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Ontario store employee charged with stealing lottery prizesNews Story
New prize redemption rules aimed at reducing theft A former convenience store employee in North Bay, Ontario, is facing theft and fraud charges for allegedly redeeming two customers' scratch-and-win lottery tickets. Sgt. Chris Williams of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario's Investigation and Support Bureau says these are the first such charges the unit has laid since its inception Jan. 1. The unit, comprised of provincial police officers, investigates claims of insider lotter
Feb 27, 2008, 10:24 am - Lottery News

$270 Million: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised againNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game was increased to a whopping $270 million Wednesday, when all the tickets sold for the Tuesday night drawing failed to win the top prize. A Mega Millions lottery ticket wins the jackpot by matching all five lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday. There were 15 second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Michigan, 3 from
Feb 20, 2008, 2:41 am - Lottery News

Study ranks Missouri lottery as ninth best in U.S.News Story
Lottery Post tapped for examples of computerized drawing problems in other states Many rush to buy tickets when the lottery pool reaches the millions, but do you ever wonder how transparent Missouri's lottery system is? Turns out, Missouri ranks in the top ten for disclosure and fairness, compared to the other 43 states that offer lotteries. In a study by San Antonio professor Gerald Busald released Dec. 14, Missouri ranked ninth overall. California and Pennsylvania scored first and second
Jan 4, 2008, 4:02 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery glitch parade marches onNews Story
Lottery calls first glitch of the new year 'minor' The new year brought another glitch to the Tennessee lottery, this time with a miscounting Web site clock. The clock is supposed to show the number of days until the Jan. 22 grand prize drawing for the Million $ Madness game. Instead, as the new year dawned, the clock began showing the wrong number of days. It was showing 86 days when James Hawkins logged on to the Web site about 5:30 p.m. New Year's Day. Although the clock show
Jan 2, 2008, 10:40 pm - Lottery News

Texas students rank USA lotteriesNews Story
California, Pennsylvania best; Tennessee worst Gerald Busald is at it again. For more than a decade, the 65-year-old math professor at San Antonio College has turned scrutiny of the Texas Lottery into a classroom project. Armed with calculators, Busald and his students have exposed false advertising, attracted the media spotlight and sparked change. This year, Busald and his students are aiming beyond Texas. On Friday, they unveiled a ranking of every lottery in the United States based
Dec 20, 2007, 7:34 pm - Lottery News

N.D. Lottery wrestles with credit card buying optionsNews Story
The North Dakota Lottery's recently announced holiday sale of ticket subscriptions highlights a quirk in its operations. Gamblers are barred from using a credit card to buy tickets, but they may use plastic to play one of the lottery's four games dozens of times over an extended period. Credit card sales are limited to subscriptions, said Chuck Keller, the director of North Dakota's lottery. A subscription allows a gambler to buy a chance to play the same lottery number for 13, 26 or 52 strai
Dec 4, 2007, 7:10 pm - Lottery News

Will robber get to keep lottery jackpot?News Story
The winner of a $1 million lottery scratch ticket may not be so lucky after all: He's a convicted bank robber who isn't supposed to gamble. Timothy Elliott faces a Dec. 7 court hearing over whether he violated his probation when he bought the $10 ticket for the $800 Million Spectacular game at a supermarket in Hyannis. Elliott was placed on five years' probation after pleading guilty in October 2006 to unarmed robbery for a January 2006 heist at a bank on Cape Cod. Under terms of his pro
Nov 29, 2007, 6:23 am - Lottery News

Outlook for online gambling in U.S. discussed at conferenceNews Story
On the heels of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill proposing an independent study on the feasibility of legalizing and regulating online gambling, former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of Poker Players Alliance, said he expects the legalization of online poker in the United States within 18 months. The panelists in the State of the Industry: Internet Gambling at the Crossroads keynote session at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) said pending sanctions by the World Trade Organization due
Nov 20, 2007, 11:28 am - Lottery News

Head of Turkish state lottery shot deadNews Story
The head of the Turkish state lottery was shot dead in his office by a former lottery employee on Friday, the state-run Anatolian news agency said. Lottery employees confirmed general manager Ihya Balak had been shot dead around 9:30 am (0730 GMT). They said police had sealed off the building. Private broadcaster NTV said the attacker, a former inspector at the state lottery, had shot Balak four times and had been detained by the police. It said the attacker had been the subject of an i
Nov 16, 2007, 7:21 pm - Lottery News

Lottery Post announces Lottery Results Gadget for Windows VistaNews Story
First-of-its-kind software hailed as must-have for every lottery player' Lottery Post announced today the release of the Lottery Results Gadget for Windows Vista, which for the first time delivers virtually real-time lottery results directly to individuals' Windows desktops worldwide. The new software operates inside the Windows Vista Sidebar as a small but highly functional lottery results monitor, capable of being customized and moved to the user's desire. When new lottery results are a
Nov 1, 2007, 11:49 am - Lottery News