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Original buyer of $1M lottery ticket identifiedNews Story
How do you explain to your loved ones that you threw away $1 million?Well, we'll just have to wait to find out, because Kevin Donovan isn't answering questions right now.In fact, Donovan doesn't even want anybody to know who he is. He's been keeping a low profile since immersing himself in a dispute over a winning $1 million lottery ticket with an 82-year-old Blackstone man who found it in a trash bin.Donovan, who is seeking to regain ownership of the ticket, has not been identified in public un
Dec 19, 2005, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lost lottery ticket worth $25,000 returned to ownerNews Story
Mike Sargent doesn't put much stock in karma. Luck isn't his thing either.But in getting back a lost winning lottery ticket worth $25,000, a little of both may have come into play along with some divine intervention.Like the lead character in the new NBC sitcom My Name is Earl, Sargent lost the scratch-off ticket moments after he realized he'd hit the jackpot and, through several incredible coincidences, had it returned days later.In the television show, losing the ticket inspires Earl, a down
Dec 9, 2005, 6:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery banking on fairness, cutsNews Story
The Hoosier Lottery has run into some rough times lately whether it is sagging profits or employees leaking the location of a winning ticket.But the new head of the quasi-governmental agency is focused on running things more efficiently with an emphasis on integrity. It is our absolute focus, said Esther Schneider a 40-year-old native of Las Vegas. We have a moral obligation to make sure our games are fair. When she arrived, Schneider said there was a lot of loosey-goosey activity, inclu
Aug 9, 2005, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas legislature defeats Internet lottery billReply
LOTTOMIKE:Of course you're correct; in a true democracy, the majority rules. Period. Case in point: Kennesaw, Georgia 1982, when the following law was passed by referendum:Sec. 34-1 Heads of households to maintain firearms.(a) In order to provide for the emergency management of the City, and further in order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of household residing in the City limits is required to maintain a firearm, to
May 9, 2005, 4:31 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

S.C. retailers fret over N.C. lotteryNews Story
From his stool behind the counter at Miller's Produce, Jerry Warren surveys the steady line of noontime lottery players and laments the business's gloomy future.The players are mostly North Carolinians, lured to the convenience store at the state line by cheap gas and the chance to win big in the S.C. lottery.Miller's is a popular location. The store has sold $12 million in lottery tickets since the games were launched in 2002. Only two other retailers both also in York County brought in mor
May 9, 2005, 9:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Lottery is Oklahoma's Top Story of the YearNews Story
In November, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry saw a cornerstone for his plan to increase funding for education, a statewide lottery, become a reality.The education lottery won easy passage with about 64 percent of the vote. Supporters said it would raise $150 million a year for common, higher and technical education.A companion measure was also approved, which will create a constitutional ''lockbox'' and prdvent lawmakers from dipping into lottery revenue to replace existing education dollars, something
Jan 3, 2005, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery Ignites Controversy with Computerized DrawingsReply
Residents of Big Mo should watch for an upcoming announcement stating that live drawings will no longer be broadcast due to lack of player interest. That's how it happened in Indiana, except that Indiana actually downloaded their RNG from a public site on the internet.Security for these machines is considerably less bulletproof than for the ball machines. In my home state, one of our official draw machines is actually housed at one of the Hoosier Lottery's vendors, Scientific Games, Inc. Oddly,
Jul 22, 2004, 3:34 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

Are Computerized Lottery Drawings Truly Random?Reply
In addition to the quote by Todd, this story features two LotteryPost members: Losingjeff and Jim695.We worked with Mr. Leininger for a year to bring this story to press. Some things not mentioned in the article:The Hoosier Lottery downloaded their Computerized Electronic Random Number Generator from the internet, according to Joe Pfister, their CPA. They don't see anything wrong with this. The same disk was used to upload the code to two PC's, which serve as our official draw machines.One of
Jun 21, 2004, 11:25 am - jim695 - Lottery News

Would you tell or not?Reply
I would post here just to explain WHY I AM TAKING THE ANNUITY instead of the cash. (I don't feel like explaining right now, so you'll just have to wait.)But, besides posting here -- where no one really knows me -- I would not tell co-workers and friends. Sure, I might buy a decent house and trade up to a better car -- but I wouldn't go wild. Nothing that maybe well-paid professionals in my area couldn't afford. (if I was a well-paid professional.) And my explanation to people would be that
Mar 24, 2004, 12:44 am - ChazzMatt - Lottery Discussion Forum

You want the other Jack; he's got the millionsNews Story
The other Jack Whittaker of West Virginia -- the one who wasn't arrested on drunken driving charges last weekend, whose money wasn't stolen outside a strip club and who definitely didn't win $113 million -- wishes the Jack Whittaker of lottery fame would behave.Not that Jack Whittaker of Princeton, W.Va., is one to pass judgment on anyone's personal life.It's just that every time the other Jack Whittaker gets into one of those embarrassing legal scrapes, the non-famous Jack Whittaker gets hit wi
Jan 30, 2004, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News