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July 14, 2008
West Virginia Lottery warns public about scam
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Lottery is reminding people to be careful of scams.

Agency spokeswoman Nancy Bulla says an out-of-state woman contacted the state Better Business Bureau last week to say she'd gotten a call from someone telling her she'd won the lottery's second chance drawing. The only condition, the woman was told, was that she had to send some money in order to collect her winnings.

Bulla says this woman knew something was fishy because she didn't remember entering the second chance drawing.

Bulla says if you don't know that you've entered something, you haven't. She also warns people never to send money or personal information to someone who calls out of the blue.

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Posted By: ABCs (9:19am 07-16-2008)
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Ok...thinking that playing the lottery is a "50/50 " chance. hmmmm That means that my friend and I would take turns winning every Wed and Saturday. Wow, that's too easy. Why didn't the lottery commission think of that. They will lose money.

Posted By: jones (9:31am 07-15-2008)
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I don't have anything against playing the lottery. But understand that it's far from 50/50. You have something like a 1 in 80 million chance of hitting the powerball jackpot for instance. That's pretty close to zero chance. I throw in a buck every now and then but look at it as a charitable contribution to the state. If you think about it, we should be able to use it as a tax write off.

Posted By: Viking (9:37pm 07-14-2008)
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The Lottery is just another to invest your time and money. It takes little or no knowledge or skill and can, if you hit it right, pay off BIG. The odds really are 50/50: You either win or you don't. If you concern yourself with the posted "Odds" then you will never win.

Posted By: way2Old (9:32pm 07-14-2008)
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C'mon TC, get off of your self-righteous high horse. You either win or you don't. To me that's 50/50. If you don't like it then don't play. If you live in WV then you HAVE benefitted from The Lottery. The Lottery operates fairly and pays what it advertises. How's that a Scam? Oh wait, I know, you didn't win anything so it's a scam. How silly.

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