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Ex-lottery employee claims bias complaint led to firingNews Story
A former Texas Lottery employee who was fired in June shortly after receiving an excellent performance evaluation has sued the $3.5 billion agency, claiming she was fired because she complained about national origin discrimination. Former administrative assistant Cynthia Suarez, who is Hispanic, claimed in the lawsuit filed Thursday that the lottery's human resources director often criticized, belittled and yelled at her in a hostile and belligerent manner. She also claimed she was deni
Jan 31, 2006, 8:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. gets lottery advice from Georgia, FloridaNews Story
Even as a gaming advocate, Steve Geller offers a bit of caution as North Carolina considers sanctioning a state lottery don't promise too much.Geller's home state of Florida has shipped $14 billion in lottery profits to a state education trust fund since the lottery's 1988 beginning.But it hasn't been nearly enough to escape the sort of criticisms that have come with lotteries nationwide, especially ones intended to help pay for education initiatives. It will help education, but it will never
Jun 6, 2005, 10:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery selling scratch games after top prize goneNews Story
It's called The Golden Pack, a Michigan Lottery game that costs you $10 to play, with the promise that you can walk away a millionaire. But in truth, you can't come anywhere near the top prize -- it was won long ago.Only two Golden Pack tickets were truly golden, but the rest are still for sale.What's left is a maximum prize of $10,000, but lottery officials say they're not deceiving anyone. Read the small print, they say, or check the lottery's Web site, which lists weekly grand prize updates.T
Feb 22, 2005, 10:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

$14 million Illinois lottery jackpot expiresNews Story
A $14 million Illinois Lottery jackpot went unclaimed Monday, making it the largest pot in the state's history where no one came forward to say, I won the lotto! The money will be given to the State Common School Fund, which supports public education programs. A midnight deadline to claim the jackpot expired, despite an aggressive local and national television campaign to find the winner, Illinois Lottery Supt. Carolyn Adams said. Lottery winners have one year to claim their prize. Pr
Feb 2, 2005, 1:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery benefits Kentucky students but not its schoolsNews Story
This is the third story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactAmid last year's protest by Kentucky teachers over what they considered to be an insufficiently-funded health insurance plan offered by Gov. Fletcher, the Kentucky Lottery Corp. received a letter from one of the angry educators. The letter underscored another, much older controversy surrounding education funding. The letter writer said, 'When you look at the amount of money generated for the Kentu
Jan 26, 2005, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery winner ordered into substance abuse programReply
Todd:I was very careful to word my comments so they would not be construed as a threat; I should have written that if someone else had said those things while within my reach, one of us would be going to the hospital. This comment wasn't meant to be leveled directly at you, and I'm truly sorry that I made you feel that it was. I only intended to illustrate how strongly I feel about the matter. If you think less of me for speaking my mind candidly, then so be it. One major fault of my own is that
Dec 11, 2004, 3:43 am - jim695 - Lottery News

Louisanna COMBO ALERT
all evens duetrips on the firecd doubles2 carried from previous drawCombo Report for LA3,COMBOS.DMG: 35 Even Combos 11-22-2004 6 Records Hit Hit Current Skip Most COMBO Hits Avg Median Skips Avg Out Due-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0 2 8 7 161.0 171 20 157.1 423 2 2 8 6 187.8 192 23 183.0 303
Nov 22, 2004, 7:33 pm - JAP69 - Pick 3 Forum

$40 million lottery winners still OK after two decadesNews Story
When Mike Wittkowski won $40 million in the Illinois Lottery two decades ago, the media reported worldwide on what was called the largest prize ever won by an individual in North America.Strangers wrote from as far as Poland and Italy, begging him to send some of his winnings their way.Since then, Wittkowski has maintained a low profile. For years he and his wife even kept the windfall secret from their children. Their eldest son, Bryan, now 17, only learned of the family fortune in 2nd grade. O
Sep 7, 2004, 10:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Psychic predictions (I am getting resultsReply
Not sure what type of site editing would be necessary to make blocked posters posts disappear from view, but am sure that Dragon and I aren't the only two who would love to have that function available. For those interested in forum subject only it would be a good method to set sermons aside and be able to get down to the meat of the subject. I apologize to any forum members (fundamentalists excluded) whom I may have offended by going off topic in order to qualify posts for better understanding
Jul 31, 2004, 11:11 am - konane - Lottery Systems Forum

Missouri Goes To Computer Generated DrawsReply
Here is the reply I received from the Missouri lottery, they pretty much repeat the press release to justify their actions as if I hadn't read it. Please take a minute to visit http://www.molottery.state.mo.us/ and use the contact form to let them know these fake drawings are not wanted by real lottery players. BobPDear Randy: (Yup, even got my name wrong.)Thank you for your concerns and comments, I am sorry you feel sostrongly about the computerized drawings. I would like to take thisopportu
Jul 22, 2004, 4:20 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum