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Lottery Cheats Ruin Players' ChancesNews Story
When it comes to the lottery, there are lots of games, and we all know they're games of chance. When we play, we expect a fair chance. But that's not always the case. Eyewitness News learned your odds of winning were hurt at times - sometimes by thieves stealing entire cases of lottery tickets and other times by the very people selling you the tickets.Drew Lowe was a clerk at a Brownsburg Shell Station until he was caught doing something the lottery calls fishing - when an employee literally
May 23, 2005, 9:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Security heads list of lottery prioritiesNews Story
There could be a lot of winners after scratch-off lottery tickets go on sale at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow.But it won't be because the lottery manipulated the games to produce more winners right away to entice more people to play.''It will appear there are more winners the first day than the second day,'' said Rebecca Paul, president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.''We'll sell more tickets the first day so we'll have more winners based on the fact that you sell more
Jan 19, 2004, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery clock at 58 daysNews Story
As deadline nears, work moves swiftlyEach morning, somebody changes the big numbers on a chalkboard easel in the lobby of the Tennessee Lottery's busy headquarters.Today it reads 58 Days! That's the countdown to the targeted first day of lottery ticket sales, on or before Feb. 10. With thousands of dollars in incentive bonuses for lottery employees tied to that date - and millions in college scholarships to be funded by August - work is moving swiftly here and across the state.Contractors are
Dec 15, 2003, 6:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

How a gaming geek with a checkered past pulled off the biggest lottery scam in U.S. historyNews Story
12-15-18-29-38-41. Eddie Tipton jotted down the numbers on a yellow sticky note as he sat at his desk in Urbandale more than a decade ago. Around him were more sticky notes filled with number sets that he carefully wrote down as they spun up on his computer screen. The numbers were generated by a cryptic two-line software code Tipton had planted in his employer's computer system at the Multi-State Lottery Association. The office building was virtually empty as Tipton ran test after test
Mar 16, 2018, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery delays expiration date of $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket in legal battleReply
Kreamer said that he would sign an order that would compel the bank to come forward with those details so that the key party can be named in the lawsuit. Named in the lawsuit or subpoenaed as a witness? It might be useful to have the original prospective buyer testify that the reports that they requested all of the tickets but chose not to buy some of them are correct, but AFAIK they've never come forward (or why the need to use the debit card to identify them?) to assert a claim of ownersh
May 22, 2026, 2:00 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Arizona lottery retailer employee sued after buying $12.8 million ticket knowing it was a winnerReply
it was the first time a big winner was amongst the rejected pile. I think I remember a similar story in the past, but it's not a good enough memory to be very confident. Memory aside, probability suggest that it would he been for a smaller amount prize. I'm obviously not a lawyer but it's pretty obvious that the ticket belongs to the store. It was unsold at the time of the draw therefore the store had to buy it. I agree, but primarily for a different reason.According to the firs
Feb 28, 2026, 2:56 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

I'm done playing the lotteryReply
Yup, I'm here living on Florida's Suncoast and I must tell you despite the heat of Summer, I love it. See, I'm a transplant from New York. (upstate which is more Red than Blue ) So now I'm living amongst people that have many of the same values (not to mention political views) that I do. It was kinda tough having to live almost all of my life in a Blue State like NY. Sure, I had my Republican friends, but I had Liberal neighbors (some of whom I liked quite a bit because they were high
Jan 7, 2026, 9:33 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Thief steals $27,000 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from gas stationNews Story
Police still trying to find person who burglarized small store in June By Kate Northrop State police are looking for the thief who stole over $27,000 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from a small gas station convenience store. In June, an unidentified individual burglarized a rural retailer and took thousands of dollars' worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets. On June 1 at around 6:00 a.m., State Police in McConnellsburg received a report of a theft that took place at 522 Pit
Aug 22, 2025, 7:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

$944 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot set to make holiday wishes come trueReply
In 2010 undocumented immigrant Jose Antonia Cua-Toc purchased a winning lottery ticket in Georgia. The ticket was worth $750,000, but due to Cua-Toc s undocumented status he was concerned about claiming his winnings in fear that he would be deported back to Guatemala if found out or that he would not even be able to claim the winnings. To avoid deportation, Cua-Toc gave the winning lottery ticket to his boss Erick Cervantes under the agreement that Cervantes would pick up the money for him. Unfo
Dec 22, 2024, 8:50 pm - TwoMillion - Lottery News

California winner of $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot revealedReply
TMZ Reports -- A lottery spokesperson tells TMZ, The California Lottery is not authorized to investigate criminal activity among its players; such allegations are subject to investigation only by local law enforcement. Should a local law enforcement agency investigate such allegations, Lottery s only role is to assist in the matter by answering questions and/or providing evidence as allowed under the law. They continue, Further, when it comes to the vetting process for big winners, Californ
Feb 24, 2023, 4:04 am - deborahl - Lottery News