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N.Y. lottery winner and tenant fight thiefReply
Anonymous claiming would minimize this from happening, but word gets around, even if it's anonymous. If you win and tell just one friend, word will get out. If you win, have no family, and tell no one, friends may notice if you change lifestyle, buy new things, and so on. If every winner was kept anonymous, then there would be some people who would complain that the lottery was fixed, because all the winners were anonymous and they would think it should be public record to prove the lotter
Oct 6, 2008, 1:11 pm - duckman - Lottery News

Judge rules Washington lottery winners can't be anonymousReply
That they hired an attorney demonstrates that they clearly knew ahead of time that the law didn't allow them to remain anonymous, so they were simply subjected to the rules they already knew were in place. They had plenty of options to remain anonymous anyway. They could have donated the ticket to charity or goiven it to a friend or relative who could have given them gifts later on. They obviously decided that they'd rather have the money even if it mean they couldn't be anonymous. They still ha
Oct 4, 2008, 12:13 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Police: Store clerk conned La. lotto winner out of $800,000Reply
When the owner brought the ticket back to the store to claim his prize, the clerk allegedly told him he was mistaken and kept the ticket. I only take tickets in to claim a prize and if the clerk tells me it's a loser I request it back because I would rather recheck it later myself than call the clerk a cheat. Besides, I keep all my losing tickets for taxes in case I win a large prize. Some clerk keep the winning tickets because the terminal prints paid on them with slip showing the amount t
Sep 27, 2008, 8:14 pm - RJOh - Lottery News

Powerball rolling until Jan.?Reply
The cap is $25 million, and takes effect whenever the previous record is reached. The way things have been going, it would probably have to roll 4 more times to reach the next cap of 390 million on 10/8. That leaves 24 more drawings before the end of the year. If it rolled until then the final jackpot would be 990 million. As far as the chances of that, they're a lot slimmer than the chances that your ticket will win. No matter how many tickets are sold a substantial percentage of the combinatio
Sep 23, 2008, 2:12 am - KY Floyd - Jackpot Games Forum

North Carolina 9/1 - 9/30Reply
Congratulations to you Goatmilk!....here's a party for you...already gave myself one....lol....Way to go Goatmilk! Lets go get NCEL again tonight.......got to make it 5 wins in a week...that'll be my record! Not too bad for a stand-up player....I was called that once....don't know what it means but must be good now.
Sep 20, 2008, 3:19 pm - Vergie6 - Pick 3 Forum

Why you should try to remain anonymous if you ever win a jackpot!Reply
Makes sense to me. FWIW, I've often thought of that when people use attorneys as trustees of a blind trust. A degree in law only gives a person the right to take a bar exam ... and passing the bar only confers the right to practice law. Neither establishes that the lawyer is reputable (grin). Imagine turning over the winning ticket to a multimillion dollar jackpot ... and a week later, finding your lawyer's office vacant ... with mail being forwarded to a villa in the Swiss Alps (grin). I thi
Sep 11, 2008, 6:29 pm - AlecWest - Lottery Discussion Forum

Devil's Advocate Mode - Foreign Lottery Scams.
I have no doubt that there are a number of foreign lottery scams going on right now. But, I also have no doubt that there are a number of legitimate foreign lotteries. Years ago, my ex and I played the Gold Coast Lottery out of Australia (Queensland) by mail. We didn't win so much money we could retire (grin), but we DID win a few times. One check I got was big enough to pay a monthly electric bill ... and one check my ex got was big enough to buy two weeks worth of groceries. The only mailings
Sep 11, 2008, 12:30 pm - AlecWest - Lottery Discussion Forum

Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in MarylandReply
I would like to see a $200M jackpot at least. I miss the exitement of a $300M jackpot. And a $400M record jackpot...let's not go there. I'll be content just to try to play for a $200M now...
Sep 11, 2008, 1:14 am - Jimhowlett - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.Reply
Yup, big increase that isn't even reflective of how many potentially new players there will be from Florida joining. They just wanted worse odds than MM so they can easily reclaim the jackpot record. Do you think it'll make it to over 400 million the first time out or will it take a few months? It's going to be weird how Mega Millions will now have the better odds... Though that's not saying much. Has Mega Millions or the Big Game ever had better odds than Powerball before? I'm sure they h
Sep 4, 2008, 4:01 am - DC81 - Lottery News

Michigan Post 9/1-9/7Reply
Congrats to yesterday's winners. midday, the 2 has been out in the first position for a very long time (70 pulls) , at least a month. This is three times the norm. The last time a 2 fell in the first position was July 28th. This is not a record, but it is a long time. 213, 231, 230, 203, 443, 433
Sep 3, 2008, 10:09 am - mybolade - Pick 3 Forum