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Iowa Lottery blames "human reporting error" for posting incorrect Powerball resultsNews Story
Players who claimed prizes under wrong numbers can keep their winnings By Kate Northrop The Iowa Lottery attributed posting the wrong Powerball numbers on their website for Monday's draw to a human reporting error and told players who already redeemed prizes that they can keep the winnings. Several hours after the wrong Powerball numbers were posted on the Iowa Lottery's website the night of the drawing on Mon., Nov. 27, the Lottery removed the incorrect sequence and republished the
Nov 30, 2023, 9:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts store clerk indicted after stealing lottery ticket worth $3 million from customerNews Story
Cashier switched her story during investigation, something didn't add up By Kate Northrop A liquor store clerk and her coworker have been indicted on charges that they stole a winning Massachusetts Lottery ticket worth $3 million and attempted to cash it in. Following a four-month investigation, a Plymouth County grand jury indicted Carly Nunes, 23, of Lakeville, on multiple criminal charges for stealing and attempting to claim a winning lottery ticket worth $3 million. Massachus
May 16, 2023, 6:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bankrupt builder to stand trial, accused of concealing $15 million lottery win from creditorsNews Story
$15 million lottery windfall creates problems where it would otherwise solve them By Kate Northrop A bankrupt builder turned lottery winner is accused of intentionally failing to disclose a $15 million (US$10.14 million) Australian lottery windfall from creditors and faces trial and a possible prison sentence. Former builder Terry Woodall won $15 million playing X Lotto in the Australian Lottery, but rather than make his life easier, the prize has created a situation that landed him
May 9, 2023, 6:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

'Acoustic Kitty': The CIA's Not-so-purrfect Mysterious Plan to Make a Cat a Spy
'Acoustic Kitty': The CIA's Not-so-purrfect Plan to Make a Cat a Spy By: Dave Roos | Aug 8, 2022 Project Acoustic Kitty was a top-secret CIA research program that tested whether housecats could be used to spy on Soviet operatives. The Cold War made people do crazy things. The United States government was so desperate to defeat communism that it threw money at any half-baked scheme that would give Americans an advantage over the Soviet menace. Exhibit A: Project Acoustic Kitty,
Mar 11, 2023, 8:38 pm - eddessaknight - Mystical Forum

Genius Programmers HELP!!--Lottery AmericaReply
It doesn't appear anyone will be needing to replace Excel anytime soon. According to Microsoft, the change will apply to Office files that are downloaded from the internet and include macros, so Office users will no longer be able to enable certain content with a simple click of a button. This is a big change that could impact a lot of genuine use cases for VBA macros, and it means that Office users will only be able to enable the macros by specifically ticking an unblock option on t
May 23, 2022, 4:05 pm - garyo1954 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery winners use £1 million EuroMillions prize to help fund daughters' IVF treatmentsNews Story
New grandparents feel like double-lucky winners By Kate Northrop A couple who won 1 million (US$1,310,575) in a EuroMillions raffle in February 2018 are feeling like they won twice after they used the prize to fund successful IVF treatments for their two daughters. Ruth and Mark Chalmers, 61 and 60, wanted to help their daughters have children after landing a 1 million prize in the lottery, and now they are celebrating life as new grandparents. Having children was a struggle fo
Mar 11, 2022, 6:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Convicted murderer Dee Dee Moore in support of anonymous lottery claims in FloridaNews Story
Moore says having lottery winners' identities revealed puts a target on them By Kate Northrop The woman who was convicted for killing Florida Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare said in a phone interview that she supports anonymous prize claims as a measure to protect lottery winners from harm. Dee Dee Moore, now 49, was found guilty of first-degree murder and possessing and discharging a firearm on Dec. 10, 2012 after prosecutors argued that she swindled and then killed Shakespeare
Mar 2, 2022, 5:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

It's Never Too Late To Be Inspired
Why the Squirrel Kept Winning! I had the good fortune (or misfortune depending on your climate perspective) of living in Minnesota for ten years. The Summers were beautiful, Fall was spectacular with the changing colors of the leaves on trees and winter was,?well, snip cold. My neighbor, Harold was a nice old guy who had retired many years ago who hibernated all winter but loved to garden during the summer. The only time I saw Harold come out of his house was to put some bird food in the f
Dec 5, 2021, 2:08 am - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum

Audit of frequent Pennsylvania Lottery winners draws concernNews Story
Lottery pushes back against stricter auditing processes for potential fraud By Kate Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery is butting heads with Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor on whether stronger controls are needed to monitor frequent lottery winners. An audit conducted on Pennsylvania Lottery winners of prizes between July 1, 2017 through Jan. 26, 2021 revealed that the Lottery gathers data on players who claim prizes of $600 and above solely for tax-related purposes but does
Nov 20, 2021, 7:28 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Good Lottery Jokes? :DReply
Burrrrr Burrrrr Congratulations you've won the Macrosoft Lottery! To be scammed in English press one now. I press one. Congratulations Sir or Madam, on your winning the Macrosoft lottery! This is agent Sphinctor. I'll be needing your credit card number, date of birth and security code. Can you please spell your name. S p h i n c t o r Thanks, I thought you said something else. Why do you need my credit card? Taxes must be paid before the Prize Posse can deliver y
Nov 12, 2021, 5:07 pm - BobP - Lottery Discussion Forum