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Paul gets brusque farewell from Georgia lottery boardNews Story
When Rebecca Paul gave three weeks' notice that she was stepping down as head of Georgia's lottery to start Tennessee's, her bosses showered her with praise and wished her well.Days later, the lottery's board of directors barred Paul from her desk and declared it wanted the $500,000-a-year executive gone yesterday literally.Officially, Paul's last day on the job became Sept. 5, two days before she phoned Georgia's governor and told him she had accepted the job of Tennessee Education Lottery Corp
Sep 20, 2003, 8:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New York lottery winner quits job to go riding with Bible-thumping bikersNews Story
He's heaven on wheels. A Brooklyn, New York, superintendent won a $7 million lottery jackpot and promptly quit his job to take a cross-country motorcycle trip spreading the word of God, he said Friday. Rafael Gomez, 65, and a group of Bible lovin' biker pals plan to head to Florida and Vegas on the bikes now that he never has to work again, he said. The boss said, 'You're not gonna leave me right, Raf?' And I said, 'Boss, consider this my resignation,' said Gomez, who lives in Bushwick
Jun 15, 2019, 8:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

SC Lottery director stepping downNews Story
Paula Harper Bethea is stepping down as executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery. Bethea, of Bluffton, was an original member of the lottery commission when it was formed in 2001. She has served as director since 2009. The resignation will be effective Oct. 31. The lottery commission is in the process of concluding a 10-year request for proposals for vendors to provide terminals to print out lottery tickets, Bethea said. The end of October marks a convenient window for
Sep 8, 2016, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan woman instantly quit job after winning $310M Powerball jackpotReply
Congratulations Julie There is nothing wrong with saying no...no...NO! This is what I told my family: When....I win the lottery, there is no need to call my phone. If you aren't with me when I go to collect.....don't even worry about it. Phone numbers I don't recognize will NOT be answered. For those numbers I do have in my phone, if you call me more than once a week....whatever I was going to give you will decrease...dramatically. I check my numbers every morning after the drawing.....
Oct 10, 2015, 10:22 am - ConstantlyB - Lottery News

Priorities after winning the jackpot
This isn't so much as what I would buy as much as it is in preparing myself and my family for such a gift 1.) Priorty 1- Protect my family. Make sure that if/when I win that my family is not cursed Public relations can put a strain on solid relationships. I would seek advice from an attorney for this on how I could keep my family from being bothered. The attorney can be used as a conduit to dealing with law enforcement for extra patrols. If you have young children, you can have the atty disu
Apr 19, 2010, 6:15 pm - drhymes74 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Arkansas Powerball lottery winner in no rush to claim jackpotReply
First, request an emergency 2-week vacation from work once you've won the jackpot. Second, make a 3 hour joint appointment to meet with a well seasoned tax attorney and financial advisor (be sure it's a joint meeting) -- that way in your bouncing off the clouds state if you miss something the tax attorney can be your backup. Inform these hired advisors of your favorite charities (or new ones if you haven't helped any recently) debts, vehicle, education, guardianship, and housing situation (ha
Jan 18, 2010, 12:21 pm - HaveABall - Lottery News

Poland proposes online gambling banNews Story
Following weeks of political scandal, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is determined to ban online gambling in the EU-member state. The new legislation will outlaw all gambling that takes place outside land-based casinos, including online gambling, while imposing higher taxes on legal gambling operators. The first draft of the proposed reform will be ready in two weeks. Internet gamblers may shrug off yet another crack down on their favorite past time, given that numerous countries have i
Nov 11, 2009, 3:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Ohio Lottery director appointedNews Story
A corporate lawyer from Shaker Heights who was the first woman to head the Ohio State Bar Association will be taking the reins of the Ohio Lottery Commission. Kathleen Burke, 60, a partner at Jones Day, was tapped by Gov. Ted Strickland today as the lottery's new executive director. She comes on board at a critical juncture for the state lottery system, which is trying to get as many as 17,500 slot machines at seven Ohio horsetracks up and running. The state budget over the next two years
Aug 10, 2009, 6:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Women win $276M lottery jackpot - and report back to workNews Story
If you thought you'd just won a fortune, would you go to work the next day? Eight women who toil in a tax office in Morgantown, West Virginia did just that on Monday, as they anxiously await confirmation that they hold the winning ticket in a $276.3 million lottery jackpot. But whether they'll be back again this week is another matter. The women claim to be the sole big winners in the Powerball lottery, and if they're right, each stands to be transformed from ordinary civil servants into mul
Mar 18, 2008, 2:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Agent provacateursReply
This thead is very interesting, so I'll jump in. The fact is that anyone with a genuine winning system would be insane to share it for a number of reasons: A. A winning secret would no longer be a secret. B. If it was too widely shared, the states would change the game. C. Many years of hard and valuable work would go right down the drain. Why do posters fight over systems and denegrate others? I suspect ego is the main reason. True lottery system fans must have a high self este
Jun 20, 2006, 9:17 pm - orangeman - Lottery Discussion Forum