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N.Y. store clerk busted in Lotto scamNews Story
A man who bought a Lotto ticket worth $1 million at a Huntington Station store was almost swindled out of his winnings by the clerk, State Police said. Carlos Canas bought the $1 million Lotto Luck scratch-off ticket at Huntington Beverage, 1687 New York Ave., on June 7 and immediately knew he had won. Wanting to verify his winnings and get information on how to claim the prize, police said Canas handed the ticket to the clerk, Mohinder K. Misri. Misri allegedly scanned the ticket, tore
Jun 26, 2006, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Florida store clerks say regular won LotteryNews Story
Workers at a Palm Coast convenience store said a local man was shaking after he came inside the store Sunday morning to check the winning Lotto numbers and discovered he'd won $10 million. Don Baiga, clerk at the Kangaroo Express on Palm Harbor Parkway, said the man pulled out his five Quick Picks, which are randomly selected by the lottery machine, and Baiga proceeded to read him the numbers. The man, whom employees did not know by name, then handed over one of the tickets and asked the cler
Jun 5, 2006, 8:00 am - Lottery News

$1M lottery win was no April Fool's jokeNews Story
Gary Noonan thought it was a nasty April Fool's joke when the clerk at his local Mac's Milk told him he'd won $1 million in the April 1 Encore draw. The 50-year-old Perth man had gone in to the shop April 2, as he has nearly every Sunday for the past few years, to have his ticket checked and to faithfully replay his Lotto 649 numbers and Encore. But unlike those other times, the lottery machine began to spew out loud music and tickets. A joke, or a free ticket, Mr. Noonan though. Instead,
Apr 6, 2006, 9:43 am - Lottery News

Woman finds lottery fortune in fortune cookieNews Story
Alberta's newest millionaire credits a Chinese fortune cookie for her good fortune.Deedra Clay, a 40-year-old grocery clerk and mother of two from Barrhead, won $6 million in last Friday's Super 7 lottery.She is one of two lottery players to share the $12 million jackpot. The other winner is from Ontario.She got her winning numbers - 2, 4, 9, 15, 25, 38 and 45 - from a fortune cookie.They were one of two lines of numbers she got from a fortune cookie that turned out to be a triple fortune. Not o
Jan 26, 2006, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Kong-size lottery prizes put winners in spotlightNews Story
What would you do if you won $1 million? What if you won $8 million?Those were the questions two local residents faced after each won King Kong-sized prizes in the New York Lottery in recent weeks.Ryan Maxwell, a 25-year-old construction worker from Malden-on-Hudson, said his $1 million King Kong Millions game ticket will buy him and his girlfriend a vacation, a wedding and an investment in the future for the couple and their unborn child.Jie Lin, 36, of Kingston, a Chinese immigrant and restaur
Jan 10, 2006, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Computerized lottery drawing glitch picks same numbers for 3 daysNews Story
Problem clearly demonstrates how computerized drawing faulty program code can go undetected even for something as obvious as three consecutive days of repeating numbers.A computerized drawing system glitch caused the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 game to draw identical numbers in the same order three days straight, from Dec. 16 through Sunday.Apparently some players caught on. By day three of picking 5-0-9, ticket sales were $12,223, and the payout was $23,480, which is 192 percent of sales. The usu
Dec 23, 2005, 7:22 am - Lottery News

Stolen lottery ticket trial underway in ChicagoNews Story
The trial began Monday for a woman accused of stealing a winning lottery ticket from her co-workers. The Mega Millions prize was worth $178,000. The winning ticket is still missing.There was no violence involved in this case, and the person on trial was actually given at one point the item she is accused of stealing. Nonetheless, this two-year-old lottery controversy has found its way to the Cook County Criminal Courts Building.The 46-year-old wife and mother of two adult daughters sat at the de
Dec 13, 2005, 8:30 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionairesNews Story
There was one first-prize ticket in New York's King Kong Millions lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie King Kong. That ticket was sold in Nassau County.Five second-place tickets had a pretax value of $1 million each. The other four were sold in Niagara, Bronx, Steuben and Ontario counties.One of the $1 million second-prize tickets was sold at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties.Lotte
Dec 7, 2005, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Better Business Bureau warns of lottery-winning scamsNews Story
Congratulations! Your name was attaached to a ticket that was recently drawn from a pool of 50,000 names for the lump sum of $250,000! Sound familiar? Many consumers have reported receiving phone calls and letters from Judith Thompson, Fat Payment Securities Inc., Sweepstakes Resources and Payment Verification Center, Canada, congratulating them on winning the lottery.According to the Better Business Bureau, those are the names that scammers are using this week. The names change from day to
Nov 28, 2005, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery tracks down real winner after ticket stolenNews Story
Arizona Lottery officials have tracked down the owner of a winning $1.4 million lottery ticket authorities said was fleeced by a convenience-store clerk.Officials confirmed that Cuauht moc Jose Luis Casta eda-Y nez of Nogales, Sonora, purchased the Pick winning ticket for the June 25 drawing.It's unclear when Casta eda-Y nez will receive the winnings, but the Attorney General's Office on Thursday submitted a forfeiture order in Maricopa County Superior Court to return the money to him.Authoritie
Nov 11, 2005, 6:54 am - Lottery News