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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Powerball winner to quit job as sacrifice...ummm..ok...

(Columbia) -- The person who won the $15 million dollar Powerball lottery earlier this month after buying a ticket in Florence has come forward.

79-year-old Navy Veteran Dick Sandlin of Wilmington, North Carolina claimed his check, Tuesday.

The ticket was sold at Amoco Food Shop #3 in Florence.

Sandlin and his wife, Colleen, have decided to take the lump sum, which averages out to $7.1 million dollars before taxes.

"I don't feel any different right now than I did before. I'm still dreaming. I guess I'll wake up after a while and jump up and down and hollar and all that stuff," says Dick.

At this point, Sandlin says all he plans on doing with the money is buying "an RC Cola and a Moon Pie."

As for his job with the North Carolina State Parks, "I feel kind of guilty holding a job that someone else might really need, so I think I might just blow out and let someone else have the job," said Sandlin.

This is the fourth time a winning Powerball ticket has been sold in South Carolina, and all four winners have been from North Carolina.

Goosey's Gabbings...

RC Cola and a Moon Pie, eh? I smell a country song on the horizon..

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Workers find 17000 under slot machines

Goosey's Gabbings...

Ok, so we've all had those times when we've reached into our pockets of a jacket and pull out some change, and sometimes even some cold cash. We usually get that giddy feeling and even consider our luck and putting down some money on our local lottery. Bottom line: it's unexpected at best and it makes ya "feel good".

Now, consider that the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is closed and being cleaned up before demolition. And when this cleaning occurred, they found a little more than cold cash. In fact, they found 17,193.34 under the over 2000 slot machines throughout the casino.

Of course, Uncle Sam has to get his piece of this "find". The Sands have to pay 8% tax on the findings, just like anyone who took home gambling winnings.

Here's to hoping some day I find maybe 1% of that in my jeans. Ahhh well....one can dream, can't they?

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Friday, March 9, 2007

High Roller Sues Casino for letting him gamble

A GOLD Coast property developer who excluded himself from Crown Casino is suing the gaming venue for the $30 million he lost in little over a year, amid claims they lured him back with cash and other inducements.

According to Harry Kakavas, the conduct of Crown was "high-handed", "in flagrant disregard of the law of the state of Victoria" and designed to cause him to lose "substantial amounts of money".

Among the other allegations made by Mr Kakavas, Crown provided its own private jet on about 30 occasions to fly him to various locations, including to a holiday resort in the Philippines.

Mr Kakavas claimed he was sometimes given between $30,000 and $50,000 on boarding the private jet or upon entering his room at the casino's hotel. The cash would be in a box or bags.

Born in Melbourne, Mr Kakavas moved to Queensland and in September 2004 sold his house for a state-record of $18 million. He was one of three men charged over an alleged armed robbery in Melbourne in 1999. One of the other men charged was soccer star Con Boutsianis. The charges against all three were dismissed.

After being granted an exclusion order in 1995, prohibiting him from entering the casino, it is alleged that Crown's chief operating officer, John Williams, "devised a scheme" to induce Mr Kakavas to recommence gambling in late 2004.

According to Mr Kakavas' statement of claim, lodged in the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr Williams instructed Crown employees "to do what was necessary" to get Mr Kakavas back.

Ishan Ratnam, vice-president of Crown's VIP gaming services, allegedly telephoned Mr Kakavas on behalf of Mr Williams to give Crown "a chance" after hearing that he had been gambling in Las Vegas.

"You don't need to fly 16 hours to Vegas, when you have a two-hour flight to Crown," Mr Ratnam allegedly said. "Johnny Williams said that we will let you bet more than what Vegas allows you, up to $300,000 per hand, and we will give you a 20 per cent rebate on losses." It was alleged that Crown's interstate marketing manager, Richard Doggert, telephoned Mr Kakavas a month later and said: "What do we have to do to get you to come back to Crown? Johnny Williams really wants you back here."

Mr Doggert allegedly told Mr Kakavas that he needed a letter from a doctor giving him "the all clear to gamble". "We need the doctor to say that you are over your gambling problems."

After telling Mr Kakavas that he needed "a letter from any psychologist", it was alleged Mr Doggert then personally delivered a letter, prepared by Crown, which purported to be a request by Mr Kakavas to have his exclusion order revoked.

Goosey's Imaginings...

Dealer: 5
Kakavas: I'll stay...
Dealer: SIR, you have FIVE, I suggest you HIT..
Kakavas: I too like to live dangerously...

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