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Texas Woman Sues Over Winning Lottery TicketNews Story
A woman who claims she was part of a $36 million Lotto Texas jackpot pool but was excluded from the winnings has sued six women and the Texas Lottery Commission. Betty Domingo of Lubbock claimed in her lawsuit filed Friday that she is due $2.9 million, her share of the April 29 Lotto drawing. The six women named as defendants selected the lump sum $20.9 million cash value option. A judge issued a restraining order Friday to prevent the commission from distributing the money until the dispu
May 25, 2006, 2:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

IGT prevails in DOJ lawsuit; Wire Act only applies to sports bettingNews Story
Lotteries and poker are not controlled by Wire Act A fight spanning more than a decade over varying interpretations of the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 may finally be reaching its end after a Rhode Island District Court judge ruled that the US Department of Justice must formally state that the law only applies to sports betting. The ruling, a significant victory for online poker in the US, was made in a November 2021 lawsuit filed by International Game Technology (IGT) against the DOJ in
Sep 24, 2022, 9:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

West Virginia Lottery begins allowing credit card purchasesReply
Aawww Hell,.. I can see it naah.. You paid by Credit Card, won a Jackpot.. but you didnt pay the Balance due.. Oooppz, naah the Bank sayz IT'Z THEIR JACKPOT!, NOT Yo'z, cauze ya didnt read the fine print Lawsuit, Lawsuit, Lawsuit...!! Heaa dat Artist77?.. Mooove to Virginya.. You'll nevaah be outta werk
Jul 19, 2022, 9:26 pm - Stat$talker - Lottery News

Former fiancé sues $188 million Powerball jackpot winnerNews Story
By Kate Northrop The ex-fianc of a North Carolina Powerball winner is suing her for allegedly giving away over a million dollars' worth of property he claims were gifts given to him by her. Lamarr McDow, the former fianc of $188 million Powerball winner Marie Holmes, filed a lawsuit against her after she reportedly gave away his gifts consisting of cars, clothes, and miscellaneous property that totaled over $1.4 million in value. Holmes lived with her then-boyfriend McDow at the time of
Feb 16, 2021, 11:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

NH Powerball lottery winner sues for anonymityReply
I do not view her as ungrateful on any level. If a trust was an option in her state, the lottery officials are aware a winner would not be signing the ticket as a claimant. So the lottery site telling people to sign their ticket is wrong and there should be a disclaimer saying while it may be advisable to sign the ticket, your signature would prevent anonymity if one chooses to claim via a trust. I think a lot of people are missing the legal significance of her lawsuit. Perhaps she has small chi
Feb 6, 2018, 9:23 pm - Artist77 - Lottery News

Lottery windfalls can buy anything except anonymityReply
Read the article posted on LP in 2007; it has all the lawsuit details including how Ford found out Shakespeare won. You want to make it sound as if Shakespeare's lawsuit just materialized out of thin air and that his publicized win was not the instigating factor. LMAO! Moore met Shakespeare a year after the lawsuit. Are you that lazy or can't you read the article that was posted on LP?
Mar 13, 2015, 10:17 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Cheated lottery winner files lawsuitNews Story
A Dallas-area man who Travis County prosecutors say had his $1 million lottery ticket stolen by a convenience store clerk in 2009 has sued the Texas Lottery Commission and others in hopes of recovering all of his winnings. Lawyers for Willis Willis, a retired Grand Prairie maintenance man, filed the suit in state District Court in Travis County last week against the lottery commission, GTECH Corp, which runs the lottery, and the owner of a convenience store where Willis bought his ticket.
May 31, 2011, 4:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Woman sues TV station over lottery numbers errorReply
I think all of you that say the lady is stupid for the lawsuit are JEALOUS!!! I think she SHOULD WIN the lawsuit!!!! The news stations should NEVER have broadcast the wrong numbers the first time, and DEFENITLY shouldn't have done it the next morning! If I was her, I would be going for $500,000 - My $250,000 that I should have won and $250,000 in damages by the station!!! FACE IT... you all are just hating because it didn't happen to you... your JEALOUS!!! And anyone else that should hav
Feb 27, 2011, 1:30 pm - ahulette83 - Lottery News

B.C. Lottery faces lawsuit from second problem gamblerNews Story
A Vancouver Island man is suing the British Columbia Lottery Corporation because the company denied him a $42,500 jackpot on the grounds he's a registered problem gambler although the BCLC has never stopped him from losing money. At the time, Mike Lee was supposed to be barred from casinos entirely under the BCLC self-exclusion program, but his lawsuit contends that the company let him in and allowed him to gamble anyway. It's unconscionable to allow someone that has gambling issues to le
Jul 24, 2010, 10:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawsuit filed against Western Canada LotteryNews Story
Alleges 'systemic misrepresentation' of scratch games, seeks $100M Regina lawyer Tony Merchant has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation (WCLC) and the corresponding provincial agencies over scratch-and-win tickets. The case is being brought forth on behalf of all persons who, since Nov. 1, 2001, purchased or acquired scratch-and-win tickets from a game order for which all tickets containing top prizes had already been sold, reads the statement of cl
Nov 20, 2008, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery News