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Lottery thief sets himself on fireNews Story
Firefighters said it can't get more ironic than this: an arsonist breaks into a convenience store, steals scratch-off lottery tickets, tries to cover his tracks by setting a fire, and in the process, sets himself on fire. It happened early Thursday morning in Rome, Georgia, just off of Rockmart Highway. Safarez Chunara surveyed his store on Friday the first time he and his family had seen the damage. The inside is completely torched. We trying to work and serve the community, Chunar
Jun 2, 2007, 7:16 pm - Lottery News

Citizen, officer expose check lottery scamNews Story
After a Virginia resident reported a check lottery scam he received through the mail, Lt. Troy Steele thought he would give the scam artist a call. Sitting from his desk at the Culpeper Police Department, in front of this reporter, Steele called Patrick La Pierre from HKJC Lotteries to find out what he would need to do to obtain his winnings of $125,000. The winnings are supposedly from a Hong Kong Lottery but the person taking all phone calls related to the scam has a Canadian area code.
May 22, 2007, 11:23 am - Lottery News

Woman gets 30 days for stealing lottery ticketsNews Story
Used scratch ticket codes to pick out winners A Heath, Ohio, woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of community control on Monday after she admitted to stealing lottery tickets she knew were winners. Courtney L. Carson, 37, was found guilty of grand theft, a fourth-degree felony, after confessing to scanning lottery tickets' bar codes to see if they were winners while working at Heath Carryout between Jan. 15 and April 14, 2006. Carson, last known address 48 Carey Lane,
May 16, 2007, 9:20 am - Lottery News

Former N.C. Lottery commissioner sentenced to 4 years in prisonNews Story
Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings was sentenced to four years in prison today on charges that he hid his financial ties to a company expected to bid for the state's lottery business. US District Court Judge James Dever the Third imposed a prison term seven months longer than the maximum sentence recommended by court officials. They suggested that Geddings receive up to almost three and a half years in prison. Dever also fined Geddings $25,000 but says he doesn't have to report t
May 7, 2007, 5:59 pm - Lottery News

How a lottery thief got away with the crimeNews Story
When backpackers Caroline Day and Mei-Yin Lee discovered they had won Lotto they rang home from the newsagency. It was after one in the morning in Britain but Ms. Day wanted to share the news with her mother. During that joyous phone call, they calculated they had won about 220,000 (US$300,000). But three weeks later when Dr. Lee rang NSW Lotteries to inquire about the money, a bold fraud by an employee at the newsagency came to light and it would be another 27 months before the pair
May 7, 2007, 2:53 pm - Lottery News

Man charged in lottery ticket theft caseNews Story
If you bought a lottery ticket at Valley Supreme Liquors in Pine Bush, New York, and lost, you might want to blame the clerk who sold it to you. He might have stolen a jackpot meant for you. While Michael M. Ciarcia worked at the liquor store, he stole more than $40,000 worth of lottery tickets a few of which were winners, according to state police in Middletown. Ciarcia, who worked at the store for six months, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree burglary and third
Apr 25, 2007, 5:03 am - Lottery News

Lotto tickets lead cops to murder suspectNews Story
Lottery tickets left at the scene of a double slaying at a Southwest Side grocery store in 2005 have led Chicago police to the suspected killer, police said today. Timothy Fountain, 36, of the 12700 block of South Morgan Street, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the course of a felony in the Aug. 4, 2005, slayings of Graciela Rodriguez, 38, and Nicholas Guerrero, 74, police spokesman Pat Camden said. Police believe Fountain shot the two during a hold-up inside Magg
Apr 13, 2007, 7:11 pm - Lottery News

Man accused of scam wins $2,100 on lottery TV showNews Story
A man awaiting trial on charges accusing him of bilking $135,000 from three people in a home-repair scam won $2,100 on the Ohio Lottery's television game show. Timothy Snyder, 44, of St. Louisville, had a winning scratch-off ticket that earned him an appearance on Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich, which aired Saturday night. There are no laws or rules that prevented Snyder from appearing on the show, lottery officials said. Snyder is scheduled for trial May 29 in Licking County Common
Apr 2, 2007, 12:54 pm - Lottery News

Trooper caught in gambling raidNews Story
Indianapolis Metro Police officers cited Indiana State Trooper Kyle Freeman during a gambling raid Tuesday. They also arrested three men, including the poker club's promoter, Ryan Row. I have been informed that I am not supposed to speak with you, said Row to Eyewitness News. The raid happened Tuesday night in the Pendleton Trade Center. Officers confiscated several boxes of poker chips and thousands of dollars in cash. In all, officers issued summons to 60 people. Now the seven-y
Mar 16, 2007, 10:57 pm - Lottery News

Gambling pushed banker to steal $1.4 millionNews Story
Deb Anderson didn't begin her 27-year banking career as a thief. She started as a teller at Pioneer Bank, the lender in her hometown of 3,300 on the outskirts of Sioux City. She won promotions, despite a lack of college or any formal training in banking or accounting. By 1991 she was named cashier - a respected and powerful job at most community banks. I had a tremendous amount of trust in her and her position, bank President Richard Aadland said. But in 1996, 18 years into her career
Mar 16, 2007, 10:23 pm - Lottery News