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Hoosier Lottery asks State Police to join scam probeNews Story
Hoosier Lottery officials Friday asked the Indiana State Police to help investigate their agency after a scandal over a rigged $1 million scratch-off game.Lottery Director Jack Ross said police will review and authenticate an internal investigation the agency is making following the controversy, which was uncovered earlier this week. I want to make sure the people of Indiana have confidence in the Hoosier Lottery, Ross said.Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi already is investigating the scam
Nov 13, 2004, 10:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Bookkeeper's lottery habit costlyNews Story
A Federal Way, Washington woman convicted of embezzling from a Monroe trust fund was sentenced to pay back what she stole, in $100 monthly installments.That means Dorothy L. Weber, 68, should be clear of her roughly $488,000 debt (plus about $61,000 in expenses) by early 2462.Weber was also sentenced to 14 months in prison for embezzling from the Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Organizational Trust for more than three years.Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne on Wednesday imposed th
Aug 26, 2004, 7:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winning Scratch-off, Twice Cashed and Once StolenNews Story
A Florida convenience store customer scratched off a winning ticket two weeks ago. But since he cashed in the winning lottery ticket, there's been trouble.After the winner cashed in his 5-hundred dollar prize, the ticket was stolen. A second man now admits he took the ticket and also cashed it in.Lottery tickets are big business at Pat's Kwik Stop. According to Ravi Patel, the store'sowner, lottery ticket sales amount to Something like 800, 900 dollars a day. Patel has owned the Nothwest Gain
Jul 30, 2004, 8:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Woman accused of stealing lottery tickets bound over for trialNews Story
An Wisconsin woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of scratch-off lottery tickets when she worked at Denny's Super Valu in Algoma has been bound over for trial.Mary Jo (Jody) DeNamur, 44, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Kewaunee County Circuit Court. She is charged with five felony theft counts and one misdemeanor charge.DeNamur's attorney, Jeffrey Jazgar, said his client agreed to waive the hearing in exchange for a preliminary plea offer from the district a
Dec 8, 2003, 4:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawmakers to mediate spat over Iowa Lottery securityNews Story
Relations have become so strained between feuding directors of two state agencies that a couple of Iowa lawmakers have agreed to step in as mediators. The standoff pits state ombudsman William Angrick against Iowa Lottery chief executive Terry Rich. Angrick's staff, which investigates citizen complaints, has spent more than two years investigating the Iowa Lottery and has concluded that lottery players could be at risk of being cheated. Rich says he has responded fully to each of the om
Dec 14, 2009, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Who is Sam Bankman-Fried and Why Are The Fed's After Him?Reply
Good points Stats... Could be SBF is trying to get a head start on influencing a jury. You're correct SBF has not been charged with any crime....not yet anyway. That said, The Fed's are looking at the whole mess, and my guess is they are proceeding slowly so as to be in a position to present a solid case to a US Attorney that the prosecutor believes there is enough evidence to present the case to a Federal Grand Jury for an indictment, and ultimately gain a conviction in a courtroom in
Dec 6, 2022, 11:10 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida lottery winner accused of grand theftNews Story
The man who claimed a half-million dollar Florida Lottery prize a few days ago was determining Friday how much money he would need to post bail after police took him into custody on a warrant. Giovanni Sanchez, 27, of the 1600 block of Southeast Tiffany Club Place, Port St. Lucie, was charged Friday afternoon with grand theft, three counts of trafficking in stolen property and three counts of giving false information to a pawnbroker. He was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail Friday afterno
Dec 12, 2015, 8:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Former Ohio Lottery worker sentenced for stealing instant ticketsNews Story
By Todd Northrop A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners. David Dragelevich, 40, was sentenced Monday morning by a Mahoning County judge to five years probation and will have to pay restitution after pleading guilty to theft back in August. An Ohio Inspector General's office report released last May said Dragelevich would keep tickets returned from an unidentified retailer, then ent
Dec 1, 2015, 12:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Can lottery organizations control the location of jackpot winning tickets?Reply
Response to good info from mrcraft in JWBlue's double-post in other thread: https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250725/3401688 ... there are many layers of checks and balances to ensure integrity of its scratchers, and in order to perpetuate fraud (e.g., sending your friends to buy entire rolls of tickets at specific retailers to win top prizes) you need at least 6 people from the gaming company and lottery office participating in the conspiracy to pull it off. And yeah, that famous inci
Dec 23, 2013, 7:05 pm - Jon D - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Would you wear a disguise to your press conference?Reply
joint assets in the middle of a divorce, hugwash let me get this right if am married, and she wants to get a divorce, and after the paper work is started, and we are already moved out then i win the lotto, 50% SURE belongs to her, i don't think so buddy i have her killed for being a theft, and i take anyone defending her getting any thing as willing to help a theft, and kill them too, i don't take kindly to being told being a theft is legal, i dare anyone to tr
Aug 13, 2009, 10:05 am - joshuacloak - Lottery Discussion Forum