While California Lottery officials are urging the winner of the $63 million jackpot to come forward, one man said he tried to do just that, but instead, officials took his winning ticket and destroyed it. [More]
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Man Sues California Lottery Claiming Officials “Destroyed” Evidence Of His Winning $63M Ticket
By 2.4.16
Authorities Looking Into Just How Many State Jackpots May Have Been Fixed By Former Lottery Worker
By 12.18.15
Remember the ex-lottery worker from Iowa who was convicted of rigging a state jackpot so he’d win $14 million? Authorities aren’t quite sure his insider scheme was limited to his home state, and have expanded the investigation into other parts of the U.S. [More]
$14M Slots Jackpot Win Is All Going To Charity, Says Awesome Human Being
By 12.1.14
A fountain of liquid cheddar, burbling in a green and gold garden, wherein Aaron Rodgers awaits, ready with all the fondue fixings a heart could desire and the collector’s edition of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy all cued up and ready to go — that’s what I’d go for if I had $14 million. But alas, I am not the lucky gambler in Las Vegas who spent $20 and won a slot machine jackpot. Nope, he’s giving all his newly-won loot to charity. [More]
Slot Machine’s 20-Year Reign Of Stinginess Ends After Player Hits $2.4M Jackpot
By 8.25.14
For the last two decades, one slot machine in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas has been the darling of players, with someone reportedly giving it a whirl every five seconds. But it’s never coughed up the big jackpot in all its years… until now. [More]
Banks Use Life Insurance Policies To Fund Executive Bonuses
By 5.22.09
Here’s a morbid bit of creative accounting, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: if you work for Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, or Wells Fargo, your employer may have taken out a life insurance policy on you.
