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Burglar wins lottery, but keeps day jobNews Story
Carlos Sola decided to keep his job after he won a Georgia Lottery jackpot $1,000 a week for life.His occupation? Burglar.In April 2002, Sola was awaiting trial for stealing $40,000 in coins and jewelry from an Austell home when he hit it big in the Win For Life scratch-off game.Cobb County Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram took note of his good fortune and allowed a plea deal that included three years in prison, provided the first $40,000 of his winnings went to repay his victims.So when Sola
May 8, 2004, 1:59 pm - Lottery News

200 stolen tickets produce $11 in prizes and an arrestNews Story
Carlisha Johnson didn't have much luck with more than $200 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets: She collected only eleven-dollars.From there, her luck went straight downhill after she was arrested last week for allegedly stealing the tickets from the Mandeville-area convenience store where she worked.Johnson is accused of swiping 216 lottery tickets from the store and scratching them off in full view of a surveillance camera.James Hartman, a spokesman for the Saint Tammany Parish sheriff, says
Mar 31, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Ohio man becomes an instant millionaireNews Story
A Grafton, Ohio man instantly turned a $5 investment into $1 million at an Ohio gas station and convenience store on Sunday morning.Rodney Coker, 44, who has worked as a crane operator at Elyria Foundry Co. for more than 20 years, won $1 million in the Ohio Lottery's Thanks a Million instant scratch-off game. It was cardiac arrest, Coker said yesterday.Coker comes into the Citgo at 879 Main St. in Grafton about twice a day, store owner Hazel Rowe said, adding that he just walked in, bought the
Mar 30, 2004, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Clerk admits stealing winning lottery ticket from studentNews Story
A former gas station clerk has admitted stealing a winning lottery ticket worth $20,000 from a college student, telling her it was only worth $100.Antoine Y. Reiche, 34, told a Westboro District Court judge on Friday that he took the Lucky Stars ticket.Prosecutors recommended a sentence of one year of probation and a restraining order that would prohibit him from having any contact with the victim, Erica Schmitt. Judge Michael Brooks did not impose a sentence, halting the case after Reiche's att
Mar 29, 2004, 4:33 am - Lottery News

Alleged high-tech roulette scam "easy to set up"News Story
An alleged high-tech roulette scam that saw three people walk out of a London casino with 1.3 million recently sounds too implausible even for a movie plot.But a physicist who developed a technology-based system that famously beat the wheel in the 1970s has told New Scientist that in theory it would have been fairly easy to carry out with a little know-how and the right tools.Two men and a woman were arrested on 16 March after raking in a huge win over two evenings. Suspicious casino staff are
Mar 25, 2004, 5:20 am - Lottery News

Store clerk arrested, accused of stealing scratch-off lottery ticketsNews Story
Captured on video: A lottery player busily playing scratch-off games.Captured in handcuffs: The same lottery player who illegally scratched off almost $500 worth of tickets without paying for them.Robert Lee King, 41, of 14860 Indigo Lakes Circle, North Naples, was arrested and charged with grand theft in connection with his unlucky gambling spree earlier this month.Collier County sheriff's deputies arrested King on Tuesday after a co-worker at the Shell/Site station at 5606 Tavila Circle turned
Mar 25, 2004, 5:00 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner tells of lost millionsNews Story
A former ambulance driver in St. Albans who scooped 6m on the UK National Lottery lost his fortune after his new life turned into a nightmare.Tom Papworth, 46, moved to Spain after his 1995 win, but says he was taken in by conmen, swindled, framed, and jailed for cocaine possession.He told BBC's Newsnight programme this week that while he languished in jail for crimes he didn't commit, his new friends emptied his bank account and sold his plush apartment.Mr Papworth claims the man behind the
Mar 23, 2004, 4:43 am - Lottery News

Gang arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casinoNews Story
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of using James Bond-style electronic trickery to win almost 1.3 million at a London casino.The Metropolitan Police said today that two men and a woman, all from Eastern Europe, had been arrested for allegedly obtaining money by deception.They are accused of using a scanner inserted into a mobile phone and hooked up to a microcomputer to calculate where a roulette ball would probably fall after the third turn of the wheel.The Daily Mirror newspaper re
Mar 22, 2004, 4:41 pm - Lottery News

Two Wisconsin brothers arrested in lottery tickets theftNews Story
Two brothers from Antigo, Wisconsin were jailed Tuesday after they were caught trying to cash stolen lottery tickets.The Shawano County Sheriffs Department said the tickets were among 2,184 Wisconsin Lottery tickets taken from a burglary at the Remington Oil gas station in Birnamwood about 3 a.m. Tuesday. Police said a front window had been smashed to gain entry to the station.Police were notified when three young men attempted to cash the stolen tickets here about 10 a.m. Birnamwood Police Chie
Mar 18, 2004, 4:20 am - Lottery News

Miami Police Search For Pair In Alleged Lotto ScamNews Story
Man, Woman Robbed Victim Of $11,000Miami Police said a Latino couple approached a woman on Feb. 4, telling her they needed her help to cash a winning lottery ticket valued at $425,000. The man and woman told the woman they would pay her a percentage of the loot, in exchange for a fee of $11,000.The following week, on Feb. 10, the woman gave the men the $11,000, and the three drove to a pharmacy in North Miami, where the woman left the cash in her car and walked inside the drugstore. The woma
Mar 17, 2004, 5:19 am - Lottery News