Search

Georgia Lottery wins ruling in $5 million trademark disputeNews Story
The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled against two men who sought $5 million in damages from the Georgia Lottery Corporation in a lawsuit over the MONEYBAGS$ logo. The suit was filed by George Kyle, who obtained a registered trademark for the MONEYBAG$ logo and game in 1995, and Frank Mankovitch, whom Kyle had been given the exclusive right to market the game. The logo consisted of a velvet pouch containing wooden tiles. From 1999 to 2002, the Georgia Lottery obtained approval to use Kyle's t
Nov 21, 2011, 1:08 pm - Lottery News

Lost lottery ticket worth $50,000 returned to winnerNews Story
John Holder must have felt like he couldn't win for losing. The 45-year-old Columbia resident worked as a roofer until a back injury forced him to live on disability benefits. He's resided at an assisted living facility since December. Then on Sept. 2 Holder's luck seemed to change. That's when he bought a winning scratch-off ticket worth $50,000 from a local convenience store. That same day, the ticket went missing. He purchased the $2 Jumbo Bucks instant ticket at the Gulf station at
Sep 23, 2011, 7:28 pm - Lottery News

$80,000 lottery ticket dropped in church collection plateNews Story
Jerry's Mart convenient store is often referred to as the lucky store, Manager Junior Patel said. The walls are plastered with winning tickets, the highest totaling $750,000 and soon another will be added. One lucky person picked up a $3 Lemon Doubler Cashword ticket and was fortunate enough to scratch off $80,000 what they did next was even more unbelievable. The unknown winner placed the winning ticket in the collection plate at Cathedral of Prayer Church in Columbus, donating every penn
Aug 31, 2011, 8:38 am - Lottery News

Calif. store sells $2M lottery ticket 1 month after starting salesNews Story
By Todd Northrop A winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth $2 million was sold at a Spring Valley, California, 'mom and pop' shop that had only been selling lottery tickets for a month, lottery officials announced Monday. The winner wished to remain anonymous, but lottery officials said the Set for Life ticket was purchased last week at Ray's Market at 9762 Campo Road. Ray's Market opened for business six years ago and just started selling California Lottery tickets in July. It's a
Aug 30, 2011, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Illegal alien faces deportation after threatening his boss over lottery prizeNews Story
Claims he let boss claim lottery jackpot to avoid being discovered; then gets discovered when he threatened boss Includes video report A Georgia man who was jailed for threatening his boss over a disputed $750,000 lottery ticket faces deportation, with authorities saying he is in the U.S. illegally. Police say Jose Antonio Cua-Toc threatened his boss, Erick Cervantes, and his wife, calling them repeatedly and saying he would kill each of them and their children if they did not give h
Aug 24, 2011, 3:29 pm - Lottery News

Lucky lottery lady outed as Stanford University statistics PhDNews Story
She was called the luckiest woman in the world. But now that luck is being called into question by some who think that winning the lottery four times is more than just a coincidental spell of good fortune. Joan R. Ginther, 63, from Texas, won multiple million dollar payouts each time. First, she won $5.4 million, then a decade later, she won $2 million, then two years later $3 million and finally, in the spring of 2008, she hit a $10 million jackpot. The odds of this has been calcula
Aug 8, 2011, 2:43 pm - Lottery News

Man scratches $3M Georgia Lottery prize in storeNews Story
By Todd Northrop A food mart store manager in Cave Spring, Georgia, sold a winning Georgia Lottery ticket worth $3 million, and witnessed the genuine reaction of the surprised winner. Marathon Food Mart, 150 Gadsden Road S.W. in Cave Spring, sold a winning $3 million top prize from the instant ticket $3,000,000 Taxes Paid. Douglas Goffaux of Centre, Ala., claimed his prize July 25 at the Georgia Lottery's Dalton District Office. The winner scratched it right in front of me, said sto
Jul 29, 2011, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina family wins lottery 3 timesNews Story
Most people only dream of winning the lottery, but a North Carolina mother and daughter not only beat the odds they did it three times. Kimberly McCauley of Charlotte, N.C., won $100,000 in North Carolina's new scratcher game called 10X the Money, last week. McCauley said she never imagined she'd win anything. After all, her mother Amy McCauley is a two-time lottery winner. I figured my mom was hogging all the luck. This is so overwhelming, but it's a good kind of overwhelming, Kimberl
Jul 27, 2011, 8:07 am - Lottery News

NH Lottery to debut new scratch gameNews Story
Players can win $100,000 a year for life Gamblers are getting a sneak peak at a new game from the New Hampshire Lottery that could net them $100,000 a year for life. Lottery Commission Executive Director Charlie McIntyre will unveil the commission's $20 instant ticket Set for Life game on Wednesday in Center Conway. The commission will hold two grand prize drawings, one after about half the 700,000 tickets for the game are sold and another at the end of the game, marketing director Maur
Jul 24, 2011, 10:47 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner busted on pot chargeNews Story
A Massachusetts man riding high after winning $500 in the lottery jumped onto the roof of a car to celebrate, only to be brought back to earth by police, who busted him for property damage and possession of marijuana, officials said. Cops arrested Joseph Taglieri, 31, outside of his apartment on Prince Street in Boston yesterday, after watching him scream YEEESSSS!!!!! and leap onto a nearby 1994 Toyota Camry, denting the roof, according to the Suffolk District Attorney's Office. I was ha
Jul 22, 2011, 5:10 pm - Lottery News