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Who is Sam Bankman-Fried and Why Are The Fed's After Him?Reply
Good points Stats... Could be SBF is trying to get a head start on influencing a jury. You're correct SBF has not been charged with any crime....not yet anyway. That said, The Fed's are looking at the whole mess, and my guess is they are proceeding slowly so as to be in a position to present a solid case to a US Attorney that the prosecutor believes there is enough evidence to present the case to a Federal Grand Jury for an indictment, and ultimately gain a conviction in a courtroom in
Dec 6, 2022, 11:10 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida lottery winner accused of grand theftNews Story
The man who claimed a half-million dollar Florida Lottery prize a few days ago was determining Friday how much money he would need to post bail after police took him into custody on a warrant. Giovanni Sanchez, 27, of the 1600 block of Southeast Tiffany Club Place, Port St. Lucie, was charged Friday afternoon with grand theft, three counts of trafficking in stolen property and three counts of giving false information to a pawnbroker. He was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail Friday afterno
Dec 12, 2015, 8:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Former Ohio Lottery worker sentenced for stealing instant ticketsNews Story
By Todd Northrop A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners. David Dragelevich, 40, was sentenced Monday morning by a Mahoning County judge to five years probation and will have to pay restitution after pleading guilty to theft back in August. An Ohio Inspector General's office report released last May said Dragelevich would keep tickets returned from an unidentified retailer, then ent
Dec 1, 2015, 12:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Can lottery organizations control the location of jackpot winning tickets?Reply
Response to good info from mrcraft in JWBlue's double-post in other thread: https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250725/3401688 ... there are many layers of checks and balances to ensure integrity of its scratchers, and in order to perpetuate fraud (e.g., sending your friends to buy entire rolls of tickets at specific retailers to win top prizes) you need at least 6 people from the gaming company and lottery office participating in the conspiracy to pull it off. And yeah, that famous inci
Dec 23, 2013, 7:05 pm - Jon D - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Would you wear a disguise to your press conference?Reply
joint assets in the middle of a divorce, hugwash let me get this right if am married, and she wants to get a divorce, and after the paper work is started, and we are already moved out then i win the lotto, 50% SURE belongs to her, i don't think so buddy i have her killed for being a theft, and i take anyone defending her getting any thing as willing to help a theft, and kill them too, i don't take kindly to being told being a theft is legal, i dare anyone to tr
Aug 13, 2009, 10:05 am - joshuacloak - Lottery Discussion Forum

Thief grabs N.C. lottery tickets from store displayNews Story
A thief stole a display cabinet full of North Carolina lottery tickets this weekend, but his ill-gotten booty turned worthless almost immediately. As soon as we are notified (of a theft), we deactivate those numbers, and the tickets cannot be redeemed, said Pam Walker, communications director for the N.C. Education Lottery. Each ticket has an identification number, and lottery officials keep computerized records of which tickets are allotted for each vendor in the state, Walker said.
Apr 11, 2006, 9:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery trial sheds lights on OLGC miscuesNews Story
An 81-year-old Canadian man, a cancer survivor, is suing the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLGC), saying it refused to properly investigate a retailer who allegedly cheated him out of a $250,000 winning Encore ticket.Despite feeling cheated by the store owners, Robert Edmonds settled his civil suit against them in January. While he was originally asking for $250,000 the value of the winning ticket and $500,000 in punitive damages, Edmonds settled for $150,000 because he'd heard they ha
Mar 8, 2005, 12:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Informant reported lottery scamNews Story
Agency criticized for silence in scratch-off case; director says he lacked evidence to notify policeMarion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Tuesday that Hoosier Lottery officials knew for months there were potential problems with a scratch-off game, but failed to notify police about their suspicions of a possible scam.A day after charging ex-security agent William C. Foreman and two other men with stealing from the lottery, Brizzi said an informant, rather than lottery officials, alerted his o
Nov 10, 2004, 1:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

3 charged in theft of $250,000 lottery ticketNews Story
An employee at an Iowa lottery retailer is charged with stealing a winning $250,000 instant scratch ticket and working with her boyfriend and mother in a clumsy attempt to claim the prize, investigators said last week. Prosecutors allege that Casey's general store employee Ashley Bosler, 20, found the winning ticket by scratching off a corner and scanning the bar code that confirmed it was a winner of the game's top prize. She allegedly hadn't paid for the ticket and was too young to play,
Aug 5, 2016, 9:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ man goes on 10-store, 900-ticket lotto theft spreeNews Story
An alleged lottery ticket thief was not lucky enough to get away with stealing 900 New Jersey Lottery tickets, let alone hit the potential $5 million jackpot, according to police. An investigation led police to arrest Andrew Miller, 20, of Scotch Plains, on Monday, and charge him with a slew of ticket thefts, said Springfield Township Det. Lt. Judd Levenson, the department's spokesman. Miller was found in Scotch Plains on Monday at 12:30 p.m. after Springfield police determined he had sto
Nov 17, 2015, 3:25 pm - Todd - Lottery News