Artist May Use Lottery Winnings to Move to Paris

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Winning Lottery Numbers

A very lucky lottery winner who wins one of the Winning Lottery Numbers is also an artist says he may use his winnings to move to Paris. Bill Bracken spent his childhood in Averill Park and has lived most of his life on Mount Desert Island in Maine. He now resides in Vero Beach, Florida. During a New York Lottery press conference the 74 year old Bracken told reporters “Maybe I will move to Paris. I have been many times, because I am an artist. I would like to go back.”

Thanks to the New York lottery Bracken will have the opportunity to move to Paris and said he plans to pay off his mortgage and invest in real estate. Bracken took a lump sum payout of $1,667,736 after taxes. Bracken’s son, Christopher, actually purchased the winning scratch off “Three Million” ticket in October 2013. Bracken stated “I gave him $50 and told him to buy five $10 tickets. He came back out and said, ‘You won,’ and showed me the ticket.”

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Lottery Proposed for Alabama

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Alabama Lottery

Alabama Lottery … Is this state of the United States considered a Gambling State? Alabama remains one of the few states without a lottery. Are forced strong anti gambling in the state and Have immense political pull. The state‘s attorney general has wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars pursuing an irrational vendetta against bingo games in the state. Recent news reports Indicate That the Democratic leader in the Alabama House is asking the legislature to use ITS election-year session to approve a state lottery in Alabama. That Republicans say Democrat Craig Ford is carrying a losing ticket for the 2014 elections.

Ford thinks otherwise and says that a lottery could bring in $250 million annually for education and could keep money in the state that is now being spent on lottery tickets in neighboring syayes such as Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Ford stated “That is why I plan to propose a lottery bill during the 2014 legislative session.” Any proposed lottery bill would be considered by the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee chaired by Republican Micky Hammon.

Hammon said that Alabamans have said several times that they do not want a state lottery and cited the failed 1999 lottery referendum as proof. Hammon stated “Just four years ago, the Democratic nominee for governor made the creation of a statewide lottery his one and only issue, and he was soundly defeated in that race.” Hammon also said that the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee will focus on bills that create jobs in 2014. House Speaker Mike Hubbard said the lottery is a failed idea from the past. Hubbard said “We are working to put more money into the pockets of hardworking Alabamians, while Democrats want to take it out.”

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Lucky Lotto Numbers

Lucky Lotto Numbers Today

Ever wondered how some big winners pick their lucky lotto numbers? Lottery players use several different methods to pick winning numbers for a variety of lotto games. Some use a lottery wheeling system while some rely on random number generators. In big money games like Powerball and Mega Millions almost all of the big winners have used the quick pick option. In big money games the odds are stacked against players. For example the odds of winning the UK national lottery are one in 13,983,816 and Powerball and Mega Millions odds are even worse. The odds of winning Powerball are 1 in 175,223,510 and Mega Millions odds are now 1 in 259 million. On the other hand the odds for most pick 3 games are approximately 1 in 1,000.

Daily Lucky Lotto Numbers

Although most daily games do not offer millions in cash they do offer lottery players significantly better odds of winning than big money games. Typically daily lotto games are pick 3; pick 4 and some states offer daily pick 5 games. Occasionally pick 5 jackpots top the million dollar mark. Pick 3 and pick 4 games are just legal variations of the old numbers racket. Playing these games offers players an opportunity to use any methods they choose. Players can use dates, birth years and dates or can choose numbers randomly. Some players rely on instinct and superstition while others rely on logic. No matter what methods players use to pick their daily lucky lotto numbers winning a few thousand dollars feels pretty good.

Choosing Lucky Lotto Numbers

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of articles on the internet advising players how to choose their lucky lotto numbers. Some mathematicians believe that there are methods that can be used to give players a greater chance of picking winning numbers. One Brazilian mathematician believes that there is an art to picking winning lotto numbers. Renato Gianella stated “You will learn that winning a lottery is not merely a matter of luck: by having the right information you will be able to create game strategies. We will show you how to play in a very simple and easy way, based on the fact that drawings are subordinated to a behavior pattern.” He calls his findings as the “Probability of chance” and says “all bets are equally likely, behavior patterns obey different probabilities, which can make all the difference in the concept of games, benefitting gamblers that make use of the rational information.”

