Lottery Winners: Check Your Tickets; Sign the Back of Your Tickets
Jackpot and lottery winners: Did any of you happen to catch the report on Aug. 2’s DATELINE TV program about a lottery scam pulled off by a lottery clerk?
It may have been news to the TV audience, but I’ve been talking about it for years.
Briefly, California man matched 5 of 6 numbers playing the Mega [...]
About this Post
Posted on August 3, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Cheating, Culture, European, Lottery, Opinion, Scams, Stories
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
In Colorado, Warnings Out About Lottery Mail Scams
The Colorado Lottery is warning consumers to steer clear of a new Lottery scam that promises $85,000 in easy cash.
That’s a first clue. Folks, there ain’t no easy cash in the lottery business.
The scammers (using Colorado Lottery logos and a Denver mailing address) are contacting consumers through the mail, informing them that they¹ve won an [...]
About this Post
Posted on April 26, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Culture, Scams
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
A New Lottery Book is Released, “Lottery: A Guide to American Lotteries”
My newest book has just been released, and I’m proud of it because it’s not your run-of-the-mill lottery books.
99 percent of lottery books (and there are a fair number of them) fall into two categories. One, and by far the largest, are systems books. Lottery wheels, how to win, etc. The other, smaller category, are [...]
About this Post
Posted on February 12, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, European, Lottery, Opinion, Random Facts, Scams, Stories
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
“Lottery: A Guide to American Lotteries” on Sale This Week
My third book, Lottery: A Guide to American Lotteries, will be released sometime this week and I’m pretty excited about it.
Subtitle is, How to Play, Strategies and Stories of Winners.
It’s available at amazon and barnes and noble online and in store.
It’s kind of an everything-you-wanted to know about lotteries book.
If you google lottery books, you’ll [...]
About this Post
Posted on January 31, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Lottery, Opinion, Random Facts, Scams, Stories
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
A Lottery System that Works? Or Just Plain Luck? A Strange Story in Colorado
In my Internet meanderings, I came across a report from a Colorado TV station (channel 9) about a repeat winner who claims to play a winning system.
Now, we all know that systems don’t work. If they did, lotteries wouldn’t be the billion dollar business they are.
But what if someone actually devised a winning system? Is [...]
About this Post
Posted on January 8, 2009 by DocLotto | Filed Under Basics, Cheating, Culture, Government, Lottery, Picking Numbers, Random Facts, Scams, Stories
|
Print This Article | 1 Comment
Israeli Lottery Scam Artists Arrested: They Cheated New Yorkers Out of $2 Million
A criminal ring located in Tel Aviv that targeted U.S. senior citizens in a telemarketing lottery scam was broken up last Friday by Israeli police, assisted by U.S. agents, reported the Jerusalem Post newspaper.
According to police records, the Israelis conned mainly New York seniors out of more than $2 million.
The crooks worked out of a [...]
About this Post
Posted on October 1, 2008 by DocLotto | Filed Under Cheating, Lottery, Lump Sum, Opinion, Random Facts, Scams, Stories
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
Lotto Scams – Lose Your Money (Part 2)
Here is another scam that has victimised countless unwary people. Let’s call them direct mailings. Instead of utilising the Internet and e-mail, these con artists make use of the more traditional postal mail, probably in the hopes that this method would seem more real. So what happens?
First you receive an interesting bit of mail through [...]
About this Post
Posted on June 29, 2007 by Nigel | Filed Under Lottery, Scams
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
Lotto Scams – Lose Your Money
Scams abound all around us. They range from the simple to the complex yet they are all the same – they aim to fool someone and get money off of them. In the world of lotto, there are many scams that may just part you with your hard earned savings. So if you are a [...]
About this Post
Posted on June 28, 2007 by Nigel | Filed Under Lottery, Scams
|
Print This Article | Leave a Comment
Recent Articles
- California Dreaming: Someone on the Left Coast Has Won the $133 Million Mega Millions Jackpot; Powerball Jackpot Up to $170 Million
- She’s On Cloud Nine, After Winning $280,000 Playing Kentucky’s 3-Line Lotto Game
- Louisiana Lottery Lightning Strikes… for Winner of $10,000
- America’s Two Multi-State Games Top $133 Million Each; Which One Will You Play?
- Cleaning Up: British Lottery Winners Reward Housekeeper, Give Her a New Car
- $100 Million in Play in Both Mega Millions and Powerball Games
- A Con to Watch Out For. Case Study in New York: Con Man is Conned by Cops; Caught After Forging $30,000 in Lottery Ticket Scam.
- Smooth as Silk: Granny Takes Home $1,000,000 Scratch Game Top Prize in New York
- Days Before Winning Ticket Expires, Indiana Couple Cash in for $2.5 Million
- “Hot” Winner in Virginia Scratches For $100,000
Lottery Books
GM Network News
