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Sparks fly at N.C. lottery forumNews Story
The arguing, at times, seemed personal on a panel which featured everyone from lawmakers to ministers.At issue -- just how much money is being lost to border states like South Carolina, which has a lottery. The state has noticed most sales tax rise in history on things like chips since the lottery came, said panelist Gardner Payne. We're losing that money to those states. Last December, North Carolina drivers poured across the border for the $100-million-plus Powerball drawing.Governor Easley
Oct 17, 2003, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Spain Breaks Up Sweepstakes Fraud RingNews Story
Madrid police broke up a fraud ring that cheated hundreds of Americans and Canadians out of $35 million through scams such as a lottery simulating a Spanish Christmas sweepstakes, officials said Tuesday.A total of 103 people - mostly Nigerians - were arrested during raids in and around Madrid, police said.The ring allegedly swindled 500 people, mostly residents of the United States and Canada, this year through different methods, police spokesman Jose Maria Seara told national radio.Fifty people
Oct 15, 2003, 3:32 am - Lottery News

Mass. Lottery needs to replace 2.2M defective scratch ticketsNews Story
More than two million state lottery scratch tickets will have to be replaced because they have a shelf life problem. If they sit around too long, the latex in the scratching area deteriorates and may become unscratchable.The problems with the $200,000 Bonus game tickets have prompted Treasurer Timothy Cahill to order an overhaul of the Massachusetts State Lotterys procedures for handling ticket glitches, according to a published report Monday. We expect flaws. Its part of the industry, said
Oct 14, 2003, 3:46 am - Lottery News

Montana store sells $3.68M Hot Lotto ticketNews Story
Horseshoe? Check.Four-leaf clover? Check.Rabbit's foot? Got it.Now it's time to go to the Kwik Way convenience store at 1219 Main St. in the Heights to buy your lottery tickets.Why? Because the store sold a $110,000 Montana Cash jackpot winner Saturday, then turned around and sold a $3.68 million Hot Lotto winner on Wednesday.Jo Berg, a spokesman for Montana Lottery in Helena, said a Montana store never has sold winning jackpot tickets on consecutive drawings.Who won? I had a phone call this mor
Oct 10, 2003, 5:21 am - Lottery News

Washington Man Claims $47 Million Lotto Plus PrizeNews Story
David D. Gibson's positive attitude about life has paid off in a big way with a $47 million Jackpot prize. Life is all about taking chances, said Gibson. I have a positive attitude about life, so I'm not afraid to take chances. The glass is always half-full. Gibson, a Kirkland resident, purchased his Lotto Plus tickets on Saturday, October 4 the last day to play the game with a record $47 Million Lotto Plus Jackpot prize on the line. When I bought my Lotto Plus tickets, I knew it was the las
Oct 9, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News

Lynchburg couple ’in a daze’ at lottery winNews Story
Even on one of the best days of his life, Virginia lottery winner James Featherston remains haunted by one of the worst days of his life - the day, three months ago, when his wife and son were involved in a serious wreck on U.S. 29.Featherston, 69, and his wife, Martha, both of Lynchburg, won the $17.6 million Lotto South drawing held Sept. 17. They and their son, James Jr., were at Hotel Roanoke on Monday afternoon for a check presentation ceremony led by Virginia Lottery Executive Director Pen
Oct 7, 2003, 5:12 am - Lottery News

300 years of winners, losers in state's lottery-history exhibitNews Story
Scandal strikes the lottery system; a former politician who's a mathematician argues passionately that lotteries should be banned; the General Assembly holds hearings.The scenario sounds like the state lottery of today: Lincoln Park's executive director and the CEO of Lincoln's parent company stand indicted for allegedly trying to bribe the law firm of the former speaker of the House. Rodney Driver, a former state representative and mathematics professor, argues to anyone who will listen that lo
Oct 6, 2003, 4:04 am - Lottery News

Lottery winners: Dream wedding in the cardsNews Story
A U.S. soldier on leave from South Korea won a $150 million jackpot this week in a multistate lottery.Staff Sgt. Stephen Tirrell Moore, 30, was visiting his home in Fitzergald, Georgia, on a 30-day leave when he bought the winning ticket.Moore and his wife, Danielle, talked Friday to CNN Anchor Daryn Kagan from their hometown. Below is a partial transcript:KAGAN: Your husband is home on leave. And did you know he was out there buying lottery tickets?DANIELLE MOORE: Yes, I did actually, because h
Oct 3, 2003, 2:55 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner cool, but plans heat upNews Story
You can go a lot of places with $89 million, including the Shoney's in Fitzgerald.On Wednesday, Staff Sgt. Stephen Tirrell Moore became the largest jackpot winner in state history when his ticket matched all six numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing for a $150 million prize. The 30-year-old soldier picked the cash option -- worth $88.9 million before taxes.Moore, on a 30-day leave from his duties in South Korea, publicly announced his lottery windfall Thursday at the restaurant in the smal
Oct 3, 2003, 2:52 pm - Lottery News

Army sergeant wins $150 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Stephen Moore walked into a Flash Foods store in Fitzgerald and plunked down a dollar for a lottery ticket because he was tired of waiting outside in the cold while his brother and a friend shopped for snacks.The Army staff sergeant, stationed in South Korea, was a week into a 30-day leave. And even though he'd told friends before leaving for Fitzgerald that he'd win the lottery while he was home, he had never played the game seriously.On Wednesday, Moore became the largest jackpot winner in sta
Oct 2, 2003, 3:55 am - Lottery News