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How This Man's Gambling Saves Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Gambling, Auto Loans, Rewards Programs, Lottery, Saving, Jackpot, Saveup, Credit Card Debt, SaveUp.Com, Prizes, Saving Money, Paying Down Debt, Credit Unions, Money News

They say it's not addictive. But every morning, David Chen and Shelly Robertson enter a $2 million jackpot. Unlike MegaMillions, they are not spen...

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Chicago Bakery Employees Sue Coworkers, Saying They Were Cut Out Of Lottery Jackpot

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Lottery, Video, Marco Medina, Jackpot, Chicago Bakeries, Mega Millions Jackpot, Jose Franco, Chicago, Mega Millions, Office-Pools, Money News

Tossing a few bucks into your office lottery doesn't sound like the type of thing that would end in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Then again, no one ...

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Lottery Winner On Food Stamps Charged With Welfare Fraud

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Amanda Clayton, Welfare, Lottery, Video, Jackpot, Food Benefits, Food Stamps, Powerball, Lottery Winner, State Representative Charles Brunner, Wdiv, CBS Reports, Recession, Detroit News

Amanda Clayton, a Michigan woman who won $1 million from the state lottery last year, was arraigned today in district court on felony charges stemming...

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Why You Don't Want To Win The Lottery

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Lottery, Jackpot, Poverty, Bankruptcy, Winning the Lottery, Mega Millions Jackpot, Mega Millions Lottery Winner, Mega Millions Lottery, Mega Millions Winner, Personal Finance, Mega Millions, Money News

Strange but true: an extra-big lottery prize means you've got an extra-big chance of going bankrupt. That's the implication of a paper published in...

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Lottery Winner Loses State Food Stamps

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Amanda Clayton, Welfare, Lottery, Video, Jackpot, Food Benefits, Food Stamps, Powerball, Lottery Winner, State Representative Charles Brunner, Wdiv, CBS Reports, Recession, Detroit News

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — State officials say a Detroit-area woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but continued to get food stamps has been remo...

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WATCH: Woman Claimed Food Stamps Despite Jackpot Win UPDATE

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Amanda Clayton, Welfare, Video, Lottery, Jackpot, Powerball, Food Stamps, Food Benefits, Lottery Winner, State Representative Charles Brunner, Wdiv, CBS Reports, Recession, Business News

Even with an extra million or two, it seems that some lottery winners are still trying to finding ways to save money -- on the government's dime. ...

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Winning the Lottery of Life!

Irene Tanner | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Longfellow, Lottery, Wisdom, Jackpot, Social Networking, Riches, Winning, Wadsworth, Leap and the Net Will App, Technology, Hiawatha, Security, Henry, Fifty News

Even if we don't hit the jackpot there is an abundance of riches to be found in friendship. Social networking at its best provides a technology that has the capability to open doors and hearts

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Impostor Wrongfully Claims Cash Prize In Veteran's Lottery: Cops

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Lottery, Jackpot, Pennsylvania, Vfw, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pennsylvania Crime, Drawing, Cash Prize, Impostor, Malcolm Johnson, Corry, Daily Drawing, Cash, Lottery Impostor, Crime News

CORRY, Pa. (AP / The Huffington Post) -- State police in northwestern Pennsylvania are searching for a jackpot impostor. Police say someone pretend...

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You May Already Have Lost!

Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Luck, Lottery, God, Jackpot, New York Post, Wingo, Prayer, Journalism, New York News

Lottery winners come in all shapes and sizes, but no matter who gets the jackpot I am always willing to bet my lungs on the following: he/she/they will believe that their problems are solved.

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Snow Day Disarray: The Good And The Bad Of School Closings Across The Country

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackpot, New York, Snow Day, Midwest, New York City, Northeast, Teacher, School Closings, Education News

From stalled buses to stalled attention spans, mounds of white stuff means one thing: It's snow day season. Across the Midwest to the Northeast, snow...

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Chris Shaw Wins Powerball: Missouri Convenience Store Clerk Wins $258.5 Million Jackpot

AP | SARAH D. WIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lottery, Jackpot, Christopher Shaw, Powerball, Lottery Winner, Powerball Winner, Break Time, Missouri, Chris Shaw, Jefferson City, Powerball Winner Missouri, Home News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A central Missouri convenience store clerk with $28.96 in his bank account and a stack of utility bills to pay came forwar...

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Abraham Shakespeare Missing: Florida Lottery Winner Disappears

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Search, Polk County, Lottery, Jackpot, Missing, Police, Lottery Winner, Lakeland Florida, Florida, Lakeland, Abraham Shakespeare, Home News

LAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man, who won the Florida lottery in 2006, and has now gone missing. T...

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