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Ontario Lottery may ban retailers from buying tickets from own storesNews Story
Ontario lottery retailers are railing against a proposal to ban them from buying and cashing in tickets in their own stores, saying it unfairly portrays them as the villains in the province's lottery scandal. Retailers will be upset that we're the ones being painted as the bad guys in all this, says Chris Wilcox of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. tried to impose the rule on retailers in August before backing off in the face of the associat
Oct 31, 2007, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery chief firedNews Story
The head of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation was dismissed from the scandal-plagued organization on Friday, according to CBC News. CEO Duncan Brown was escorted out of the lottery corporation's offices in Toronto, two sources told the CBC, speaking on condition of anonymity. Repeated calls to officials at the lottery corporation went unanswered Friday. The dismissal follows allegations that several lottery clerks stole winning tickets from unsuspecting customers and cashed in
Mar 24, 2007, 6:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

The California lottery, public schools and the mystery of the 'missing' moneyNews Story
By Steve Lopez Where is the money from the lottery going? asked a reader named Jean. It never fails. Write about school funding shortages in California, and the emails start pouring in from people who insist the lottery was supposed to solve all our education money issues and wonder why it hasn't. The latest barrage came after my column last week about Measure EE, the L.A. Unified parcel tax that suffered a crushing defeat at the polls on June 4, despite a projected budget deficit in c
Jun 19, 2019, 8:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredReply
ok, here is the deal. i have been thinking about this back and forth mess for 2 days, praying about it, etc. and although i have zero problem debating anyone on any subject matter for as long as it takes, no matter how heavy it gets, or how many people come after me, i am totally 100% fine with those scenario's. no one can detour me from what i know is the right thing to do at that moment, and when i am in the midst of these rodeo's, for me, the ultimate motivation is defending the right t
Jun 26, 2011, 6:21 pm - visiondude - Lottery News

CT Lottery official disciplined for botched raffle draw claims lottery has vendetta against himNews Story
The Connecticut Lottery Corp. opened 2018 with a million dollar blunder at a Jan. 1 drawing, and months of controversy followed. But that seemed to die down as the agency recently reported a record $345 million in revenue on $1.2 billion in annual ticket sales, and took a step toward normality last month by hiring Gregory Smith, the acting Illinois lottery chief, to fill its long-vacant CEO position. However, the surface calm is deceiving. There's still big trouble. It comes in the form of
Aug 5, 2018, 8:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

L@@K Can The East Or West Coast Deal W/Big Disaters??
EQ + Hurricane + 11/11/11 = ??? Are we prepared on the East Coast West Coast for Big Upcoming Disasters? Important Celestial Numerology Projection Report L@@K: Two earthquakes struck parts of the U.S.A. in unexpected locations. Naturally this news sounds like ancient history, like 79 AD Mt Vesuvius volcano, as Hurricane Irene currently poses an imminent threat to the Eastern Seaboard. Time compressing events coming at us faster than ever in 2011, this is to be expected. Al
Aug 25, 2011, 6:00 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum

Company running most lottery games worldwide has history of scandalNews Story
The company behind the more than 16,000 machines that spit out New York Lottery tickets has been linked to scandals across the country and around the globe. Bribery allegations led a co-founder to quit his job as chairman. Its lobbyists have run afoul of the law in several states, including New York. Former government officials have received lucrative consulting contracts. And in summer 2006, an investigation in Texas found that the company, GTECH Holdings Corp., doled out tens of millions
Jan 31, 2007, 5:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Astrology Numbers for 8/22/06Reply
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2006 with 131 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Saturn, Mercury, Venus and Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mars, Jupiter and Pluto. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer include: French composer Claude Debussy in 1862; Charles Jenkins, inventor of airplane brakes and the conical drinking cup, in 1867; writer, critic Dorothy Parker in 1893; heart surgeon Denton Cooley a
Aug 22, 2006, 12:06 pm - Jani Norman - Mystical Forum

Astrology Numbers for 8/9/06Reply
TODAY'S ALMANAC- Wednesday, Aug 09, 2006 The History, Days and Events that Shape Your Life Today is Wednesday, Aug. 9, the 221st day of 2006 with 144 to follow. The moon is full. The morning stars are Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter and Pluto. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo include: English author and angler Izaak Walton in 1593; pioneer Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget in
Aug 9, 2006, 12:42 pm - Jani Norman - Mystical Forum

Arkansas Lottery director hires core management staffNews Story
Outcry over high salaries; Director defends Ernie Passailaigue, who started his job two weeks ago as executive director of the Arkansas Lottery Commission, has been steadily hiring employees to fill core management positions, while defending the high salaries he is giving the new staff. Before the hiring commenced, a legislative committee signed off ealier this month on the newly hired lottery chief's plan to pay his top deputies more than $200,000 each. Passailaigue asked legislators t
Jul 15, 2009, 11:53 am - Todd - Lottery News