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Woman takes Fla. Lottery to court for ticket misprintNews Story
Ann Marie Curcio says her fight with Florida's Department of the Lottery is about more than money. The 58-year-old woman says it's about what is right and what is wrong. But this week, it also became about a $500,000 lawsuit in which she is claiming Florida's lottery officials are refusing to honor a scratch-off ticket because of a printing error. We got wronged. I'm very sad about that, she said from her Ocala home during a telephone interview. (But) I'm not going to give up. The sto
May 21, 2010, 8:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.Y. couple wins $162M lottery jackpot - but owes $1MNews Story
A Long Island couple will step forward Thursday to claim a $162 million jackpot, but Suffolk County already has their hands in winners' pockets. County officials say Richard and Mary Morrison owe $950,000 stemming from an audit of a homeless shelter they ran for 20 years. The audit showed the couple doled out bonuses to themselves, billed the county for benefits they later pocketed and bought big-screen televisions. An judgment against the couple was filed in 2008. An angry Richard Morr
Jan 7, 2010, 11:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Fla. Lottery to try vending machines... againNews Story
Construction worker Anthony Carey usually gets $50 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets once a week at the convenience store where he gasses up, but he says that'll probably change when Florida reintroduces vending machines later this year in supermarkets. The first of 1,000 machines should begin showing up in mid-August and all should all be in place by the end of November. Instead of just getting them when I'm putting in gas, I would be able to buy them basically anywhere, Carey said wh
Jun 5, 2009, 8:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida Lottery joins PowerballNews Story
January start date; drawings will move to Florida Florida Lottery officials on Wednesday said they will add the national Powerball game to the state's portfolio in January and become the new host for the game's semiweekly drawings. Florida was the only state with a lottery to not offer a multi-state game. Powerball the multi-state lottery game known for its mega-jackpots that can top $300 million is bouncing into Florida lottery retailers in January. Florida becomes the 30th state t
Jul 3, 2008, 11:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Privatization of Texas lottery may get 2nd look in 2009News Story
Texans could buy lottery tickets at the checkout lines in supermarkets and big-box department stores, at coffee shops and cabarets. They could pay with credit cards or personal checks and play online or the old-fashioned way with a ticket that's also a tiny ad for anything from soft drinks to sporting events. Those are just some of the proposals offered to state officials by some of the nation's largest financial firms that have an interest in remaking the 16-year-old government-run Texas Lot
Apr 8, 2008, 10:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Death Claims 93 Year Old Actor
Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93 By STEPHEN SINGER, Associated Press WriterWed Mar 26, 1:32 PM ET Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in Kiss of Death and became a Hollywood leading man in Broken Lance, Two Rode Together and 40 other films, has died after a long illness. He was 93. Widmark's wife, Susan Blanchard, says the actor died at his home in Roxbury on Monday. She would not provide details of his illness and said funeral arrangements are
Mar 26, 2008, 5:06 pm - Jani Norman - Mystical Forum

The Implications of Cracking the Code..Reply
This may possible be the best thing I've ever read on Lottery Post! Its as if you read my mind. I have told people almost these same words for years but only wish I'd have said it. Great! You rock Grumple Dumple. I think these types of thoughts come from those of us who have cracked the code. Trouble is, I've tested the water myself here on lottery post and it is true people treat you like crap, and even if you do try to give them a partial bit of your system, there not sharing an
Dec 23, 2007, 7:56 am - nanolike - Lottery Discussion Forum

Schwarzenegger may try to privatize California LotteryNews Story
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to call for privatizing the state lottery, a move that would bring California a cash infusion of as much as $37 billion to help solve pressing budget problems but also could sacrifice a major revenue source for decades to come. The lottery would be leased to a private company for up to 40 years in exchange for a lump-sum payment or series of payments, according to documents from the governor's budget office that were provided to legislative staf
May 10, 2007, 2:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery players learn tough lessonsNews Story
When Chris Ramesar plays the Florida lottery, sometimes he gets a warning from his 8-year-old daughter, Gabriela. Daddy, she says, remember what happened in New York? Ramesar is a 57-year-old co-owner of an auto body shop in Miami. He is thousands of miles and more than a decade removed from the day he found out his lucky numbers had come up in the New York Lottery. But he hasn't forgotten what happened, or the lesson he eventually learned that it is very hard to sue the Lottery s
Jan 30, 2007, 11:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

$45 million N.Y. Lotto winner living life to the fullestNews Story
It's pretty obvious that winning the lottery would have a great capacity to change your life, though not always for the better. So imagine what it was life for New Yorker John Falcon who six years ago won $45 million when his lucky numbers came up. From living in a modest tenement apartment he now lives in the Trump Tower, and after years trying to build a career as a singer and actor, he can now afford to hire his own theaters. What's more, a movie of his lottery winning life another s
Aug 12, 2005, 1:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News