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Man who stole winning lottery ticket gets 5 yearsNews Story
A judge on Friday sentenced Sam Grair to five years and four months in prison for stealing a lottery ticket worth $524,000 at the store where he worked. Grair, 43, pleaded guilty in September to grand theft and presenting a fraudulent claim to a government agency. Prosecutor Howard Wise said the message is this: It is a deterrent to any store clerk that is in a position of trust so they won't do the same thing. Wise said Grair, of Camarillo, had no prior criminal history. In cour
Nov 18, 2006, 10:45 am - Lottery News

New Penn. Lottery raffle game on sale next weekNews Story
Return of popular Millionaire Raffle to award more than $6 million; computerized drawing to be used Millionaire Raffle, the successful groundbreaking game developed last year by the Pennsylvania Lottery, will create even more millionaires when the game returns for a third drawing on Saturday, Dec. 30. Millionaire Raffle tickets go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 21, at more than 8,400 Lottery retailers throughout the commonwealth. Only 625,000 tickets will be sold. Each of the game's $20 tickets wil
Nov 15, 2006, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

Experts: Online-Gambling Ban Won't WorkNews Story
Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. It has put a terrible scare into people, said I. Nelson Rose, who teaches gambling law at Whittier Law School. But it won't by any means wipe out Internet gambling. The fright swept through the $12 billion industry on the heels of the recent arrests of two gambling company executives and a new l
Nov 12, 2006, 9:08 am - Lottery News

U.S. Settles BetOnSports Online-Gambling Civil CaseNews Story
A federal prosecutor reached a settlement Thursday with online gambling company BetOnSports PLC that permanently bars the London-based company from accepting any bets from the United States. The lawsuit has been closely watched by the online gambling industry, which generates about $6 billion annually in the United States. The settlement ends a massive civil case U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway filed this summer. It does not effect a criminal case still pending against several BetOnSpor
Nov 12, 2006, 9:03 am - Lottery News

$45 million Calif. SuperLotto winner claims jackpotNews Story
The holder of a $45 million California SuperLotto Plus ticket, which was purchased at a Calabasas Shell station, came forward Monday, lottery officials said. Lee Jarrett claimed the jackpot, saying he just realized that he was holding the winning ticket from last Wednesday's drawing. I checked the Lottery's Web site around 3 a.m. and then I just stared at the ticket for 20 to 30 minutes, making sure I had the right draw date and that all the numbers really matched and that I wasn't imagin
Oct 24, 2006, 10:27 am - Lottery News

Internet gambling restrictions attached to port billNews Story
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement last night on legislation to tighten maritime and port security regulations and, in a last-minute move, added an unrelated measure that seeks to ban Internet gambling. At the same time, House negotiators prevailed in their fight to strip out $4.5 billion in rail and mass-transit security funds included in the Senate provision. The port security and Internet gambling legislation was approved 409 to 2 in the House and on a voice vote in the Sena
Sep 30, 2006, 10:23 am - Lottery News

Defense Bill Dispute May Stall Internet Gambling ProposalNews Story
A dispute among Republican leaders may delay the fate of a proposed Internet gambling ban until after the Nov. 7 elections, congressional and lobbying sources said Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., are pushing hard to include an online wagering ban and a slew of other bills in defense legislation. But in a letter to Frist on Monday, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he firmly op
Sep 28, 2006, 12:41 pm - Lottery News

Number of lottery scams soarsNews Story
Con artists broaden focus beyond elderly Charles Kane found $4 million in his northwest Charlotte mailbox Monday. The retired salesman plucked three letters promising big lottery winnings in exchange for processing fees from $5 to $25. He's received almost two dozen such letters since August; recently he broke down and sent a total of $50 to three places. I had a couple of bucks in the bank and thought, 'What do I have to lose?' Kane said. Then I thought, 'What the hell am I doing?'
Sep 27, 2006, 12:00 pm - Lottery News

Another Gamble for Online BettingNews Story
Legal wrangling in the U.S. is clouding the prospects for the industry world-wide Two recent arrests of online-gambling executives in the U.S. are drawing attention to a spirited but so far unsuccessful effort in Washington to clarify the legal status of Internet gambling and resolve the political and legal issues of regulating it. Earlier this month, Peter Dicks, at the time nonexecutive chairman of Sportingbet PLC, Britain's largest publicly traded Internet-gambling company, was arrested
Sep 22, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Florida man claims $6 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
A trip to Publix netted a North Port man $6 million. Even after buying the winning ticket, Ronald Tourville forgot to check the numbers. He had forgotten about his tickets until Sunday night when he opened his wallet and saw them. He then logged onto the Florida Lottery's Web site to check his numbers and discovered he was the winner. According to lottery spokeswoman Shelisha C. Durden, Tourville, 48, claimed the estimated $6 million Florida Lotto jackpot. Instead of accepting payments ove
Sep 12, 2006, 8:51 am - Lottery News