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Mich. lottery winner who kept collecting welfare found deadReply
Didn't she win her $1 million on a lottery TV game show witnessed by thousands of people? The only Lottery related issue relevant to her death is some of her winning were used to purchase the drugs if in fact that was the cause of her death. The fact she won a large lottery prize really wasn't very news worthy until she was arrested and convicted of welfare fraud. Had she been allowed to claim the money anonymously, the Michigan State welfare agency would have still found the fraud and her ar
Oct 1, 2012, 2:01 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Virginia: 9/1 - 9/30/2012Reply
Michigan $1 Million Lotto Winner Who Was Charged With Welfare Fraud Found Dead Tragic that another lottery winner failed to realize how lucky they were, only this time authorities think that she died of a prescription drug overdose. The Michigan lottery winner had only had $67,000 left from the one million dollar jackpot prize she won on Sept, 11, 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/michigan-1-million-lotto-winner-charged-welfare-fraud-230559229--abc-news-topstories.html
Sep 30, 2012, 4:05 pm - HugeBens - Pick 3 Forum

Welfare & Jackpot Lottery WinnersReply
I see so much welfare abuse ... Go to casinos and see the visa / credit/ debit $$ get withdrawn from the free $$ bank... There are people that live in other countries that make one trip a year to the states to make their appointment then to bank machine to w/d their yearly funds then jet back to where they come from... If the govt would make a person come in pick up their free $$ monthly using their fingerprint every state would see less fraud.. If you win lottery $$ then you should have to pay
Mar 7, 2012, 9:42 am - Watfgirl1 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Statistical Analysis of Lottery ResultsReply
four4me, Statistical analysis when referring to the lottery could yield many results but it's unclear if it could produce future wins. This has been my point all along! Mathematics and physics will not allow you to turn a lottery game into a profitable venture. The only possible exception to this would be where fraud is involved, and it is highly likely that only the perpetrators of the fraud would benefit. --Jimmy4164
Oct 17, 2010, 12:53 am - jimmy4164 - Mathematics Forum

(Fraud) Examine Scratchers for removed latex
Be sure to closely examine your Scratchers when you buy them. You should look for any pinned areas. If its pinned, it is likely the Scratcher is a loser. The area pinned may not be obvious unless you look very closely. Make sure the clerk or owner pulls Scratchers from the dispenser and not some side drawer or pile. Make sure the Scratchers are in sequence if buying the same game. If you leave the store and don't notice the pinning until later, preserve the Scratcher as evidence. Report any such
Apr 2, 2010, 3:49 am - jbt8 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Finding a lottery ticketReply
Well of course I don't know the laws but I would think you would only be committing fraud if you signed something at the time that you claimed the ticket that said you purchased the ticket. It would all depend on the wording of claim form that I was signing on whether I was committing fraud or not. The PB tickets I buy have date/time store number, and I'm sure this information get stored in lottery database so in most cases if the store where ticket was purchased keeps an archive of surveillance
Dec 8, 2009, 1:12 am - jimjwright - Lottery Discussion Forum

Frequent lottery wins by retailers investigatedReply
The video report didn't indicate whether these winning tickets were scratch-offs or terminal print outs or both. It would be hard to scam a terminal game with a independent draw except where they dupe the playing public by telling them they lost on a winning ticket and then keeping it to cash in. I've heard of retailers scanning the bar codes of scratch-off tickets and pulling out the winners and cashing them in then putting the no prize or low value prize tickets back out to be sold to the publ
Oct 3, 2009, 8:09 am - Phokas - Lottery News

Lottery winner loses ticket, awarded unspent portion from couple who found itReply
Maybe I missed something. The ticket was lost and found in a public establishment. The ticket was then cashed in by the finders. The ticket loser discovers she's lost the ticket. How much time passed between the ticket loss and the ticket being cashed in? Why wasn't the ticket signed? What am I missing in this story? Why are the finders being charged with fraud? If you're going to play the lottery and expect to win why is it so difficult to sign your ticket when you purchase them so incidents li
Jul 25, 2009, 12:29 pm - PERDUE - Lottery News

Maine lottery 'fraud'
Hi; I have been playing Maine's on line fast play 'Break the Bank' . I have tickets with a $4 prize, but un- like NH which has prize tiers from 1-2-4-5$... Me. has 1-3-5$ ... there is no $4 prize. I have talked with people at the lottery and am assured there is no such prize ... yet they feel nothing is wrong. any thoughts ??
Apr 23, 2009, 9:45 pm - livninmycr - Lottery Discussion Forum

do you think florida will go computerized?Reply
Very few attorneys are willing to jeopardize their practices to challenge the state. In Indiana, we shopped our evidence file around to various attorneys for over a year. Three different firms have told us that what we've collected is probably sufficient to convict on at least three federal RICO predicates (Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Misappropriation/ Conversion of Public Funds). None are willing to file our case in court, however, because, the state house can make it v
Sep 11, 2007, 9:57 pm - MADDOG10 - Lottery Discussion Forum