Thursday, October 25, 2007

$1.6 Million Jackpot Winner - Casino Refuses to Pay



The casino maintains that the slot machine has a disclaimer saying the maximum payout is $2,500 and warns that malfunctions void all winnings. Also interesting that Native American tribes have their own court systems and cannot be sued in state courts, except under limited circumstances.



Monday, October 22, 2007

Lottery Oligopoly?

Two companies now dominate the list of vendors that run lotteries: Gtech and Scientific Games. Together, the two have garnered several billion dollars in revenue as vendors to lotteries. Some say they represent an oligopoly in the lottery operations industry.

Meet the Lottery Titans

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

No Jackpot Winners in 102 Drawings over One Year

Jackpot goes to $51.5M. Is it a computer glitch? Astrological influence of the moon and stars? Or something more mysterious...

Hoosier Lotto in a dry spell

Friday, October 12, 2007

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Maryland Lottery sales Spike upwards!

Could this possibly be due to the fact that there have been two Mega Millions jackpot winners from Maryland in the past 2 months??

Maryland Lottery sales surge

Friday, September 07, 2007

Already a Millionaire, U.S. Rep. Wins His 3rd Big Lottery

Talk about lucky! Heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune and worth about $11.6 million, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner won a $250,000 jackpot in the D.C. lotto in 1997. Then, he recently won $1,000 prize in the Wisconsin lottery. Last week, he won another $1,000 in Wisconsin.

Millionaire U.S. Rep. Wins Lottery Again

Monday, September 03, 2007

How to Spend Your Jackpot Winnings

Finally! A good news story about how one jackpot winner spent his fortune wisely...

Taking Home the Jackpot

Elwood "Bunky" Bartlett wins $330 Million Jackpot!

But, bummer, he has to share...

Wicca teacher says he has 1 of 4 winning tickets

Friday, August 31, 2007

Record Jackpot Winner: "I wish I'd torn that ticket up."

Jack Whittaker won $315 million. At the time, this was the largest lottery jackpot ever won by an individual. He then lost everything.

Powerball Winner Says He's Cursed

Mega Millions Hits $330 Million!!!

The winner, if electing to take a lump sum, gets more than $190 million!

Jackpot of 12-State Mega Millions Lotto Hits $330 Million

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Mega Millions Jackpot Climbs to $325 Million!

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $325 million

Sure, your chances of winning the jackpot are 1 in 175,711,536 if you play, but remember your chances are ZERO if you do not play!