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Gang arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casinoNews Story
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of using James Bond-style electronic trickery to win almost 1.3 million at a London casino.The Metropolitan Police said today that two men and a woman, all from Eastern Europe, had been arrested for allegedly obtaining money by deception.They are accused of using a scanner inserted into a mobile phone and hooked up to a microcomputer to calculate where a roulette ball would probably fall after the third turn of the wheel.The Daily Mirror newspaper re
Mar 22, 2004, 4:41 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner wasn't sure he wanted $11 millionNews Story
A German lottery winner who scooped a jackpot of more than 6 million (US$11 million) didn't claim it for ten weeks as he wasn't sure he wanted the money.The clerk from Dortmund, who wishes to remain anonymous, was the only player to tip the six correct numbers in the January 3 draw, entitling him to 6,360,000.However, nearly three months passed before the lucky winner presented himself to WestLotto with his winning ticket saying he had taken time out so he could think things over .The company
Mar 19, 2004, 4:38 am - Lottery News

Lottery millionaire admits laundering money for drug dealersNews Story
A man who won $6.7 million in the lottery a decade ago was ordered to stay in his house for six months for laundering money for drug dealers.That was the penalty imposed Tuesday on 73-year-old Carlos Rivera, who will be electronically monitored during that time. U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue also fined Rivera $30,000 and placed him on probation for three years after his home confinement is completed.Rivera admitted concealing cash payments he received from convicted drug dealers Victor and H
Mar 17, 2004, 11:05 am - Lottery News

$239 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Remains UnclaimedNews Story
Nearly a month after a Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers to win a $239 million jackpot, the whereabouts of that ticket -- and the identity of the person who bought it -- are still unknown.The ticket was purchased at Red Apple in Stephens City, Virginia for the February 20, 2004 Mega Millions drawing. It was the only ticket in that drawing to match the winning numbers 01-13-20-21-30 and the Mega Ball number 24.Since that drawing there has been a large amount of speculation, but no one
Mar 16, 2004, 12:44 pm - Lottery News

Laid off Indiana factory worker claims $89 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Tim Rivers had a dream last Tuesday night that he'd won $200 million in the lottery.Rivers, 23, of Salem, who'd been laid off recently, told his family about the dream.They laughed at him.Rivers said he told his wife, Why can't that happen to us? It did.He and his wife, Pam, were the only winners of Saturday's $89 million Powerball jackpot. Because they opted for the lump-sum cash payout, the win was worth $49.9 million about $35 million after tax withholding.In an interview last night, Tim Riv
Mar 16, 2004, 7:07 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball Ticket Worth $89 Million Sold in IndianaNews Story
The people that say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice haven't spent much time in Indiana. For the fourth time in the last five months, someone from Indiana has won the Powerball jackpot.The winning ticket holder for Saturday night's draw now has a choice to make. They can take the $89 million annuity, which will be paid out in 30 payments over 29 years. Or, they can choose the cash option worth $49.9 million. The ticket holder will have 60 days after the ticket is validated to mak
Mar 15, 2004, 7:15 am - Lottery News

Lottery scammer gets 18 monthsNews Story
A native of Russia was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday in federal court in Chicago for taking part in a telemarketing scam that cheated mostly elderly victims in the United States and Canada.Typically, victims were led to believe they had won a large cash prize but first had to send money to cover duty costs, taxes or liens.One 81-year-old woman from Aurora, repeatedly hit up for more and more money, dventually lost more than $200,000 in the scheme, authorities said.In pleading guilty
Mar 11, 2004, 5:20 am - Lottery News

Cleveland TV Station Stole Mega Millions BroadcastNews Story
It was front-page news in 1992 when WBBM-Channel 2 snatched the nightly Illinois lottery drawings away from WGN-Channel 9 and moved them to the middle of the 10 o'clock news.Bill Applegate, who was vice president and general manager of Channel 2 at the time, figured that by airing the live drawings during a commercial break, he could increase the ratings for his late news.As much as staffers hated the idea of jazzing up the news with flashing lights and models in slinky evening gowns pulling the
Mar 10, 2004, 4:25 am - Lottery News

Bank runs out of money while cashing lottery ticketsNews Story
More than 1,100 people won Ohio's Pick Four lottery with the numbers 1111, causing one bank to run out of money while trying to pay multiple winners.It's the largest payout in Pick Four history.Ronald Jones has two tickets worth a total of $10,000. He stood in line at National City with 50 others Monday morning to cash the tickets.But he says the bank ran out of money and he doesn't want to wait much longer. Not very patient, but I mean I will be patient if they need me to be, said Jones. I'
Mar 9, 2004, 4:54 am - Lottery News

$28.5 million California lottery ticket unclaimedNews Story
California's public schools appeared to be the big winners Monday night when a $28.5 million lottery ticket went unclaimed after six months.This was the 14th - and largest - unclaimed jackpot since the lottery started in 1985, according to lottery officials. All unclaimed money goes to the state's public schools. We were excited about it, but no one's come in, California Lottery spokeswoman Rosa Escutia said shortly after the deadline.Escutia said lottery officials probably will hold a press co
Mar 9, 2004, 4:38 am - Lottery News