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| How three foreigners worked out how to win $95million Texas lottery jackpot | |
| 2024-10-04 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Three Europeans have been linked to the $95 million Texas Lottery jackpot last year, an investigation found. The winning ticket sold in April 2023 was claimed under a New Jersey business named Rook TX LP, in Scotch Plains, reported NBC DFW. The claimant accepted a one-time payout of $57.8 million after taking out the third-highest jackpot in state history. They had purchased the ticket in Colleyville at Hooked on MT, a lottery courier service. Now an investigation by The Houston Chronicle has found that Ade Repcenko - a gaming entrepreneur operating out of Malta - was the 'point man' behind achieving the massive win. According to evidence, the enterprise was funded through a large London betting company called Colossus Bets which organizes buying syndicates to make legal wagers.
Gurian said he met Repcenko at a gathering of Lottery.com executives and others at a Boca Raton mansion where he admitted to winning the Texas jackpot. 'He told me he worked with a syndicate, and they pool money so that when lotteries get big enough they buy up all the tickets and get a big return,' Gurian said. 'He said, 'We just did it in Texas.' A report from The Chronicle found that the Texas Lottery Commission assisted in the single-buyer operation to win the $95 million jackpot. Retailers from Lottery.com - where people can buy Texas lotto tickets - submitted urgent order requests to the lottery commission shortly before the drawing. Each Texas Lotto draw typically generates 1 million to 2 million ticket sales, but records show over 28 million tickets were purchased for the $95 million jackpot. An examination of second prize winning tickets by the local newspaper found that Rook TX likely spent $25 million on tickets for that contest because Rook TX cashed in 289 winning tickets in the five-of-six game. | |
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