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Atlantic Lotto checking fraud complaintsNews Story
Atlantic Lottery Corporation is investigating several complaints from customers who are worried they may have been defrauded of lottery winnings by retailers. The customers are concerned they might have won big prizes, but weren't told by the retailers checking the tickets, who then went on to claim the prizes as their own. Atlantic Lotto said it received the complaints in the days following reports on the CBC about similar incidents in Ontario and the United States. We did get a lot of c
Nov 14, 2006, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Couple claims share of 3rd biggest Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpotNews Story
We now know their names and how much they won. A North York couple are the stunned recipients of part of that huge Lotto 6/49 draw last week. Edwin and Esperanza D'Souza came forward Monday to admit it was their ticket that was sold in Ontario. Its value: an incredible $9.9 million. The entire jackpot, part of last Wednesday's draw, was $39.6 million, the third largest in Canadian lottery history. I'm cool as a cucumber, the 80-year-old admitted as he claimed the enormous check at
Nov 14, 2006, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Four winners in Canada Lotto 6/49 drawNews Story
There are four winning tickets in Canada for last night's Lotto 6/49 draw. The $36 million prize was the third-largest in the lottery's history. Officials say based on high ticket sales, the jackpot grew to over $39.6 million. One of the winning tickets was sold in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, one in Ontario, and the other two were sold in Quebec. The winning numbers were 3, 4, 20, 38, 42 and 48, with the bonus number 34.
Nov 9, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Ontario lottery players advised to be cautiousNews Story
It's not just about whether you win or lose, but how you play the game, especially when that game is the lottery. People buying tickets for Wednesday night's $36 million Lotto 649 draw the fourth largest Canadian jackpot in the lottery's history have been advised to take precautions to avoid being cheated in the wake of reports that retailers may be lying about whether tickets are winners or not. The scandal arose several weeks ago when it was alleged that too many ticket sellers were
Nov 9, 2006, 7:09 am - Lottery News

Defrauded lottery winner finally gets apology -- and moneyNews Story
More than five years after Bob Edmonds called the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to complain that he may have been defrauded out of a winning Super 7 ticket, he has an apology and the right to speak freely. But he still doesn't have the full $250,000 he originally won in the August 2001 draw. The 82-year-old cancer survivor and resident of Coboconk, Ont., only ended up with a total of $202,000, after a lengthy legal proceeding against the lottery corporation. The details of the
Oct 30, 2006, 5:51 am - Lottery News

Ontario lottery to be investigatedNews Story
The Ontario Ombudsman will investigate allegations about insiders winning a disproportionate number of lotteries to restore public trust in the province's lottery corporation. Andr Marin said yesterday that allegations that more than 200 ticket retailers or clerks have won prizes of more than $50,000 in the past seven years have cast a large shadow over the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. and brought into question its actions. He said he had received few complaints from lottery-tic
Oct 27, 2006, 7:08 am - Lottery News

Canadian woman wins lotto twiceNews Story
Beating 'astounding' odds, Toronto senior held two of three winning tickets in $24M jackpot With luck like hers, Mary Wollens should buy a lottery ticket or two. In what's being described as an unprecedented win in Lotto 6/49 history, 86-year-old Wollens held two of three winning tickets in the Sept. 30 draw, scoring her a windfall of $16 million. The Etobicoke woman credited a prophetic dream for the windfall, saying she saw the winning numbers in her sleep. I was lying in bed
Oct 6, 2006, 11:00 am - Lottery News

$5 Million lottery jackpot won by Canadian miltary womenNews Story
A group of Canadian Forces women is getting a $5 million payout on Tuesday, but it isn't from the government. The eight women, who are civilian staff members at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa in eastern Ontario, bought the ticket that had the winning numbers for Friday's Super 7 lottery. The jackpot divides to about $650,000 for each of them. The women said they hope their win will spread some good cheer among people at the base and soldiers participating in the Afghan mission especial
Sep 12, 2006, 5:51 pm - Lottery News

Lottery win ends in lawsuitNews Story
Former common-law couple at war after winning $21 million in 6/49 It's a perfectly ordinary-looking convenience store at the corner of King Street East and Union Street in Preston. One Stop Convenience sells junk food, cigarettes and basic groceries definitely no caviar or diamonds. But according to a lawsuit filed in a Brampton court, the owner of the modest convenience store has a lottery ticket worth $21 million and he's trying to keep it all to himself. Young Hee Cho is alleg
Sep 1, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Lottery-check scams get more seductive, ingeniousNews Story
By Paul Wenske Kansas City Star Those lousy lottery-check scams are mutating again and ensnaring more unsuspecting consumers. But first, folks, you just shouldn't fall for these goofy scams. No honest lottery in the world gives out free money. That said, the scams are increasing. And they offer sneaky new twists to create a false sense of security. More scams are using counterfeit checks drawn on legitimate bank accounts of real businesses. Reader Mary Kay Culp of Lenexa alerted me
Aug 28, 2006, 11:00 am - Lottery News