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Canadian couple gives away entire $11.2M lottery jackpotNews Story
A Nova Scotia couple won $11.2 million from a lottery ticket in July and now every penny is gone. But Allen and Violet Large of Lower Truro didn't spend any of it on themselves. They say they decided to take care of family, organizations and institutions instead. What you've never had, you never miss, said Violet, 78. Married since 1974, the couple does not live large. They don't travel, they don't gamble (beyond playing the lottery) and they don't buy what they don't need. We h
Nov 4, 2010, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Couple, son charged in Detroit illegal lotteryNews Story
They went searching for drugs, but discovered a major gambling operation instead. A federal judge in Detroit today unsealed a criminal complaint detailing a large-scale, multi-state gambling operation allegedly run by an elderly Detroit couple that for decades has operated out of coney island restaurants, storefronts and homes in the Detroit area. According to the complaint, federal agents stumbled upon the gambling operation in 2007 when they went to execute a search warrant at a Farmingt
Oct 13, 2010, 9:22 pm - Lottery News

Clerk tried to steal $14 million lottery ticketNews Story
A retired New York transit worker is a big winner, but it took some detective work to find out just how big. $14 million, it turns out. The New York Lottery on Friday revealed the tale of Milledge McCassell, 72, of Laurelton, in hope of delivering a moral to the story. McCassell on Aug. 26 took unsigned tickets he bought a day earlier to the Dynasty Deli and Grocery in Jamaica, Queens, to check for possible prizes. He checked them himself on a store scanner, which for one ticket flas
Sep 17, 2010, 9:21 pm - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director survives attempted ousterNews Story
The director of the Arkansas Lottery survived an attempt this week to oust him from his job. The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted down a motion to fire Ernie Passailaigue after the lottery director drew a strong rebuke for granting compensatory time off to employees who were exempt from receiving overtime pay. I'm going to let the motion speak for itself, said commissioner Ben Pickard of Searcy, who made the motion after the commission returned from executive session. Pickard and commiss
Sep 10, 2010, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery vending machines coming soonNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery Commission approved rules Thursday for use of 100 vending machines in retail outlets, though opponents vowed to continue to try to have the machines declared illegal. Lottery players could find the machines in stores as soon as next month. The commission conducted a public hearing before the vote and listened as 21 of 23 people spoke in opposition to the machines. The panel amended its rules to require government-issued identification in order to buy tickets from the m
Aug 20, 2010, 11:57 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery director quitsNews Story
Will take job with software company Tom Shaheen, who has headed the North Carolina Education Lottery since its inception four years ago, has resigned his post to take a job with a company involved in the sale of lottery tickets through ATMs. Shaheen said Monday that he will be vice president of business development for Linq3, a software company that has a program that allows lottery tickets to be sold through point-of-sale terminals like automated teller machines for distribution in the U.
Aug 16, 2010, 10:55 pm - Lottery News

N.C. collected record debt from lottery winnersNews Story
The North Carolina Lottery collected a record $1 million during the past year from prize winners who were also debtors. The lottery scans big winners against a list of people who owe child support, back taxes, hospital bills and student loans. So as you dream about spending the piles of money you plan to win in the lottery, don't forget those bills you never paid. The big collection comes in a record year for lottery sales, which topped $1.4 billion, a 10 percent increase from the previous
Aug 11, 2010, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Vermont sued over state lottery contract awardNews Story
The company that has operated Vermont Lottery games for the past 10 years is suing the state, trying to force the release of documents related to Vermont's decision to switch to another company. Scientific Games International Inc. alleges in a lawsuit that the state Lottery Commission, its executive director, Alan Yandow, and Attorney General William Sorrell have violated Vermont's public records law for about a year by refusing to provide the documents. Scientific Games, based in Alpharet
Jun 11, 2010, 8:48 am - Lottery News

$1 million Powerball winner arrestedNews Story
A Marshalltown, Iowa, man who won $1 million in the Powerball lottery last year has been charged with supplying alcohol to a minor and prescription drug possession. Marshalltown Police Assistant Chief Brian Batterson says Ricky Rushton was arrested early Tuesday after officers responded to a complaint about underage drinking at his business, Memories Banquet Hall. Batterson says Wednesday that officers found an underage employee at the business who was intoxicated. Rushton was arrested
Jun 9, 2010, 6:59 pm - Lottery News

Complaints prompt review of Arkansas Lottery's personnel policies, salariesNews Story
Anonymous complaints about personnel issues have prompted the Arkansas Lottery Commission to request a review of the lottery's human resources policies and salary structure. The nine-member commission voted today to ask the state Office of Personnel Management to conduct the review. Commissioner Joe White of Conway, whose motion to seek the review was unanimously adopted, told reporters that anonymous letters sent to the commission and state legislators had raised questions he wanted answered
Jun 3, 2010, 7:51 am - Lottery News