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Judge rules $560M Powerball lottery winner can stay anonymousReply
I wonder if she'll be outed through FOIA? Maybe. At best the article is a very brief summary of the ruling and perhaps description is a better word. Of course it's what the ruling actually says that matters. Taking the article at face value, let's assume that the lottery can only use the name of the trust and her home town in any press release or marketing. What should we make of this? However, Temple noted that nothing in his order could be interpreted to prevent the lottery commission
Mar 12, 2018, 11:42 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Court hears arguments on $559M lottery winner's plea to remain anonymousReply
Who remembers past jackpot winners? People who want their money. Especially people who want their money and aren't overly fussy about how they get it. so many hints as to who is person is If you think you've seen useful clues about who she is I've got a bridge that I'll sell you for cheap. Her lawyer knows the law isn't on her side so he's doing his best to win with BS. The Good Karma Family Trust ? You need some pretty high boots to wade through the pile he's offering up. For the c
Feb 15, 2018, 12:51 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery to re-draw raffle TuesdayReply
Tuesday's drawing will include all 214,601 tickets in the second drawing So some people will get to play twice while some will get to play once while some others will not get to play at all. I am of course referring to the people who were excluded from the first drawing and threw their tickets out. How is it not theft on the lotterys part if a player was excluded from the first drawing and did not get to play and will not be able to play in this second drawing? The player pa
Jan 13, 2018, 8:59 pm - ckrakowski - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery gets new director Jan. 1News Story
Georgia Lottery President Debbie Alford, who has headed the agency that raises money for the HOPE scholarship and prekindergarten classes since 2012, is retiring from her post. Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday that he is nominating Gretchen Corbin, the commissioner of the state's technical college system, to replace Alford. Corbin was previously commissioner of the state's Department of Community Affairs. The lottery board will vote on the recommendation, but the vote is typically a formali
Nov 28, 2017, 9:23 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey makes case to Supreme Court on sports bettingNews Story
New Jersey's chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied. The state argued in briefs this week that Congress is barred from forcing states to repeal or reinstate their own laws. That's a reference to an issue at the heart of a lawsuit by the NCAA and the four major pro sports leagues, who argue a 1992 federal law barring all but four states from authorizing sports gambling derails N
Dec 28, 2016, 8:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ex-Minnesota Lottery executive pleads guilty in car-crash caseNews Story
A former top Minnesota Lottery official suing over her termination pleaded guilty Monday to a drunken-driving charge stemming from a serious car crash last December. Johnene Canfield pleaded guilty in Ramsey County District Court to gross a misdemeanor charge of failing to submit to a chemical test. She paid a $715 fine, agreed to 30 days in an out-of-custody sentence-to-service program and committed to perform 100 hours of additional community service. Additional penalties were stayed pendin
Oct 27, 2015, 9:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois fires lottery operator NorthstarNews Story
Will continue to operate lottery for more than a year The nation's first private company to manage a state lottery was fired Friday by the Illinois Governor after years of failing to make the lofty revenue targets it promised. In a news release Friday, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced that his office had reached a termination agreement with Northstar Lottery Group that will remove the firm as private manager as of Jan. 1, 2017, or until a replacement is chosen. The agreement also stipulated
Sep 19, 2015, 10:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

JUDGE: Florida sex offender allowed to spend $3M lottery winningsNews Story
A convicted sex offender can spend his $3 million Florida lottery winnings any way he wants, over the protestations of two of his alleged victims, a judge ruled Friday. Timothy Poole won the Florida Super Millions scratch-off lottery in December, taking home a lump sum of $2.2 million. (See Florida Lottery winner outed as sexual predator, Lottery Post, Dec. 10, 2014.) Two brothers are suing Poole for psychological damages after they say he abused them when they were 5 and 9 years old in 19
Feb 15, 2015, 10:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Player sues Oregon Lottery, charging video poker game riggedNews Story
The Oregon State Lottery's rigged video poker games have cost players $134 million, a man claims in a class action lawsuit. Lead plaintiff Justin Curzi claims the video poker machines' auto-hold feature misleads players about how to increase their odds of winning a hand. The auto-hold feature recommends playing strategies, and allows players to automatically discard and draw new cards with a single button, according to the complaint. Thus, relying on the auto-hold feature is the easies
Jan 7, 2015, 6:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NJ casino alleges famous poker player cheated in $9.6M winReply
Todd, Yes those sentences were in the news story but as I'm sure you're very well aware a lot of people just read headers ot thread titles and go no further yet spout their opinions. Also from the story: The lawsuit claims that Ivey and his companion instructed a dealer to flip cards in particular ways, depending on whether it was a desirable card in baccarat. The numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 are considered good cards. Other bad cards would be flipped in different directions, so that after sev
Apr 13, 2014, 6:06 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News