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Two men face sentencing in "remarkably unsophisticated" lottery plotNews Story
Was it a scheme by a mastermind who developed a remarkably unsophisticated, but almost successful plot as prosecutors claimed, or was it more of knuckleheads in the news when a scheme was attempted to rig a $20,000 raffle drawing, as a defense attorney claimed?Two Cumberland County men will stand before an Ohio criminal court judge tomorrow to learn their fate after both were convicted of their roles in a scheme to defraud a homecoming celebrating Ohio community of thousands of dollars durin
Aug 28, 2003, 4:35 am - Lottery News

Winners in waitingNews Story
Teri and Cornell Davis may be lottery millionaires, but so far their lives lack bling.There are no new clothes or shoes, no marathon shopping sprees or impromptu luxury vacations - yet.The Englewood couple virtually ended up homeless when they hurriedly moved out of their rented Palisade Avenue home - in anticipation of purchasing their own place - after hitting the jackpot in March.But five months later, Teri and Cornell Davis are still empty-handed. They hope to receive their $25.4 million lum
Aug 22, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Elderly Couple Going to Court Over Million-dollar Lottery TicketNews Story
A Long Island couple married for 16 years recently bought a New York Lottery ticket and won $25 million. Then the divorce papers were filed, and the lottery jackpot is now at the center of a bitter custody battle.Long Island correspondent Lauren DeFranco files this report from Garden City.We're told the wife in the case went to collect the millions at the Claim Center in Garden City. Now the husband's afraid he won't see a penny of it, so he's taking the Mrs. to court.Kenneth Parker, Lottery Win
Aug 22, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News

Employee accused of stealing $17,000 worth of lottery ticketsNews Story
Teresa Lynette Guyton, 31, is charged with theft between $1,500 and $20,000, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Authorities accuse her of activating, stealing and cashing an unspecified number of scratch-off tickets from the Copper Mart on Boonville Road.Guyton was arrested Wednesday and released from the Brazos County Jail later that day on a $15,000 personal recognizance bond. She could not be reached for comment Thursday.Copper Mart managers cont
Aug 15, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News

Prize for ticket may be prisonNews Story
A Ohio woman accused of altering a lottery ticket to claim a $25,000 prize went on trial yesterday, with both sides agreeing that the ticket shown to jurors was a poor fake.Brenda Alexander of Elyria could face up to 12 months in prison and a $2,500 fine if she is found guilty of one count each of forgery and attempted theft. The defendant gimmicked the ticket, said Lorain County Assistant Prosecutor Steve List, telling the jury that Alexander cut out the $2 million symbol that originally appea
Aug 14, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News

Legality of Tennessee-Georgia lottery partnership questionedNews Story
Lawsuit could delay games, lawmaker saysQuestions are being raised about the legality of the proposed marriage of the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries and whether a legal challenge by a jealous vendor could stall the start to the Tennessee lottery.State Attorney General Paul Summers was asked yesterday to examine the question of whether Tennessee and Georgia can strike a ''strategic alliance'' under terms of the law that created the lottery this spring.The request came from state Sen. David Fowle
Aug 14, 2003, 4:00 am - Lottery News

Judge rules $25 million lottery ticket belongs to coupleNews Story
A New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday that a $25 million Mega Millions lottery ticket belongs to the couple that presented the ticket to lottery officials.Superior Court Judge Marguerite T. Simon rejected the claim by a group of hospital workers who asserted that the winning Mega Millions ticket really belonged to them.The decision came after days of conflicting testimony from Cornell and Teri Davis of Englewood, and laboratory technicians from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, who are part of
Aug 13, 2003, 11:42 am - Lottery News

Lawsuit has a pull-tab lottery plan on holdNews Story
A new Michigan instant lottery game planned for bars this fall is mired in a court fight over whether it is legal and is unfair competition to charities that sell similar pull-tab games.The dispute threatens to unravel half of a lottery plan that Gov. Jennifer Granholm said would add $50 million a year to the cash-hungry state budget.A lawsuit has temporarily blocked the new pull-tab lottery game, charging that it would violate state lottery laws. The new state game was supposed to be available
Aug 13, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

Six indicted in numbers racketNews Story
Six people were charged yesterday in what authorities say is a massive gambling network that grossed millions of dollars a year in Northeast Ohio.A federal grand jury indicted reputed East Side numbers kingpin Virgil Ogletree, 81, of Beachwood, and his longtime friends and associates Eunice Bonton, Melvin Murray, Noah Hutchinson Sr., Andrew Freeman and Mary Stover. All are charged with running an illegal gambling business, while Ogletree, Hutchinson and Bonton also are charged with tax violation
Aug 13, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

$25 million lottery ticket before judgeNews Story
A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule today on who owns a disputed Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $25 million.Judge Marguerite T. Simon will decide whether to award the winning Mega Millions ticket to a Bergen County couple or to a crew of 20 Englewood hospital workers.Simon said she will issue a ruling at 1:30 p.m. today.Cornell and Teri Davis of Englewood presented the winning ticket to New Jersey lottery officials March 17. They are regular customers at Circle Food Market, where the
Aug 13, 2003, 3:26 am - Lottery News