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Mass. Lottery game was sure-thing for a few groupsNews Story
Massachusetts Lottery officials this summer said they were surprised to learn that a handful of high-stakes gamblers had taken over one of their $2 games, with just three groups of bettors accounting for most of the winning tickets statewide at certain times. The lottery disciplined two sales agents who allowed the high-rollers to run the ticket machines themselves and announced new rules to limit the dominance of sophisticated bettors. But the Globe has found that lottery managers for years
Oct 16, 2011, 3:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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Congrats to the new bride and groom! Rich Spanish duchess weds for third time at age 85 Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish Duchess of Alba, dances flamenco in presence of her husband Alfonso Diez after their wedding at Las Duenas Palace in Seville, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2011. A wealthy, 85-year-old Spanish Duchess of Alba considered the world's most title-laden noble married a civil servant 25 years her junior, shruggi
Oct 5, 2011, 4:46 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

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Petra Ecclestone Occupation: Heiress, model, fashion designer, socialite Husband, James With Mom and Dad Sister, Tamara She bought Aaron Spellings' old house with cash ($85 million); 57,000-sq foot Old ride Wedding gift Socialite Says I Do to Over-the Top Wedding Move aside, Kate Middleton. Eat your heart out, Kim Kardashian. British socialite Petra Ecclestone has you both beat when it comes to over-the-top weddings. The Formula One heiress reportedly dropped a
Sep 6, 2011, 9:33 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

Mass. Lottery game very profitable for those who know how and when to playNews Story
High-rolling gamblers are exploiting a quirk in Cash WinFall, raking in huge profits every 3 months Billy's Beer and Wine sold exactly $47 worth of lottery tickets the day before Marjorie Selbee arrived, just another sleepy day for the liquor store in this tiny Western Massachusetts town. But from the moment the 70-something woman from Michigan entered the store early July 12, Billy's wasn't sleepy anymore. Over the next three days, Selbee bought $307,000 worth of $2 tickets for a relative
Jul 31, 2011, 8:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Employee hacks into online poker siteNews Story
A leading Internet poker site said Friday that a hacker exploited a security flaw to gain an insurmountable edge in high-stakes, no-limit Texas holdem tournaments the ability to see his opponents' hole cards. The cheater, whose illegitimate winnings were estimated at between $400,000 and $700,000 by one victim, was an employee of AbsolutePoker.com who hacked the system to show that it could be done, a spokesman for the company anonymously told a reporter. This is literally a geek trying
Oct 25, 2007, 9:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawsuit challenges N.C. LotteryNews Story
Plaintiffs say the lottery is a tax because of the education allocation and was passed unconstitutionally An esoteric argument under way in the courts over the North Carolina lottery Is a part of each ticket a tax or is the state just making a profit? could have an effect that's easy to understand: No more lottery. The N.C. Court of Appeals will hear arguments in three weeks. The case is pushed by a nonprofit legal group that sees the lottery as a tax that didn't go through the req
Apr 29, 2007, 5:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery bans lottery courier servicesNews Story
Pressure coming from all sides leads to immediate policy change By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery announced Monday that, effective immediately, lottery courier services are no longer allowed to operate in the state of Texas. After facing immense pressure from state legislation to rethink its relationship with courier services, the Texas Lottery has enacted new policies that effectively ban lottery courier services in the state. ...in order to more fully promote and ensure integr
Feb 25, 2025, 10:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery industry facing new threat in 'skill' gamesNews Story
State lotteries are grappling with the rapid spread of unregulated skill gaming machines, which are found in convenience stores, bars, restaurants and taverns across the country. While these machines have existed for some time, their manufacturers and operators have become increasingly aggressive in their roll out strategy, placing these machines in the front of stores and even replacing lottery self-service terminals with them. Individual lotteries predict these machines could reduce their r
Feb 19, 2020, 9:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery winner's lifetime of money gone in weeksNews Story
A few weeks before Thanksgiving, staff at the Loving Care assisted living facility in St. Petersburg realized something had changed in Malcolm Ramsey's life. Relatives who had never paid much attention to Ramsey, 55 and mentally incompetent, suddenly started showing up in droves. Bulging bags from T.J. Maxx and Bealls filled his half of a tiny, shared bedroom. Boxes of new athletic shoes Nike, New Balance, K-Swiss towered against the wall. Then there were the rumors that Ramsey had hit it
Jan 10, 2014, 2:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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Spotlight interview: Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. If you want to be rich, you need to stop acting like you have money in the bank and start living beneath your means. That's the message in the most recent book from Thomas J. Stanley, author of The Millionaire Mind and the The Millionaire Next Door. At a glance Name: Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. Hometown: Atlanta. Education: Ph.D. in business administration, University of Georgia. Career highlights: Best-selling author o
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