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N.C. Lottery will start on schedule, director saysNews Story
Officials charged with starting a lottery in North Carolina said yesterday that they hope to award two major contracts by Feb. 2, despite a lawsuit intended to stop them.The officials also said they will soon contract with the state's Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to provide agents to screen lottery retailers. We're developing momentum in getting this going, said Charles Sanders, the former Glaxo chairman who heads the N.C. Lottery Commission.Officials have set April 5 as the target date to
Jan 9, 2006, 11:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas lottery officials concerned about sale of GTECHNews Story
The Rhode Island company that operates many of the Texas lottery's most popular games is up for sale, and state officials are looking to hire an independent law firm to help them ensure that any potential buyer is committed to upholding the company's contractual commitments.Lottery officials told a legislative oversight panel this week that Gtech Corp., which has been under contract to the state agency since the lottery was established in 1992, has received an acquisition offer from an unnamed g
Nov 16, 2005, 11:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery numbers company ordered to refund customersNews Story
A Buffalo, New York, company that claims to sell booklets of winning lottery numbers must make full refunds to any Iowa consumer who requests a refund, and the company has been permanently prohibited from selling any goods or services in Iowa.Multi-Plays of America, Inc., makes phone pitches that they are producing winning numbers in different lotteries across the country every month. According to a telephone script, Multi-Plays tells consumers, We cycle in our scientific formula, and that
Jun 20, 2005, 4:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$14 million Illinois lottery jackpot expiresReply
The llinois lottery is used to damaged, lost, destroyed tickets all the time. They know what there doing, and have awarded winnings when the ticket appeared damaged beyond readablity to the untrained eye. They have also encouraged persons who where denied to file a claim and let a judge make the final order. While its true the lottery will not accept a copy of a ticket, it does not mean that the said ticket cannot be proven to be the real deal . As before, serial numbers, bar codes, etc. there
Feb 15, 2005, 9:57 pm - jamescase5 - Lottery News

NY woman loses $25,000 through phone lottery scamNews Story
A 71-year-old Clarkstown, New York woman was cheated out of $25,000 through a phony telephone lottery scam, Clarkstown police said yesterday.A caller told the woman in early November that she had won the $300,000 Canadian lottery and could collect the money after paying taxes, police said.The woman sent $1,500 to a Chicago address through Western Union. The scammers made follow-up calls and she made 19 payments to various people over the next two months, bringing the total to $25,000, police sai
Jan 5, 2005, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

History of Lotteries
Although the Louisiana Lottery Corporation has been around since 1991, one look at its history shows that it's really a new kid on the lottery block. The roots of today's lotteries can be traced as far back as the Roman Empire, where emperors gave gifts to party guests through a type of lottery system.As time moved on, the lottery games we know today began to take shape. The first-recorded lotto game started in the Italian Republic of Genoa during the 16th century. Drawings were held yearly to c
Aug 21, 2004, 4:32 am - teaparty - Lottery Discussion Forum

Missouri shuts down illegal lottery Web siteNews Story
A young man from Festus, Missouri set up his own online lottery and named it after a TV show. He called his Web site pimpmyride.com. Pimp My Ride is a show on MTV. There's no connection between the show and the lottery.The lottery Web site invited people to enter the contest for a $2 fee. The winner of a random drawing was to get $20,000 to customize, or pimp out, their vehicle.The site drew entries from across the country. Some people entered as many as 100 times.According to court record
Jul 29, 2004, 1:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Are Lotteries RiggedReply
Wow. It's hard to believe this topic is still open. It's even more difficult to believe that there are die-hard players out there who refuse to accept the obvious: Corruption and fraud are on the rise in state lotteries.In just the past ninety days, the Colorado Lottery was shut down due to accounting irregularities. Coincidently, their lottery commissioner resigned, and a new one was installed before operations began again. Then, only yesterday, I read that the Minnesota Lottery commissioner
Feb 3, 2004, 2:05 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Woman Sues to Block $162 Million PayoutReply
Jan 8, 2004 There is NO question but that the previous felon Battle is lying. The real winner Jemison has now turned in as proof previous weeks tickets with the exact same numbers on them as her winning ticket, as well as another losing ticket that was bought and stamped at the exact same time as the winning ticket was purchased by Jemison. If Jemison didn't buy the ticket how is it she has a ticket with the exact same time and date on it as the winner? Did Battle lose 2 tickets at the same t
Jan 8, 2004, 10:29 am - tobe - Lottery News

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time for a little clarity. i have no problem with you when you add to the community in here by sharing ideas even if i don't agree with them. what i do have a problem with is when you start spouting false statements about the lottery being supposedly fixed. in that.....you are a liar (or the PC word if you prefer fraud ). now as far as your picking abilities, you just played right into my hand. you got lucky...big whoop. i will be glad to show you that you did. anybody can do what you d
Dec 29, 2003, 7:38 pm - visiondude - Lottery Discussion Forum