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The RNG--nemasis of societyReply
Hi Guy, you can't judge the world based on the tenpercent rule. I have seem your posts, and those of others - you have my sympathy. You are aware of the tenpercent rule right? Ten percent will ot do what the other 90% do. 10% crooks, or 10% honest. Same rule. Hell, NJ is full of every crook you can imagine. They have set a record for politicians in jail and under arrest. You've have to be part of the 10% to believe it hasn't filtered into their lottery organization. It was there before a
Feb 18, 2006, 9:31 am - Chewie - Lottery Discussion Forum

Record Powerball lottery winner's life a mess after big winNews Story
The worlds first glimpse of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the poor.Two years later, the picture the public is seeing now is a mug shot of a haggard, somber Whittaker.Whittaker, 57, has been arrested twice on charges of drunken driving in the past year and has been ordered to go into rehab by Ja
Dec 14, 2004, 1:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Informant reported lottery scamNews Story
Agency criticized for silence in scratch-off case; director says he lacked evidence to notify policeMarion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Tuesday that Hoosier Lottery officials knew for months there were potential problems with a scratch-off game, but failed to notify police about their suspicions of a possible scam.A day after charging ex-security agent William C. Foreman and two other men with stealing from the lottery, Brizzi said an informant, rather than lottery officials, alerted his o
Nov 10, 2004, 1:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Fla. Lottery official arrested on bribery chargesNews Story
A Florida Lottery district manager was arrested on bribery charges Friday after allegedly accepting payment from a Gainesville store owner he thought was seeking preferential treatment in getting a lottery ticket machine. Instead, the store owner was helping the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which was monitoring the action and arrested Donnie Hampton, district manager of the Florida Lottery's Jacksonville-Gainesville office, said Sharon Gogerty, an FDLE spokeswoman. Hampton was ac
Jul 28, 2003, 3:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

South Carolina man charged with fraud after stealing winning lottery tickets on social mediaNews Story
Thief doctored fake winning tickets using stolen numbers By Kate Northrop A South Carolina man was charged with intent to defraud the South Carolina Lottery after stealing lottery tickets on social media, using their information to doctor fake winning tickets, and attempting to cash them. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced on Monday that a South Carolina man was caught stealing winning lottery tickets from an unnamed individual on social media, using the details on
Aug 3, 2024, 1:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man busts through store roof, steals lottery ticketsNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop A thief hoping to steal his way to some good luck busted through the roof of a grocery store and took hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets on Wednesday. Ironically, unlucky for him, it was all caught on camera. Surveillance footage captured a fairly clear image of the suspect's face, and after about a day on the run, Kevin Croft, 30, was arrested for the crime by Florida detectives. Croft was booked into the Lee County Jail and faces
Jul 20, 2018, 9:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery ticketNews Story
A New Jersey convenience store worker stole a customer's $1 million-winning lottery ticket and tried to pass it off as his own, authorities say. Rayhan Sorwar, 36, who worked at an Edison convenience store, has been charged with theft of moveable property over $75,000, a second-degree crime; conspiracy to commit money laundering; and attempted money laundering, both first-degree crimes, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey. He was charged during a joint investigation by
Jan 26, 2018, 6:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Las Vegas: Flamingo Casino male patron jailed as Dice Mechanic
Badri Tsertsvadze 44, a resident of former Soviet Republic of *Georgia. was busted arrested by Gaming Control Board police Monday night for craps controlled dice sliding; booked on cheating 18 counts of cheating. Said player, before arrest, in Normandy, Badri won th French Craps Masters and City of Venice Backgammon Tournament in 2007, leading to speculation that he was using **rigged dice then. Was it all in the wrist ??? (Octapussy Jam Bond) LL On a less satirical Nota Bene: *Pla
Dec 1, 2017, 6:22 pm - eddessaknight - Gaming Forum

Lottery ticket scam costs victim $19,000News Story
Includes video report Haines City police are looking for the pair who used the promise of a Florida Lotto payoff to scam a man out of $19,000. According to investigators, they met the victim at a Family Dollar store. Police released surveillance video of the three men together. The men told the 42-year-old victim they had a winning lottery ticket worth $750,000, but they said they couldn't claim it because they're not here legally. They told him if he gave them $19,000 cash, they would
May 7, 2017, 12:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Boyfriend of NC's $188M Powerball winner gets prison for heroin traffickingNews Story
At least she won't have to bail him out again anytime soon By Todd Northrop The boyfriend of North Carolina's biggest Powerball winner will spend time in prison and pay a hefty fine as part of a plea agreement in a drug case. Lamarr McDow, the 32-year-old boyfriend of $188 million Powerball winner Marie Holmes, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic heroin in a Brunswick County, North Carolina, court Wednesday. McDow, who also goes by the name Hot Sauce , was sentenced
Apr 8, 2016, 10:04 am - Todd - Lottery News