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Gossip Surrounds Missing Arkansas Powerball Winner
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (496+ words) Gossip is running rampant across Arkansas regarding who is the lucky winner of the Christmas Eve Powerball jackpot worth $1.817 billion. It's been nearly a month since a ticket sold at the Murphy USA gas station in Cabot next to the…...
Is the Winning $1.817 Billion Powerball Ticket Sold in Arkansas Lost?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (521+ words) The winning Powerball ticket sold in Arkansas that won the Christmas Eve drawing worth $1.817 billion remains at large, as the winner has yet to come forward to redeem the life-changing prize. The Dec. 24 winning ticket was sold at the Murphy…...
Arkansas Lottery Finally Addresses $1.817 Billion Powerball Winner
2+ week, 3+ day ago (410+ words) The Arkansas Lottery has finally acknowledged the state's biggest lottery win in history. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery was presumably on vacation over the Christmas holiday. After six days, lottery officials have finally issued a release on the Christmas Eve win....
Golden Pony Casino Power Struggle Heads to Okla. Supreme Court
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (408+ words) A power struggle that shut down the Golden Pony Casino is headed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, where rival factions of Thlopthlocco Tribal Town will argue state courts have no authority to intervene in an internal tribal leadership dispute. The…...
Osage Nation Might Not Be the Only Game in Ozarks
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (478+ words) This evening, the Lake Ozark Board of Aldermen is expected to approve an agreement with the Osage Nation of Oklahoma that will allow the tribal community to construct an Indian casino smack in the middle of the recreational paradise. Should…...
Osage Nation Working With Ozark Officials on Casino Plan
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (555+ words) The Osage Nation continues to seek federal approval to open a $100 million Indian casino on land it owns at the northeastern corner of the intersection of Bagnell Dam Boulevard and Osage Beach Parkway. The Osage Nation contends it has historical…...
Bank Manager Who Skimmed ATMs to Gamble Avoids Prison
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (384+ words) A former branch manager of the UK's NatWest bank escaped prison time last week after admitting to skimming "344,410 (US$465K) from his own ATMs over an extraordinary eight-year stretch. John Toms received a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, after…...
Court Upholds Arkansas Vote Blocking Casino in Russellville
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (329+ words) A federal judge says a statewide amendment to the Arkansas Constitution approved last November was legally binding and did not violate a commercial gaming company's rights under the United States Constitution. CNE, a subsidiary of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma's…...
Wichita Falls Bookkeeper Confesses to Stealing $200K to Gamble
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (507+ words) A former accountant in Wichita Falls who fled Texas for California has been arrested on allegations that she embezzled over $200,000 from her previous employer, with much of the ill-gotten money going to tribal casinos in Oklahoma. The Wichita Falls Police…...
Ex-Jaguars Employee Calls $22M Gambling Theft “Illegal Borrowing”
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (389+ words) Amit Patel, the former finance manager for the Jacksonville Jaguars, says the $22 million he embezzled from the NFL team and lost gambling was a form of "illegal borrowing." Speaking to CNN from FPC Montgomery, a low security prison camp in…...