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Oklahoma man arrested after trying to redeem forged lottery ticketNews Story
Oklahoma City police arrested a man last week trying to cash in a forged lottery ticket. According to the police report filed Friday June 19, 45-year-old Michael Allen Shaske of Tahlequah was hoping for a $20,000 payout by turning in an altered $3 scratch-off ticket and would not take 'no' for an answer from any of the clerks he went to that day. But all he got was a quick trip to jail. Well he was doing everything he could to get arrested for this, said MSgt. Gary Knight with the Okla
Jun 25, 2014, 10:36 am - Lottery News

Audit: Florida lottery department keeps shaky recordsNews Story
The agency overseeing the Florida lottery doesn't exactly have the winning ticket when it comes to keeping track of its taxpayer-funded property. At least, that's the conclusion of a review conducted by the office of the state auditor general, David W. Martin. Auditors used the Florida Department of the Lottery's own records, and determined that as of July 31, 2013, millions of dollars in public property purchased and used by the department was poorly accounted for. As a result, officials
Jun 18, 2014, 5:06 pm - Lottery News

Former Iowa Lottery employee charged for theftsNews Story
A former Iowa Lottery employee was arrested after an investigation found she stole lottery tickets from stores and a bar in the Fort Dodge area, according to officials and court records in the case. Toni Hammer, 49, of Alta, was charged with seven counts of lottery fraud and one count of tampering with records. Hammer worked as a district sales representative in the lottery's Storm Lake office and was responsible for delivering tickets to stores, said Mary Neubauer, a spokesperson for the lot
Jun 1, 2014, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Texas Woman Scammed by 'Friend' in 'Facebook Lottery'News Story
Includes video report A woman in Texas says she was the victim of a well-worn scam, but what was unique in her case was that the fraudulent pitch came to her through a Facebook friend and was allegedly endorsed by President Obama. Kris White admits that she shouldn't have been fooled last week by the Facebook message saying she had won $250,000 in a Facebook Powerball lottery, ABC News affiliate KTRK reported. She said she was shown documents that wrote United States with lowercase letters
May 23, 2014, 2:05 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery officials track down $1 million winnerNews Story
Includes audio report After six months of sleuthing, Iowa Lottery officials made contact with a man who'd won a $1 million Powerball prize back in November but didn't know it because he hadn't checked the ticket. You've heard us say before that we want to see our prizes claimed when someone legitimately has won them, Lottery CEO Terry Rich said Monday. We hope that our work in this situation demonstrates that. Richard Watson of Belton, Mo., claimed his $1 million prize Monday at lotte
May 20, 2014, 10:29 am - Lottery News

Undercover officers catch store clerks keeping winning lottery ticketsNews Story
Includes video report A man walks into a convenience store and asks the clerk to check his lottery tickets. Can you scan these and see if there are any winners? he asks. The clerk scans the first ticket and freezes, staring at the screen that shows it's a $1,000 winner. The clerk shakes his head, puts the ticket to the side and tells the customer, There's nothing on them. What the clerk doesn't know is that the customer is an undercover officer wearing a hidden camera, which captures the
Apr 27, 2014, 12:08 pm - Lottery News

Man thought he scratched a $1,000 prize, really won $100,000News Story
David Lane thought he'd won $1,000 with an Oregon Lottery Cash Flurries Scratch-it ticket. He filled out his claim form and mailed the ticket off to Lottery headquarters in Salem. Then the call came from a Lottery employee: Lane had incorrectly filled out the form. When I got David on the phone, I told him he had put the wrong dollar amount on his claim form, said Brandon Grover, a Lottery Security Specialist. That disappointed Lane, who said he had a friend look over the ticket to
Jan 8, 2014, 8:42 pm - Lottery News

California waiting for Mega Millions winner to emergeNews Story
With each passing day, the mystery deepens. Someone, somewhere, is in possession of a lucky Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $324 million that was purchased at a small San Jose shop on Dec. 17. We know the winning numbers: 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and a mega number of 7. But what's still unknown is who holds the golden slip of paper that represents a passport into the land of unfathomable riches. We're still waiting, said Russ Lopez, a California Lottery spokesman. But we're urging them to
Dec 31, 2013, 1:07 pm - Lottery News

Alabama legislator lobbies for state lotteryNews Story
Faces mountain of resistance The Democrat leader in the Alabama House is calling for the Legislature to use its election-year session to approve a state lottery. Republican leaders say Rep. Craig Ford is carrying a losing ticket for 2014. Ford, D-Gasden, said a state lottery could produce $250 million annually for education purposes and keep money at home that is now going to lotteries in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. That is why I plan to propose a lottery bill during the 2014 le
Dec 10, 2013, 8:30 am - Lottery News

New Mexico Lottery suddenly terminates CEONews Story
Board provides no explanation for action The New Mexico Lottery's board of directors has voted to terminate the contract of chief executive officer Tom Romero, effective immediately. Romero had been the lottery's executive vice president of security since its inception in 1996 and CEO since November 2006. The seven-member, governor-appointed Lottery Authority Board voted unanimously to terminate Romero's contract Wednesday. No reason was immediately given for the move and board membe
Nov 13, 2013, 11:23 pm - Lottery News