Archive for July 28th, 2008
Poor spend more of income on lottery than wealthy, study shows (The Capital Times)
Low-income people spend a larger percentage of their incomes on lottery tickets than wealthier people, and a new Carnegie Mellon University study suggests why. It’s because they are poor and think lotteries are their ticket to wealth. “Some poor people see playing the lottery as their best opportunity for improving their financial situations, albeit wrongly […]
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Kentucky Lottery ticket sales set record (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The lottery reported sales of $778.2 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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Lottery ticket worth more than $300,000 (The Wichita Eagle)
Kansas Lottery players are being urged to check their tickets — a ticket sold in northeast Kansas has captured a Super Kansas Cash jackpot worth more than $300,000. The winning ticket in the Saturday, July 26, drawing matched all six numbers to win $321,200. The winning numbers were 3, 10, 13, 14 and […]
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Legislative Hurdles for Lottery (Analysis) (Arkansas Business)
Persuading voters this fall to approve a lottery to fund scholarships won’t be the hardest part of Bill Halter’s job. Steering the details of the lottery through the Legislature will be.
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Winning lottery tickets about to expire (NBC 10 Providence)
CRANSTON, R.I. – You could be holding a ticket worth $10,000. The Rhode Island Lottery reminds players to check their tickets, because there are two $10,000 winners that have not been claimed and are about to expire.
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OTB HEAD BETS ON VIDEO-LOTTERY TERMINALS (New York Post)
Video-lottery terminals are among the ideas being considered by the new head of the Off-Track Betting corporation. These terminals - which would require legislative approval - could lead to entertainment complexes in the city created by casino…
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RUTH TO THE RESCUE: Don’t be scammed by word you’ve won foreign lottery (Detroit Free Press)
If you get a winning lottery check in the mail, it’s probably not what it appears to be. It’s an oldie, but metro Detroiters are telling me once again they’re seeing the foreign lottery scam.
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Thailand: Court Agrees To Hear Corruption Case Against Thaksin’s Cabinet Over Government Lottery (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai Court on Monday (28 July) accepted a lawsuit alleging abuse of power against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his former Cabinet and other officials over the implementation of a government lottery.
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Thai officials face lottery graft case (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Thai Court accepted a lawsuit Monday alleging abuse of power against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his former Cabinet and other officials over the implementation of a government lottery.
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Thai court agrees to hear corruption case against Thaksin’s Cabinet over government lottery (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
A Thai Court on Monday accepted a lawsuit alleging abuse of power against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his former Cabinet and other officials over the implementation of a government lottery.
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