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Missouri Lottery facing challenging issues with vendor contractNews Story
One of the Missouri Lottery's biggest contracts might not stand up in court if it was challenged by the company that runs its statewide network of ticket sales. That means the state doesn't collect as much money as the contract allows when the company is penalized for breakdowns. And, even when the Lottery does collect money for penalties, the proceeds are not directly funding public schools across the Show-Me state, according to a review by the Post-Dispatch. Rather, the cash is being rol
Sep 20, 2017, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Missouri electrician finds his $10 million 'Golden Ticket'News Story
By Todd Northrop Life is about to become very different for an electrician from Jefferson County, Missouri. On July 9, David Piper, 67, walked into the Schnucks at 3900 Vogel Road in Arnold. He picked up some groceries and bought a few lottery tickets, as he usually does. When Piper returned to his home in Imperial, he drank a cup of coffee and scratched off his $30 game, the $300,000,000 Golden Ticket. The number 33 came up, and I thought, 'Well, I won something,' Piper told lotte
Aug 1, 2017, 3:54 pm - Lottery News

Unclaimed $3.5M Missouri Lottery jackpot about to expireNews Story
By Todd Northrop Missouri Lottery players: check your pockets, your car, your drawers, and track down all your old lottery tickets. You could be a millionaire and not even know it! A $3.5 million Lotto ticket was sold at the Fuel Mart on Highway 19 in the Missouri River town of Hermann on November 12 and has still not been claimed. Because Missouri Lottery winners have 180 days to claim their prize, the winning ticket expires May 11. The winning ticket has the number combination of 10,
Apr 14, 2017, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Woman sentenced for stealing more than $400,000 from Missouri lottery winnerNews Story
A former Kansas City woman who stole more than $400,000 from a Missouri Lottery winner was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison. Freya Pearson, 44, of Conyers, Ga., was ordered to repay $441,830 to the victim, a female 61-year-old former hospital housekeeper who won $2.4 million in the Missouri Lottery in 2008. But because of Pearson's scheme, the lottery winner is now financially insolvent and had to take a reverse mortgage in order to keep her home, according to federal pr
Feb 22, 2017, 8:35 pm - Lottery News

Girl spots discarded winning lottery scratcher, donates winnings to Thanksgiving food driveNews Story
In this season of giving thanks, one student from Missouri shows what generosity is all about. When one young lady from Independence, Missouri, found a financial windfall, she gave it to others in need, overlooking her own needs. Phoebe Brown, 7, says she knew exactly what she'd found, and how best to use it. The second grade student from Sycamore Hills Elementary School in Independence was shopping with her mother at the Hy-Vee store on U.S. Highway 40 at Noland Road on November 9th, when
Nov 23, 2016, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Second lottery win in 2 weeks worth $1M for Missouri womanNews Story
A Strafford, Missouri, great grandmother scratched off a lottery win two weeks in a row, and the second one was a whopper. Doris Danielson first won $1,000 on a 300,000,000 Golden Ticket Scratcher ticket, prompting a trip to Lottery headquarters in Springfield to cash it in. While there she scratched up a $1 million jackpot in the same Scratcher ticket game. I'm very fortunate, I'll tell you that much, Danielson said in a news release. My daughter and I were going to Springfield to go
Sep 16, 2016, 9:07 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner's gift will help small Missouri communityNews Story
Includes video report A town in Missouri is celebrating its new state-of-the-art fire facility, but the community's lottery millionaires are humble about what they did to make it happen. The building, which took more than a year to build, houses both the ambulance service and the community's fire trucks. The project would not have happened if fire volunteers hadn't twice saved Mark Hill's father's life. My wife and I were able to pay them back, Hill said Hill and his family won n
Jun 27, 2016, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Illinois border states report increased lottery salesNews Story
With Illinois delaying payouts of more than $600 because of its budget mess, neighboring states are salivating at the chance to boost their own lottery sales. Businesses near borders, particularly in Indiana, Kentucky and Iowa, say they've already noticed a difference. The Lottery problems stemming from Illinois' budget impasse have led to a lawsuit and come amid questions about Illinois revenues and a shake-up in lottery management. Many gas stations, smoke shops and convenience stores in
Oct 27, 2015, 9:54 am - Lottery News

St. Louis city employees claim $70 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
St. Louis' newest millionaires are two city employees who bought a winning Powerball ticket this month. Tom Rea, a building maintenance supervisor for the city's department of corrections and his wife, Catherine Ruggeri-Rea, the city's courts administrator, were announced as the winners of a $70 million jackpot at a news conference Wednesday morning. Rea, 62, has worked for the city for 40 years. Ruggeri-Rea, 61, has been the city's courts administrator for nearly 10 years. Rea bought t
Jul 30, 2015, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Georgia woman accused of scheme to steal lottery winningsNews Story
A Georgia woman has been indicted in Missouri on charges that stole nearly half a million dollars in lottery winnings from a 60-year-old victim. Freya Pearson, 41, of Georgia and formerly of Kansas City, Mo., was charged last month in a nine-count indictment by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, according to Don Ledford, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Missouri. The indictment, according to Ledford, alleges that Pearson convinced her victi
Nov 12, 2014, 12:04 pm - Lottery News