State campaign targets foreign lottery schemes
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Five years ago, Don J. Wims received a call telling him he had won $425,000 in a Spanish lottery. All he had to do, the voice on the other end of the line said, was pay $1,800 in taxes and handling fees and the money would be his.
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A myriad of financial institutions including banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, investment firms and credit-card companies are sending work to overseas locations.
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Officials planned to seek the man who won almost &#36;315 million at Powerball on a bail violation charge after he was arrested on a DUI count in another county.
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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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Slot machine makers, keen to find a  new selling point for a traditional game, are trying to  increase the social aspect of slots by linking up machines so  players can share payouts and the thrill of winning.
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BELGRADE, Nov 17 (IPS) - An unusual lottery is taking place this month in  Bosnia, where the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is  offering motor scooters and kitchen appliances to individuals who  hand over to the authorities any weapons they have been keeping  illegally in their homes.
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As reported by This is London: "Foreign casino groups will step up their intensive lobbying of the Government this week when a leading operator sponsors a fringe meeting on gambling at the Labour Party ...
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Filtering out rogue operators Online gambling operators outside Europe will have to seek Government permission to advertise in the UK. The British government's reform of gambling law mandates the seeking of permission in an attempt to crack down on rogue operators.â¦
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The all-time-high rollover jackpot of the Finnish national lottery, or Lotto as it is known, found a single lucky recipient in the coastal city of Kokkola in Western Finland.
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After raising record sums to win high office, the region's politicians are preparing to party -- and again looking for someone to pick up the costs.
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SAN FRANCISCO - The federal crackdown on online gambling has tied up the funds of thousands of U.S. patrons of two of the largest services. The crackdown on BetOnSports, which no longer takes sports wagers from the USA, and Neteller - an Internet payment service popular among gamblers - is intended to put a dent in the $10.6 billion industry.
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US casino operators are queuing up for a share of the burgeoning British market, betting on an outbreak of gambling fever after MPs voted to loosen laws governing the industry.
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THE World Trade Organisations (WTO) has told the US to dump its ban on offshore Internet gambling. Currently the US does not allow its citizens to place bets in those nasty foreign online casinos and the tiny
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By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 16--A casino in Wichita or elsewhere in Sedgwick County is a winner economically, but a loser once higher government spending and the cost of gambling addicts are factored in.
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MONCTON, N.B. (CP) - A woman from Newfoundland purchased a lottery ticket worth &#36;17.7 million Saturday, after scolding her husband for buying the wrong ticket.
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A report on gambling in the UK, which is expected to influence plans for super-casinos, is to be published.
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In the battle to bust Eastern European carding syndicates, the biggest obstacles are sometimes the foreign law enforcement agents protecting them. By Kim Zetter.