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Former Arkansas Lottery official admits stealing ticketsNews Story
A former Arkansas Lottery security official pleaded guilty Friday to a long-running scheme in which he's accused of stealing and cashing nearly a half-million dollars' worth of scratch-off tickets. Lottery Director Bishop Woosley said the theft by Remmele Mazyck, 34, started in 2009 when the lottery launched. It wasn't discovered until October 2012, when a clerk at a Jonesboro retailer raised questions about lottery tickets Mazyck tried to cash that were registered to a store no longer in bus
Jul 13, 2013, 7:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canada lottery employee wins $8.5 million jackpotNews Story
Technical whiz, 50, becomes first Canadian lotto worker to win jackpot Subjected to intense security check before being allowed to pick up prize An Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. tech whiz known to his colleagues as Mr. BlackBerry has won an $8.5 million jackpot, the first Canadian lottery employee to take home the top prize. And Stephen Cook, an operations analyst who has worked for the lottery corporation for the past 18 years, didn't hesitate during celebrations at a downtown hotel
Apr 8, 2006, 8:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida bill would enhance criminal penalties for lottery retailer theft and fraudNews Story
Bill targets retailers and employees who steal tickets from the workplace By Kate Northrop A Florida Senator filed a bill on Monday that would enact harsher penalties on lottery retailer employees who conduct ticket theft schemes and would crack down on those who falsify prize claims. Florida Senator Corey Simon proposed a bill that tightens up Florida Lottery security measures and targets individuals attempting to steal tickets from their workplace or make false prize claims. Se
Nov 19, 2025, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland postal worker wins $10 million scratch-off lottery jackpotReply
I didn't see in the article were it gave his age or how long he's worked at the postal service. Anyways, it depends on whether he is on the civil service retirement system or the federal employees retirement system. There are big differences in each as far as what you can collect. Civil Service Retirement System Employees who began working for the USPS before 1984 are enrolled in the Civil Service Retirement System unless they chose to switch to the Federal Employees Retirement Syste
Nov 12, 2017, 12:22 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

$1,000-a-month lifetime lottery ticket auctioned for $40,000News Story
An online auction for a lottery ticket that pays $1,000 a month for the rest of a 73-year-old Kalamazoo man's life went into overtime on Thursday, Jan. 7, ending with a winning bid of more than $40,000. The auction was held on behalf of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to pay off the debts of Donald Magett, a former Kalamazoo police officer and owner of a security firm who bought a Michigan Lottery ticket that pays $1,000-a-month in February, 1984. The winning bidder, whose offer of $40,026 will
Jan 8, 2016, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Prosecution rests in Hot Lotto trialNews Story
The defense began calling witnesses Thursday morning in the trial against a former lottery vendor employee accused of rigging a Hot Lotto drawing to win a $14.3 million ticket. Eddie Tipton, 52, is being tried on two counts of fraud. Tipton has been accused of purchasing the winning ticket at a Des Moines QuikTrip on Dec. 23, 2010. In his former position as the information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association, Tipton was barred by Iowa law from buying a lottery ticket.
Jul 16, 2015, 3:35 pm - Todd - Lottery News

AR Lottery spokesperson: Wrong salary set for security chief because of Web page errorNews Story
Arkansas lottery spokesperson Julie Baldridge claimed Wednesday that Grant County Sheriff Lance Huey was hired at what lottery staff members believed was the midpoint salary grade because a state Web site listed the salary as such. Huey was hired to serve as the lottery's director of security at a salary of $115,644, which Baldridge said actually is the peak of the salary range for the position. Baldridge said the position and salary was listed on the website of the state's Department of Fina
Jul 22, 2009, 7:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Site updated this evening (Thursday)
This site improvements continue, this time the highlight is a new utility for Gold and Platinum members for managing their image uploads. Here is a list of updates made within the past hour. As always, detail can be found on the Change Log. Added new Image Manager utility/page for managing and editing image uploads for premium members (previously Image Manager was only available as a toolbar button in the various Lottery Post text editors). Guests and Standard members can also go there an
Jun 19, 2009, 12:01 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Texas Lottery suffers computer security breachNews Story
Sensitive personal data on 89,000 players copied by former employee The Texas Lottery Commission is alerting tens of thousands of lottery winners that they're on a not-so-lucky list. More than 89,000 lottery winners are being notified that sensitive information about them including their names, Social Security numbers, addresses and prize amounts were taken from the agency without permission by a former employee. The 39-year-old computer analyst, who left the state commission last year
Nov 3, 2008, 6:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How to Prove Your Lottery IS Fixed?Reply
With or without pre test and security measures as long as theres a chance someone might tamper with the balls they will continue to preform the tests. No matter what there is always someone who thinks he can outwit security measures. If they roll the equipment out and it fails to function properly because they didn't test the balls and machines before the drawing. Many people will cry the game is rigged. They will want to know why the lottery didn't take steps to insure that the machines and
Sep 1, 2008, 11:22 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum