Mike Tierney
Journalist at Freelance
Writes words for NYTimes, LATimes, SportsLine etc. Authored "Perfect To A Fault." Co-creator fantasy football. JV hoops coach. Racehorse owner. Mega-volunteer.
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Oct 17, 2024 |
casinoreports.com | Mike Tierney |Brett Smiley |Eric Raskin
Features The social/sweepstakes sports-focused site is proving popular, but potentially polarizing G.K., 20, resides in the Los Angeles area. On a recent Sunday, the college student clicked on an app where he maintains an account and claims to have risked $250 on two NFL games, the same amount on a pair from Major League Baseball, and smaller sums on props.
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Jun 17, 2024 |
lotterygeeks.com | Mike Tierney
Late last year, someone entered the SK gas station in the Westdale neighborhood of Los Angeles and bought a lottery ticket that could have become life-changing. By rule, the purchaser was allotted 180 days from the drawing on Dec. 12 to claim the winnings of $2.94 million. Once the deadline passed, the ticket would be rendered worthless and any attempt at a payout would be denied. Fast-forward to a few days shy of the drop-dead date of June 7.
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May 16, 2024 |
lotterygeeks.com | Mike Tierney
In the year 2000, Rebecca Strong was a 43-year-old former postal worker in metro Atlanta with a good heart, a few missing front teeth, and a passion for bowling. Six years earlier, she had become wealthy overnight, having cashed in one of Georgia’s first life-changing lottery tickets a year after the state instituted its lottery in 1993. It was valued at $15 million, the most ever to that point.
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May 13, 2024 |
lotterygeeks.com | Mike Tierney
Thanks to fellow Georgians’ eagerness to play a state-operated game of risk, Jordan Madden attends a reputable university free of charge. Without it, Madden figures he would be enrolled at a community college or a more affordable, lower-level school. Instead, he stands one year away from a degree in public policy at Georgia State in Atlanta. Picking up the tab for him and scores of other in-state students are purchasers of tickets sold by the Georgia Lottery.
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Jan 1, 2024 |
sportsline.com | Mike Tierney
Lamar Jackson locked it all up -- not only the league's Most Valuable Player honors, but the leading spot in our season-ending quarterback ratings. Baltimore's Jackson on Sunday distanced himself in style from his fellow MVP candidates as well as other starting QBs with a perfect passer-rating game. (For readers expecting an explanation of the convoluted formula for which the "perfect" number is 158.3, sorry. Above our pay grade.)Jackson was typically sublime against Miami.
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