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New Florida Lotto playslips a bother to someNews Story
Some players annoyed by re-writing slips used 'for years'; don't understand new jackpot options As the Florida Lottery made changes to its Lotto game, a Lauderhill woman claimed the $3 million jackpot from the March 1 game. Melony Gregory, of Lauderhill, chose the one-time, lump-sum payment, and will receive $1,711,642 after taxes. Meanwhile, Lotto players faced a slightly longer wait to purchase tickets for Wednesday night's drawing, the first since the Florida Lottery made changes to
Mar 6, 2008, 11:35 am - Lottery News

Tonight's Fla. Lotto drawing first to let players increase jackpotNews Story
Also first drawing to use new playslips Lotto players who buy their tickets on the day of the drawing need to give themselves a few extra minutes to get tickets for tonight's drawing. Tonight's is the first drawing since the Florida Lottery made changes to Lotto and the old play slips no longer work. The big change is that players can spend $1 or $2 extra to increase the size of the Lotto jackpot. Tonight's jackpot is $3 million and a $1 play buys a chance to win that amount or a cha
Mar 5, 2008, 2:08 pm - Lottery News

Pair arrested for stealing lottery tickets for 3 yearsNews Story
Claimed $187,000 in winnings from stolen scratch-offs A clerk at Local Yokel food mart has been arrested for stealing Florida Lottery scratch-off tickets and raking in $187,000 in winnings. Michelle Joan Despain, 35, of Daphne, Ala., is accused of stealing books of tickets and claiming them in Escambia County and in Orlando during a family vacation, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office. The tickets she stole would have sold for more than $243,000. Despain's husband,
Feb 8, 2008, 8:56 am - Lottery News

Lottery scammer who later won shot, killedNews Story
A Fort Lauderdale man who once went to jail for making fake lottery tickets and then won a million-dollar prize for real died from a gunshot wound. Anthony Soltys, convicted felon and instant millionaire, died as mysteriously as he lived. Soltys died Friday afternoon from a gunshot wound he received the night before in Fort Lauderdale. Police are searching for the person or persons that left him to die in the middle of Northeast Fourth Avenue, in the 1700 block. Soltys was taken
Jan 20, 2008, 12:22 am - Lottery News

New Year's Eve lottery raffles from around the USANews Story
In addition to celebrating the new year last night, lottery players from around the United States were checking their raffle tickets to see if they would start 2008 as a new millionaire. Raffle-style lottery drawings were held in several states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia. (Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania drew their raffles a couple days ago.) T
Jan 1, 2008, 10:25 am - Lottery News

$3 million Florida Lottery ticket expires MondayNews Story
A lottery winner has one last chance to claim a $3 million Florida Lotto prize. According to Florida Lottery officials, a winning jackpot ticket bought in Jensen Beach for the June 27 drawing is still unclaimed, and the 180-day limit to claim the $3 million prize expires at midnight Monday. The Quick Pick winning ticket was sold at the Ocean Breeze Liquor Pub in the 1800 block of Northeast Jensen Beach Boulevard. The winning numbers for that drawing were: 08-13-14-32-43-48. If th
Dec 21, 2007, 3:10 pm - Lottery News

Wife sues husband for share of secret lottery winningsNews Story
A former beauty queen whose husband has kept about $600,000 in lottery winnings from her says she has a number for him: half. And Donna Campbell is suing her husband in her attempt to get it. But American Airlines mechanic Arnim Ramdass disappeared after his wife confronted him about the secret, so process servers haven't been able to hand him the lawsuit papers yet, Campbell's attorney said. Here's a guy who for years has spent marital money on the lottery and at casinos, and he's always
Nov 20, 2007, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket purchased in Fort Lauderdale wins $279,490 top prizeNews Story
One winner of the Florida Lottery's Fantasy 5'' game will collect $279,490.42, lottery officials said Sunday. The winning ticket was bought in Fort Lauderdale, lottery officials reported. The 382 tickets matching four numbers won $118 each. Another 12,134 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 120,796 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two numbers. The numbers drawn Saturday night were 6-21-23-25-28. Lotto jackpot rolls over to $14 million Meahwile, the jackpot
Nov 12, 2007, 7:25 am - Lottery News

Some States Consider Leasing Their LotteriesNews Story
As chief operating officer of the California Department of Finance, Fred Klass gets pitches from Wall Street bankers as often as the rest of us might get cold calls from telemarketers or insurance agents. But when Kathleen Brown of Goldman Sachs came to his office earlier this year and suggested privatizing the state lottery, Mr. Klass listened closely. It wasn't merely because Ms. Brown happened to be a former state treasurer as well as the daughter of one famous California governor and the
Oct 16, 2007, 10:05 am - Lottery News

Fight over lottery ticket heads to courtNews Story
In a Bartow, Florida, courtroom, two men are dreaming of being a millionaire, but only one will. Michael Ford and Abraham Shakespeare were once good friends and partners at work. Now they are battling over a winning $30 million lottery ticket. Ford is suing Shakespeare because he says Shakespeare stole the lucky ticket from him. Ford is being represented by long-time Tampa attorney Arnold Levine. During opening statements, Levine told jurors they should question Shakespeare's truthfu
Oct 16, 2007, 8:38 am - Lottery News