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Tennessee bill advances to remove lottery winners from government assistanceNews Story
The Tennessee House on Monday passed a bill despite opposition from Democrats that, if it becomes law, would require the names of lottery winners to be cross checked with federal and state government assistance programs. Sponsored by Rep. Dan Howell, R-Georgetown, passed by a 73-21 near party-line vote on Monday night. The bill would make any lottery winner of prizes more than $5,000 ineligible for government assistance. Howell said federal law, which has a lower prize threshold, requires
Feb 28, 2017, 3:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionReply
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Oct 27, 2016, 9:35 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionReply
One suicide bomber, how do you find the affiliation when one acts alone? It's there. They were his/her support system for years. We'll probably never know for sure the money and support behind the 911 attacks, but Hussein, bin Laden, and Gaddafi won't be supporting any future attacks. The problem then was nobody in the U.S. thought terrorists could take over planes and then fly them into buildings. Six years earlier nobody thought someone would park a truck full of explosives near a fede
Aug 9, 2016, 6:46 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Pennsylvania lottery winners now subject to state tax on prizesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The small number of states that don't tax lottery prizes has just shrunk by one state. Pennsylvania lawmakers approved levying new taxes Wednesday on a variety of different things including lottery prizes to help support the $31.5 billion state budget that went into effect earlier this week. The tax bill was approved by a 116-75 vote in the House and 28-22 vote in the Senate. Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf quickly signed the tax bill and related bills to complete the budget pro
Jul 20, 2016, 10:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Do Rng Computers Know What Numbers Not To Pick?Reply
Lotteries allowing winners to be anonymous may be ok for ball drawings, but anonymity combined with RNG drawings makes fraud so easy to hide. And it's not just jackpot games at risk, but also regular Pick 3, 4, etc games too. If anything, the Pick games may be easier to exploit, though the reward far less. An insider could say select a Pick-4 number once a month or so that would be a guaranteed winner and play it heavily that day (or maybe for a few days before to make the winning wager seem
Apr 15, 2016, 1:33 pm - Ron5995 - Lottery Discussion Forum

At least two charged in scheme to manipulate Connecticut Lottery gameReply
I asked what crime they committed, not what they were accused of. Larceny is a broad catch-all encompassing a number of different things. The only one of those things that comes close to matching the specifics of this case would be obtaining property by false pretenses. The problem with that is that they obtained the winning tickets simply by requesting and buying them. That part of it is no different than you or I walking into any lottery retailer and buying a ticket. Where's the false prete
Mar 24, 2016, 4:26 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Democrats hold up lottery payouts after Illinois Gov. compromisesNews Story
After Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner froze the funds that pay out Illinois Lottery earnings last month, the governor made a compromise this week to get the funds flowing again. Now, however, the governor's office says it's the Democrats who are holding up the payouts. House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-25th) filed a motion to reconsider on House Bill 4305 after the House passed it yesterday with a 115-1 vote. The bill would free up tax money that has already been collec
Nov 11, 2015, 6:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Are you ever embarrassed that you're not a winner yet?Reply
Which part of probably nobody alive played casino Faro is confusing you when it also means there are probably one or two people alive that did play casino Faro? FYI to the few LP members that might be interested in CT's off topic Faro history, Craps replaced Faro as the popular casino game after 1945. Your not just a joke Stack, you're a pathetic one. You get off on insulting people while you're the one living in your own erroneous little world. The real insult is you pretending you'r
Oct 14, 2015, 6:31 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Why people who won the jackpot frequently decide to choose money cash over annuity money?Reply
Check out the FAQs on the USA Mega page and the Powerball and MegaMillions pages for answers to that question and other similar ones. Winners to get to designate a beneficiary to receive their annuity. There are plenty of reasons that people opt for the cash option: - age. People want to spend, give and make decisions before they get too old. - winner might think they can invest better and earn more than the sum the annuity will deliver - some of the winners gone bankrupt stories inv
Feb 10, 2015, 7:11 pm - WesternRedDoug - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mass. Lottery wants to experiment with online gamingNews Story
Massachusetts Lottery officials asked lawmakers Tuesday to pass legislation that would let the agency experiment with online gambling. We are not proposing to offer these games to our players with an actual cash transaction, nor are we seeking any appropriation to fund such operations, Lottery Assistant Executive Director Beth Bresnahan told the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. Rather, in the interests of preserving and protecting the Lottery, we simply want to en
Jan 29, 2014, 9:24 am - Todd - Lottery News