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N.Y. store clerk busted in Lotto scamNews Story
A man who bought a Lotto ticket worth $1 million at a Huntington Station store was almost swindled out of his winnings by the clerk, State Police said. Carlos Canas bought the $1 million Lotto Luck scratch-off ticket at Huntington Beverage, 1687 New York Ave., on June 7 and immediately knew he had won. Wanting to verify his winnings and get information on how to claim the prize, police said Canas handed the ticket to the clerk, Mohinder K. Misri. Misri allegedly scanned the ticket, tore
Jun 26, 2006, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Study proves lottery not 'regressive tax' played mostly by poorNews Story
Editor's note: As you'll read below, the initial data provided by the New York Lottery to The Post-Star was incorrect, but the comparisons of geographic sales data and the results of the study were still valid, even after the correct figures were applied. Lottery Post has long opposed the theory that poor people disproportionately play the lottery, and this in-depth look at actual lottery sales data supports Lottery Post's position. Some have gone as far as labeling lotteries regressive taxat
Jun 14, 2006, 8:51 am - Lottery News

Lottery company used 'sucker lists' to target elderlyNews Story
The New York Attorney General's office has secured $110,000 in restitution and civil penalties from three Erie County individuals who targeted senior citizens through a telemarketing scam involving the sale of winning lottery numbers. Michael J. Geiger and Michael D. Marranca, the owners of Multi-Plays of America, Inc. and the company's general manager, Noelle M. Alessandra, all consented to the court order that permanently bars them from telemarketing to consumers or for charitable purpose
Jun 9, 2006, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Incredible coincidence: Two Fort Drum reservists hit lottery jackpotsNews Story
Two families from the same upstate New York community and with ties to the U.S. Army's Fort Drum are the state's newest instant millionaires. The winners of the two $1 million scratch-off games are from Carthage in Jefferson County, lottery officials said Thursday. This is unprecedented, said Jennifer Mauer, a lottery spokeswoman. These are the first two Carthage winners we've ever had. It's completely random, so anything can happen. Wendy and Donald Childers bought the winning $
May 25, 2006, 7:21 pm - Lottery News

Couple has $2M reason to thank their lucky starsNews Story
Woman's horoscope told her to expect a windfall Katie Hyatt read her horoscope in the paper last month and was told to expect a windfall. So when the Pittsford woman won $500 on a lottery ticket, she thought the prediction had come true. It was just the beginning. Hyatt, 41, and her partner, Erik Johnson, 37, were introduced by lottery officials Tuesday as winners of a $2 million prize. Hyatt, who works downtown as a repair supervisor for a phone company, said she usually buys s
May 3, 2006, 10:18 am - Lottery News

NY woman is Red Hot millionaireNews Story
A single mother from Le Roy, New York, has won a fortune. 41-year-old Sandy O'Neill won $1 million from the New York Lottery scratch off game, Red Hot Million. O'Neill says the ticket caught her eye while she was shopping at tops supermarket on west main street in the village. She bought that ticket and one other from change left over from buying groceries. I walked out of the store and scratched one on across the parking lot and that was the red hot million and it said jackpot, and I
Mar 30, 2006, 3:54 pm - Lottery News

$1 million lottery ticket was almost dog foodNews Story
A lottery ticket worth $1 million sat on the bathroom counter of Louis and Connie Frankel's Bath home for almost 24 hours and nearly became dog food before anyone realized it was a winner.And not many people can say they received a check for $1 million on their birthday but Annette Cobb can.The Frankels and Cobb were presented with checks Wednesday for $1 million each from the New York Lottery on Wednesday in separate ceremonies. The Frankels received their check at Regal Cinemas in the Ar
Jan 19, 2006, 7:15 am - Lottery News

Kong-size lottery prizes put winners in spotlightNews Story
What would you do if you won $1 million? What if you won $8 million?Those were the questions two local residents faced after each won King Kong-sized prizes in the New York Lottery in recent weeks.Ryan Maxwell, a 25-year-old construction worker from Malden-on-Hudson, said his $1 million King Kong Millions game ticket will buy him and his girlfriend a vacation, a wedding and an investment in the future for the couple and their unborn child.Jie Lin, 36, of Kingston, a Chinese immigrant and restaur
Jan 10, 2006, 10:12 am - Lottery News

King King Millions lottery winner is 47-year-old momNews Story
One Glen Head, New York woman had a reason to go ape yesterday as she came forward to collect a King Kong-size lottery check for $55 million.Margie Barres, a 47-year-old mother of one, was not glued to the TV on Dec. 5, like the millions of other New Yorkers who purchased a King Kong Millions ticket. Instead, she waited until the morning after the drawing and the world premiere of the remake of the classic movie to check the New York Lottery's Web site.When Barres discovered the winning ticket
Dec 13, 2005, 7:36 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionairesNews Story
There was one first-prize ticket in New York's King Kong Millions lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie King Kong. That ticket was sold in Nassau County.Five second-place tickets had a pretax value of $1 million each. The other four were sold in Niagara, Bronx, Steuben and Ontario counties.One of the $1 million second-prize tickets was sold at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties.Lotte
Dec 7, 2005, 8:27 am - Lottery News