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Christmastime battle over lottery jackpotNews Story
A lottery lawsuit is all the talk in The Villages. A group of friends hit the Florida Lotto jackpot, but one single dollar has led to a fight over $16 million. It's known as Florida's friendliest neighborhood, but there's scandal at the Hacienda Hills Country Club. Yeah, yeah. Everybody knows, golfer Otto Strunck told local media. Eight employees and players are in a tug of war. The controversy is over a Florida lotto ticket, a winning ticket worth $16 million. It'd be an awful sha
Dec 24, 2010, 9:04 am - Lottery News

Canadian family charged with stealing $12.5M lottery jackpotNews Story
Search is on for rightful owner of winning ticket Are you the victim of an alleged $12.5-million lottery jackpot theft? Ontario police say someone else celebrated with what should have been your happy dance. The rightful owner of the Super 7 ticket was defrauded of the winnings nearly seven years ago, police say. Meanwhile, investigators allege the family accused of stealing the winnings lived in the lap of luxury multiple homes and BMW and Mercedes vehicles were among their big-ticket
Sep 30, 2010, 8:23 am - Lottery News

W. Va. official wins $79M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
For about two hours, Berkeley County Magistrate W. Randy Smith believed he had come close, but that he didn't win Saturday's $79 million Powerball jackpot. On call Sunday morning at the Berkeley County Judicial Center to hold arraignment hearings, Smith asked his assistant, Mary D. Angelo, to look at the ticket that he bought from the ROCS store at 39 Kelly Island Road near Martinsburg. The ticket matched the winning numbers of 7, 10, 12, 22, 27 and the Powerball 26. Smith said the compute
Aug 24, 2010, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery may be sold offNews Story
The Liberal government will sign a $200,000 deal with two investment banks within days to do preliminary research on privatizing all or part of the problem-prone Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the Toronto Star has learned. While Bay Street has been tantalized by millions in lucrative commissions from the possible sale of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Hydro One, and Ontario Power Generation, informed sources say the provincial lottery monopoly is the main public asset in play.
Dec 21, 2009, 8:22 am - Lottery News

Poland proposes online gambling banNews Story
Following weeks of political scandal, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is determined to ban online gambling in the EU-member state. The new legislation will outlaw all gambling that takes place outside land-based casinos, including online gambling, while imposing higher taxes on legal gambling operators. The first draft of the proposed reform will be ready in two weeks. Internet gamblers may shrug off yet another crack down on their favorite past time, given that numerous countries have i
Nov 11, 2009, 3:10 pm - Lottery News

Fired lottery chief files $9M lawsuitNews Story
Wrongful dismissal suit calls the decision to fire former CEO McDougald 'severe and unjustified' The fired chief executive of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is seeking $9 million from taxpayers in a wrongful dismissal suit for her lost $400,000-a-year job, sources say. Kelly McDougald, dumped last week over widespread expense account irregularities by staff at the Crown agency including one employee's $30 car wash without an official receipt has filed a notice in a case that, c
Sep 12, 2009, 7:28 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery launches Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game this monthNews Story
Lottery tickets are all about the green, but the blue and silver will be added to the mix this month. The Texas Lottery Commission announced Monday that it will start a Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game Aug. 17. The $5 tickets will have cash prizes of up to $100,000 as well as chances to win packages that include a stadium suite, private tours, and airfare and tickets to an away game. The Cowboys tickets are part of a flood of new lottery games featuring National Football League teams. Leagu
Aug 4, 2009, 10:39 pm - Lottery News

Patriots plan lottery tie-in after NFL eases stanceNews Story
Promo will be a first for a league still sensitive about betting scandals The New England Patriots are developing the first licensed NFL instant ticket with the Massachusetts State Lottery just days after league owners voted to allow teams to partner with lotteries across the country. This is going to be a hugely successful collaboration, Robert Kraft, chief executive of Kraft Group, which owns the Patriots, said yesterday. We are looking forward to helping the lottery generate much needed re
May 26, 2009, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

How online gamblers unmasked cheatersNews Story
In the wild, wild west, when a poker player was caught cheating it was a capital offense, with the punishment quickly dispensed right across the card table. But today if you're caught cheating in the popular and lucrative world of Internet poker, you may get away scot-free. At least that seems to be what is happening in the biggest scandal in the history of online gambling. A small group of people managed to cheat players out of more than $20 million. And it would have gone undetected if i
Dec 1, 2008, 2:17 pm - Lottery News

Lottery firm fined $1.4 million over security breachesNews Story
The Washington, D.C. government has fined the company that runs the D.C. Lottery $1.4 million for security breaches, a decision that could reignite a debate over selecting the next contractor to operate the city's gaming industry. In a letter to Lottery Technology Enterprises, District contracting officer Eric W. Payne said the company failed to conduct proper oversight of its employees, allowing $72,855 in payouts to fraudulent winners and $86,166 in stolen tickets in 2005 and 2006. As a
Sep 19, 2008, 10:39 am - Lottery News