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Three largest online poker sites shut down by FBINews Story
Executives indicted, arrested The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted by the FBI on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to the thriving industry. Eleven executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker were charged with bank fraud and money laundering in an indictment unsealed in a Manhattan court. Two of the executives were arrested on Friday morning in Utah and Nevada. Federal agents are searching for the others. Prosecutors are seeking to
Apr 15, 2011, 4:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man gets 23 years for robbing Illinois lottery winnerNews Story
A Rolling Meadows man shot four times when two masked intruders invaded his residence in search of lottery winnings says he still worries about being home alone at night. On Friday a Cook County judge sentenced one of his assailants to 23 years in prison. Robert English, formerly of Berwyn, received the sentence Friday in exchange for his guilty plea to attempted first-degree murder, home invasion and aggravated battery with a firearm. All are class X felonies punishable by up to 30 years
Apr 3, 2011, 7:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Thieves try to cash stolen S.C. lottery tickets in N.C.News Story
A Gastonia, N.C., woman accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from a Clover Mini-Mart tried to retrieve prize money in North Carolina and successfully cashed 27 winners in South Carolina before being caught. Kristi Lynn Welch, 20, was booked in York County on Monday night in connection with a break-in at Borderline Mini-mart on U.S. 321 in Clover, authorities say. Welch is one of three people facing charges in the May burglary. They are accused of cashing tickets stolen from that
Jul 21, 2010, 11:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner picks up check, then gets arrestedNews Story
$4.4M lotto winner goes straight to jail It was a good news, bad news day for Barry Shell. The good news: he won more than $4 million. The bad news: he ended up in jail. Shell, from Brampton, Ontario, picked up a check for $4,377,298, the top prize in the July 18 draw for the Lotto 6/49. I went to the store and checked my ticket on the self-serve ticket checker, Shell was quoted as saying in a news release from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. As soon as I saw how muc
Jul 22, 2009, 8:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery changing games MondayNews Story
Missouri Lottery players will get a new numbers game Monday, but also lose one. Show Me Cash, a daily on-line drawing, is set to begin Monday when the twice-daily and struggling Show Me 5 Paydown game goes out of business. Lottery spokesman Gary Gonder said the new Pick 5-style game would offer players bigger jackpots and better odds of winning. The top prize in every Paydown drawing was a tax-free, lump sum $50,000. But if no player won that prize, cash trickled down to increase the a
Sep 6, 2008, 2:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Who really need money?Reply
OK, let me add this to this thread.... A Tale of Two Rich Folk.... These are both true stories from when I worked in casinos. We had a player who had been a farmer in Colorado for years. Unknown to him, there was a very precious ore under his land. This made him extremely wealthy. One night he made a really good score on our table (dice pit) and shortly before the shift ended our pit boss pulled our crew aside and said, Mr. T has invited this crew to meet him at such and such a plac
Mar 1, 2008, 10:24 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Worker accused of stealing winning Oregon lottery ticketNews Story
An investigation by Oregon State Police Lottery Security Section detectives has led to the arrest of a Springfield man who allegedly stole a winning $50,000 scratch-it ticket from the victim at a Springfield restaurant. The suspect was arrested when he came to lottery headquarters to claim the $50,000 prize. Oregon State Police was contacted by the victim, a 37-year old Kooskia, Idaho resident, on December 26th, reporting the theft that day of a winning Oregon Lottery scratch-it ticket. Li
Jan 9, 2008, 11:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

U.S. Settles BetOnSports Online-Gambling Civil CaseNews Story
A federal prosecutor reached a settlement Thursday with online gambling company BetOnSports PLC that permanently bars the London-based company from accepting any bets from the United States. The lawsuit has been closely watched by the online gambling industry, which generates about $6 billion annually in the United States. The settlement ends a massive civil case U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway filed this summer. It does not effect a criminal case still pending against several BetOnSpor
Nov 12, 2006, 9:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Internet gambling bill seen delayed in SenateNews Story
A bill to outlaw most forms of Internet gambling appears unlikely to win U.S. Senate passage before senators begin a month-long recess on August 4, two Republican leadership aides said on Tuesday. They said backers of the legislation were trying to build support for it and resolve differences as the Senate focuses on other legislative matters and gets ready for a summer break. The bill was not among the priorities outlined by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, durin
Jul 26, 2006, 3:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery scammer arrested in OhioNews Story
Patience paid off last week as police nabbed a man they believe used the guise of lottery winnings to scam people out of thousands of dollars. Issa Rashid Maganga, 35, is being held in the Stark County Jail on three felony charges, while the FBI, U.S. Postal Service and Immigration Naturalization Service look into his activities. Police arrested Maganga on May 24 after he retrieved two packages from a post office box at the UPS Store at 1937 E. Maple St. Maganga tossed away the packages an
May 31, 2006, 11:12 am - Todd - Lottery News