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International lottery scams promise big cash, then take yoursNews Story
In case you haven't caught up with international lottery scams yet, you'd better learn how they work.The biggest fraud now chasing millions of gullible Americans is a scam claiming to be the Multi-State Mega Millions Lottery. Here's how it works:You receive an e-mail or letter from a guy who claims to be the lottery promotion manager, congratulating you because you've just won $5.5 million in their latest drawing. How come? Because your address was attached to the 12-digit winning number, and yo
Jul 19, 2004, 8:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are Lotteries RiggedReply
I don't believe Government controlled Lotto's are rigged.The most important point for say a 6/49 Lotto is the equal opportunity of each number to be picked which determines the published odds. If a Computer picked the same number in this Lotto it is rejected and another choice is made. Distortions to do with the Computer Timer which I would be more concerned with really don't come into it because of the big time gaps between Draws.However, I can't say the same about your Pick3/4 which I tend to
Jun 27, 2004, 3:13 am - Colin F - Lottery Discussion Forum

Virginia lottery winner badly in debtNews Story
Suzanne Mullins used her lottery winnings as collateral for a loan in 1998Eleven years after becoming a millionaire through the lottery, a Roanoke, Virginia woman has seen her fortune turn to debt.A circuit court judge ruled last week that Suzanne Mullins owes $154,146.50 in defaulted payments to a Florida company that gave her a loan six years ago with her lottery winnings as collateral.It seems an unlikely outcome for someone who once purchased a lottery ticket worth $4.2 million.But as with o
May 3, 2004, 9:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner gives away £12 million in one weekNews Story
Generous Marion Richardson is giving her family 12 million (US$21.5 million) of her 17 million (US$30.5 million) Euro Millions lottery jackpot - because she reckons she won too much.A week after she scooped the jackpot Marion, 57, left, is handing 1.5 million (US$2.7 million) each to her three sons, two daughters, two brothers and sister. Yesterday the former hard-up post worker returned to her 45,000 Gateshead home after staying away following her win.The jobless mother vowed to spend, spen
Apr 20, 2004, 7:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scamNews Story
A 28-year-old Franklin, New Jersey man got a letter in the mail indicating he had won more than $600,000 in Spain's El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery program. But over a two-week period, that Franklin man wound up withdrawing money from his bank account, taking cash advances on his credit card, borrowing from family and losing about $41,000 to the lottery scam.And police say it's unlikely the money will ever be recovered.Now the warehouse worker, who asked that his name not be used, is taking out a
Mar 5, 2004, 4:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Calif. lottery 'winner' didn't buy ticketNews Story
The rags-to-riches story of Jaime Chavez Ramos has a new plot: He has signed over a $10 million SuperLotto jackpot to Benjamin Garcia, whom Ramos identified as his cousin.Four days after telling reporters that he was an instant millionaire, Ramos, who lives in the Fresno area, told lottery officials that Garcia actually paid the $1 for the winning quick-pick ticket at Church Market in Calwa.He then signed documents that legally turned the jackpot over to Garcia, said Norma Minas, a Lottery spoke
Mar 1, 2004, 3:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Extensive Minnesota lottery probe underwayNews Story
Minnesota gambling enforcement agents have begun a sweeping investigation into the Minnesota State Lottery that likely will involve inspecting hundreds of contracts with vendors for any improprieties. It is expected to take months to complete. As far as I'm concerned, there are no boundaries, said Norm Pint, special agent in charge of the gambling enforcement division of the Department of Public Safety, which is conducting the probe.Pint said Wednesday that the investigation was prompted by the
Feb 19, 2004, 6:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Millionaire antsyNews Story
Lottery winner wants to land himself a full-time jobHe's got a million reasons to retire, but the idea of sitting back and relaxing in his plush new west-side home is driving lottery winner Donald Majore to distraction.That's why the 60-year-old former truck driver's new year's resolution is to find a new job behind the wheel - after discovering stacking supermarket shelves wasn't for him. Winning was a nice feeling but after I quit my job I went to work at the supermarket to keep fit, he said.
Dec 29, 2003, 5:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

MM Tuesaday Draws to view( a big one)Reply
Quote: Originally posted by visiondude on December 11, 2003 (5) one question that will allow you to see why i think the way i think (maybe). you have been at this for awhile. you have spent countless hours spitting out countless possibilities thru thousands of combinations. alot of effort and time. i only buy (1) quick pick ticket for each draw. no time and effort in that really. what if i beat you to the jackpot? how would that make you feel? you expend so much time and energy and i
Dec 12, 2003, 5:44 pm - hypersoniq - Jackpot Games Forum

Lottery applicants diverseNews Story
Ticket sales could go with eating Italian meal, buying a hubcap or doing laundryLottery tickets aren't just for convenience stores anymore.Beauty salons, coin-operated laundries, used-car lots and barbecue joints have put in applications to sell tickets for the Tennessee lottery, set to begin Feb. 10.Caesar Randazzo, owner of Caesar's Ristorante Italiano in Nashville, grew up in Italy where gambling's a part of life. He says he's been waiting for a lottery in Tennessee, and if he's accepted as
Nov 24, 2003, 4:46 am - Todd - Lottery News