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Indiana Lottery (Hoosier Lotto)Reply
I had another long response prepared but I lost my connection and lost the post. So just a few short comments for now. @Floyd: As usual your post makes perfect sense. I conceded your point about buying habits and no I don't have any information about lower prize levels. However, I submit to you that distribution patterns have much more to do with the location of scratch off prizes and winners than do sales patterns. With regard to the Cash Blast game the Hoosier Lottery advertises b
Aug 13, 2007, 3:34 pm - Uncle Jim - Jackpot Games Forum

Indiana Lottery (Hoosier Lotto)Reply
I have said repeadedly that I do not have any factual proof the Hoosier Lottery is rigged. There are 2 instances of rigged games I can point to. 1. The William Foreman Scratch off scandal. Mr. Foreman...a Hoosier Lottery Security Official rigged a scratch off game. The Hoosir Lottery has admitted Mr. Foreman rigged the game. His accomplices have pled guilty in a plea bargain agreement. Mr. Foreman is out on bail awaiting trial but press reports indicate he will in all probability not be
Aug 12, 2007, 11:51 pm - Uncle Jim - Jackpot Games Forum

Is the lottery a tax? N.C. appeals court hears argumentsNews Story
The profit from the sale of lottery tickets in North Carolina is really a tax on the state's residents, which means the law that created the games was passed unconstitutionally, attorneys for a group of taxpayers argued Tuesday before the state Court of Appeals. The fundamental criteria is that the revenue is going to the general benefit of the public, Robert Orr, the taxpayers' lawyer, told the three-judge panel. The lottery was sold as a revenue-raising proposition to raise money for edu
May 22, 2007, 8:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Men threaten discrimination suit against N.M. LotteryNews Story
Sales representatives say they were forced out because of age Two sales representatives who resigned Friday from the New Mexico Lottery said they were forced out by being given more work so they could be replaced by younger employees with lower pay. The two men, Ken Dahlstrom, 61, and Jack Minter, 67, said they are considering an age-discrimination lawsuit against the lottery. Both men have worked at the lottery since its inception in 1996. Dahlstrom and Minter said they were not fired or
Apr 14, 2007, 5:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lawyer in $315 million lottery lawsuits ordered to pay fineNews Story
A lawyer representing three people who sued their co-workers seeking a share of their $315 million lottery win was ordered Tuesday to pay a nearly $382,000 fine. Orange County Judge Michael Brenner ordered attorney Mark H. Williams to pay the seven lottery winners after determining he pursued the lawsuits knowing the allegations lacked merit. The amount was the equivalent to legal fees incurred by the Lucky Seven, who pooled money to buy the winning Mega Millions multi-state lottery tick
Mar 22, 2007, 10:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Family sues lottery ticket finderNews Story
Winner picked ticket out of the trash, family rejected offer of one-third of jackpot The heirs of a Blackstone man who tossed away a $1 million scratch ticket are suing the man who picked it out of the garbage, alleging he stole it. Daniel Donovan, the executor of his father Kevin Donovan's estate, filed suit May 26 against Edward St. John, who found the ticket, and Joseph Sullivan, the executive director of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. The lawsuit, filed in Worcester Sup
Jun 14, 2006, 8:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawsuit over $315 million lottery jackpot goes to trialReply
Quote: Originally posted by csfb on June 8, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by konane on June 8, 2006 The lawyers are slugging it out for the money earned through their fees, the heck with whether winners get a penny. Have heard a suggestion that if someone sues someone else and loses, loser in lawsuits pays all court costs and all attorney fees including those of the defendant .... which would likely eliminate a lot of let's file and see if they pay us to go away stuff clogging the court
Jun 8, 2006, 2:59 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery has false start on logoReply
What Tom Sheehan need to do is keep the media guys out of their meetings and talk on a need to know basis, especially since that lawsuit is happening. Somebody on his staff is talking too much. Once on my job there was going to be a layout. A group of non-management staff went to the local bar, got drunk and talked about the people who were being laid off. They wasn't even suppose to know about it. We all knew about it the next morning. My point is: That first
Feb 15, 2006, 10:43 am - Tenaj - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery under fire in court; Judge may suspend progressNews Story
A Superior Court judge said he would decide this week whether the state should stop work on launching a lottery while lawyers debate whether the game is legal. A group of plaintiffs, led by former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, asked Judge Henry Hight to impose the delay during a two-hour hearing Monday. Orr said House and Senate leaders violated the state constitution in their rush to get the lottery passed last year. The question is 'does political expediency trump the state consti
Feb 14, 2006, 11:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Euro Millions Lottery Sparks Buying Frenzy With $224 Million Top PrizeReply
Chewie wrote: << There is only one way to avoid U.S. taxes, permanently live outside of the U.S. and never come back. >> There are three ways to avoid paying US income tax, but that isn't one of them. 1. If you don't have any income you won't have to pay income tax to anyone. 2. If you're dead you won't have to pay income tax to anyone. In the year that you die your estate or your spouse may have to pay estate or income tax, but every year after that you'll be
Feb 3, 2006, 1:16 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News