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CT Lottery settles 5 Card Cash dispute with vendorNews Story
Will receive $300,000 from Scientific Games, not $4M sought The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has agreed to settle for a fraction of the nearly $4.2 million it had claimed that Scientific Games, the international gambling giant, lost in last year's hacking of the popular 5 Card Cash instant game. Frank Farricker, acting president of the lottery, said Monday that Scientific Games will provide about $300,000 to develop a new, more-secure operating system. The Las Vegas-based company has also agr
Nov 29, 2016, 2:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana woman claims Blue Chip Casino owes her $28MReply
Re: the OP, here's slot machine malfunction FAQs from the Nevada Gamin Control Board. Granted it's not Indiana, but the same info. applies: FAQs - Slot Machine Malfunctions The goal and objective of the Nevada Gaming Control Board is to ensure that gaming is conducted honestly and competitively and the public has confidence and trust in the gaming industry. In other words, we want the games to be fair and patrons to have a good time. What do I do when a slot machine I am playing malfun
Feb 15, 2014, 11:28 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Defense Bill Dispute May Stall Internet Gambling ProposalNews Story
A dispute among Republican leaders may delay the fate of a proposed Internet gambling ban until after the Nov. 7 elections, congressional and lobbying sources said Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., are pushing hard to include an online wagering ban and a slew of other bills in defense legislation. But in a letter to Frist on Monday, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he firmly op
Sep 28, 2006, 12:41 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Audit of California Lottery finds over $305,000 in improper or dubious spendingReply
auditors said a manager had $13,280 in unallowable mileage costs. I was once threatened with being fired for just over $30 in a mileage cost dispute. Someone should have caught most, if not all, of this and people should have been fired. Then the lottery puts out a email saying no fraud found, that means THEY are the issue, starts from the top.
Apr 13, 2019, 2:44 pm - DELotteryPlyr - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionReply
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Letter from President Obama to US Government employees affected by the shutdown in 2013 In U.S. politics, a government shutdown is the process the Executive Branch must enter into when the Congress creates a funding gap by choosing not to or failing to pass legislation funding government operations and agencies, or, after the Congress passes a bill to fund the government and sends it to the President, the President vetoe
Oct 27, 2016, 9:35 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Illinois woman loses out on $50K lottery ticket after buying it with drug moneyReply
They said the boyfriend bought the ticket and she didn't dispute that at first until she realized the state could keep the money. I think the state was right. If you lived with your brother and he bought the ticket, then I think they should take the money even if you tried to cash in the ticket. Drug money most likely bought it.
Oct 7, 2016, 11:10 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery News

Raised hackles and shears over a lottery card mix-upNews Story
The old man shuffled along West 10th Street on Thursday toward the police station in Manhattan. He has lived next door for decades. He had a question. He paused before the decorative iron fence marked 6th PCT, and the plaque naming its donors: The Camacho Family. That was his extended family, with whom the man, Jose Cardoso, has lived on the block since the 1950s. He entered the police precinct house, walking past uniformed officers, sticking his head into a detective's office and shouting
Sep 12, 2016, 8:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cops: Lottery ticket dispute led to Florida ax murderNews Story
A Florida man is being held without bond, accused of murdering his friend with an ax during a fight over lottery tickets. I was defending myself, suspect Joseph Robinson said after his initial court appearance. The victim was identified as John Henry Stubbs, 69. The father of 11 was killed in what investigators said was a gruesome act involving an ax. It's a shock. We're still trying to cope with it and deal with the situation right now, said Michelle Johnson, the victim's niece. W
Apr 11, 2016, 7:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas couple both dead after argument over $500 lottery ticket winReply
I do not dispute that 90 million Americans age 16 or over are neither working nor actively looking for work. There are 43 million Americans over the age of 64, 74.2 million under the age of 18, and as of 2014 the U.S. population was 318.9 million.
Apr 1, 2015, 11:38 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Wisconsin man's two winning lotto tickets said to be "misprints"Reply
A long time ago, pre-internet and when IBM's were as big as rooms, Popular Science ran a cartoon. A guy wne to an office to dispute a bill and the guy behind the desk said, Our computer says you owe us $281.69 and our computer doesn't make mistakes, Mr. Z!@2$^Q .
Jul 29, 2014, 7:38 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News