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Media: Billions of lottery funds misused

BEIJING: Nearly US$3bil generated from China’s state lotteries – a quarter of the funds they raised in recent years – have been “misappropriated” through embezzlement and other abuses such as buying cars, state-run media said. A total of 16.9 billion yuan raised by lotteries was used illegally, the government-published China Daily said yesterday, citing official auditors.

Gran wins A 4m on first ever lottery lucky dip – and splashes out on new pair of slippers

Gran-of-eleven Jane Lewis decided to treat herself to a new pair of 18 M&S slippers as news sunk in that she had become an overnight millionaire A gran who scooped over 4 million on her first ever lottery lucky dip has decided to treat herself with her new-found riches treated herself – to a 18 pair of M&S slippers. Gran-of-eleven Jane Lewis became an overnight multi-millionaire last week and as news of the big win sunk in, she caught the bus the to spoil herself with a pair of her favourite footwear.

Jamaican lottery scammer sentenced, more arrests expected

The first Jamaican citizen extradited to the U.S. to face lottery fraud charges was sentenced Friday morning in federal court. Damion Bryan Barrett helped run a sweepstake scam that used middlemen in South Florida to collect cash from victims all over the U.S. He tricked seniors into believing they had won millions of dollars and needed to pay advance fees to claim their winnings.

Nice wedding gift: Downers Grove man wins $2M lottery prize

A west suburban man won $2 million from a lottery ticket he bought while running errands for his upcoming wedding, the Illinois Lottery announced Thursday. Downers Grove resident Chase Knapp, 33, was out shopping for his fiancA© and decided to “try his luck” – stopping at three stores to buy lottery tickets, according to a statement from the Illinois Lottery, which didn’t say when he purchased the ticket.