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Jeffrey Dampier won $20 million, then was murdered by his family. His story shows the dark side of sudden wealth.

How a lottery win led to Australia's crime of the century.

Police say a FedEx driver and a store burglar both tried to steal lottery tickets — neither hit big.

Learn more about these tragedies, including the Florida lottery winner who was murdered by his mistress.

Scammers are impersonating Lottery USA or state lottery staff to try to steal money and personal data. Learn more.

Lottery agency reverses major contract decision after finding legal gaps.

New technology claims it can help users win big. Is it true?

He may have scratched off some wins, but now he's facing 17 felony counts and possible prison time.

Police seized cannabis, weapons, and shut down illegal games at a Connecticut lottery retailer.

Kiwi lottery officials outsmart multi-million dollar overseas gambling rings.

An Ohio man will get prison time for fraudulently buying over $1,000 lottery tickets in a harebrained scheme.

Blaming the booze and the pills, the suspect claimed he blacked out, but the cameras didn't.

In Italy, a lottery scam once rocked the nation and exploited children.

Learn about the conman who won $3 million with a fake lottery ticket, and other stories of lottery fraudsters.

From Bad Axe to Battle Creek, this lottery scam stretched far, but justice caught up fast.

Police say the lottery ticket wasn't the only thing these men had on them. What else turned up during the arrest?

Police say a quiet repayment deal turned into felony charges after over $5,000 in scratch-offs went missing.

This lottery official stole tickets worth nearly $500,000.

Norsk Tipping's glitch didn't just disappoint players — it violated the law and triggered national scrutiny.

The suspects fled with stolen tickets again. But a sharp camera may be their undoing.

She printed hundreds of tickets and cashed in the winners at the store across the street from her work.

The mistake that unraveled a multi-million-dollar lottery heist.

An Orangeburg man faces lottery fraud charges for allegedly passing stolen scratch-offs.

Were Clarence Jones' 4,000 lottery wins extreme luck or extreme fraud? Read on to find out.

Caught on camera with a book of tickets and a coin in hand, but was this a one-time gamble or a pattern?

Prize winners were turned away as police searched the Michigan Lottery office. What happened?

An alarm brought police rushing in, but the thief had already made a clean getaway for now.

The strange scam may be linked to other thefts, and it's left police and lottery officials on high alert.

Ehlers fights his $300K lottery theft case with an insufficient evidence claim.

How illegal lotteries helped pay for the Pittsburgh Steelers.