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Lottery bill offers lump cash optionNews Story
For most lottery winners, hitting the jackpot isn't a ticket to instant riches. However, if a MetroWest lawmaker has his way, winners no longer would have to wait 20 years or more to completely cash in on a winning ticket.State Rep. Peter Koutoujian, D-Newton, has sponsored legislation that would give lottery winners the option of selling their right to future prize payments in exchange for an immediate cash lump sum.The bill, which was admitted to the House of Representatives yesterday, is mode
Aug 9, 2003, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Court Orders City To Return Couple’s Tax On Lottery WinningsNews Story
Ohios highest court says one Northeast Ohio city cant tax lottery winnings under its current law.The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Wednesday in favor of a Euclid couple that was ordered to pay $102,000 after winning $3.5 million in the Ohio Lottery in 1998. The court says the money is not taxable because it does not fit the definition of taxable income under Euclid city law.The citys ordinance defines taxable income as wages, salaries and other compensation paid by an employer and-or the net prof
Aug 7, 2003, 4:10 am - Lottery News

Facing Fraud Trial, Mayor Wins LotteryNews Story
The mayor of the small town of Dawson, Georgia won $500,000 in the Georgia Lottery a month before his trial on charges of insurance fraud and forgery. Mayor Robert Albritten went to Atlanta on Monday and picked up his prize, worth about $300,000 after taxes, said lottery spokesman J.B. Landroche.Albritten is scheduled to go on trial next month on 19 counts. The owner of a funeral home, he allegedly sold life insurance to elderly nursing home residents, many of whom may not have realized what the
Aug 7, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Canadians Face Lottery Fraud ChargesNews Story
Seven Canadians face criminal charges that they ran a phony lottery scheme that sought to defraud consumers in the United States using telemarketing, the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said Friday. According to the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI, the seven defendants, operating from Montreal, called U.S. consumers and identified themselves as representatives of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board. Victims were told they had won a lottery prize, often a multimillion-dollar award up to $25
Aug 4, 2003, 7:55 am - Lottery News

Poll: Lottery finds favor for raising revenue in NevadaNews Story
Most Nevadans favor a state lottery as an alternative means of funding education and are happy that state lawmakers didnt impose any more taxes than it did, according to a new statewide poll.Ninety percent of Democrats, 66 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of Independents favored or strongly favored a state lottery, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal/News 4 poll.Women were more likely than men, 80 percent to 76 percent, to favor a lottery.People living in Clark County were slightly more a
Aug 4, 2003, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Naples woman sues ex-husband for greater share of lottery winningsNews Story
Naples residents Helene and Marcel Imbert were the envy of residents across Florida 13 years ago.The numbers 3-33-34-40-43-47 landed the lucky couple nearly $12 million in Florida lottery winnings in 1990, propelling them onto the front pages of newspapers statewide.They looked happy, but restrained in the Associated Press photograph taken as they claimed their proceeds in Tallahassee.Marcel, 50, held their 2-year-old son. Helene, 24, stood an arm's length away.The uncomfortable distance between
Aug 3, 2003, 1:16 pm - Lottery News

Lottery Sales Hit Record In KansasNews Story
A new marketing strategy designed to keep games fresh and payoffs healthy helped send sales of the Kansas Lottery to record levels, officials said Thursday.Sales topped $202.9 million for fiscal year 2003, which ended June 30, an increase of $12.9 million from the previous year. As a result, the Kansas Lottery transferred $62.9 million to the state, of which $50 million was transferred to the state gaming fund to finance economic development initiatives.For the year, the lottery paid $107.6 mill
Aug 1, 2003, 8:11 am - Lottery News

Harless to refile lottery lawsuitNews Story
Jackson County, West Virginia lawyer Larry Harless said Thursday he has sent letters to the state Lottery Commission and attorney general, giving them 30 days notice of his intent to refile a lawsuit challenging the legality of state-run video lottery.Harless filed a similar lawsuit in June on behalf of anti-gambling groups in Cabell and Greenbrier counties, but it was dismissed on a technicality because he had failed to give the state agencies 30 days advance notice of his intent to sue, as req
Aug 1, 2003, 8:01 am - Lottery News

Popular triples drawn in The Daily NumberNews Story
Pennsylvania Lottery players whose favorite Daily Number is 0-0-0 can count on a little extra spending money following last nights drawing.The total payout for The Daily Number 0-0-0 drawn Sunday, July 27, 2003, of $2,323,900 represents more than 2.7 times or approximately $1.48 million above the amount that players wagered. There were 9,436 winners who chose the winning numbers.Triple zeros have hit a total of 10 times since The Daily Number drawing began in March 1977. The last time 0-0-0 wa
Jul 31, 2003, 4:50 am - Lottery News

Lottery hits sales record, falls short of expectationsNews Story
The Maryland Lottery inched to new records in sales and payments into state coffers this year, but its tiny gains left it short of the revenue expectations built into the state budget. The lottery agency released figures yesterday for the fiscal year that ended June 30 showing that sales increased $15 million to $1.32 billion - a 1.1 percent increase. The amount of money paid to the state increased slightly less than $1 million to $444 million, according to lottery Director Buddy Roogow.In its a
Jul 30, 2003, 3:44 am - Lottery News