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WV Lottery revenue continues climb, with sports betting on horizonNews Story
West Virginia Lottery revenue continued to climb in April, as more money spent on video lottery and traditional online and scratch-off games offset declining revenue numbers at the state's racetrack casinos. Fortunately, our pluses are ahead of our minuses, so we are about 1 percent ahead on sales, Lottery Director Alan Larrick said after Tuesday's Lottery Commission meeting. Traditional lottery sales are up 7 percent so far this budget year, while limited video lottery at bars, clubs and
May 23, 2018, 10:32 am - Lottery News

OOPS: Phone fraudster tries to scam copNews Story
Includes video report A phone scammer made a grave error when he dialed Officer Jeff Bowling and attempted to access his personal information last week. At first, the caller had no clue he was on the line with a cop. Officer Bowling with the Peebles Police Department in Adams County, Ohio, was actually working on the case when he got a call from a strange number that turned out to be a phone scammer. He quickly began to record the conversation, which lasted for 11 minutes. A man on the
May 16, 2018, 2:54 pm - Lottery News

With promise of $1.5m prize, scam artist bilks woman out of nearly $28,000News Story
Vivian Murphy thought back to that heart-stopping moment when the voice on the phone proclaimed her the winner of a $1.5 million sweepstakes prize. For decades, Murphy, 85, had been a huge fan of Publishers Clearing House, the peddler of magazine subscriptions and household items widely known for TV commercials of winners dissolving into happy tears when presented with a gargantuan check. She entered nearly every drawing in the company's 50-year history, during which lucky winners have receiv
May 15, 2018, 8:12 am - Lottery News

The man who cracked the lotteryNews Story
Crime story: A recounting of the biggest lottery scandal in history The file landed on Rob Sand's desk with something less than a thud. Despite holding the contents of an investigation still open after more than two years, the file was barely half an inch thick. Happy birthday, his boss said. It was not Rob Sand's birthday. His boss, an Iowa deputy attorney general named Thomas H. Miller, was retiring in July 2014 after nearly three decades of prosecuting everything from murder to fraud. H
May 3, 2018, 2:49 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery wins International Gaming-Compliance award for work in lottery rigging investigationNews Story
Long-running case culminated in 2017 guilty pleas from three men The Iowa Lottery has won an international gaming-compliance award for its work in the long-running lottery jackpot investigation that uncovered fraud against U.S. lotteries and resulted in guilty pleas from three men. GamblingCompliance on Wednesday named the Iowa Lottery its 2018 recipient for outstanding achievement in compliance. The organization's annual awards that recognize excellence in 11 categories focused on regulat
Apr 19, 2018, 10:29 am - Lottery News

NJ man claims $533 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop Friday morning the New Jersey Lottery revealed the sole winner of the mammoth $533 million Mega Millions jackpot won on March 30. At an 11:00 am press conference (see video below), Richard Wahl, 47, stepped up to the microphone to tell the story of his life-changing lottery ticket purchase and to answer a few questions from the assembled press. The prize is the largest lottery win in New Jersey history, and the fourth-highest Mega Millions jackp
Apr 13, 2018, 12:39 pm - Lottery News

Woman who won $1,500 in first state lottery wins $1 million 44 years laterNews Story
Includes video report Carol Vymetal says she just may be the luckiest woman in Woodridge. Back in 1974, she won $1,500 in the Illinois Lottery's inaugural draw, and since then she's been a regular player, matching five numbers three or four times along the way. But all that green pales in comparison to what Vymetal came away with as one of three people who won $1 million each in the St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle. It doesn't make any difference if you win back the price of the
Apr 5, 2018, 7:39 am - Lottery News

Speculation begins about NJ winner of Mega Millions lotteryNews Story
Final jackpot tally reaches $533 million As speculation swirled around the identity of the world's newest multi-millionaire, the owner of the mini-mart where Friday's winning Mega Millions ticket was sold said he reviewed surveillance footage to see if he could pinpoint the lucky customer. New Jersey Lottery officials have not identified the winner of what they now say is a $533 million revised upward from $521 million jackpot yet, a spokeswoman said. But based on time and date informat
Apr 2, 2018, 8:33 pm - Lottery News

UK's oldest lottery winners claim £18 million jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A couple from Bristol have become the oldest winners of the UK lottery, after claiming an 18 million (US$24.9 million) jackpot. Speaking at a hotel in Gloucestershire on Tuesday as they announced their good fortune, Dennis Banfield, 87, became emotional as he tried to describe what the win meant to him. He added that he and his wife, Shirley, 83, will share their winnings with their daughters. Banfield, who was in hospital over Christmas following an operation for
Feb 28, 2018, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Lottery scammer rigged more drawings than first thought, records showNews Story
The computer program that a former lottery security official used to rig drawings worth millions of dollars in Iowa and other states was more expansive than investigators first discovered, court records filed last week show. Eddie Tipton, a former employee of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) in Clive, wrote the code to allow him to predict the randomly drawn numbers of multimillion-dollar jackpots in as many as 17 states and claim the cash prizes. The code remained active and und
Feb 19, 2018, 6:03 pm - Lottery News