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Pennsylvania Lottery Numbers Drawing SuspicionsReply
Ontario lottery had a back to back win so I guess the people should call for an independent audit. NOT It happens. It happens all the time in many states. I will be glad when Todd lets loose with his search result feature people will finally see how often it happens. People will also be able to see how numbers hit in different states on the same date in any order. What kills me about this is there must be some connection with star number charts.
Aug 26, 2004, 12:37 am - four4me - Lottery News

give 10% after taxes to charities?Reply
Donate before or at tax time for the tax benefit. Not after the taxes are done unless you like giving money away. Keep your receipts. It is almost a given to donate to a charity of your choosing if you win big money or are already financially stable the tax benefits for doing so help to recover some of the amount you have to pay uncle sam. Anyone who owns a home and is rasing a family should already know this. When you reach a certain income bracket you have to do whatever is necessary to keep a
Jul 21, 2004, 7:34 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Minnesota lottery chief's suicide note: 'Pity me, blame no one else'News Story
Before committing suicide in January, Minnesota State Lottery Director George Andersen left handwritten notes encouraging his family to not look back. He said he thought lottery operations were proper and am told they are not. Pity me, blame no one else. He added in another note: I must carry the burden and it is too much. . . . Andersen, 53, had run the lottery since it started in 1990 and had done so with little legislative oversight. The state Legislative Auditor reported recently that t
Mar 26, 2004, 8:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Autopsy: Minnesota lottery director died of overdoseNews Story
The longtime director of the Minnesota State Lottery, who committed suicide in January during a legislative review of the lottery's operations, died from an overdose of pain medication, a final autopsy report found.Earlier reports had said he died of hypothermia in freezing weather after cutting his wrists.Toxicology tests show that George Andersen took a fatal dose of hydrocodone, more commonly known as Vicodin, the medical examiner's office said Thursday.Andersen, 53, was found lying outside h
Mar 26, 2004, 8:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Questions for Lottery Official
I will be travelling to British Columbia, Canada, in a couple of days for a week of vacation (downhill skiing). A friend of mine out there knows a lottery official (works in the audit department of the BC lottery). I will probably get a chance to meet him (may also be skiing) and will hopefully be able to ask him all kinds of lottery related questions. He probably knows a lot of the inside scoop.Post your questions here. I will collect them all before I leave and hopefully will return with some
Feb 1, 2004, 8:33 pm - Jake649 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oregon pays lottery sites larger share, audit findsNews Story
Leaders say the report shows retailers' portion of proceeds should be cut, but a lobbyist disagreesThe Oregon State Lottery pays retailers a bigger cut than similar operations do, a state auditors' report says, a finding that could bolster a long-standing drive to lower the compensation that bars and taverns get for carrying video poker machines.Oregon retailers receive on average 32 percent of the net proceeds from video poker -- about $159 million last fiscal year -- according to the report re
Jan 30, 2004, 6:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

High Court OKs Lottery Worker's ProsecutionNews Story
Massachusetts' high court cleared the way Tuesday for the prosecution of a septuagenarian former Lottery worker accused of stealing money and lottery tickets from the agency.The Supreme Judicial Court overruled a lower court decision that suppressed incriminating comments made by Maxine Sneed, then 70, when she was questioned in her home in 1999 by a state police officer and a lottery investigator.Because she was not in custody, the court ruled, the investigators did not need to read Sneed her M
Oct 16, 2003, 3:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery seeks to collect $20 million from operator Northstar Lottery GroupNews Story
But the lottery has not shown Northstar the final audit numbers The Illinois Lottery said Monday it is entitled to a $20 million payout from Lottery private manager Northstar Lottery Group because the group fell short of the total Illinois Lottery income Northstar said would be generated in fiscal year 2012. Noted Illinois Lottery Superintendent Michael Jones: Northstar won the private manager contract by projecting a net income of $851.2 million in FY12, but failed to reach this goal, con
Mar 19, 2013, 4:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Connecticut to audit lottery winners for back taxesNews Story
After successfully targeting deadbeat parents, the state of Connecticut is going after tax evaders' lottery winnings. Beginning Dec. 31, a new law will take effect requiring the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to deduct delinquent taxes, crosschecked with the Department of Revenue Services, from any claim of $5,000 or more. If someone is lucky enough to win a lottery prize and they also owe back taxes, it is reasonable to collect those taxes at that time, co-sponsor Rep. Gerald Fox, D-Sta
Dec 20, 2011, 7:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery does not make vendor pay for mistakesNews Story
The Wisconsin Lottery has repeatedly declined to seek the maximum amount of damages allowed against a contractor whose technical failures have disrupted ticket sales and operations, records show. The Lottery has contracted with GTECH Corp. since 1989 to operate its ticket system, including 3,200 terminals at retailers statewide and a related telecommunications network. Under the contract, the Lottery can assess damages when its telecommunications systems fail or tickets cannot be validated.
Nov 28, 2008, 9:28 am - Todd - Lottery News