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Buy Lottery Tickets Online NC

Lucky Lotto Numbers Today

Many lotto players wonder if they can purchase out of state and multi state lottery tickets online. The answer is it depends on where you live. For example Illinois sells online lotto tickets and even offers a free mobile app for younger players. Like many state lotteries lottery revenues in Illinois were declining. For many people making a special trip to a lottery retailer is inconvenient and when jackpots get hugs lines can be long and annoying at brick and mortar retailers. When the Illinois lottery went online revenues jumped.

Some lotteries have followed Illinois’s lead but cautiously. The North Carolina Education lottery is one of these. In December 2-013 the NC lottery started to offer residents a subscription service so people could purchase tickets online. North Carolina players can use the subscription service to play three jackpot games; Powerball, Mega Millions and Carolina Cash 5. Alice Garland, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery stated, “We hope the new service will offer a way for those who currently don’t buy tickets at a traditional lottery retailer to try some of our games. The subscription service comes with safeguards to ensure it meets requirements that no tickets are sold to anyone who is not physically in North Carolina or to anyone who is under 18, the legal age for playing the lottery.”

Can I Buy Lottery Tickets Online NC

If you do not live in North Carolina you cannot buy tickets through the official North Carolina Education Lottery through their official website. You can use a courier service like LuckyLotto to purchase tickets for the lottery in North Carolina. Although the selection of online games is limited players can buy tickets for the three largest lotteries in the state. At the present time scratch games are not available.

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Pennsylvania Lottery

Corbett’s Privatization Spending Under Fire

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Pennsylvania Lottery

Last week Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett came under fire for spending over $3.5 million on lottery privatization consultants and legal fees. The privatization attempt is just one of a handful of cases that have cost Pennsylvania taxpayers millions. Other cases included defending a challenge to the states voter ID laws and an unsuccessful challenge to the NCAA’s sanctions against Penn State for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Records show that since 2012 the Corbett administration has spent $6.5 million on outside law firms. Corbett used the firms to push his agenda and for three controversial matters.

Administration officials defend the spending and say that since Corbwett took office in 2011 spending on outside law firms has actually decreased. Officials said that whenever possible cases are handled in house. Despite the hundreds of attorneys working in the Attorney General’s office and other state departments every administration spends tens of millions of dollars a year on outside law firms to give advice or defend employees and state agencies. Former Governor Rendell was criticized for his administration’s contracts with law firms. Rendell was harshly criticized for giving work to his former law firm, Ballard Spahr.

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Merchant Cash Advance Rates

Merchant Cash Advance Rates Can Influence the Cost and Payment Plan For An Advance

The process of getting a merchant cash advance is different from what you’d get out of acquiring a traditional loan. While it’s true that merchant cash advance lenders are willing to give you a good deal, there are many unique points that will go into what you will spend. The merchant cash advance rates that you’ll have to pay off can really make a difference in whatever you might get out of such an offer.

The rates that you’ll see in particular relate to the APR that you will spend. This is the rate of interest that an advance can be increased by during its lifetime. It will be easier for you to keep from spending more on an advance if you have a smaller APR but there are still many points that will directly influence what you might get.

You must also think about what can influence the payment plan for your advance. This refers to how much time you’ll have to spend on paying off the advance. We at YesLender are hoping that you will get a clear idea of how these points work when developing your own merchant cash advance plan.

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Read the lottery online for free

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Jeff Davis

Read the Lottery Online

Lotteries have been the subject of many short stories and novels over the years. One of the most famous and dramatized short stories dealing with a lottery is simply titled ‘The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. In her short story the residents of a small town hold a yearly lottery to ensure a good harvest. 

The story involves human sacrifice and has been used as a plot for several Hollywood movies. Those interested can read The Lottery online for free at several websites. The story was originally published in 1948 in the New Yorker magazine and the initial response was negative. 

The Lottery has been described as “one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature.” The story has had far reaching effects and was even used in an episode of the popular television comedy show The Simpsons. After the story’s publication Jackson received a flood of hate mail because readers at the time considered the story and its subject matter shocking.

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National Lottery Changes Not Well Received

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Earlier in the year the National Lottery announced that it was going to overhaul the Saturday drawings. The lottery will offer a new look lottery game giving players more opportunities to win new prizes. The new prizes include a new raffle game that will have 1,0-00 winners weekly and jackpot prizes of £10 million. In September national lottery operator Camelot launched its ‘biggest ever marketing campaign to publicize the changes during the run up to the introduction of the new changes in October. Unfortunately data from YouGov’s BrandIndex shows consumers are not happy with the overhaul.

