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Wyoming Gov. announces 9-member lottery boardNews Story
Several newly appointed members of the board of the Wyoming Lottery Corporation say it's too early in the process to tell whether the state will sign on with an existing, multi-state lottery such as Powerball, establish its own statewide contests or possibly do both. Gov. Matt Mead on Monday announced the nine members of the board. His office said they plan an organizational meeting in Casper next week. The board members are truly Wyoming leaders in their areas of expertise, Mead said. I
Jul 2, 2013, 10:03 am - Lottery News

Another lottery contract is under the D.C. Council's microscopeNews Story
For more than two hours Thursday, a D.C. Council committee discussed the merits of the lottery contract. No, not that lottery contract. Not the one for the city's electronic numbers games, which has been a pox on city politics for five years now, prompting numerous hearings, lawsuits, reports, investigations, newspaper articles, editorials, and much embarrassment. This lottery contact is a smaller one, worth $9.7 million over four years to produce and distribute scratch-off tickets, awarde
Jun 30, 2013, 2:11 pm - Lottery News

Union fails to derail NJ Lottery's privatization effortNews Story
But union still trying to overturn on appeal The Christie administration is allowed move forward with its plan to have a private firm to take over parts of the New Jersey lottery after a state appellate court denied a request by the state's largest public workers union to block the deal. But the court said it will speed up the process of hearing the Communication Workers of America's appeal of the contract. It's the latest development in an ongoing, partisan debate over the future of th
Jun 12, 2013, 11:22 pm - Lottery News

Iowa woman tries to cash stolen lottery ticketsNews Story
A Des Moines, Iowa, woman tried to cash voided Iowa Lottery tickets she stole while working at a company hired to shred old tickets, police said. Chandi Kelly Ramirez, 38, was charged with forgery of a lottery ticket. Ramirez worked at International Paper, which has a document destruction and recycling division in Des Moines, police reports show. An Iowa Lottery employee told police International Paper employees picked up a large quantity of lottery tickets from their warehouse on March
Apr 19, 2013, 9:45 am - Lottery News

NJ Democrats want Justice Department to review lottery privatization planNews Story
Unhappy with the state's decision to push ahead with its plan to partially privatize the New Jersey Lottery, a group of Garden State lawmakers have decided to make a federal case of the conflict. On Wednesday, half of New Jersey's congressional delegation asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to review the administration's scheme to see if it complies with federal law. The six Democratic congressmen cosigned a letter to Holder, asking him to determine whether the $120 million payment the st
Apr 18, 2013, 3:25 pm - Lottery News

Jamaica making new efforts to curb lottery scamsNews Story
Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for fraudsters behind a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that has swindled mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings for years. National Security Minister Peter Bunting told reporters that the law reform act will result in a vastly accelerated number of successful prosecutions of swindlers who have made the island a center for cross-border
Mar 15, 2013, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Defense worker wins $217 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A husband and wife who work for the Department of Defense won the Virginia Lottery's $217 million Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lotto prize the state has ever awarded. Dave and Nancy Honeywell of Fredericksburg, Va. both work for the Defense Department. Dave Honeywell, a computer scientist, bought the winning ticket at one of Richmond International Airport's Lottery Express stations when he left for a business trip to Denver on Feb. 6. His winning number
Feb 16, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Wife questioned in lottery winner deathNews Story
The widow of a West Rogers Park, Illinois, man who died of cyanide poisoning weeks after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot was questioned extensively by Chicago police last month after the medical examiner's office reclassified the death as a homicide, her attorney said on Tuesday. Authorities investigating the death of Urooj Khan also executed a search warrant at the home he had shared with his wife, Shabana Ansari, according to Steven Kozicki, her attorney. Ansari later was interviewed b
Jan 9, 2013, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

Beware of sharks swimming in your office lottery poolNews Story
Linda Sebastian enjoys her job , but she knows exactly what would happen if the members of her office lottery pool hit their numbers and won Wednesday's record $500 million Powerball jackpot. My group, we'd wipe our whole floor out, she laughed. There'd be nobody left in the office. Even her boss is a member of the pool. I tease him all the time, she said. I say, 'I'll meet you at the lottery headquarters.' But if you join an office lottery pool, you may want to consult a lawyer firs
Nov 28, 2012, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Thursday is a numerologist's dream dayNews Story
What are you doing on 10-11-12? On Thursday, some people may be marking, in some way, the fact that it is a special day, numerically speaking: It's 10-11-12. Nice, but how significant? Those who study numbers say, well, not too much. Or perhaps it's better to say that it's as significant as you want it to be. Significant enough to influence your wedding date? At one wedding chapel in Las Vegas, Forever Grand at the MGM Resorts, there's a special numerology package, including a chapel, a
Oct 10, 2012, 7:45 pm - Lottery News