Lottery

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Pankaj Joshi, Store Clerk, Accused Of Stealing $1M Lottery Prize From Customer

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Texas, Mega Millions, Lottery, Pankaj Joshi, Crime, Nepal, University of Texas Student, Lucky's Food Store, Austin, Texas Lottery Commission, $1 Million Lottery Prize, Lotto, Store Clerk, Willis Willis, Home News

AUSTIN, Texas — A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped tow...

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Linda Brown, Ohio Woman, Pretends To Win Lottery, Causes Riot At Store

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Lottery, Hoax, Shopping, Ohio Store, Hummer Limousine, Riot, Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins, Lotto, Customers, Angry Customers, Burlington Coat Factory, Linda Brown, Home News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay f...

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NATIONAL Lottery Being Mulled, Officials Say

AOL | Melanie S. Welte | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Lottery, Megamillions, Powerball, National Lotto, Power Ball, National Lottery, Lottery Tickets, Lotto, Mega Millions, Business News

The nation's two biggest lottery games are talking about cross-selling tickets in U.S. lottery jurisdictions with the potential for a national lottery...

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It's Time to Teach Children About Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Keen Johnson, Kentucky Governor, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Children, Have and Have Nots, School Curriculum, Rowman & Littlefield, Cell Phone, Gambling, Bailout, Lexington KY, Dollar, Grade School, Timothy Geithner, Happy Chandler, Financial Meltdown, Great Depression, McNay Settlement Group, Ipod, Educators, Ky, Clu, Savings Rate, Education, Louisville, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Million Dollar Round Table, High School, Ben Bernanke, Teachers, Investments, John Mellencamp, Frugal, Main Street, Darwin, Keen Babbage, Financial Crisis, The American College, Richmond, Personal Finance, Impact, Casinos, Msfs, Structured Settlement, Lottery, Chfc, Handling Money, Kentucky, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Hank Paulsen, Slot Machines, Recession, Henry Clay High School, Credit Cards, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Extreme Economics, Too Big to Fail, Payday Leading, Business News

I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.

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Wall Street and Washington Dissing Main Street, One Year Later

Don McNay | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Anniversary of Financial Meltdown, Bailout, 000 Commode, $35, American Association of Justice, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Washington Elites, American College, Campaign Finance Reform, Michael Jackson, Lottery, Small Business, President Obama, Mitch McConnell, Death Panels, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Structured Settlements, Taylor Swift, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Personal Finance, Housing Crisis, Lottery Winners, Robert Kaiser, Business News

Wall Street and Washington don't understand what is happening on Main Street. The people in Washington are pushing the line that they saved us from "something even worse." Like what?

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States Face Drop In Casino And Lottery Revenues For First Time

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Gambling, Casinos, State Budgets, Lottery, Economic Downturn, Economic Crisis, American Casinos, Business News

Casinos and lotteries in most states are reporting a downturn in revenue for the first time, resulting in a drop in the money collected by state and l...

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Can I Win the Oprah Lottery? How to Get Your Biz on TV

Karen Luniw | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: TV Exposure, Reality TV, Lottery, Oprah Winfrey, Business, Luniw, Dunn Pellier, Public Relations, Business News

One of the keys to attracting more business is to be seen more. Getting on TV and other media is a great way to do that and you don't need a publicist to get the ball rolling.

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Jimmy Groves From Harlem Wins Mega Millions

New York Post | Larry Celona, Austin Fenner and Dan Mangan | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Lottery, Jimmy Groves Wins, Mega Millions, Jimmy Groves, James Groves, Mega Millions Jackpot, Mega Millions Winner, Jimmy Groves Mega Millions, New York News

What's in this Harlem man's wallet? He says $168 million. James "Jimmy" Groves -- a Madison Square Garden laborer who recently defaulted on his Capit...

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The Lottery Question

Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.

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SC Powerball ticket wins $259.9 million jackpot

AP | KATRINA A. GOGGINS | Posted 09.20.2009 | Home

Read More: South Carolina Powerball, South Carolina, Lottery, South Carolina Lottery, Powerball, Home News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in South Carolina is a whole lot richer. The single winning ticket for Wednesday's $259....

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Brooklyn Teenager Wins $1M On New York Millionaire Scratch-Off Ticket

New York Daily News | Edgar Sandoval | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Millionaire, New York Lottery, Lottery, Waquas Mazhar, Brooklyn, New York News

Waquas Mazhar, 19, won the New York Millionaire scratch-off game but will keep bunking with his siblings at his parents' Midwood, Brooklyn, house. "I...

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Can The Lottery Help Us Save Money?

wsj.com | JASON ZWEIG | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Savings Rate, Saving, Lottery, Personal-Savings, Bureau-of-Economic-Analysis, Lotto, Business News

Based on recent headlines, you might think that Americans are finally saving again. Want to bet? In 2007, the latest year for which final numbers are...

