Monday, December 22, 2014

FERGUSON MO. COURTS: DEBTORS' PRISONS?



www.CharlesJeromeWare.com.  "Here to make a difference."  [Excerpt from the Associated Press, Thursday, December 18, 2014; Alan Scher Zagier]
Victim Michael Brown's untimely homicide by a local police officer is just one of the many grievances of the African American community against Ferguson, (St. Louis County) Missouri officials and government.  In addition to the police, the town's municipal traffic has also been a prominent burden on local Blacks.
On a daily basis it has been in Ferguson's municipal traffic courts that low-income African American drivers have frequently seen their lives turned upside down by minor traffic offenses that have led to much larger problems.  If the traffic tickets are left unpaid a $75 citation, for example, for driving with expired tags could in a relatively short period of time end up with an arrest warrant and even jail time.
St. Louis, County's 80 municipal courts (including Ferguson) are now being targeted by public-interest lawyers who argue that the traffic courts are virtual debtors' prisons; wrongfully extracting fines and fees from poor Black drivers and using the wrongfully-gained money to fund local governments, several in which serve just a few hundred White residents.
"They make people poor, and they keep people poor," said attorney Thomas Harvey of the nonprofit legal clinic ArchCity Defenders, which is suing Ferguson and six other St. Louis County small towns, alleging they collect illegal municipal court fees.
[And see, Chapter 19 - "Avoiding Debtor's Prison In The United States," Legal Consumer Tips And Secrets: Avoiding Debtors' Prison in the United States, by Attorney Charles Jerome Ware]
www.CharlesJeromeWare.com. "Here to make a difference." We can help you. Guaranteed.
Among his numerous other legal awards and honors such as "America's Best Attorneys and Counselors", U.S. Super Lawyer, "Top Lawyers in America", Top Attorneys and Counselors in the U.S., "Top Lawyers in Maryland", and winner of the national "Charles Hamilton Houston Award for Outstanding Litigation", premier criminal defense attorney Charles Ware is recognized and ranked by hi many satisfied clients as well as his legal peers as "One of the 10 BEST DUI and DWI Attorneys in the State of Maryland," as confirmed from research, surveys and other investigation by The American Institute of DUI and DWI Attorneys [AIDUIA] --- a respected national organization of trial lawyers.
Attorney Ware is also the founder and senior partner of the Maryland-based national business, criminal defense and civil trial law firm Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys & Counselors, LLC. For an initial courtesy consultation, call Mr. Ware at (410) 730-5016 or (410) 720-6129.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

ALERT! YOU CAN BE A VICTIM OF A FOREIGN LOTTERY AND STILL GO TO JAIL

            Remember: It is your legal responsibility to verify the legality of checks and money orders when you cash or deposit a draft or receive funds wired into any of your bank accounts. By law, you are legally responsible and fully liable for any checks or money orders you cash anywhere in the world. Be aware that monies wired into any of your bank accounts by a stranger may be stolen funds. Therefore, you and your accounts could be used for money laundering.
            Nigerian, Asian and Eastern European organized crime networks, particularly, are known to specialize in sending counterfeit checks and money orders to unsuspecting scam victims for the purpose of money laundering. These same crime networks acquire the account information of their scam victims and wire money stolen from another account holder into the scam victim’s account. In both cases, the scam victim is told to send a large portion of the money by Western Union or MoneyGram to fictitious names, usually in foreign countries. The scam victim has now engaged in money laundering and will owe the entire amount of money he or she has sent off. Further, and worse, the scam-victim is at high risk and exposure of being criminally charged, indicted, for theft, forgery, and money laundering.
It is Illegal for U.S. Citizens to enter Foreign Lotteries.
            [see, Racketeering (Federal Statute), U.S. Code, Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 95; www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/uscsup01181012095.html]

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The Secret Science of Winning Lotteries, Sweepstakes and Contests: Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics [Paperback]Charles Ware (Author)

Book Description 

July 26, 2012
There is a science of winning lotteries, sweepstakes and contests! When it comes to lotteries, sweepstakes and contests, there are ways to improve your odds or probability of winning. They are discussed in this book, with a lot of detail and some humor. Blind reliance on luck or chance is not necessary to win lotteries, sweepstakes and contests. The "4Ps" of persistence, preparation, poise and a positive mental attitude are necessary to win on a consistent or regular basis. Therefore, just about anyone is capable of winning. Charles Jerome Ware is a noted author and attorney, microeconomist, lotterician, sweepstaker and contester. He is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. Dr. Ware is a highly successful and life-long sweepstaker and contester. He is also a successful lotterician who, for several years, has investigated, monitored and researched lotteries throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Dr. Ware is the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in law and other areas. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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CHAPTER 10: WINNING THE LOTTERY BY AVOIDING LOTTERY SCAMS

