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A Lottery Jackpot Truly Worth Screaming About
South Bay siblings are ecstatic about their Mega Millions haul. They will take home about $22.5 million each after taxes. She giggles when she thinks about it. He just shakes his head in disbelief. She's got big plans -- new cars, new houses, trips. He's going to keep going to work every day until it all sinks in. Their reactions were as different as their personalities, but there's one thing these two South Bay siblings share: They went half on a lottery ticket worth $112 million.
May 19, 2007, 3:05 am - petergrfn - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Lottery won't pay $500,000 winner, called 'misprint'News Story
A Florida couple says they have a winning lottery ticket and they want their money, but the the Florida Lottery Commission isn't paying. Ocala resident Joe Curcio thought he hit the jackpot on a scratch-off ticket that shows a prize of $500,000. When he tried to claim his prize he received nothing at the lottery office. Curcio said he bought a legitimate lottery ticket at the Turnpike rest area at Fort Drum. The state said the ticket had a misprint on it. Curcio and his family s
May 16, 2007, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pick 3 Mirrors and More...TestingReply
Thank you for your help Calabs :) Here is the How To: 1 - If a warning comes up asking for your permission to run ActiveX Controls ...click yes ( that is for IE 7.0 ) . 2 - the long way : Go to Contorl Panel Click Internet Options Click Security Click Custom Level Check Prompt for Download signed ActiveX controls. That should fix it . And: This sheet is composed with Excel, so you need Excel on your PC to run it, I can not run it on this page Rakster ( ev
Apr 24, 2007, 7:26 pm - mazk - Lottery Systems Forum

Trooper caught in gambling raidNews Story
Indianapolis Metro Police officers cited Indiana State Trooper Kyle Freeman during a gambling raid Tuesday. They also arrested three men, including the poker club's promoter, Ryan Row. I have been informed that I am not supposed to speak with you, said Row to Eyewitness News. The raid happened Tuesday night in the Pendleton Trade Center. Officers confiscated several boxes of poker chips and thousands of dollars in cash. In all, officers issued summons to 60 people. Now the seven-y
Mar 16, 2007, 10:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Change in Penn. Lottery scratch tickets removes shortcutNews Story
A change in the format of Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off tickets to prevent fraud means that some lottery players could be mistakenly tossing away winning tickets, retailers said. Since January, instant tickets have been printed with a new kind of security coding for retailers to verify that a winning ticket is valid. Previously, a row of letters and numbers at the top or bottom of a ticket indicated the prize won. For example, a row interspersed with (5) and (0) meant the ticket was a $
Mar 12, 2007, 10:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canada lottery winner used the weather to pick numbersReply
Well then there must be a lot of us here on LP that are out of synch! Synchronicity or luck?: From Infinite Finanacial Freedom, What to do Before and After You Hit the Lottery: Some of the more unusual ways winners have picked their numbers: A dart boards number hits by thowing darts A camera's serial number The rural route numbers on the commute to buy the ticket The serial number from a Social Security check A lot number from a box of donuts bought while waiting in lin
Jan 24, 2007, 10:57 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Scratch Tickets are NO GOOD
Thought I'd post what I saw the other day. It shocked me, but in light of recent events it made things all to clear. First off I would like to say that I am new to this forum and I have not searched it yet, so if this topic has already been covered... well sorry. Anyway, I live in Ontario Canada and in the last few months our provincial Lottery Corporation has been under fire for the disproportionate amount of lotto agents (the store clerk) who have won big awards from scratch ti
Jan 6, 2007, 3:47 pm - solost - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Investigation to probe who wins B.C. Lottery prizesNews Story
Follows similar investigations of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and Atlantic Lottery Corporation The British Columbia Lottery Corporation is welcoming an investigation by the provincial ombudsman into the number of insider wins and ticket-selling practices. Trust is paramount, lottery corporation spokesman Paul Smith said. We think this is a good opportunity for third-party reassurance to the public. B.C. Ombudsman Kim Carter announced the investigation yesterday, saying t
Dec 20, 2006, 12:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man fined $225,000 for role in lottery schemeNews Story
A White Rock, British Columbia, man who pleaded guilty to being involved in a direct-mail lottery scheme that brought in $47 million has been fined $225,000. Tom Taylor, 60, participated in selling shares of lottery tickets to thousands of residents in the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand who sent in money for a share over a seven-year period ending in 2002. In addition to the fine, Mr. Taylor, who was charged under lottery and gaming provisions in the Criminal Code, must
Dec 14, 2006, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Feel richReply
re: How much money will make you fee rich? Posted this before, can't find it but it fits here: From the book True Prosperity, How to Have Everything, by Yehuda Berg: A stock trader on Wall Street worth $50 million loses half his fortune one day, when the market crashes and causes his net worth to fall to $25 million. Meanwhile, on the same day, a mailman in wichita sells a stock short and doubles his $10,000 savings to $20,000. Who goes to bed that night with with peace of mind a
Dec 9, 2006, 10:51 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum