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Outsourcing Pa. Lottery management bid deadline draws nearNews Story
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett once again finds himself days away from having to make a decision about what to do about his plan to privatizing the management of Pennsylvania Lottery. The latest extension of a bid from United Kingdom-based Camelot Global Services, the only company to submit a bid to do this work, expires on Friday. It is the ninth extension to the bid's expiration date originally set to expire Dec. 31. As of Wednesday morning, there was still no decision to accept it, rejec
Aug 28, 2013, 12:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery Commission to revisit monitor gamesNews Story
With proceeds down from last year, the Arkansas Lottery Commission will consider adding monitor games to boost revenue an option that Gov. Mike Beebe and others have spoken against in the past. Commissioner Dianne Lamberth of Batesville asked the commission Monday to take another look at monitor games, which so far have not been offered in Arkansas. Rep. Mark Perry, D-Jacksonville, co-chairman of the legislative oversight committee on the lottery, had requested earlier that the commission tak
Jun 25, 2013, 10:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winnerNews Story
The family of a Chicago businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife. In an emergency motion filed Monday in Cook County probate court, the sister of Urooj Khan argued the business assets should be part of his estate and divided equally among his only two heirs Khan's widow, Shabana Ansari, and 17-year-old daughter, Jasmeen, from a previous marriage.
Apr 30, 2013, 7:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Union fights effort to privatize Pa. LotteryNews Story
The union that represents Pennsylvania Lottery employees is fighting Gov. Corbett's move to privatize its operations. With a day to go until the private company's offer is set to expire, AFSCME Council 13 is waging a strong counterattack against outsourcing the profitable lottery in the courtroom, the Statehouse, and the streets. This week, a particularly edgy some might consider over-the-top billboard appeared near the Capitol, skewering the British firm that is the sole bidder for the lo
Jan 9, 2013, 12:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Beware of sharks swimming in your office lottery poolReply
The nice thing about a lottery pool is that I get to pick the numbers for 100 tickets for tonight's drawing. A lot more than I would buy on my own. I protect myself with a very simple contract that everyone signs. I am sure it is not flawless, but it is enough to establish who was in the pool and who wasn't for a court case. The following individuals agree to join a lottery pool for the Powerball drawing on 11/28/12. Each participant shall have contributed $5 prior to signi
Nov 28, 2012, 12:28 pm - grengrad - Lottery News

Lottery investigator testifies she urged illegal immigrant to keep, sign $3M ticketNews Story
Testimony continued on Friday in a trial over a $3 million New York lottery ticket. (See Opening statements in $3M NY lottery ticket trial, Lottery Post, Sep. 20, 2012.) A New York State Lottery Commission investigator testified Friday that she urged an illegal immigrant living in Spring Valley to keep his signature on a $3 million scratch-off ticket rather than let someone else take ownership. When Elfido DeLaRoca, 45, of Spring Valley came back to her five months later in July 2011 sa
Sep 29, 2012, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.J. Assembly panel clears one-year anonymity for lottery winnersNews Story
Twenty-five years ago, Evelyn Adams had the unimaginable luck of winning the lottery twice in two years. But opportunity morphed into misfortune for Adams, who ended up broke and living in a trailer after giving away and gambling away $5.4 million. Everybody wanted my money, the Ocean County woman told the website Bankrate.com in 2004. Everybody had their hand out. I never learned one simple word in the English language 'no.' Monday, a state Assembly panel sought to close the barn doo
Sep 25, 2012, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery glitch causes many duplicate Quick Pick ticketsNews Story
Mary Ellen Reiter felt like she got one losing ticket for the price of two after discovering that eight sets of numbers on one Illinois Lottery quick-pick ticket that she bought matched eight sets of numbers on another. I think that they should make it right, said Reiter, 52, of Evanston, who bought the duplicate tickets Sunday at a convenience store in the northern suburb. The way I figure, I should at least receive back $5 of free quick-picks. About 3,000 tickets were similarly affecte
May 7, 2012, 12:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Jury awards jailed illegal alien $750,000 lottery ticketReply
We can agree we are both sick of taxes period. I am not going to compare W2's, but, I am not complaining about a couple thousand dollars, we paid more than 20, more came out of my husbands check than I made. I feel bad for him, he works from 5am until 3:30 pm mon-fri...sat and sun 5-2, Yes we are fortunate to have all the overtime, but most of it got taken away, and it's not coming back, we can't itemize, all of our stuff is paid for. We spent our 20's, 30's and 40's , working our asses of
Mar 20, 2012, 11:31 am - sully16 - Lottery News

Are pre-draws corrupting your lottery strategy ?Reply
Crow, I really understand your point of view. You call pre-draws missing data structures . Indulge me for a moment. What if actual draws contain all missing data structures ? I contend that they do, and they are already imbedded in the actual draws. To use a crude and simple analogy: A ping pong ball is strongly thrown down a really long road and travels from Points A to B, and C in 7 hours.. Point A = a ball begins rolling on clean road at 12:00 PM : Represents an actual lottery draw
Jan 9, 2012, 5:18 pm - Kola - Lottery Discussion Forum