Criminal Law

AK - Winner of lottery comes forward, is a 3-time sex offender
View the article here Now watch, this will be all over the news. Just goes to show you, anybody can win the lottery. Video is available at the site. 01/10/2009 By Yvonne LaVoie ANCHORAGE -- The winner of the $500,000 lottery drawing came forward Saturday to collect his prize, and the man who will pocket a half-million dollars from a raffle designed to benefit a sex abuse victims charity is a three-time sex offender...

Balls
BallsHere is the news. So what? Next week we have the lottery winner who sneezed, and the week after the lottery winner who farted!

Wife sues husband, a lottery winner, for behaving badly
Donna Campbell, wife of lottery winner Arnim Ramdass, is suing him for misbehavior after he and his co-workers at the Miami International Airport won a $19 million jackpot. The fight is over Arnim's share of the winnings, $600,000 before taxes...

Clerk lied to lottery winner about his ticket, police say
Unbelievable. Guy wins $800K in the lottery. He goes to the store and asks the clerk to scan his ticket, just to be sure. It's a real winner, all right. Only she tells him that he lost, and SHE keeps...

Sex offender wins the lottery
I’ve argued that if you go to jail, you should get a bill for that stay, payable from any windfall profit you may get in the future, lottery winnings, or tort awards. Here’s proof that this is a good idea: According to the Corrections Department’s offender profile, [Fred] Topous pleaded guilty to breaking [...

Probation Violator May Keep Lottery Winnings
Timothy Elliott, a convicted bank robber, was granted probation. One of the conditions of his probation was to refrain from gambling and purchasing lottery tickets. Timothy ignored the prohibition and played the Massachusetts lottery...

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Oscar Winner Sues Production Company
Ascendant pays Kevin Costner undisclosed amount in settlement.

TouchPlay Lottery
Settles with Two More Investors

Convicted Caretakers
Senior care center agrees to $175,000 settlement in false advertising lawsuit.

City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland
$1.2 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a husband and father was killed by a convicted drunk driver.

Western Canada Lottery Corporation
Faces $100 Million Class Action

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
has been accused of not doing enough to keep addicted gamblers who have signed up for a "self-exclusion" program out of casinos.