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Family sues lottery ticket finderReply
It was really nice to offer a 1/3 to the family. I believe that even though you find something you should try to find the owner otherwise it is like theft. I know this is an unpopular idea. I once found a wallet full of money and walked 2 miles to the address in the wallet. The man opened the door, took the wallet and said, The money had better all be there. and then closed the door. The next time I found a bunch of money I kept the money and threw the wallet in a public mailbox. I was wrong,
Jun 14, 2006, 7:54 pm - jeffrey - Lottery News

easy Lotteries Vs. Bank robbing....Reply
Guys, do you think that if there was a way to hit the lottery (any lotto game) very often, and it was common knowledge, that it would cut down on bank robbing, identity theft, scam, hacking, shoplifting, etc. Like if there was a way that you could hit pick3 (like a pick3 game with less combination) very often and it was obvious, that people will cut down on bad habits?If lotteries were easy, i think people will concentrate their energies into hitting the pick3. I don't think this would stop m
Jun 2, 2006, 1:49 pm - bellyache - Lottery Discussion Forum

Penn. woman sues for share of winning lottery ticketReply
Debit and credit cards aren't the same according to the Federal Government either. To the best of my knowledge, the Fair Credit Act was never modified to cover debit cards and therefore does not protect people from fraud or theft. The law limiting liability to $50 per card doesn't apply to a checkcard. I don't know why a retailer would accept a debit card for a lottery ticket purchase unless it was a large one. How much do they profit from the sale of a ticket? Retailers are charged a fee for
Apr 1, 2006, 2:31 am - justxploring - Lottery News

Police arrest lottery ticket thiefNews Story
A routine audit of lottery tickets conducted by the Texas Lottery Commission showed that more than $37,000 in scratch-off tickets were missing from a Flower Mound convenience store. The tickets were missing from a Diamond Shamrock station in the 220 block of Long Prairie Road. Police later arrested a store employee, Joanna Diaz, on charges of theft.
Mar 22, 2006, 9:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Woman 'hiding lottery win from husband'Reply
Trust is just another word for temptation; it is all about acting appropraitely in any given circumstance. Remeber when computers first started, their were all the experts who kept breaking into the backdoors. most went to jail. Hoever, the experts were immediately hired by the same banks to create the protection systems. To do that, they had to have access to all the portals and codes. Amazingly enough, continued theft was a rarity, and even this day, you can thank the forgiving bank leade
Jan 29, 2006, 4:14 pm - Chewie - Lottery News

Woman who stole $175,000 lottery ticket avoids jail timeNews Story
Dora Leal dodged a potential 15-year prison sentence Monday and was given probation and community service for her theft of a $175,000 winning lottery ticket from a group of Chicago traders.Last month a Cook County jury found Leal guilty of stealing the Mega Millions lottery ticket in December, 2003.She was a runner at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, where 16 people had pooled money to purchase lottery tickets, said prosecutor Lori Rosen. Leal was sent to a convenience store with the tickets
Jan 10, 2006, 6:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Original buyer of $1M lottery ticket identifiedReply
The legal issue boils down to only a few points:Whether this guy can prove he was the purchaser,Whether he still owned the tickets after he deliberately discarded them,Whether the ownership passed to the store, or not, or to anyone who retrieved them,Whether ownership passed to the dumpster diver when he retrieved them,Whether there was 'consent' on the part of the store for the garbage that presumably still belonged to them to be claimed by the dumpster diver, and if not, would they have allowe
Dec 25, 2005, 2:50 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

Californians targeted by Spanish lottery scamNews Story
Imagine receiving a letter in the mail that you're the big winner of a lottery in Spain. If it sounds too good to be true, that's probably because it is.This scam is known as the El Gordo lottery, meaning fat one . But the only ones fattening their wallets are the criminals behind it.It's a letter that seemed too good to be true to News 8's assistant news director Dean Elwood. $600,000 ... who wouldn't want that, he said.And according to this notice claiming to be from the El Gordo Spani
Nov 30, 2005, 1:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Pa. Man Charged With Redeeming Forged Winning Lottery TicketReply
PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY THWARTS ATTEMPT TO CLAIM POWERBALL PRIZE WITH FORGED TICKET --> Carlisle man arrested at Lottery headquartersHARRISBURG A Carlisle man faces charges of forgery and theft by deception in connection with a failed attempt to use a fake Powerball ticket to claim an $853,492 prize. The ticket scam failed when the forged ticket couldn t pass the Lottery s validation tests. Brian Scott Miller, 34, of Pheasant Drive South, Carlisle, was arrested Monday at Lottery headquarters by
Nov 16, 2005, 6:18 pm - sirbrad - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery tracks down real winner after ticket stolenNews Story
Arizona Lottery officials have tracked down the owner of a winning $1.4 million lottery ticket authorities said was fleeced by a convenience-store clerk.Officials confirmed that Cuauht moc Jose Luis Casta eda-Y nez of Nogales, Sonora, purchased the Pick winning ticket for the June 25 drawing.It's unclear when Casta eda-Y nez will receive the winnings, but the Attorney General's Office on Thursday submitted a forfeiture order in Maricopa County Superior Court to return the money to him.Authoritie
Nov 11, 2005, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News