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National Lottery 'fixer' reveals how to avoid ruining your life if you hit the jackpot​

From Colin and Chris Weir to Adrian and Gillian Bayford, there are plenty of examples of apparently happy marriages which ended after a massive National Lottery win.

Others such as Britain's youngest winner Callie Rogers and the notorious 'lotto lout' Michael Carroll have been declared bankrupt after rapidly blowing all the cash.

But Andy Carter, an adviser who has helped guide more than 2,500 winners over 20 years, is among a team who help Brits try to stop a jackpot ruining their life.

The father-of-two works as a lottery 'fixer' who spends his time speaking to winners in the hours after they learn about any prize from £50,000 to £195million.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...-hit-the-jackpot/ar-AA28Jw9m?ocid=socialshare
 

Ohio man wins lottery again just moments after hitting $1M jackpot​

TOLEDO, Ohio (WJW) – One man in Ohio had quite the lucky streak.

According to the Ohio Lottery, he bought a $50 Millionaire Blowout scratch-off ticket and won the game’s top prize – $40,000 a year for 25 years, totaling $1 million.

The man claimed the cash option of $500,000. He will receive about $366,250 after mandatory state and federal tax withholdings totaling 26.75%.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...tting-1m-jackpot/ar-AA28T7bn?ocid=socialshare
 

Sports betting industry spending on US midterm elections surpasses $72 million​

  • DraftKings gave more than $34 million and FanDuel over $27 million this cycle
  • Win for America routed more than $12 million into 34 Georgia legislative races, records showed
  • Federal records exclude direct spending on state races and donations to dark money groups
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - DraftKings, FanDuel and other online sports betting companies have ramped up election spending on the U.S. midterms to at least $72 million so far, the latest campaign election data shows, as prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket bring fresh scrutiny — and competition — to online betting.

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Long term, gambling is for suckers and 98% have no business playing. I will, however, continue to play the occasional lotto quick pick for a couple of bucks.
 
Fatrat said:
Long term, gambling is for suckers and 98% have no business playing. I will, however, continue to play the occasional lotto quick pick for a couple of bucks.
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Make it very occasionally. The dollar would be better spent on virtually anything else.


You'd have at least 30x better odds of driving down the road behind an armored car as it hits a bump causing a bag full of cash to fall out of it, than you would in winning a power ball drawing.
......and probably all other lotto games too.

That's how unlikely it is to happen.
 
^^^ did they refuse to pay him, like we hear of so many casinos doing when someone hits for the big prize?
 
Joe King said:
^^^ did they refuse to pay him,
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Nah. From the article:


By the winner’s account, the alert nearly went unnoticed. “When the notification popped up I dismissed it because I was mid spin,” Rose M. said in the operator’s announcement. “When I saw my balance increase I thought there was a glitch.” She said she called her sister first, then drove to Atlantic City the same night to confirm the payout. She plans to help people close to her, return to school for a master’s degree, and travel to Greece.
 
Just an interesting read.

Their fantasy football league started 40 years ago with a fax machine. It's still going strong.​

PHILADELPHIA — The draft was set to begin last week when Jeff Killian reminded the members of his fantasy football league that he could fax them a rule book if they needed a copy. A hand went up.

“Umm,” Jack DeStefano, 32, said. “I don’t have a fax machine.”

Of course. Killian, 63, meant he would email the seven-page document. That’s what happens when you’re the commissioner of a fantasy league that started in 1986.

Read the rest:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/fo...ill-going-strong/ar-AA2bIrFs?ocid=socialshare
 
Joe King said:
^^^ did they refuse to pay him, like we hear of so many casinos doing when someone hits for the big prize?
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Amazing, innit? They take a game based on trust - that the casino, unlike a sidewalk shell-game hustler, will pay out on the rare times they lose - and interject fraud, and thus, suspicion, distrust, into the mix. These midwits in corporate corner offices...think that bribing regulators is the end-stage of the con. No, it's only the BEGINNING. The casino gets its loose permission to deny, steal, rip off gamblers; and the gamblers obviously SEE it.

And they spread the word - which, even in our censorious tech world, is still easier than 60 years ago, when you had to put on sandwich boards and walk up and down the sidewalk, ringing a bell.

But the owners of these legacy names - Caesar's, Circus Circus, MGM Grand...now, the Wynn casinos...the duopoly that owns them, wonders why their customer base and take is suddenly shrinking. Raising the buffet entrance to $50 was supposed to INCREASE profits!
 

Skill games coming out of Philadelphia stores as deadline nears​

Pennsylvania businesses have one week left to remove skill games after the state Supreme Court classified the machines as slot machines.

Businesses have until Oct. 13 to remove the machines from bars, corner stores and gas stations. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave businesses 120 days to comply with its June ruling.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/gen...s-deadline-nears/ar-AA2dGAuo?ocid=socialshare
 
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From what I've been told the state wants to tax the money going in to the machines. Talks under way to implement it. If that happens, machines will go back in to the places with liquor licenses. The bodegas, gas stations and quickie marts are shit outta luck.

As for the machines that may be going back in to the bars, most are being placed into storage by the vending companies that own them. Was told part of the cost was on the bar owners and that once the state gets it way they'll go back in pretty quick. They are money makers.
 
The minutia of fascism, applied.

Government controls what businesses can and cannot do. AND...since government itself is in the Policy rackets (Lotto and Daily Numbers, same thing) it doesn't like competition.

There's a pecking order. Fudds, followed by Approved Mine-Ore-Itties ("Indian" "tribes") and then, the State.

Wait until Trump or someone worse, hits on the idea of nationalizing Powerball or starting one up. OR...if, instead of "Reparations" the Barmaid Administration gives the coloreds the right to open/run their own casinos, anywhere.
 
searcher said:
www.propublica.org

I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and product design pushing me to keep going.
www.propublica.org www.propublica.org
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I Bet like a Problem Gambler (On Purpose.) DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Oct 9, 2026
I Bet like a Problem Gambler (On Purpose.) DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
You can’t escape it. DraftKings and FanDuel ads are everywhere, and putting money on sports has gone mainstream. But the darker side of the business is becoming harder to ignore.
This spring, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson had an idea for an experiment: What would happen if he mimicked the betting patterns of a problem gambler on these online sportsbooks?
With more than $20,000 from ProPublica, Jake spent 10 weeks during the NBA playoffs testing the responsible gaming guardrails of online sports betting, one of America’s most popular — and controversial — pastimes.


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searcher said:

Skill games coming out of Philadelphia stores as deadline nears​

Pennsylvania businesses have one week left to remove skill games after the state Supreme Court classified the machines as slot machines.

Businesses have until Oct. 13 to remove the machines from bars, corner stores and gas stations. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave businesses 120 days to comply with its June ruling.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/gen...s-deadline-nears/ar-AA2dGAuo?ocid=socialshare
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Was out for a bit and can say the machines are gone. Be interesting to see how long they'll be gone. PA will eventually come up with a way to collect taxes on the winnings.
 
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