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Lottery Employees Knew Where Winning Tickets Would Be Sold in Alleged $27M Scam

Italian authorities have frozen more than $28 million in assets belonging to a group of former lottery employees accused of using privileged computer access to steer $27 million in...

Taiwan Officials ‘Baffled’ by $600K Lottery Scam Involving Genuine Winning Tickets

Three men in Taiwan have been arrested after one attempted to claim two jackpot prizes worth a combined US$612,000 using genuine tickets that belonged to other lottery winners. The...

Woman faces lottery fraud, theft charges

JONESBORO — A $50,000 bond was set Wednesday for a Jonesboro woman accused of removing 64 lottery tickets from a dispenser and playing them, according to authorities.

Buyer’s bonus or brazen theft? The legal fight over HK$30 million Mark Six prize

Fourteen Hong Kong government employees can only recover their shares of a HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) Mark Six lottery windfall through civil legal proceedings, a lawyer has sa...

Man in Italy tries to claim €10 million lottery prize with two scratch cards taped together

A  50-year-old from Calabria is on trial in Rome for attempted fraud after a prize office spotted a torn and taped “Miliardario Maxi” ticket. A man from the southern Italian provi...

South Carolina Man Allegedly Stole Lottery Tickets During Gas Station Job Interview

The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has charged a 36-year-old man with three counts of intent to defraud the state lottery on allegations that he stole a pack...

Jamaican national sentenced to federal prison after targeting 115 victims in lottery scam

A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in a years-long lottery telemarketing scam that preyed on at least 115 people.

Postal Employee Arrested for Stealing Winning Lottery Ticket in Florida

Postal Employee Arrested for Stealing Winning Lottery Ticket in Florida

National Security Council declares lottery scamming national security threat; orders aggressive MOCA crackdown

September 13, 2026 Written byGeorgetta Williams The National Security Council (NSC) has declared advance fee fraud commo...

‘Most Successful’ Hole-in-One Prize Insurance Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud

The owner and operator of an unlicensed prize insurance provider who for years avoided paying claims, ignored cease and desist orders, and has been convicted of illegal sales or th...

Montana Lottery’s Intralot Deal Faces Scrutiny Over Withheld Emails

Montana lawmakers are questioning why the state’s lottery director, Bob Brown, is refusing to give auditors access to some emails linked to a lucrative contract with gambling techn...

$320M Powerball Hopeful John Cheeks Still Fighting for Website Error Jackpot

A Washington, D.C., man who claims he was denied a $320 million Powerball jackpot after his numbers came up on the lottery’s website is still fighting for compensation nearly four...

Dutch National Lottery Escalates Offshore Crackdown With Skyhills Lawsuit

Nederlandse Loterij has brought legal action against another offshore gambling site. (Image: Nederlandse Loterij / Tycho Müller). The post Dutch National Lottery Escalates Offshore...

2026 Elections: Man loses NT$1.04m in fraud scheme

Trust broken over $1.35 billion as Mega Millions lottery winner sues own family

Imagine winning a staggering $1.35 Billion in the Mega Millions jackpot and then finding yourself in the middle of a courtroom drama

California man loses lawsuit over $750,000 lottery ticket he reassembled with tape to fake winning

The California State Lottery Commission has been awarded judgment along with more than $150,000 in attorneys' fees and costs following the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a man w...

UK woman pranked husband with fake lottery ticket, won £1 million two weeks later

A UK man didn't believe his wife had won £1 million (US$1.3 million) in the lottery considering she had just pranked him with a fake win two weeks earlier.

$1.04 billion Powerball winner remained anonymous for a month before claiming prize in Illinois

US$2m ‘scratch and win’ scam busted in Penang, 29 arrested

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 1 — Penang police have busted an international scam syndicate targeting victims, particularly in...

Former IT Boss Masterminded $800K Casino Fraud Using Fake Driver’s Licenses

A former IT company owner who orchestrated a fake-ID scam targeting casino cash kiosks has been sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison. Jeremy Cushing, 53, of Topeka, Ka...

Man arrested after allegedly refusing to share HK$30m Mark Six jackpot with group

Hong Kong police have arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of having fled with a Mark Six jackpot worth around HK$30 million that he should have shared with 14 colleagues. A source...

Bozo steals lottery tickets during job interview, caught after trying to cash $5 winner: cops

A dopey South Carolina crook swiped lotterty tickets from a potential employer during a job interview – and he was caught trying to cash a measly $5 winner, authorities said. 

SC man arrested for stealing lottery tickets during his job interview

A South Carolina man has been arrested after allegedly stealing multiple lottery tickets during a job interview and trying to redeem them at other stores.

Wife's suspicion helps stop Florida man from buying $14,000 in gift cards

In a swift response, Nassau County deputies saved a resident from losing fourteen thousand dollars to a group of scammers who were pushing him to buy gift cards under a tight two-h...