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Police seize winning lottery ticket bought with drug moneyNews Story
A Maine man who was arrested Thursday for selling methadone to an undercover police officer apparently used money from the sale to buy a lottery ticket that won him $1,000. Michael David, 46, will not be allowed to keep the winning ticket. I guess it will be up to a judge to decide, but it's in our possession right now as proceeds from a drug transaction, Ellsworth Police Chief John Deleo said Friday. David, who has been staying at a motel on High Street, went into the Irving Mainway
Jan 21, 2008, 9:00 pm - Lottery News

Couple hits lottery bigger than thoughtNews Story
A lucky couple expecting to cash in their winning Michigan Lottery ticket became a bit peeved when a store clerk turned down their request. Bad Axe gas station and convenience store owner Eli Kabban said the man and woman showed up Wednesday morning with what they thought was a $150 winning ticket they'd bought Friday. They complained when the clerk told them they would have to collect their winnings in Lansing, the state capital, 150 miles away. Kabban said he took the couple into his
Jan 11, 2008, 10:03 am - Lottery News

Oregon waitress gets four years in lottery heistNews Story
A 33-year-old Beaverton, Oregon, waitress was sentenced to four years in prison today for robbing a lottery outlet and hitting the clerk over the head with a whiskey bottle. Angela Marie Kotoff pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery. As part of a plea deal, the case was removed from Measure 11 sentencing and charges of second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon were dropped. According to police reports, Kotoff went to Dotty's Deli at 12266 S.W. Scholls Ferry Road in Tigard after s
Sep 26, 2007, 11:40 am - Lottery News

Clerk tricks lotto winner, pockets moneyNews Story
A man who went to a 7-Eleven in Roseville, Calif., to check on his lottery tickets had picked the right numbers, but state officials said it was the clerk who almost hit the jackpot. The female clerk told the customer he won $4 on his Mega Millions picks for Aug. 14, and then pocketed his winning ticket worth $555,000, California Lottery officials said. However, the clerk's alleged scheme fell apart after the unnamed victim became suspicious and called lottery officials. Rajinder Kaur,
Sep 7, 2007, 10:27 pm - Lottery News

Lottery Winner's Lucky Day Turns into One Heck of a MessNews Story
The lure of quick cash from someone else's winning lottery ticket now has three women facing some serious charges, after their alleged plan proved to be very unlucky. Imagine you just found out you won $25,000 in the lottery. You get a receipt but in your haste, you actually leave the ticket at the store. And when you got back, it is gone. Well, that is just what happened to a 24-year-old Tina-Marie Ware from Rensselaer. She kept looking and looking and finally, needed the State Police to
Jul 18, 2007, 11:33 am - Lottery News

N.C. Woman Still Waiting For Lottery PayoutNews Story
Gertrude Hill writes out checks to pay bills, but like most of us, she could use a little extra money to help pay. Hill thought she'd gotten extra money in March when she won the N.C. Education Lottery for $500. She went back to the Sam's Mart in the University area where she'd purchased the ticket to redeem it. (The clerk) took the ticket and he scanned and he said, 'I don't have that much money,' Hill said. The clerk told her to take the ticket to a grocery store chain that they wou
Apr 25, 2007, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Clerk wins $200,000 lottery prize by accidentNews Story
A store clerk's slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time. Wayburn Allen on Tuesday accidentally rang up two duplicate Powerball tickets for a customer in this western North Carolina town. At the end of the day, after she was unable to sell the second ticket, Allen paid for it herself. The next day, Allen returned to the store and found the ticket matched all five numbers earning her a $200,000 jackpot. When Allen went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she met the customer who p
Apr 21, 2007, 11:39 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery tickets sold in vending machinesNews Story
Like chips and soda, now you can buy North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets from vending machines. The lottery began installing 500 machines statewide last week. The vending machines sell 24 games costing $1 to $10 each. Many will go into supermarkets including Food Lion and Lowes Foods, said Alice Garland, lottery deputy executive director. Some will land in convenience stores with high ticket sales to free up clerks. Vending machines are not new to state lotteries. Maryland has us
Apr 10, 2007, 11:13 am - Lottery News

Verifying California Lottery WinnersNews Story
When there is a big jackpot winner in the California Lottery officials won't say exactly how much the winnings must be security officers ask a series of questions to make sure the person holding the ticket is the actual purchaser of the ticket. Lottery officials won't tell me the exact questions, but they are along the lines of: When did you buy the ticket? Where did you buy the ticket? If the answers seem odd or out of place the security officer can decline to pay at that time and launc
Nov 3, 2006, 7:06 am - Lottery News

N.C. store clerk accused of stealing woman's winning lottery ticketNews Story
Tammy Church thought her first-ever scratch-off ticket was a winner. The store clerk told her otherwise. Now, he's charged with a felony for stealing Church's winning lottery ticket. Josh Wesley Price, 32, of Lenoir, is charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense. Police are looking into other possible scams involving Price and other winning tickets. Church bought the scratch-off ticket at Wilco Hess on Wilkesboro Boulevard in Lenoir on Aug. 1, said Lenoir Police Lt. Brent Phe
Aug 11, 2006, 12:48 pm - Lottery News