Judge tosses wife's Lotto suit -- for now
(FLORIDA) -- A Miami-Dade judge on Thursday said the wife of a lottery winner cannot go forward with a lawsuit against her husband until she can provide a legal argument to support her claim for half of his jackpot.
Store owner claiming $21.5M jackpot misled officials: documents
(ONTARIO) -- An Ontario store owner who claimed a $21.5-million prize in 2006 misled lottery officials when he first spoke to them about the winning ticket, according to documents recently obtained by CBC News after a lengthy dispute with the province's lottery corporation.
Taking a chance on Calif. lottery
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed to close the state's $15.2 billion budget gap by borrowing against the state lottery and making major cuts to health and social service programs.
Lawmakers take aim at budget
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to use money from an expanded lottery to plug a big state budget hole is not looking like a winning ticket.
Governor's big gamble with the budget
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's unusual proposal to borrow against future state lottery revenue to help erase the state's $17.2 billion budget deficit drew sharp criticism Wednesday from Democratic lawmakers and financial experts who say the idea is risky and irresponsible.
Q&A: How the lottery proposal would work
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to borrow against lottery proceeds to help address the state's budget problems. Here's a quick look at the plan:
Doubts cast on lottery as state budget panacea
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's controversial plan to borrow against future state lottery revenue has been successful in other states, but California may find it difficult to raise enough money from lottery ticket sales to repay bonds used to bridge its giant budget deficit, lottery experts said Thursday.
Governor gambles budget on lottery
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed propping up a shaky $101.8 billion state budget on a bet that California can wring more than four times as much money as now from its lottery.
OP/ED: Governor's gaming money
(CALIFORNIA) -- If there's something positive to be found in the governor's revised budget it's that he appears to be coming around to the idea that California is not going to cut its way out of a $15.2 billion shortfall.
Doubts cast on lottery as state budget panacea
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's controversial plan to borrow against future state lottery revenue has been successful in other states, but California may find it difficult to raise enough money from lottery ticket sales to repay bonds used to bridge its giant budget deficit, lottery experts said Thursday.
Your governor wants to gamble on your gambling
(CALIFORNIA) -- Here's the latest plan on the table to erase California's (deep breath) $17.2 billion worth of red ink: borrow against future profits of the state lottery. If things work as planned, that could add as much as $15 billion in three years.
Schwarzenegger defends using lottery funds to pay off budget deficit
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today defended his plans to borrow against future profits from the state lottery to help close a $15.2 billion budget deficit, arguing that the state's fiscal crisis is so deep that cutting spending alone is not a viable option.
Schwarzenegger to propose lottery borrowing
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday will propose borrowing against future state lottery revenue to help close a $15.2 billion budget deficit in the next fiscal year.
Lottery win means time to celebrate, plan
(CALIFORNIA) -- So you've won the lottery, told your boss to shove it and jetted off to a tropical paradise to begin a life of leisure. Now what? Buying a new house, helping family or donating to charity are among the top 10 things people say they will do next, according to California lottery officials.
Plan to use lottery to fill state budget gaps ripped
(CALIFORNIA) -- Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to use lottery proceeds to fill in the state budget gap was declared dead on arrival by state lawmakers today, minutes after he made the idea public as part of his 2008-09 revised budget plan.
Couple's Lotto dispute going to court
(FLORIDA) -- Some husbands shower their wives with gifts when they win the Lotto. Arnim Ramdass kept the good news to himself. And when Donna Campbell found out on her own, her husband went AWOL, leaving the former beauty queen emotionally drained and financially desperate.
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