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U.S. Settles BetOnSports Online-Gambling Civil CaseNews Story
A federal prosecutor reached a settlement Thursday with online gambling company BetOnSports PLC that permanently bars the London-based company from accepting any bets from the United States. The lawsuit has been closely watched by the online gambling industry, which generates about $6 billion annually in the United States. The settlement ends a massive civil case U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway filed this summer. It does not effect a criminal case still pending against several BetOnSpor
Nov 12, 2006, 9:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Update: French arrests of BWIN ExecutivesNews Story
Arrests called 'scandalous' by company; French lottery monopolists may be behind the moves Friday's surprise arrests in France of two senior BWIN executives introducing a company sponsorship to the AS Monaco football club elicited an immediate expression of outrage from the Austrian public company. French lottery officials admitted the detentions were inspired by similar US Department of Justice attacks against international businessmen visiting the United States recently. BWIN joint ma
Sep 16, 2006, 1:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery may give $42 million in excess funds to schoolsNews Story
Gathered around a podium at Benson High School in Portland on Wednesday, key Republicans and Democrats alike proclaimed that a new day was dawning for Oregon schools. With the blessing of House Speaker Karen Minnis, R-Wood Village, and Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, legislators are poised to approve handing over $42 million in unexpected lottery revenue to public schools during next week's special session. If approved, it would be the first time in years the state has announced
Apr 14, 2006, 8:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery rate cut has fierce opposition and supportNews Story
Oregon Lottery Director Dale Penn, seeking to capture millions of additional dollars for schools and other state programs, on Tuesday proposed a nearly 50 percent rate cut for retailers offering the lottery's new electronic slot machines.The rate cut, the biggest proposed by a lottery director since the state first ventured into electronic gambling 13 years ago, was cheered by school advocates who complain that bars, taverns and restaurants have been making excess profits off the lottery.But the
Feb 17, 2005, 10:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winning Can Mean Losing? Lotterynightmare
For a lot of people, winning the lottery is the American dream. But for many lottery winners, the reality is more like a nightmare. Winning the lottery isn't always what it's cracked up to be, says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once but twice (1985, 1986) to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer. I won the American dream but I lost it, too. It was a very hard fall. It's called rock bottom, says Adams. Everybody wanted my mone
Nov 17, 2004, 1:28 pm - camden2004 - Lottery Discussion Forum

For some lottery winners jackpot is a 'nightmare'News Story
Winning the lottery turned life into a nightmareFor a lot of people, winning the lottery is the American dream. But some say the reality is more like a nightmare. Winning the lottery isn't always what it's cracked up to be, says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once but twice (1985, 1986) to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer. I won the American dream but I lost it, too. It was a very hard fall. It's called rock bottom, says
Nov 17, 2004, 10:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

UK National Lottery potential victim to worldwide "blue screen of death" catastropheNews Story
Website and app completely offline, players unable to buy or cash tickets By Kate Northrop In what is being dubbed the largest IT outage in history, the U.K. National Lottery may have fallen victim to the Blue Screen of Death update over the weekend, after their website and mobile app were completely taken offline, leaving thousands of players unable to cash or buy tickets. A severe global IT outage caused by a botched CrowdStrike update jammed up emergency services, healthcare, tech
Jul 22, 2024, 4:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$180 million Powerball winners embroiled in court battle after losing $20M to financial advisorNews Story
Mismanagement cost Powerball jackpot winners money and time By Kate Northrop A Minnesota couple who won a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot in 2008 have come forward to talk about how they lost millions to their financial advisor's poor management and spent five years embroiled in court battles. Two Powerball winners of a $180.1 million jackpot lost a significant portion of their lottery prize after a financial business they entrusted their winnings to sunk their portfolio. Paul a
Jul 18, 2024, 2:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DC man sues the lottery after incorrect numbers posted on website would have won him $340 millionNews Story
A Washington, D.C. man who thought he had won a $340 million Powerball jackpot is suing the lottery and other companies related to the Powerball game after the district's website displayed the wrong winning numbers, which happened to match the numbers on his ticket. John Cheeks purchased a Powerball lottery ticket at the center of the dispute on Jan. 6, 2023. Although Cheeks did not see the Powerball drawing the following day, he saw his numbers posted on the DC lottery's website two days la
Feb 21, 2024, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

The world may never know who won a $202 million lottery jackpotNews Story
$202 million is more money that most of us can even fathom. But one lucky lottery winner from New Jersey may be able to relish all that money in secret thanks to a new law that went into effect just last month. Last Tuesday's drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot was won by a single ticket sold at a Quick Stop Food Store in Edison, according to the New Jersey Lottery. The ticket matched all six numbers of 4, 6, 32, 52, and 64, with Mega Ball number 6. The $202 million jackpot has a cash
Feb 16, 2020, 10:37 am - Todd - Lottery News