed, waiting months to award you the money, etc.) is way over-the-top. It seems like nowadays they (the state lotteries) can potentially come up with any reason for refusing to give you the money you won, and I think that's way too much power for them when in fact WE (l
Apr 19, 2024, 4:48 pm - lowerPB-MModds! - Lottery News

Michigan man wins record $503,254 Club Keno prizeReply
BTW The highest prize ever awarded on Michigan Club Keno since it started in 2003 was $1,000,000 right after it first started. Since then they have been reluctant to award anything higher than $500k The Prize that this story refers to is The Jack progressive jackpot prize and is the highest jackpot awarded during the run, so far, of The Jack add on game.
Aug 13, 2023, 6:46 pm - Think - Lottery News

VIDEO: UK woman who sued Camelot for £1 million lottery prize loses caseReply
Sometimes courts make really bad decisions.........this was one of the worst. The judge should have compromised, if he was not going to award a million pounds, he could have awarded Parker-Grennon a substantial amount to insure that something like this does not happen again. With this decision he is telling Camelot they do not have to pay for their mistakes, just hire good lawyers. PS.......Thanks for the prompt update, Kate.
Apr 8, 2023, 8:16 pm - Mata Garbo - Lottery News