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Lottery Phone Scam Continues to Snare VictimsNews Story
It can be so easy to get pulled into the trap of a lottery phone scam.It sounds so enticing just send them a few thousand dollars to cover the taxes and you rake in hundreds of thousands.But what sounds too good to be true, is. So, why are so many folks falling for it? You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of $450,890 Congratulations. That letter, with a handwritten address on the envelope, had a Dandridge, Tennessee woman celebrating. I started reading it, was real excited
Jun 15, 2005, 1:42 pm - Lottery News

Unclaimed lottery winnings scam targets elderlyNews Story
Oregon State Police plan to announce today that they are investigating a scam targeting the elderly that promises large unclaimed lottery winnings from two fictitious Salem companies.The scam has claimed at least seven victims in Georgia, Florida, California and Pennsylvania who combined have lost about $30,000, Detective Rich Dennis of the Oregon State Police said Wednesday.Here's how the scam works: A letter arrives in the mail on letterhead from fake Salem firms Golden Lotto Mega Bucks or Top
Jun 9, 2005, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Another scam victim regrets his mistakesNews Story
Dale E. Gilbert wants people to learn from his mistakes. He wants them to know how he got scammed in a lottery deal. Papers in hand, Gilbert laid out the evidence. Now he owes a local bank nearly $1,000.It started when he received an official looking notice from Euromillones loteria International of Spain that he had won money from a lottery.The letter detailed the winning ticket number, serial number, and lottery numbers which had allowed Gilbert to win over $1.3 million in cash.Gilbert was as
Mar 24, 2005, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Another winning Powerball ticket sold in PennsylvaniaNews Story
For the third time in four months, a winning Powerball ticket was bought in Western Pennsylvania -- this time in Marshall, state lottery officials said Thursday.The ticket for Wednesday's $18.7 million drawing was sold at the Sunoco A-Plus convenience store on Route 19.The winner -- who has not come forward yet -- matched all five white balls, 11-19-25-38-50, and the Powerball, 35. The lucky buyer can opt for the full annuity value or take a lump sum payment of $10.16 million, less 25 percent fo
Mar 18, 2005, 6:30 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery winner's granddaughter found deadNews Story
The body of record Powerball winner Jack Whittaker's 17-year-old granddaughter was found Monday in a rural area in western West Virginia, State Police said.Brandi Bragg's body was tentatively identified based on tattoos on her neck, said State Police Sgt. Jay Powers. The troopers (at the scene) had talked to her in the past and knew her, Powers said.State Police found the body behind a junked vehicle in a grassy area on Scary Creek Road outside Scott Depot in Putnam County, across the road from
Dec 20, 2004, 5:43 pm - Lottery News

Two win biggest lottery jackpot ever in GermanyNews Story
Two people from the western German state of North Rhine-Westfalia got the winning numbers to share the biggest lottery jackpot ever in Germany - 26.7 million (US$35.5 million), lottery officials announced.The drawing on Wednesday finally broke the jackpot which had been accumulating in the twice-a-week lotto ever since the last big win on November 20, the Brandenburg state lottery company said in Potsdam.With the jackpot growing steadily over the past few weeks and publicity about it mounting,
Dec 17, 2004, 3:17 pm - Lottery News

Gaming executives guilty of operating illegal lottery, pyramid schemeNews Story
Six of the lead promoters of World Games Inc. (WGI) plead guilty to operating and promoting an Illegal Pyramid Scheme December 6, 2004 in Calgary, Alberta.The guilty plea was a result of a five month Joint Forces investigation including the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (Gaming Investigation Team), Calgary Police Service, RCMP, and the Lethbridge Police Service.World Games Inc. CEO, Greg Kennedy was found guilty of pyramid selling offenses by the Australian Federal Court earlier this year
Dec 8, 2004, 8:53 am - Lottery News

Powerball ticket sold in Iowa worth $14.4 millionNews Story
Employees of a western Iowa convenience store were waiting excitedly Sunday to find out which of their customers won the $14.4 million Powerball jackpot. I think it's wonderful, said Charlotte Hostetter, a clerk at The Jump Start convenience store in Carter Lake, a town of 3,248 people on the eastern edge of Omaha, Neb.It's the first time the store has sold a winning Powerball ticket, Hostetter said.The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 5, 20, 22, 36 and 42. The Powerball was 11.It was
Oct 18, 2004, 7:32 am - Lottery News

Canadian Super 7 lottery winner heads back to workNews Story
It's back to work for Shawn MacDonald even if this morning he is Canada's newest multi-millionaire. No, I have no plans to change any of that, the 33-year-old federal civil servant said yesterday as he picked up a check for $7.5 million. I'll just live my life as I always did. MacDonald, originally from Cape Breton but now working for the immigration department of the federal government in Halifax, picked up a ticket for last Friday's Atlantic Lottery Super 7 draw during a visit to a mall.He us
Sep 21, 2004, 6:57 am - Lottery News

Atlantic Lottery Corporation starts online ticket salesNews Story
The online cash has started flowing for the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.It has pioneered a controversial website that sells lottery tickets on the Internet.The service went online Tuesday and by lunch time over 100 customers had wagered on games.The move has made it the first publicly-owned agency to sell virtual lottery tickets in Canada.Darlene Doucet, an Atlantic Lottery spokeswoman, says the corporation is particularly interested in people who already bank, make purchases and seek entertain
Aug 26, 2004, 7:29 am - Lottery News