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N.J. woman suing state over lottery taxNews Story
State retroactively slapped her with $1.58 million in taxes A Rockaway, New Jersey, woman who won a $14.9 million prize in the New Jersey Lottery's Pick 6 drawing in 2009 is suing the state to get a $1.58 million income tax refund she says she is owed. Kimberly Wearin's lawsuit, made public today in Superior Court in Morristown, says that when she won the prize on June 4, 2009 and took it as a lump sum, winnings from the state lottery were excluded from taxable income, under state law.
Jun 7, 2011, 5:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?Reply
^^^THIS^^^ As I am sure most of us are, I tend to be a very generous and trusting person, almost to a fault. However, like RJOH said, once you start the gravy train rolling, people will be at the station every day anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Win the lottery and everyone will have their hands out...friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, and people whom you never even heard of who have absolutely nothing to do with you. I also think many have contempt for rich people, and especia
Apr 10, 2011, 4:33 pm - ameriken - Lottery News

Disputed $50M lottery jackpot partially paid outReply
I am going to first make a contract and make sure that it is legal for me to add a clause that says in the case of a dispute, the director (me), can determine if somebody is entitled to anything. I'll save you some trouble. No. It's not quite that black and white, but that's the assumption you should be working with. One thing I can promise is that a contract doesn't apply to somebody who didn't sign it, so if somebody outside of the group claims they're entitled to a share you need some
Feb 17, 2011, 2:45 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Colossal Fail: Cowboys lottery game winners not getting tickets after allReply
It's a great prize, especially if you're a die-hard Cowboys fan, which I understand Mr. Delamar is, said Bobby Heith, a spokesman for the Texas Lottery Commission. And it should be interesting, Delamar agreed. But to be honest, it was the tickets, getting to go all season, that's why I was so excited, he said Tuesday. And I talked with Kathy in Amarillo, and she feels the same way I do that we should be getting tickets. Do I smell a lawsuit in the making??? Easy for Heith to poo-p
Nov 17, 2010, 8:47 pm - PERDUE - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery ads still on radio two days after Cahill agreed to a haltNews Story
Radio spots from a million-dollar advertising blitz for the Massachusetts Lottery continued to run yesterday, two days after state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent gubernatorial candidate, said he would stop airing the taxpayer funded advertisements. A spokesman for the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission said the ads would cease by last night, adding that the process for killing a major ad campaign took some time. The lottery said the ads could not have been stopped immediately
Oct 17, 2010, 7:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

What's with NY Sweet Million??Reply
It's disgusting what goes on in families regarding money. In my situation, my brother and I purchased our family home from my Mom after my Dad passed away. My ex brother didn't want to invest in it when I offered him third ownership, and he agreed that my brother and I should purchase Mom's home. After the contracts were signed, and while we were waiting to close (about a year), the value of the house skyrocketed and two weeks before the closing my ex-brother calls and says he won't show up at t
Sep 26, 2010, 9:56 am - jacal5 - Jackpot Games Forum

What's with NY Sweet Million??Reply
When the clerk didn't give me the freebie I was thinking, how could this be, the freebie ticket automatically comes out with the $5.00 one? (just as you posted). Then I thought maybe he failed to pick up the freebie ticket up along with the $5.00 one, but that couldn't be what happened because he asked the other clerk if the freebie was still in effect, and then he had to key something in the computer to generate another three lines. Since he gave me the free lines, I didn't think about it any f
Sep 11, 2010, 10:25 am - jacal5 - Jackpot Games Forum

Indiana man says store cost him $11.5M lottery jackpotReply
A spokeswoman for the Hoosier Lottery said retailers can set their own hours for selling and redeeming lottery tickets as long as they cut off sales by 10:40 p.m. It's up to the individual retail location, Lucia Anderson said. Josh Brown, another of Andrews' lawyers, said the law isn't explicit. There is no statute addressing the retail hours and whether they can set it or not set it, he said. Brown noted that the contract between the lottery agency and retailers requires stores to
Apr 27, 2010, 12:56 pm - Starr920 - Lottery News

Piqua lottery winners sued by co-workersReply
Well from my limited knowledge of the court tv shows, which are just minor sums of money in comparison. The judge usually only awards court costs if the people have a real reason to sue. Like, they don't bear any of the burden at all. Most recent example was a woman who was hit by a car that backed up to try to get to a gas station when it ran out of gas, but she was crossing in the middle of the street instead of at a cross walk so she was found 30% at fault. Could be wrong, but the judge doesn
Dec 27, 2008, 5:49 am - carnifex - Lottery News

Piqua lottery winners sued by co-workersReply
Another office pool, another lawsuit. It seems a bit unlikely that the people in the pool would refuse them their share if this was a legit case. The pool even had no problem with 1 person getting two shares, because he put an extra dollar in for his mom. That would make it seem clear that the pool required you to actually put in 1 dollar per share for a given drawing. Also, since these people each put in a dollar for this pool, any winnings that did roll over would give the other 4 a s
Dec 24, 2008, 5:29 pm - grengrad - Lottery News