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$133 Million Lottery Jackpot Goes Unclaimed - Ticket Sold In Queens

nydailynews.com | By Henrick Karoliszyn and Katy Bolger | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Jamaica Queens, Lottery, Mega Millions, 133 Million Lotto, New York City, 133 Million Lottery, Mega Millions Lottery, Mega Millions Lotto, Lotto, New York, 133 Million, New York News

The mystery winner of the $133 million Mega Millions lottery has yet to come forward and collect the prize. Officials said that the winner let the com...

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Clyde Persley, California Man Working 3 Jobs, Wins $39M Lottery

AP | Posted 07.28.2009 | Home

Read More: California Lottery, Clylde Persley Lottery, Clyde Persley Money, Clyde Persley, Lottery, Home News

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A man who works three jobs to support his family _ including one as a limousine driver _ has won a $39 million jackpot in C...

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Michael Jackson, Elvis and Professional Hangers On

Don McNay | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

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Michael Jackson and Elvis died too young. They had the same handicap that many people with money acquire, the entourage.

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RANCHER WINS LOTTERY: Struggling South Dakota Man Wins $232M

newsday.com | CHET BROKAW | | Posted 07.08.2009 | Home

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A rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of America claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery histo...

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A Fat Guy's Prediction: We Need Leadership or We Will Fall Off the Economic Wagon

Don McNay | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

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Unless someone is capable of changing the American psyche, people are going to go back to their old spending habits.

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Susan Boyle's Phenomenal Ride Just Won't Stop: And Yes, It Mattered That She Could Sing

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Abc, Reality TV, Home, Britain's Got Talent, Russnow, Lottery, You Tube, Brian Williams, Elaine Paige, Queen for a Day, Cnn, Susan Boyle, Larry King, Michael Russnow, Oprah, American Idol, Extreme Makeover, Glasgow, Evita, Nbc, Entertainment News

It's been a week and I still can't get enough of the Susan Boyle phenomenon -- I've watched her video countless times.

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Powerball Jack and the Wall Street Bailout

Don McNay | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: John Thain Decorator, John Thain, Wall Street Bailout, West Virginia, Main Street, Powerball Winner, Immediate Annuities, Jack Whitaker, Wv, Gambling, Merrill Lynch, Private Jets, Hurricane West Virginia, Kentucky, Wall Street Bonuses, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Casinos, Lottery, Toliets, Annuities, Lotteries, Powerball, Lottery Winner, Charleston, Aig, Don McNay, Structured Settlements, Wall Street, Citigroup Bailout, Annuity, Citigroup, Business News

If the people on Wall Street knew that no one would ever be there to bail them out, ever again, they would be less inclined to gamble with instruments they don't really understand.

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$216 Million Lottery Won By New Jersey Insurance Workers

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Mega Millions Winner, 216 Million Dollar Lottery, Lottery, New Jersey, New Jersey Lottery, Mega Millions Jackpot, Mega Millions, Business News

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — Robert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was ...

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NY Lottery Considers $37 Million Gamble: May Dump Treasuries For Riskier Assets

Bloomberg | Michael Quint | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business

Read More: New York Lottery, Lottery, Federal Budget Deficit, Economy, New York Budget Deficit, US Economy, Lotto, New York Economy, Us Treasury, US Treasuries, Business News

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Lottery is proposing a gamble where the odds aren't always in its favor -- moving its $1.3 billion prize fund into...

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Lottery Sales Up In Recession

AP | JUANITA COUSINS | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Lottery, State Lotterys, Lotteries, Lotteries Recession, Lottery Recession, Massachusetts Lottery, Business News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Even in these tough economic times, many people are feeling lucky. More than half of all states with lotteries have reported...

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Rescue Fantasies

Nicole Williams | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Rescue Fantasies, Rags to Riches, Lottery, Money Management, Money, Happiness, Money Fantasies, Living News

Rescue fantasies are generally harmless, and they can be a great way to figure out your money "weak spots" -- the subtle ways you might be avoiding full control of your life or your money.

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Thanksgiving and People On The Wrong Side Of The Economic Table

Don McNay | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Casinos, Gambling, Lottery, Homelessness, Charity, Wall Street, States, Lottery Winner, Investment Options, Stock Market, Thanksgiving, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Personal Finance, Economy, Business News

When I passed the stockbroker's test many years ago, I called my father and asked, "Why is futures trading legal but betting on the Bengals illegal?" There is no logical answer.

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Meet The Employed Banker Who Won The Lottery And Will Pay Almost No Taxes

NY Post | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Lottery, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Keenan Altunis, London, Jerks, Business News

If the first winner of the "$1 million a year for life" scratch-off game seemed less than ecstatic yesterday, it's because he wasn't exactly strugglin...

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