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Two months later, a winning lottery ticketNews Story
For weeks, Dipak Patel and his wife, Hetal, owners of the Pinebuff Mini Mart reminded their customers to check their lottery tickets because the store had sold a winning Carolina Cash 5 ticket worth $236,455 in March. If only Ed Studebaker had listened. Studebaker, a West End resident who works as a manufacturing engineer in Pinebluff and is a regular customer at the Mini Mart, had the winning lottery ticket. He just didn't know it. The ticket sat in his home for nearly two months befor
May 23, 2013, 9:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

ran into another rude/sneaky patel today
I went to check my tickets and play some add tl tickets this morning at a store I never go to.I asked the clerk if he could scan a couple of scratch offs because his ticket checker was down and also just to double check just in case I missed something. when he asked can't you read the numbers(sarcastic). I explained why I wanted him to double check for me,so after he scanned them he mumbled something under his breath.then a guy came into the store to ask if he could turn on the air for him(here
Mar 13, 2012, 11:07 am - kyokushin187 - Lottery Discussion Forum

$80,000 lottery ticket dropped in church collection plateReply
Manager Junior Patel? This is deja vu all over again. And his first name is Junior ? That's a hillbilly name! Hell, half the ol' boys on my mountain are named Junior. I wonder if he has a brother named Bubba Patel? Well, I guess it's a better name than Harddik Patel from another news story. He was notable. Harddik really stuck out.
Aug 31, 2011, 12:06 pm - rdgrnr - Lottery News

Lottery fever hits Tennessee & Georgia: both states have jackpots over $200 millionNews Story
Lottery Fever hits folks in Tennessee and Georgia as both states celebrate jackpots over $200 Million. The Tennessee Lottery Powerball is up to $250 Million and the Georgia Lottery Mega Millions hits $207 Million. While the odds of hitting that jackpots are slim... As they say...it only takes a dollar to win.... Atul Patel calls to a customer who just bought a lottery ticket, Thank you ma'am. Good Luck. Patel says lottery ticket sales at Harry's Citgo on Hixson Pike have been steady
Aug 19, 2009, 10:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Paterson, NJNews Story
If you bought a lottery ticket in Paterson last week, double check your numbers.State lottery officials are waiting for the winner of the $24 million Mega Millions jackpot to claim their prize, officials said yesterday.The winning ticket -- 12-32-37-41-52 and Mega Ball 13 -- for Friday's drawing was sold at the Quik Mart on Mill Street, lottery officials said. The convenience store sits on a brick-faced strip mall with a dentist and podiatrist office, a cafe and a laundromat.Quik Mart owner Rake
Dec 6, 2004, 8:07 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

Storeowners Receive Share Of Lottery JackpotNews Story
Portion Of Winnings Will Help Hindu Temple RebuildThe winners of last week's $85 million Powerball jackpot have yet to come forward, but the storeowners who sold the ticket received their share of the pot Tuesday.Dipak and Rita Patel, the owners of Gary's Beverage Barn, are $30,000 richer, thanks to the person who bought the winning ticket on Super Bowl Sunday. I have no idea who bought the ticket, Dipak Patel said. It was Super Bowl Sunday, and there was heavy traffic on that day. The Patels
Feb 11, 2004, 6:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

They sold it to...
Patel! Ut oh. A very popular restaurant in our town with an adjoining liquor store that sells lottery tickets was just sold to someone with the last name of Patel! I don't think I'll be buying tickets there! PS, Maybe this is a different kind of Patel though. He bought a liquor store across town that had lotto and he discontinued lotto in that store. Tabloid headline: Patel buys liquor store, drops lotto!
Jan 31, 2013, 11:04 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. store owner accused of stealing winning lottery ticketNews Story
Kecia Nehring Parker's favorite lottery numbers turned out to be lucky in more than one way. Not only did they win her a prize of nearly $88,000, but her clockwork regularity in playing them enabled North Carolina State Education Lottery investigators to track her down after they took the winning ticket from a convenience store owner accused of trying to steal her jackpot. I was very surprised, she said Friday. But it's definitely a good surprise. Dunn police say that when Parker brou
Mar 18, 2011, 4:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Connecticut men charged with rigging machines in lottery schemeNews Story
Investigators uncover more than 20 retailers suspected of cheating State authorities continue to investigate the rigging of a Connecticut Lottery game they say increased the number of winning tickets and the payout to retailers. One store, operated by two Wallingford men charged earlier this year, took in over $200,000 in additional prize payouts due to the scheme, authorities say. Rahul Gandhi and Prakunj Patel, both of 37 Jobs Road, Wallingford, were arrested in March by the state Dep
Jul 13, 2016, 7:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News