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Broke lottery winner turned to theftNews Story
A lottery winner who stole more than 10,000 in an effort to buy back her popularity has been jailed for 12 months.Ballymena Crown Court sitting in Belfast heard that 44-year-old Ruth Muriel McLaughlin, from Wheatfield Park in Ballybogey, near Ballymoney, turned to theft after frittering away her 1996 85,000 winnings on fair weather friends .Prosecution lawyer Neil Connor told the court that as well as completely clearing the till of bank notes on at least two occasions, McLaughlin was also
Sep 27, 2004, 7:38 am - Lottery News

Internet casino profits from lottery name confusionNews Story
The Oregon Lottery likes to tout how its revenues create jobs and boost economic development. But one of its latest instant scratch-off ticket games apparently has been helping generate a tidy sum of revenue for the owners of a 9-year-old, offshore-based online casino.Call the confusion over the name Casino Fortune unintended offshoring, if you will.And while lottery officials say they dont see how anyone could confuse a scratch-ticket game with Internet gambling, casino officials say their own
Sep 15, 2004, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery winnings to help pay bailNews Story
Millionaire hit with bail hike after violating conditions of releaseLottery millionaire Victoria Zell got her money from Powerball, but now she's using a major chunk of it for powerbail. On Monday, Zell was ordered to post $1 million in bail in connection with a drunken driving case involving a July crash that killed one of her passengers and paralyzed another. Zell's attorney said Zell has the cash assets available to cover it.The money is coming from Zell's share of a $29.4 million Powerball
Sep 14, 2004, 7:39 am - Lottery News

Third suit filed against Powerball lottery winnerNews Story
Equine Protection of North America director Ron Levesque has become the third party to file suit against the groups co-founder and Powerball lottery winner Mary Ellen Sanderson.Cherokee Lane resident Ronald Levesque, who helped found the nonprofit horse rescue dubbed EPONA with Sanderson in 1999, charges that she failed to honor a 25-year employment contract granting him $75,000 per year as payment for his services as the manager of Dungarvin Farm, which is owned by Sanderson. In 1997, Sanderson
Sep 3, 2004, 8:41 am - Lottery News

S.C. man sentenced for lottery ticket theftNews Story
A Ridgeland, South Carolina man was sentenced to time served, restitution and three years of probation in Beaufort County General Sessions Court Monday after pleading guilty to 12 charges of trying to cash stolen lottery tickets, court records state.Albert Garvin, 37, was arrested last December on charges that he tried to cash the stolen lottery tickets at Publix on Pembroke Drive and the Shell gas station at the intersection of William Hilton Parkway and Spanish Wells Road, the Beaufort County
Sep 2, 2004, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Florida Man Accused Of Stealing Lottery WinningsNews Story
After Jean Delouche won millions from the Florida Lottery, he turned to Claude St. Jean for financial advice.St. Jean, a former MetLife salesman from Tampa, is accused of stealing more than $375,000 from brokerage and other accounts Delouche established with MetLife, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court.St. Jean, of 14919 Redcliff Drive, is charged with using the mail to defraud. It is not clear how Delouche met St. Jean.According to the complaint filed by Postal Inspector Kacy
Aug 26, 2004, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Bookkeeper's lottery habit costlyNews Story
A Federal Way, Washington woman convicted of embezzling from a Monroe trust fund was sentenced to pay back what she stole, in $100 monthly installments.That means Dorothy L. Weber, 68, should be clear of her roughly $488,000 debt (plus about $61,000 in expenses) by early 2462.Weber was also sentenced to 14 months in prison for embezzling from the Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Organizational Trust for more than three years.Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne on Wednesday imposed th
Aug 26, 2004, 7:38 am - Lottery News

Animal group sues Powerball lottery winnersNews Story
Sybil Erdens dreams of creating a world-class bird sanctuary to help her feathered friends has turned into a nightmare.The Arizona bird lover, who rescues exotic birds, blames Jason and Mary Sanderson for the financial troubles now plaguing The Oasis Sanctuary - a bird refuge in Cascabel, Ariz., that the Epping couple helped build with a portion of their $66 million Powerball jackpot, but have now stopped funding. Were operating this facility on a shoestring, lamented Erden, who runs the sanctu
Aug 25, 2004, 9:16 am - Lottery News

All or nothing: Lottery player rejects $1.7M lost-ticket offerNews Story
A gutsy Cape Cod retiree coolly bet a bundle on Lady Luck yesterday, rejecting a sure $1.7 million share of a discarded Lottery ticket in a high-stakes bid to win it all.Raymond MacDonald turned down an offer to split the remainder of a $4 million scratch ticket he claims he bought but mistakenly gave to the convenience store clerk to enter in another drawing.Instead, Julie Prive cashed in.In a last-ditch effort to avoid a second civil trial, the former Tedeschi's store clerk made an offer that
Aug 25, 2004, 9:02 am - Lottery News

Lottery Ticket Loser Says He Won't Give UpNews Story
A Cape Cod man who bought a winning $4 million scratch lottery ticket but discarded it, said he will go back to court to try reclaim the prize.A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors couldn't reach a decision.Julie Prive, the convenience store clerk who turned a discarded ticket into a fortune, walked out of court Wednesday a winner, but she may not have much time to enjoy it.Raymond MacDonald said he bought the ticket and gave it back thinking it was a loser. Out of principle, I just
Aug 20, 2004, 6:54 am - Lottery News