________________________________________________________________________
            Successful lottery winners know how to avoid lottery scams, jokes and pranks. So, be careful.
  1. Ten (10) Tips for Identifying Lottery Scam Emails and Letters:
            (1) If you, or someone else for you, did not buy a lottery ticket, you cannot win the lottery. You must play the game in order to win the game. No ticket, NO WIN.
            (2) The lottery is unknown, or unidentifiable. Unless, of course, you find it on a lottery scam website. In any event, avoid it. It is most likely a scam.
            (3) The lottery’s name is a company name, like Gateway or Verizon. Lotteries are not sponsored by merchants, companies, or individuals, except through a sweepstakes.
            (4) Again, remember ((3), above), lotteries are not sponsored by individuals, no matter how wealthy they are. Bill Gates or the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, or some official in Nigeria, do not, and cannot, sponsor lotteries.
            (5) You do not live in the lottery country, and you are not a citizen of the lottery country. Most lotteries are restricted to residents of the state, province, or country in which the game is played.
            (6) Since no one is permitted to use your email address without your specific and expressed permission, it is not possible for your email address to win in any random email drawing.
            (7) It’s a scam letter if you did not register your name, street address, email address, telephone number, and a credit card BEFORE you were allowed to buy a ticket on an online pay-to-play lottery web site.
            (8) You cannot win the lottery simply by participating in surveys. Legitimate surveys do not purchase lottery tickets for you. Invariably, surveys that promise lottery tickets are probably ID Theft scams. Be aware of this.
            (9) Legitimate lotteries (and sweepstakes as well) generally advertise their games on a daily basis. If your alleged lottery is not doing that, and you are not aware of them, or it, be extremely cautious.
            (10) Remember: If you are required to pay money after you have allegedly won the lottery, it is probably a scam. [Legal Consumer Tips and Secrets, Chapter 11, Charles Jerome Ware, iUniverse Pub. (2011); Understanding the Law: A Primer, Charles Jerome Ware, iUniverse Pub. (2008)]
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The Secret Science of Winning Lotteries, Sweepstakes and Contests: Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics [Paperback]Charles Ware (Author)

Book Description 

July 26, 2012
There is a science of winning lotteries, sweepstakes and contests! When it comes to lotteries, sweepstakes and contests, there are ways to improve your odds or probability of winning. They are discussed in this book, with a lot of detail and some humor. Blind reliance on luck or chance is not necessary to win lotteries, sweepstakes and contests. The "4Ps" of persistence, preparation, poise and a positive mental attitude are necessary to win on a consistent or regular basis. Therefore, just about anyone is capable of winning. Charles Jerome Ware is a noted author and attorney, microeconomist, lotterician, sweepstaker and contester. He is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. Dr. Ware is a highly successful and life-long sweepstaker and contester. He is also a successful lotterician who, for several years, has investigated, monitored and researched lotteries throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Dr. Ware is the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in law and other areas. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1432793888
  • ISBN-13: 978-1432793883
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GAMBLING, ODDS AND PROBABILITIES

A. The “Professional Gambler”
            It is because the odds and probabilities of someone winning on a regular or consistent basis are so remote that the concept of a person being a “professional” gambler (making a living at gambling) is not practical nor realistic.
            I have observed that, at best, the most fortunate (or lucky) gambler will lose at least 52% of the time. In casinos and gambling “houses” all over, the person or player who wins more than he or she loses is considered a “cheat” or a “card counter” (in poker or blackjack card games), and is therefore banned from participating.
            Remember this: When you gamble, you are paying your money for “entertainment”.
B. Odds and Probabilities 
            Far too many “gamblers” do not understand what probabilities and odds really mean. Consider the following scenario:
Assume that a gambler’s odds of winning a particular prize in a drawing or raffle are 1 in 10. This means that if only 10 raffle tickets are sold and put “in the hat” so to speak, the hopeful gambler would have one ticket in the drawing.
However, if the drawing or raffle sold 100 tickets and drew for 10 prizes, the gambler is still not guaranteed to win, even though the odds suggest he or she will win.
Odds can be misleading to gamblers, therefore it is helpful for the player to understand the mathematics behind probabilities.
Probabilities do not guarantee winnings. Probabilities simply propose a likelihood of winning. [mathcentral.uregina.ca/beyond/articles/gambling/odds.html]
C. The Concept of “Independent Events” 
            The Concept of “Independent Events” helps explain the odds of winning in gambling. It is frequently misunderstood by gamblers. Independent events is a probability term meaning that past events actually have no influence on future outcomes.
            In other words, in “gambling” history does not matter.
            Take, for example, the flipping of a coin four consecutive times. Under the concept of independent events, the probability of getting four heads in this scenario is as follows:     
                   (1/2)(1/2)(1/2)(1/2)=1/16
            The reason for this is because the probability of flipping a head if you flip a coin is (an independent event). Therefore, no matter how many times you flip a coin, the probability of getting a head remains the same: 1/2.
            The problem that many gamblers have, however, is that they believe or hope that the first three flips (for example) will somehow influence the fourth flip. It does not. That is a misunderstanding. The probability remains the same for each and every flip of the coin: 1/2.
            In “gambling” history does not matter.
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The Secret Science of Winning Lotteries, Sweepstakes and Contests: Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics [Paperback]Charles Ware (Author)

