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Arkansas woman loses bid for $1M lottery ticket picked from trashNews Story
An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw away the ticket after she bought it, according to a judge's ruling Tuesday. The judge decided that Sharon Duncan was entitled to the prize money, not Sharon Jones, who claimed the prize money after she took the ticket from a trash can of discarded lottery tickets at a convenience store in Beebe, a city about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock. Jones' attorney, James Simpson, said h
May 1, 2012, 10:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner who kept cashing welfare checks charged with fraudNews Story
A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday for collecting food stamps and public health insurance despite pocketing a $735,000 jackpot. Amanda Clayton, 25, was silent during a brief court hearing after spending a night in jail. A not-guilty plea was entered, and her lawyer vowed to fight the charges. Clayton is the second person in Michigan caught with food stamps despite newly minted wealth. Gov. Rick Snyder last week signed a law requiring the lottery to notify the Human Se
Apr 17, 2012, 7:14 pm - Todd - Lottery News

In group lottery wins, splitting the spoils toughReply
GOLDEN RULE: Pools WITHOUT RULES are for fools. In the beginning,Lottery Pool intentions are great. Give me your money for the drawing, but don't be late ! Its a buck a ticket,don't worry cause we can quick-pick it. Our best friend will buy them for us cause he's first-rate. No copies of tickets bought,,,, need to be made. Because we are all friends and our trust will never fade The jackpot millions have created dreams by the Gazillions We trust our friend to buy th
Apr 4, 2012, 9:56 am - CDanaT - Lottery News

NJ man sued over $38.5M lottery ticketNews Story
A trail is underway in the case of a New Jersey construction worker who is being sued by his former co-workers after cashing in a $38.5 million lottery ticket. Americo Lopes and five co-workers participated in a weekly lottery pool starting in 2007 where they worked at Berto Construction, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger. Each participant contributed $2 to the pool and Lopes would buy the tickets. Lopes also played the lottery independently from the pool. On November 10, 2009, tw
Mar 14, 2012, 9:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Man to sue Austrian casino after $57 million jackpot deniedNews Story
A gambler who thought he had won 37 million (US$57 million) on a slot machine has been offered a free meal and 60 (US$93) instead, after casino bosses said the jackpot was due to a software error . Behar Merlaku, 26, played the winning machine at a casino in Bregenz, Austria. Despite only getting four of the slot machine's five required matches, Mr. Merlaku was told he had won the massive jackpot complete with a winning bell and flashing screen. However when he went to claim his prize,
Dec 14, 2011, 9:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana man says store cost him $11.5M lottery jackpotNews Story
A 70-year-old retired chemist is suing a convenience store chain for more than $11.5 million, claiming its employees cheated him out of a large jackpot by refusing to sell him a lottery ticket. Charles Andrews says in his lawsuit that he picked the winning numbers for the February 2008 Hoosier Lotto drawing, but that a clerk at a Speedway store in Indianapolis refused to sell him a ticket with a few minutes left before the 10:40 p.m. official sales cutoff. Andrews, of Indianapolis, says th
Apr 27, 2010, 7:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.Y. couple wins $162M lottery jackpot - but owes $1MReply
Nino, don't take it personal. We can disagree without being disagreeable. Don't misinterpret passion for malice. We just have viewpoints and opinions that happen to be polar opposites. I'm not carrying any rage around, for you or anybody else, just dogged determination to resist tyranny. There's no hard feelings on this end buddy. As far as the red light cameras go, no, I don't think they're an evil plot. Just more government intrusion in our personal lives for the sole purpose of getting mor
Jan 11, 2010, 7:54 am - rdgrnr - Lottery News

Lottery winner loses ticket, awarded unspent portion from couple who found itReply
After reading this story I was motivated to once again read the back of my playslip and ticket. On the back of my playslip under HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: The first thing the TX Lottery Commission wrote was, Sign ticket before claiming. Unsigned tickets could be claimed by whoever possesses the ticket. I continued to read the back of the playslip and under the section RULES: The first thing the TX Lottery Commission wrote was, The ticket, not the playslip, is the only valid proof of your numb
Jul 26, 2009, 12:54 pm - PERDUE - Lottery News

Law creating N.C. Lottery to be reviewed by state's Supreme CourtNews Story
North Carolina's highest court will decide whether the Legislature approved properly a bill that created the state's education lottery. State Supreme Court justices scheduled oral arguments Monday in a lawsuit originally filed by taxpayers who sued state and elected officials. At issue is whether 35 percent of the price of each lottery ticket constitutes a tax. If so, the state legislature violated the North Carolina Constitution when it approved the lottery in 2005 because it did not foll
Sep 8, 2008, 2:59 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner facing tax fraud trial diesNews Story
Editor's Note: A less in-depth news story about this lottery winner was posted earlier today: $13 million Florida Lotto winner dies a pauper Former lottery multi-millionaire Alex Toth, who was broke and facing tax fraud charges, has died at the age of 60. Toth was scheduled to go on trial in June, accused of filing fake tax returns with his wife, Rhoda, who has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. By the time the couple were charged in 2006, authorities said they appeared to have
Apr 25, 2008, 7:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News