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Lottery 'glitch' leaves players suspiciousNews Story
Brentwood lottery player Wil Prude thinks the computers that draw random numbers for the Tennessee Lottery's Cash 3 and Cash 4 games still have not been repaired. Lottery officials announced Aug. 21 that a glitch in the system had been corrected one that prevented duplicate numbers, such as 1-1-3, from being drawn as winning combinations for the previous three weeks. But Prude, who plays Cash 3 every day, is among the players whose confidence in the game is now shaken. He says the mach
Sep 2, 2007, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery scams hard to resist for someNews Story
What if you got home today and found a letter in your mailbox telling you that you won thousands of dollars in a Canadian lottery? It sounds like great news, but it's actually a scam that's costing Americans millions of dollars every year. Too Good To Be True This is the scam we get the most calls and e-mails about. And it's very convincing because the letter comes with a check that looks real. So a Pennsylvania TV news crew went to Canada to find out how the scam works and where you
Jun 27, 2007, 10:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan woman wins $100,000 Powerball prize from lottery numbers picked by ChatGPTReply
There is a high risk of using Chat GTP and it happened before when too many people won the lottery with Chinese fortune Cookies let say at the end wasn't Much lol In 2005, a large number of people did indeed win the lottery's second-place prize using the same numbers found in fortune cookies . The incident was not due to fraud but resulted from the single factory that produced the cookies, Wonton Food Inc., printing the same set of lucky numbers in thousands of cookies across the country
Oct 29, 2025, 8:18 pm - JoeBigLotto - Lottery News

UK woman faces prison after siphoning nearly £50,000 from National Lottery winning ticketsNews Story
Supermarket employee pocketed tens of thousands in quiet scam By Kate Northrop A supermarket worker is facing prison after getting caught scamming the UK National Lottery of nearly 50,000 (US$66,993) using winning lottery tickets. Melanie Davies, 35, of Brechin, Angus, admitted to carrying out a personal con against the National Lottery, in which she pocketed roughly 47,000 (US$62,969) using winning tickets and false reporting practices. According to the Dundee Sheriff Court, Dav
Sep 25, 2024, 10:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

South Carolina man charged with fraud after stealing winning lottery tickets on social mediaNews Story
Thief doctored fake winning tickets using stolen numbers By Kate Northrop A South Carolina man was charged with intent to defraud the South Carolina Lottery after stealing lottery tickets on social media, using their information to doctor fake winning tickets, and attempting to cash them. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced on Monday that a South Carolina man was caught stealing winning lottery tickets from an unnamed individual on social media, using the details on
Aug 3, 2024, 1:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey man sentenced to nearly three years in prison for running lottery schemeNews Story
Your reminder to be on the lookout for fake lottery scams By Kate Northrop Earlier this month, a New Jersey man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for conducting a mail fraud scheme that fooled victims into believing they won the lottery. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that a New Jersey man was handed a 33-month prison sentence for illegally laundering the proceeds of a mail fraud scheme by way of advertising a false lottery to victims. In August 2023, Pablo Estrada, 27,
Jun 28, 2024, 7:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan police investigate scammers who spent thousands on lottery tickets with stolen credit cardsNews Story
Scam alert for smaller lottery retailers By Kate Northrop Police are investigating credit card fraud in which scammers use stolen credit cards and credit card numbers to buy thousands of dollars' worth of lottery tickets in Michigan. Investigators identified suspects believed to have participated in a fraud ring that buys lottery tickets using stolen credit cards. Michigan police and detectives are currently investigating credit card and lottery scams occurring in Montcalm County
Dec 22, 2023, 7:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania: 2/1 - 2/28/2023Reply
Vtburke you may want to mention this event that happened to Mattfrompa in 2019............your event could be linked to the same criminal or ring of criminals. MattfromPA SE PA United States Member #93,578 July 3, 2010 1,950 Posts Offline Jan 4, 2019, 12:00 pm Favorites They said I have to file a police report. Ridiculous! It was cashed on New Years Day so it must have been a scam from Facebook. I am so mad. I need the money and my dad is in home hospic
Feb 28, 2023, 10:06 pm - Keystone - Pick 3 Forum

Pennsylvania: 4/1 - 4/30/2022Reply
Loosechange nice win on the scratch off.............just wanted to mention though if you scratch off that 3D code down in the lower right and post it try to make sure you cash it first............a few years ago someone on here posted a 500 dollar winner and someone used their phone to take a picture of that 3D barcode down below and claimed the prize and the poster never did get the 500............... sidenote the new tickets tend to well; the first book of each new scratch off Here
Apr 10, 2022, 2:03 am - Keystone - Pick 3 Forum

What's the Purpose of the Printed Time of Purchase on Tickets, If Drawing is 15 min to 1 hr Later?Reply
This thread is about the FACT , that the time of purchase , has NOT always been printed Are you really so stupid that you honestly believe that's what it's about? You're the one who started the thread, and from the very first post (yours, in case you're not sure) it's been extremely clear that what you're really interested in is your bizarre delusion that printing the time on the tickets is part of some scheme to control the outcome. It is assumptions like such that throws off the point
Nov 5, 2019, 11:48 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum