Cops warn residents of lottery scam
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El-Gordo is back, and township police don't want anyone falling prey to the Spanish lottery scam.
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By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 7--Casinos are often portrayed as a boost to business because they bring in tourists, but some local business people are lining up against the one proposed for Sedgwick County.
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D.C. officials learned last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request f...
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Drug users seeking help to quit their habit face a "postcode lottery" of care, a watchdog has said.
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Credit card fraudsters are trying to fleece UK punters by tricking them into revealing card security information over the phone.
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A man listed as one of the state's most dangerous sex offenders has won $10 million in the Massachusetts lottery, but the attention may have landed him in new trouble.
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EDMONTON (CP) - The Western Canada Lottery Corp. has had another problem - this time with its Millionaire Life tickets.  The lottery corporation says the incidents affect tickets bought in Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
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For more information on the state lottery, visit their web site. GO TO SITE Call 877-786-7529 to find out the daily winning numbers in the Cash 3 drawing.
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Luck has run out for a Swedish teenager with a winning lottery ticket. Lottery officials say the scratch-off ticket is worthless, because it was stolen.
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There was one winning ticket for the $314.3 million Powerball lottery prize, and it was sold in this city on the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery officials said Sunday.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong police arrested 115 men for illegally gambling on insect fights on Sunday in the same building that housed a cricket lovers' association, a police spokesman said.    Police seized about 300 crickets and $1,025 in cash during the bust, said police spokesman T.K...
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SINGAPORE - Card games are a common pastime at traditional Chinese funerals, but criminals are reportedly paying off grieving relatives to run their gambling operations at wakes.
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By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs Correspondent  BARGAIN hunters in North Wales were warned yesterday to beware of "unbelievable offers".   Scams ranging from bogus holiday clubs to dodgy sweepstakes, miracle cures to fake foreign lotteries, are aiming to catch the unwary.
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Police are warning people donating to the UK's tsunami relief fund to be vigilant to fraudsters trying to cash in.
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Police in Portugal pore over messages from self-professed psychics for clues.
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Police arrest nine over allegations that the National Lottery and children's charities were defrauded.
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A couple of the somebodies around here are going to walk away from Flushing Meadow with a million bucks apiece in their petty cash stash. You can call them champ.