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Opponents of lottery say 'I told you so'News Story
A database consultant alleges the N.C. Lottery didn't deliver the money promised By Frank Koconis The N.C. Education Lottery has been in operation for barely a year, and so far the state has seen little benefit from it. The promised boost in education funding is much smaller than expected, and for certain programs, nonexistent. Even worse, some of the ominous predictions of those who originally opposed the lottery appear to be coming true. The lottery simply isn't bringing in nearly as
Sep 19, 2007, 1:35 pm - Lottery News

Lure of riches fuels lottery craze in ChinaNews Story
Jackpot chasers steal millions in cash, only to spend them on tickets Two employees at a Chinese bank dream of getting rich quick. The only two with the keys to the vault, they steal a few thousand dollars to see whether anyone notices. No one does. So they take more. In the course of a month, they walk away with $6.6 million. Instead of running away with their mountains of cash, the two do something seemingly illogical. They buy lottery tickets. Since police arrested the pair this s
Aug 20, 2007, 6:22 am - Lottery News

Woman must forfeit $1 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A White City, Oregon, woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally. Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005. Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit ca
Aug 11, 2007, 9:21 pm - Lottery News

Record Irish Lottery win offers escape from hard lifeNews Story
The Cinderella-style magic of the Irish National Lottery was never more evident than on Cork's Bridevalley estate yesterday. The huge 16 million (US $22.1 million) Lotto jackpot won by Paul and Helen Cunningham and the dream lifestyle it can now offer them stood in stark contrast to the everyday challenges facing people in this most tight-knit of northside communities. Bridevalley is a proud area where everyone knows and watches out for everyone else and locals are deeply protectiv
Jul 30, 2007, 9:21 am - Lottery News

Cops say co-worker killed Lotto winnerNews Story
A burly Orange County, Florida, tree trimmer won $10,000 last month and some are saying it may have cost him his life. Employees found their crew boss dead on the floor with empty pockets Monday morning at Gator Tree Experts near West Fairbanks Avenue. Suspicions quickly focused on Dwayne Ricardo Smith, a missing co-worker with a history of violent crimes, according to Orange County sheriff's reports. Within hours, Smith's best friend began telling detectives about a night that began wi
Jul 11, 2007, 8:27 pm - Lottery News

California Lottery official fired for taking 'bonus' from hotelNews Story
A California Lottery official has been fired for allegedly pocketing gratuities tied to the weekly Big Spin TV show, where scratch-off ticket winners vie for a chance to win millions. Richard Leeson was dismissed after an internal investigation found that he received redeemable honors points from a contract to house Big Spin contestants at the Glendale Hilton Hotel, officials said. This is not the kind of thing you can make excuses for, Lottery Director Joan Borucki said Tuesday at a
Jun 13, 2007, 9:03 am - Lottery News

How a lottery thief got away with the crimeNews Story
When backpackers Caroline Day and Mei-Yin Lee discovered they had won Lotto they rang home from the newsagency. It was after one in the morning in Britain but Ms. Day wanted to share the news with her mother. During that joyous phone call, they calculated they had won about 220,000 (US$300,000). But three weeks later when Dr. Lee rang NSW Lotteries to inquire about the money, a bold fraud by an employee at the newsagency came to light and it would be another 27 months before the pair
May 7, 2007, 2:53 pm - Lottery News

Penn. woman sued by former friend over lottery winNews Story
Cathy Young said was stunned Tuesday to learn that a former friend claims that she refused to split a $100,000 Pennsylvania lottery jackpot with him. She said she was helping William A. Lucas Jr. get back on his feet after serving a prison sentence and he's already depleted his share for new tow trucks for his brother's business. All I did was feel sorry for him, said Young, who lives in North Union Township. Lucas, 36, also of North Union, sued Young in Fayette County yesterday, c
Mar 22, 2007, 4:51 pm - Lottery News

Jamaica police officers arrested in lottery scam crackdownNews Story
Operation Kingfish says it is now targeting several police personnel who are involved in the deadly Jamaica lottery scam operating out of Montego Bay, St. James. (See Operation Kingfish Netting Big and Operation Kingfish Achieving Major Objective below.) The head of the high-profile unit, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds, told The Gleaner yesterday that investigators were preparing to make further arrests in the case. This follows a number of raids on Thursday that nett
Feb 19, 2007, 1:30 pm - Lottery News

Police grab millionaire teenager suspected in lottery scamNews Story
Jamaica police investigating an international sweepstakes and lottery scam, were last night interrogating a 19-year-old St James woman to determine how she came to have $1 million in cash in her possession. After news of the police operation spread, the question on the lips of Montegonians was where did such a young woman get so much money. The woman, Sheneika Headley gave her address as Westgate Hills, an upscale residential district near this north coast tourist resort city. The police w
Feb 19, 2007, 12:51 pm - Lottery News