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2. Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake - Wikipedia

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   1930. The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake was a lottery established in the Irish Free State in 1930 as the Irish Free State Hospitals' Sweepstake to finance hospitals. It is generally referred to as the Irish Sweepstake or Irish Sweepstakes, frequently abbreviated to Irish Sweep or Irish Sweeps. The Public Charitable Hospitals (Temporary Provisions ...

3. Numbers game - Wikipedia

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   Numbers game. The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the Italian lottery, Mafia lottery or the daily number, is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working-class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the ...

4. My Lottery Dream Home - Wikipedia

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   Release. March 7, 2015. ( 2015-03-07) –. present. ( present) My Lottery Dream Home is an American reality television series on HGTV featuring home buyers who have won lotteries or suddenly inherited a large sum of money. It is hosted by David Bromstad. [ 1] It premiered on March 7, 2015. [ 2]

5. Scam alert: Sweepstakes or lottery schemes targeting ... - AOL

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   Jul. 8—In the past year, there have been 250 scams reported to the Better Business Bureau and local law enforcement. But both say there are many more residents who have been scammed out of money ...

6. I've Won Big in Sweepstakes, and You Can, Too - AOL

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   A legitimate sweepstakes will never require a purchase to enter and an alternative means of entry will be listed in the official rules if the sweeps asks for a proof of purchase or universal ...

7. FBI Issues New Warning on Lottery and Sweepstakes Scams - AOL

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   Consumers need to be wary of bogus letters and emails claiming they've won a sweepstakes or lottery, since they have nothing to win and much to lose, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns.

8. Sweepstake - Wikipedia

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   Sweepstake. In the United States, a sweepstake is a type of contest where a prize or prizes may be awarded to a winner or winners. [ 1] Sweepstakes began as a form of lottery that were tied to products sold. [ 2] In response, the FCC and FTC refined U.S. broadcasting laws (creating the anti-lottery laws). [ 3]

9. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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   The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...