They’re cashing in millions through the Oregon Lottery’s shadow economy

Since 2018, Max McNamar has claimed 1,589 winning tickets of greater than $600 on Video Lottery and another 127 on Keno, hauling in more than $4 million from the Oregon Lottery. That makes him the lottery’s winningest individual from those games through April. Together, Regina Cantere and her ex-husband Steven Bogart racked up even more wins and money during that span: 2,612 claims of greater than $600 for $6.8 million. Jimmy Pearson similarly collected $2.1 million over a three-year period preceding his March 2021 murder. Since then, his daughter Tawnya...