Book Description 

July 26, 2012
There is a science of winning lotteries, sweepstakes and contests! When it comes to lotteries, sweepstakes and contests, there are ways to improve your odds or probability of winning. They are discussed in this book, with a lot of detail and some humor. Blind reliance on luck or chance is not necessary to win lotteries, sweepstakes and contests. The "4Ps" of persistence, preparation, poise and a positive mental attitude are necessary to win on a consistent or regular basis. Therefore, just about anyone is capable of winning. Charles Jerome Ware is a noted author and attorney, microeconomist, lotterician, sweepstaker and contester. He is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. Dr. Ware is a highly successful and life-long sweepstaker and contester. He is also a successful lotterician who, for several years, has investigated, monitored and researched lotteries throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Dr. Ware is the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in law and other areas. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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  • ISBN-13: 978-1432793883
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Chapter 1: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOTTERIES, SWEEPSTAKES AND CONTESTS

Lotteries
A.  Lotteries are prize drawing in which, generally, people must pay money to buy a chance to win.  The "win" or prize is frequently cash.  Lotteries are usually well-regulated by the government, and now-a-days are generally only legal when they are run by the government [http://contests.about.com/od]
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.  Another word for lots is tickets.  The usual goal of lotteries is to raise money ***
Sweepstakes
B.  Sweepstakes are prize giveaways in which the winners are essentially chosen by luck, with some notable exceptions as outlined in this book.
                            I know a lot about sweepstakes.
With persistence and research your "luck" can be enhanced, and even made, with sweepstakes.  Sweepstakes prizes can cover the gamut from t-shirts and stickers; to credit cards and cash, from vacations to cars, to houses ***
Contests
C. Contests generally involve some skill.  Winners are selected in contests based upon some merit, unlike sweepstakes which are based on chance, and lotteries which are considered a form of gambling.
In contests, for example, the person judged to have the best essay, the best photograph, the chosen recipe, the most moving poem, and so forth, wins.  Contests are usually allowed to charge an entry fee.
Many people mistakenly use the terms "sweepstakes" and "contests" interchangeably.  Technically, as we have stated, the two are different.  Contests are giveaways that have some level of skill involved in them; sweepstakes are games of chance or "luck".
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The Secret Science of Winning Lotteries, Sweepstakes and Contests: Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics [Paperback]Charles Ware (Author)

Book Description 

July 26, 2012
There is a science of winning lotteries, sweepstakes and contests! When it comes to lotteries, sweepstakes and contests, there are ways to improve your odds or probability of winning. They are discussed in this book, with a lot of detail and some humor. Blind reliance on luck or chance is not necessary to win lotteries, sweepstakes and contests. The "4Ps" of persistence, preparation, poise and a positive mental attitude are necessary to win on a consistent or regular basis. Therefore, just about anyone is capable of winning. Charles Jerome Ware is a noted author and attorney, microeconomist, lotterician, sweepstaker and contester. He is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. Dr. Ware is a highly successful and life-long sweepstaker and contester. He is also a successful lotterician who, for several years, has investigated, monitored and researched lotteries throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Dr. Ware is the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in law and other areas. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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  • Publisher: Outskirts Press (July 26, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1432793888
  • ISBN-13: 978-1432793883
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LOTTERY PROBABILITY: LOGIC AND REASON

Probability
When playing the lottery, entering sweepstakes, as well as competing in contests, the thrust of your strategy should be to increase your probability of winning.
Probability starts with logic, and logic refers to reason.
Probability is defined as the rapport of the favorable cases over total cases, or calculated as:
P = n/N
Be reasonable and logical when playing lotteries, sweepstakes, and contests, and you will increase your probabilities of winning!
[Also see, "Example for Creating 'Pick-3' (and even 'Pick-4') Number Lotto Algorithms Using Logic", Chapter VI, infra, as well as "Winning Pick-3 and Pick-4 Lottery Games", Chapter V, infra]
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The Secret Science of Winning Lotteries, Sweepstakes and Contests: Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics [Paperback]Charles Ware (Author)

Book Description 

July 26, 2012
There is a science of winning lotteries, sweepstakes and contests! When it comes to lotteries, sweepstakes and contests, there are ways to improve your odds or probability of winning. They are discussed in this book, with a lot of detail and some humor. Blind reliance on luck or chance is not necessary to win lotteries, sweepstakes and contests. The "4Ps" of persistence, preparation, poise and a positive mental attitude are necessary to win on a consistent or regular basis. Therefore, just about anyone is capable of winning. Charles Jerome Ware is a noted author and attorney, microeconomist, lotterician, sweepstaker and contester. He is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. Dr. Ware is a highly successful and life-long sweepstaker and contester. He is also a successful lotterician who, for several years, has investigated, monitored and researched lotteries throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Dr. Ware is the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in law and other areas. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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  • Paperback: 166 pages
  • Publisher: Outskirts Press (July 26, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1432793888
  • ISBN-13: 978-1432793883
Available: Amazon; all major bookstores, etc.
http://amzn.com/1432793888