The Virginia Lottery is going after the scammers who put illegal signs up all over town. Their ToS are high-larious—good luck collecting if you win. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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The ToS isn’t as bad as you make it sound. Of course, I 1) don’t play the lottery, and 2) would never trust someone else to do it for me anyway.
Combine that with their illegal signs and implication that they are associated with the VA Lottery, and at most I’d say “hella sketchy”.
Is there evidence it is actually an outright scam?
The whole schtick here is that they keep track of your numbers and tell you if you win. But in the fine print—the ToS—it’s pointed out that that’s only true if you win $600 or less. More than that and they’re not going to bother to tell you. And, then, they give you just sixty days to claim it. After that, you’re SOL. Oh, and you’ve got to get your ticket in order to claim your winnings. How do you get your ticket? Well, they’ll mail it to you, but only first class USPS (no insurance), and they can’t promise it’ll show up. And they might—but they won’t say under what circumstances—require that you “visit one of Lottomatic’s offices” to claim your ticket. But they’re not saying where those offices are; they could be in Bulgaria.
Sure sounds like a scam to me.