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Texas Lottery suffers computer security breachNews Story
Sensitive personal data on 89,000 players copied by former employee The Texas Lottery Commission is alerting tens of thousands of lottery winners that they're on a not-so-lucky list. More than 89,000 lottery winners are being notified that sensitive information about them including their names, Social Security numbers, addresses and prize amounts were taken from the agency without permission by a former employee. The 39-year-old computer analyst, who left the state commission last year
Nov 3, 2008, 6:00 pm - Lottery News

Lottery-winning doorman gets the girl but might lose jobNews Story
The $5 million Park Avenue doorman may soon find himself out the door his bosses say that winning the lottery turned him into a loser at work. But Richie Randazzo, 44, who was visiting Atlantic City yesterday sporting a leggy Swedish model on his arm wasn't too upset. He told The Post that if he's canned by his jealous bosses, he'll just do what every regular Joe does try to collect unemployment insurance. After hitting it big on May 2, Randazzo said he wanted to keep his job o
Jul 23, 2008, 2:38 pm - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery director to retireNews Story
After 4 years on the job, Margaret Peggy Gordon is retiring as director of the Colorado Lottery. Gordon, who formally made the announcement on Tuesday, said her final day on the job will be June 30, the last day of the state's fiscal year. When she gets up on July 1, the first thing she plans to do is buy a Lottery ticket, which she's barred from doing as an employee. The average length of stay for a Lottery director is 18 months, and I'm at 4 years, so I think that's pretty good, s
Apr 23, 2008, 1:15 pm - Lottery News

Mass. lottery winner dies in house fireNews Story
A New Bedford, Massachusetts, man who lived a modest life even after winning a $5 million lottery jackpot has died in a fire. Authorities say 85-year-old John Gonsalves Sr. died Thursday after being overcome by smoke in his home. The fire was determined to be accidental, most likely caused by smoking materials. Gonsalves won a $5.1 million Megabucks jackpot in 1994, yet he didn't let the fortune change his life. His son, John Junior, says his father enjoyed the freedom the money gave hi
Mar 25, 2008, 9:39 am - Lottery News

Contractors steal $70,000 in lottery prize moneyNews Story
Computer system breached; technicians printed bogus tickets, investigators allege D.C. officials were told last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board. An investigation conducted by Battelle Memorial I
Jan 9, 2008, 3:53 pm - Lottery News

D.C. Lottery thefts tied to lax security processesNews Story
D.C. officials learned last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the District of Columbia Lottery Charitable Games Control Board. An investigation conducted by Battelle Memorial Institute in August 2006 determined the ticket thefts were most likely com
Dec 21, 2007, 12:34 pm - Lottery News

Lottery CEO fired one day after pollNews Story
fThe president of the B.C. Lottery Corporation was fired one day after an internal poll last May showed public trust in the corporation had plummeted in the wake of a warning by the province's Ombudsman of possible fraud by some retailers. However, another poll taken a month later showed tfhe removal of BCLC president and CEO Vic Poleschuk had done little to restore public confidence, and public estimates of ongoing retailer theft had barely changed. The first internal poll, dated May 31,
Oct 16, 2007, 7:50 am - Lottery News

Massachusetts lottery causes may have historical precidenceNews Story
After predicting this week that three modest-sized resort casinos would generate between $400 million and $450 million in tax revenues, Massachusetts Governor Patrick said, We will dedicate that revenue to improving transportation and to reducing property taxes . . . by investing casino tax revenue in refurbishing and expanding our transportation systems, we accelerate the growth of economic opportunities in every region, we ensure the safety of our roadways and bridges, and we address effect
Sep 22, 2007, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Thieves burn store, steal lottery ticketsNews Story
Latest in string of lottery ticket thefts The boarded up windows at John Patel's convenience store hide the damage within. These people, I don't know what to think about them, Patel said of the people who set his business on fire. They're mentally sick, I think. Why they did the fire, I don't understand. Early Monday morning, two men broke into Patel's store on Dean Street in Rome, Georgia, stole at least 30 rolls of scratch off lottery tickets, then set a fire in an attempt to cov
Sep 5, 2007, 9:49 am - Lottery News

Atlantic Lottery adds new ticket security measuresNews Story
The Atlantic Lottery Corp. is introducing more measures aimed at tightening the security of lottery ticket validation, the corporation said this week. Starting Monday, the corporation's online ticket terminals will print two slips whenever a winning ticket is validated for an amount the retailer is to pay, a release Wednesday said. After validating winning tickets, retailers will be required to pay the prize, stamp the winning tickets Paid, and return them along with one of the validation
Aug 12, 2007, 10:17 am - Lottery News