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Brooklyn man wins court battle to collect entire $10K lottery prize that he won in 2007News Story
It took a while and a decision by the state's highest court but a 69-year-old Vietnam vet from Brooklyn, New York, can finally enjoy all his 2007 lottery winnings. The Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that state officials were wrong to claim half of Walter Carver's $10,000 lottery jackpot as a reimbursement for public assistance benefits he received years before he bought the winning ticket. We are thrilled, said Carver's attorney Susan Antos. This has been a long battle. Because Carve
Nov 24, 2015, 12:37 pm - Lottery News

$42 million NY Lottery winner wants to remain blue-collar worker for lifeNews Story
Includes video report Richard Loveless was going through his usual Sunday routine on Oct. 18 when he learned that a winning $42.5 million Lotto ticket was sold the day before at the Pit Stop convenience store the same business where he purchases his Lotto tickets. When the retired electrician from Port Byron checked the winning numbers 1, 9, 11, 16, 19, 22 he was stunned. He won the lottery. Loveless, 64, returned to Pit Stop Wednesday where the New York Lottery's Yolanda Vega rev
Nov 19, 2015, 8:57 am - Lottery News

NY judge sides with attorney general against fantasy sports websitesNews Story
New York convinced a state court late Monday to reject demands from DraftKings and FanDuel two popular fantasy sports operators to issue restraining orders blocking the state attorney general from making good on his threats to shut them down in New York. The state's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, is demanding that the world's leading online fantasy sports wagering websites stop operating in New York because he claims they're too much like a lottery, even though New York operates a state
Nov 17, 2015, 10:44 am - Lottery News

NY attorney general says that DraftKings and FanDuel constitute illegal gamblingNews Story
The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop accepting bets from New York residents, saying their games constituted illegal gambling under state law. The cease-and-desist order by the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is a major blow to a multibillion-dollar industry that introduced sports betting to legions of young sports fans and has formed partnerships with many of the nation's professional spo
Nov 11, 2015, 11:08 am - Lottery News

Five friends win lottery after a decade of buying tickets togetherNews Story
Money won't be an issue for five friends from Yonkers anymore. A decade of buying lottery tickets together paid off big for the group of pals who hit the $106 million jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions game on Sept. 11. It was 52-year-old limo driver Edgar Lopez's turn to pick up the tickets so he stopped at Yonkers Grocery and Convenience to grab a Mega Millions quick pick. The following weekend, he got his friends together to share some big news they were all millionaires. I
Oct 29, 2015, 1:52 pm - Lottery News

Daughter accused of stealing mom's lottery jackpot starts collecting winningsNews Story
The woman?? who's being sued by her? ?Brooklyn ???mother?, who says she stole her $1 million lottery jackpot?,? got a lucky break Thursday as? ?a judge? ?gave her back? ?access to some of the? ?loot. Mom Barbara Quiles, of Bath Beach, initially won a temporary restraining orderblocking her daughter Linza Ford, 22, from accessing the funds as well as a safety deposit box containing $50,000 in valuables. But Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Martin Solomon lifted that order, allowing Ford to co
Oct 23, 2015, 9:54 am - Lottery News

NY Lottery winner, 82, shares $7M jackpot with daughterNews Story
By Todd Northrop A winning $7 million scratch-off lottery ticket purchased by an 82-year-old grandmother while waiting for her hair appointment is about to change the lives of several generations in one family. We've been pooling our money to buy lottery tickets for years now, Carol Prevete, 50, said about herself and her mother, Marilyn Looney, 82, of Selden, N.Y. We always split whatever prize we win. One time that even totaled about $20,000, she said. But this time they hit it big,
Aug 13, 2015, 8:35 am - Lottery News

NY man claims friend broke deal to split lottery prize, files lawsuitNews Story
A Queens, New York, man claims one of his best friends is bilking him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, after improbably striking the jackpot on a lottery ticket the two had agreed to split and refusing to share the million dollar bounty. Terry Hollenquest, 52, a barber and business consultant, alleges that he and his neighbor and longtime buddy Leonard (John) Owens hatched the get-rich plan a year ago. The two men would play the lotto every day, under the agreement that if either s
Aug 4, 2015, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket thief gets prison term shortenedNews Story
An appeals court shortened the prison term for lottery-ticket thief Andy Ashkar by at least three-and-a-half years, reducing a sentence imposed by a judge because it was unduly harsh and severe. In a decision filed on Friday, the Supreme Court Appellate Division's Fourth Judicial Department shortened Ashkar's total sentence to between five and 15 years, the amount requested by Assistant District Attorney Beth Van Doren in 2013. Onondaga County Court Judge Joseph E. Fahey, offended by the
Jul 14, 2015, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Time running out for $7 million NY lottery winner to claim prizeNews Story
The buyer of a top prize-winning lottery ticket worth $7 million has just two weeks left to claim their windfall or lose it forever. A Brooklyn deli sold the $7 million multi-state Cash4Life ticket last July. The purchase was made at the Milky Way Deli at 1669 Ralph Ave. in Flatlands. It was for the July 24, 2014 Cash4Life drawing meaning the owner has until this July 24 to redeem it. If nobody comes forward, the $7 million goes back in the pot, lottery officials said. Time is ru
Jul 10, 2015, 3:27 pm - Lottery News