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Do not get burned by this service station!
DO NOT SHOP AT THE SHELL SERVICE STATION LISTED BELOW, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES: SHELL 2898 JOHNSON FERRY RD MARIETTA, GA 30062-5679 770-641-7658 This station is located on the northeast corner of Johnson Ferry Road, at the intersection of Lassiter Road. There is a standard Shell logo on the sign in front of the business. I walked into this location at approximately 8:45 pm, the evening of December 15, 2010. I inquired about the Jingle Jumbo Bucks instant tickets that were in the bin
Dec 15, 2010, 1:51 am - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

W.V. Lottery offers $15 million for office towerNews Story
West Virginia's plan to purchase the City Center West office tower for the Lottery Commission is $7 million short of the owner's asking price, according to state and local officials familiar with the negotiations. The state Department of Administration's Real Estate Division has offered to buy the 13-story building for $15 million. Building owner General Corp. wants $22 million. The Lottery Commission would relocate its headquarters to City Center West, which is beside the Interstate 64/In
Feb 25, 2010, 11:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay upNews Story
A man cheated of his million-dollar jackpot wants the Texas Lottery to pay up. The case of Willis Willis drew widespread attention a week ago after a store clerk was indicted for allegedly keeping Willis' winning ticket and claiming the 67-year-old Grand Prairie man's prize in June. The clerk, identified as Pankaj Joshi, is considered a fugitive. And Willis is still waiting for his money. It's been amazing what's going on, Willis, who said he does maintenance work at apartment build
Oct 28, 2009, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas voters get first lottery-only proposalNews Story
Arkansas banned lotteries even before state lawmakers determined how to properly pronounce the state's name. The 1874 ban held through the era of Hot Springs' illegal casinos and their destruction at the hands of sledgehammer-wielding state troopers nearly a century later. In the time since, attempts to legalize a government-run lottery always included bringing back casino games or something else just as unpalatable for a state squarely in the nation's Bible Belt. Now, though, a proposal b
Oct 31, 2008, 7:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery cash frozen as family feuds over winningsNews Story
Since celebrating a $3.5 million lottery win earlier this year, a Windsor, Ontario, family has been torn apart with an elderly man accusing his wife and stepdaughters of conspiring to hide the winnings from him. Retired carpenter Gerald Moore, 81, filed a lawsuit saying he bought the ticket. His homemaker wife of 10 years, Mary Patricia Moore, 59, says it was her daughter's ticket. To complicate matters, the suit was filed by Mr. Moore a month after Ms. Moore filed for divorce, and police
Sep 28, 2008, 6:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery scammer who later won shot, killedNews Story
A Fort Lauderdale man who once went to jail for making fake lottery tickets and then won a million-dollar prize for real died from a gunshot wound. Anthony Soltys, convicted felon and instant millionaire, died as mysteriously as he lived. Soltys died Friday afternoon from a gunshot wound he received the night before in Fort Lauderdale. Police are searching for the person or persons that left him to die in the middle of Northeast Fourth Avenue, in the 1700 block. Soltys was taken
Jan 20, 2008, 12:22 am - Todd - Lottery News

Anti-smoking proponents want to use the lottery to enact more bansNews Story
Man calls lottery sales in smoky store 'discrimination' The Texas Lottery Commission's sale of tickets in stores that allow smoking could be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the attorney general's office said. Lewisville resident Billy Williams complained to the commission in 2006 that he had an asthma attack after buying a ticket at a smoky store. He said his rights were violated because the store allowed smoking. After Billy J. Williams drove to a salvage yard 100
Nov 12, 2007, 8:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery Voluntary Self Exclsusion Program
From the Illinois lottery website: ILLINOIS LOTTERY VOLUNTARY SELF-EXCLUSION PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND FAQ s Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program The Illinois Lottery offers a program that allows a person to ban him/herself from receiving lottery prizes over $600 as well as any direct-mail or e-mail lottery promotional materials. The agreement bars those individuals who sign it from receiving payment for winning Illinois Lottery tickets at the lottery's five prize payment centers or throug
Oct 17, 2007, 5:47 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Setting a trust for anonymity: how does it work?Reply
KY, yes I did read that story. I also read a lot - believe me, A LOT - similar cautionary stories pointing to the same bottom line... JW is not the only one but just one of the many... It's not about the mistakes JW made, it is about the pitfalls inherent to not claiming your jackpot with absolute anonymity. I realize that by claiming such things here I have been upsetting that artificial sense of security deriving from a not too realistic view that many here want to believe, which is along the
Apr 21, 2007, 1:00 pm - JRCa - Lottery Discussion Forum

Trial on death of friend of Jack Whittakers daughter
Witness says Whittaker's granddaughter did drugs in his office Two former employees of Jack Whittaker's construction company told a jury Thursday that his granddaughter frequently came into his St. Albans office to collect her large daily allowance, and that she was often intoxicated or high from doing drugs. Whittaker has been accused of negligence in the death of 18-year-old Jesse Tribble, who was found dead of a drug overdose in Whittaker's Scott Depot home. Tribble's father,
Mar 23, 2007, 2:44 pm - petergrfn - Lottery Discussion Forum