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Winners in waitingNews Story
Teri and Cornell Davis may be lottery millionaires, but so far their lives lack bling.There are no new clothes or shoes, no marathon shopping sprees or impromptu luxury vacations - yet.The Englewood couple virtually ended up homeless when they hurriedly moved out of their rented Palisade Avenue home - in anticipation of purchasing their own place - after hitting the jackpot in March.But five months later, Teri and Cornell Davis are still empty-handed. They hope to receive their $25.4 million lum
Aug 22, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

Lotto: the business of making dreams come trueNews Story
Georges Gharib likes his job. I contribute to bringing joy, he says. And he likes to talk about it. Gesticulating while talking on the phone, signing papers during interviews, Gharib seems at home in his office overlooking Charles Malek Avenue.Gharib is the manager of La Libanaise des Jeux the company that manages Lebanons National Lotto.The joy his company has brought to some people is great indeed: in the past 11 months six jackpot winners have won between $1 and $3 million each.There are lo
Aug 18, 2003, 3:30 am - Lottery News

Legality of Tennessee-Georgia lottery partnership questionedNews Story
Lawsuit could delay games, lawmaker saysQuestions are being raised about the legality of the proposed marriage of the Tennessee and Georgia lotteries and whether a legal challenge by a jealous vendor could stall the start to the Tennessee lottery.State Attorney General Paul Summers was asked yesterday to examine the question of whether Tennessee and Georgia can strike a ''strategic alliance'' under terms of the law that created the lottery this spring.The request came from state Sen. David Fowle
Aug 14, 2003, 4:00 am - Lottery News

Judge rules $25 million lottery ticket belongs to coupleNews Story
A New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday that a $25 million Mega Millions lottery ticket belongs to the couple that presented the ticket to lottery officials.Superior Court Judge Marguerite T. Simon rejected the claim by a group of hospital workers who asserted that the winning Mega Millions ticket really belonged to them.The decision came after days of conflicting testimony from Cornell and Teri Davis of Englewood, and laboratory technicians from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, who are part of
Aug 13, 2003, 11:42 am - Lottery News

$25 million lottery ticket before judgeNews Story
A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule today on who owns a disputed Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $25 million.Judge Marguerite T. Simon will decide whether to award the winning Mega Millions ticket to a Bergen County couple or to a crew of 20 Englewood hospital workers.Simon said she will issue a ruling at 1:30 p.m. today.Cornell and Teri Davis of Englewood presented the winning ticket to New Jersey lottery officials March 17. They are regular customers at Circle Food Market, where the
Aug 13, 2003, 3:26 am - Lottery News

Judge to decide ownership of $25 million lottery ticketNews Story
A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule Wednesday on who owns a disputed lottery ticket worth $25 million. Judge Marguerite T. Simon will decide whether to award the winning Mega Millions ticket to a Bergen County couple or to a crew of 20 Englewood hospital workers. She said she will issue a ruling at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, The Record of Bergen County reported for Tuesday's editions. Both parties claim the ticket is rightfully theirs. The judge has heard days of conflicting testimony. Cornell
Aug 12, 2003, 5:23 am - Lottery News

BMW shopping causes stir at $25M lottery trialNews Story
A $63,000 BMW and a mob informant's claim provided some surprising twists and turns Tuesday to a trial over who owns a $25 million lottery ticket.What became a particularly contentious proceeding virtually overshadowed the testimony of an Englewood couple who adamantly denied that they conspired with a third man to swipe the winning ticket from a group of hospital workers.At one point, state Superior Court Judge Marguerite Simon questioned whether the lab workers' attorney, Sheldon Liebowitz, wa
Aug 6, 2003, 5:39 am - Lottery News

Lottery winners say they feared for their safetyNews Story
Teri and Cornell Davis were so nervous that someone was going to snatch their winning New Jersey Lottery ticket that they hired two armed off-duty police officers to drive them to the lottery office in Trenton to claim their prize. I really thought we were getting our money that day, Teri Davis testified yesterday before state Superior Court Judge Marguerite Simon, sitting in Bergen County, adding that she and her husband had already started receiving threats about the money.But instead of gett
Aug 6, 2003, 5:37 am - Lottery News

Lottery defendant: I'm angryNews Story
Suspicious co-workers are wrong, he testifiesFor three days, Jamal Townes listened quietly as his co-workers at Englewood Hospital accused him of being a modern-day Judas for allegedly hiding a $25 million winning lottery ticket from their office pool.Yesterday, the 27-year-old X-ray technician got the chance to respond. I felt attacked, I felt betrayed, angry, Townes, of Englewood, testified in Superior Court in Hackensack, recalling the moment he realized his colleagues had become suspicious
Aug 5, 2003, 5:16 am - Lottery News

GTech loses Nebraska Lottery online contractNews Story
GTech Holdings Corp., the Rhode Island lottery technology giant, has lost the contract for the online portion of the Nebraska Lottery, cutting two-thirds of the companys business with the Nebraska Lottery, the company announced today.The state of Nebraska has selected another vendor to provide equipment and services for a new online lottery gaming system and associated telecommunications network, GTech officials said in a news release.GTech has run the Nebraska Lottery's online games since 1994.
Aug 1, 2003, 12:47 pm - Lottery News