The National Lottery’s index score; which is an average of a brand’s quality, value, satisfaction, recommendation, reputation and impression in the eyes of consumers and players. The lottery’s score dropped four points in October and its rating dropped from +1.0 to -3. The lottery’s ‘brand impression’ score dropped from 13 to 6 during the same period. The national lottery’s ‘satisfaction’ rating dropped from 6.7 to 3.1.

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Charitable Gesture Costs Woman $590.5 Million Powerball Jackpot

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The other player, Mindy Crandell, says she is not upset that her charitable gesture probably cost her the record jackpot and said “things are meant to be for a reason.” Crandell was in line at a Publix supermarket on May 18th and was tending her daughter when Mackenzie walked in fromt of her. Crandall told reporters “My 10-year-old said, ‘Mom, There’s a lady in front of us.’ I noticed that the lady was there. Didn’t pay a lot of mind to it.”

The person at the counter stopped Mackenzie to allow Crandell top claim her rightful spot in line. Crandell then told Mackenzie to “go ahead.” The move probably cost Crandell the record jackpot. Mackenzie purchased one Powerball ticket and left the store. Crandell said her family and friends teased her about letting Mackenzie cut in line and told her Mackenzie might win the jackpot. Crandell thought there was no way Mackenzie was going to win the jackpot. Crandell said “The joke was, that’s the lady that’s going to win it. I was like, ‘Yeah right. No one is going to win from little Zephyrhills.”

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Powerball Winner and Ex Girlfriend Argue Over Money

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In New Jersey a judge refused to freeze the assets of lottery winner Pedro Quezada who won a $338 million Powerball jackpot last spring. Quezada’s former live in girlfriend, Ines Sanchez, is suing him for a share of the huge jackpot. The couple lived together for 10 years and owned a bodega in Passaic New Jersey. Sanchez is the mother of one of Quezada’s children. Sanchez moved out of the Clifton home they shared last month’ Sanchez has a domestic violence claim against Quezada. Quezada took a lump sum payout of $211 million and after taxes received a check for $152 million.

A large portion of the money is gone. $57 million was sent to the Dominican Republic, Quezada gave away $5 million and $300,000 was spent on the purchase of the Clifton home. According to attorney Michael De Marco who is representing Sanchez $20 million cannot be located. De Marco told state Superior Court Chancery Judge Margaret Mary McVeigh “I think we’re kidding ourselves to say we’ll ever see any of that money again.” De Marco argued the court should freeze Quezada’s assets. De Marco told the judge that irreparable harm could be done if Quezada’s assets were not frozen. DeMarco told the court “This was a man and a woman in a relationship akin to marriage for 10 years, who have a child in common and lived with other children from other relationships.”

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UK Lottery Finds War Memorials

UK Lottery

Next year will be the centenary of the beginning of World War One also known as the ‘Great War’ in the UK. While the United States was only in the war for a little more than a year Britain bore the full brunt of the hostilities for four long years. British forces included the ANZACS from New Zealand and Australia. In the UK the national lottery has established the Heritage Lottery Fund that preserves historic buildings and artifacts. The lottery’s newest project is titled ‘Lest We Forget’ and in Henly the project will sponsor three memorials to Henley’s “forgotten” servicemen.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £8,200 to the project which needs community donations of £3,300 to complete the memorials. The news was announced by the lottery on the eve of Remembrance Sunday (similar to Veteran’s day in the US) and means the 6ft by 4ft glass plaques will be in place at the town hall, St Mary’s Church and Holy Trinity Church in time for the World War One centenary on August 4th 2014. Each plaque will contain the names of about 260 veterans with connections to Henley and will also include the names of 70 who are not listed on any of the town’s memorials.

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Lost Lottery Ticket

 

In Detroit a General Motors retiree who played the lottery for over 40 years gunned down a Southfield liquor store employee because he was mad that he had left a winning ticket on the counter months earlier. Bruce Butler appeared in court charged with murder. Butler’s attorney, Joe Niskar, told the court in his opening statement that Butler would have known better than to try and cash a $1 million winning ticket at a liquor store. Niskar also said the police arrested the wrong man.

Prosecutors say they have evidence that can prove that Butler fatally shot Mike Khmoro in the parking lot of the liquor store on October 6th 2010. Butler is on trial for first degree murder in Oakland County Circuit Court. Police say that Butler intended to shoot Khmoro’s brother, who owned the store, but mistakenly shot Khmoro. Witnesses told police that months before the shooting Butler was mad because he had left a winning lottery ticket on the counter when he went to the store to get beer. The ticket was stolen.

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