Pools prove to be Lotto trouble Cabdrivers' flap is warning to others Home Edition

Rebecca Paul, who runs Georgia's lottery, said most pool winners in Georgia and nationally divide their winnings without issue. Such questions have kept courts busy in lottery-playing states across the United States. A New York man was charged with grand larceny after he won a $5 million jackpo...

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Published inThe Atlanta Constitution
Main Author D.L. BENNETT, ADD SEYMOUR JR
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 18.05.2001
Subjects
Disputes
Employees
Lotteries
Rules
Taxicabs
Atlanta Georgia
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Summary:Rebecca Paul, who runs Georgia's lottery, said most pool winners in Georgia and nationally divide their winnings without issue. Such questions have kept courts busy in lottery-playing states across the United States. A New York man was charged with grand larceny after he won a $5 million jackpot and tried to keep it from others in his office pool. In Illinois, a man who won $6 million was sued by four co-workers for also keeping secret his winnings from a pool. In Florida, a man who won $17 million is still in court with co- workers more than six years after winning. They say he won with pool money, but he says he bought the winning ticket on his own. Photo Cabdriver John "[Smitty Joe]" Smith says he strictly limits his weekly lottery pool to 10 members, all of them colleagues. / KIMBERLY SMITH / Staff
ISSN:2473-1609
2690-8093