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Georgia Lottery approves online ticket salesNews Story
Georgia Lottery officials approved for the first time Thursday an online ticket system, with sales to the public set to begin as soon as November. The move is expected to increase the Georgia Lottery's revenue by millions of dollars a year thus helping the state's lottery-funded HOPE Scholarships and pre-kindergarten programs and positions Georgia among the first states nationwide to officially expand lottery sales to the Internet. While the lottery's governing board voted unanimously for
Jul 20, 2012, 8:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Australian teen lottery winner still goes to workNews Story
By Allison Cooke and Beverley Hadgraft Seven months ago, I was a typical 19-year-old working in a Melbourne [Australia] warehouse, packing books and earning $17 an hour to help pay my way through university. Then, suddenly, I was a millionaire. Have I been partying ever since? No. I'm one of four kids from a single-parent family doing it tough and Mum has instilled in me the value of a dollar. I won my prize last November after buying two tickets for a BoysTown lottery a charity that he
Jun 24, 2012, 9:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Britain's youngest lottery winner still broke, but expecting twinsNews Story
A lottery winner who frittered away her 1.9 million (US$3 million) fortune on drink, drugs and luxury items is expecting twins and she says the feeling is even better than when she hit the jackpot. Callie Rogers, who was 16 when she matched all six numbers to become Britain's youngest lottery winner, is pregnant with two boys and due to give birth next month. She said it meant she can finally live life to the full, having learned the hard way that money cannot buy happiness. (See Now br
May 12, 2012, 8:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

What does it say on the back of your state's tickets?Reply
The California Lotto tickets say nothing about media coverage or whether a ticket can be claimed anonymously. However I did read the Lottery regulations from their website and it says: CLAIMING A PRIZE OR AWARD 1. General Regulations (Draw and Scratchers ) a. Individuals under 18 years of age and those named in Government Code section 8880.321(g) are ineligible to receive a prize. If an ineligible individual makes a claim for a prize either individually or as part of a gro
May 1, 2012, 3:24 pm - janem - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kansas Mega Millions winner claims jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
By Todd Northrop The holder of one of three winning tickets in last week's record $656 million Mega Millions drawing came forward Friday to claim a share, Kansas Lottery officials announced Friday afternoon. The winner a single ticket holder has chosen to remain anonymous, state lottery director Dennis Wilson said. The announcement was made at an afternoon press conference at state lottery headquarters in Topeka. Under Kansas law, lottery winners can choose not to publicly reveal the
Apr 6, 2012, 6:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Generous former lottery winner says she accidentally gave away second winning ticketNews Story
Says lottery ticket was mixed in with money she gave away When Emily Leach stopped by Liquor Tobacco, a convenience store in the San Francisco Bay Area community of Mountain View, before Friday's drawing for the California state lottery's Mega Millions Jackpot then worth $290 million she was already a kind of celebrated figure at the store after winning $1 million on a lottery ticket she bought there in January. Her recent good fortune allowed her to perform random acts of generosity for s
Mar 27, 2012, 3:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Welfare & Jackpot Lottery WinnersReply
I think the major problem with our country is the entitlement attitude that pervades every sector and corner of our country, from government officials and workers, to union employees to hourly employees to school children and adults of all ages and even to military members and their families. Now I don't just throw out a controversial statement like that without providing background and proof. Government service used to be just that, but now all you hear from heads of government agencies is t
Mar 7, 2012, 8:40 am - OldSchoolPa - Lottery Discussion Forum

D.C. Council poised to repeal online gamblingNews Story
After becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to legalize online gambling within its borders, the District of Columbia is poised to repeal the program before it launches. The strong backlash on the D.C. Council to the district's online gambling program has little to do with moral opposition to gambling. Instead, councilmembers are upset with the way it became law, saying they didn't realize they had voted to approve it. Councilmember Jack Evans told The Associated Press on Tuesday th
Feb 1, 2012, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Representative of Hot Lotto winner named in lawsuitNews Story
The case of the most mysterious jackpot winner in the history of the Iowa Lottery got even more convoluted Thursday. The attorney who represents a trust attempting to claim a multimillion-dollar Hot Lotto jackpot faces legal troubles in Delaware, court documents show. Crawford Shaw, who is trying to claim a jackpot worth much as $14.2 million on behalf of his client, Hexam Investments Trust, is being sued over his involvement in a now-bankrupt company called Industrial Enterprises of Ameri
Jan 20, 2012, 8:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

If you are Illegal and play lottery shouldn't they learn the rules on collectionReply
Your right other things have to come first, 1. Bring our troops home and line them up around the whole country. 2. Give the Illegals the boot. Oh, and Michael Moore, deport him or throw off a cliff or something. 3. Pell grants- gone 4. For years we heard no WAR FOR OIL WELL GUESS WHAT..Every country we fought terror in is going to fork over the oil to pay for their BS. Gasoline 50 cents a gallon 5.Farmers, get ready...you will no longer be paid to NOT grow crops, 6. NO MORE
Sep 3, 2011, 4:41 pm - sully16 - Lottery Discussion Forum