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Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘I just had a feeling': Davidson County man wins $100K from $50 scratch-off
LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — David Michael says he just had a good feeling when he purchased a $50 scratch-off that won him $100,000. 'I figured it would happen sooner or later,' said. 'I just had a feeling.' He purchased an $8 Million Money Maker from the Fast Fuels on Randolph Street in Thomasville. 'I actually wasn't going to go to the store that night because I was feeling a little sick, but I forced myself to go,' he laughed. Michael was in for a shock when he went home and started scratching his ticket. 'I saw a couple zeroes then another and another,' he recalled. 'I got lucky.' Michael arrived at lottery headquarters on Wednesday to collect his prize and took home $71,764 after required state and federal tax withholdings. He plans to use his winnings to build a pier on the lake where he lives. The $8 Million Money Maker game debuted in December with five $8 million top prizes and 10 $100,000 prizes. Four $8 million prizes and seven $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sydney Morning Herald
08-06-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Moving on before cleaning up: Gas wells spark fears for the Kimberley
The regulator has now listed both the well-containing leases as pending cancellation, and said it prefers sites to be decommissioned and rehabilitated before cancellation takes place, because this facilitates access arrangements. Rey Resources, which sold the subsidiary and wells but remains their operator, has no apparent use for them and ascribes little value to them; before the sale it wrote down their value from nearly $5 million to $400,000 and its latest shareholder update gives no mention of them in its text or tenements map. But rather than plan decommissioning or rehabilitation, after the government knocked back its last environmental plans for the sites, Rey Resources lodged two fresh plans for only annual inspections and maintenance. Environmental group Lock the Gate says they also contain multiple inaccuracies; they do not reference or address the 44 breaches the regulator identified in 2021 that gave rise to the recent government directions notice, instead referencing a nearly decade-old inspection. They also refer to tanks and fences that Lock the Gate says no longer exist on the sites, and security measures Lock the Gate says were also not executed. Lock the Gate also says they contain passages that are obvious remnants of older documents. DEMIRS has estimated the cost to close an abandoned gas well at $1.5 million but that was in 2021 and an easier location, leading Lock the Gate to estimate that the clean-up for these three wells could exceed $5 million given their greater number. Operator Rey Resources hopes to strike it rich from its other leases, including the huge Derby Block tenement covering King Sound and the land adjacent to the wells. Shortly before announcing the China Guoxin deal, Rey applied to clear more than 3000 kilometres of grid lines across Derby Block for seismic testing, prompting fears from Lock the Gate that it lacked either the serious intention or capabilities to safely carry out such work in this high-value location, which is also subject to floods, extreme tides and cyclones. The applications then disappeared and in March, Rey lodged a new plan for Derby Block, which the regulator says it is 'screening'. The WA government has also listed the Derby Block tenement as under 12-month suspension with an extension application lodged in September 2024 for a second year. Rey Resources recently advised investors it was 'actively contacting with Native Title holders and landowners for the land access for the proposed 3D Seismic survey' and 'working with consultant [sic] for the update of [Derby Block's] seismic environmental plan.' It remains unclear whether the department intends to issue further directions notices to China Guoxin/Gulliver Productions regarding the two other wells. Rey Resources did not respond to a request for comment. Attempts to contact China Guoxin Investment Holdings were unsuccessful. Environs Kimberley executive director Martin Pritchard said Minister for Mines and Petroleum David Michael needed to take charge before this evolved into a 'Northern Endeavour' situation, referring to the ageing disused oil vessel Woodside sold to an inexperienced company that failed and left the federal government with an enormous clean-up bill. 'We're calling on Minister Michael to explain how taxpayers will not become liable,' Pritchard said. 'Oil and gas companies appear to have free rein in the Kimberley to undertake exploration, but it looks like existing legislation is failing to ensure that industry cleans up the mess.' Lock the Gate says the government should permanently remove these tenements, which could represent the beginning of an extensive fracking industry in the region. Minister Michael said the safe, timely and responsible decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure was a government priority. He said the complexity of ownership and operational history at particular sites often required thorough due diligence to resolve liability, which DEMIRS prioritised to ensure compliance. In March 2024, he said, DEMIRS released a new guideline outlining the requirements for decommissioning of petroleum and geothermal energy assets, including wells, in WA's onshore areas and state coastal waters.
The Age
08-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Moving on before cleaning up: Gas wells spark fears for the Kimberley
The regulator has now listed both the well-containing leases as pending cancellation, and said it prefers sites to be decommissioned and rehabilitated before cancellation takes place, because this facilitates access arrangements. Rey Resources, which sold the subsidiary and wells but remains their operator, has no apparent use for them and ascribes little value to them; before the sale it wrote down their value from nearly $5 million to $400,000 and its latest shareholder update gives no mention of them in its text or tenements map. But rather than plan decommissioning or rehabilitation, after the government knocked back its last environmental plans for the sites, Rey Resources lodged two fresh plans for only annual inspections and maintenance. Environmental group Lock the Gate says they also contain multiple inaccuracies; they do not reference or address the 44 breaches the regulator identified in 2021 that gave rise to the recent government directions notice, instead referencing a nearly decade-old inspection. They also refer to tanks and fences that Lock the Gate says no longer exist on the sites, and security measures Lock the Gate says were also not executed. Lock the Gate also says they contain passages that are obvious remnants of older documents. DEMIRS has estimated the cost to close an abandoned gas well at $1.5 million but that was in 2021 and an easier location, leading Lock the Gate to estimate that the clean-up for these three wells could exceed $5 million given their greater number. Operator Rey Resources hopes to strike it rich from its other leases, including the huge Derby Block tenement covering King Sound and the land adjacent to the wells. Shortly before announcing the China Guoxin deal, Rey applied to clear more than 3000 kilometres of grid lines across Derby Block for seismic testing, prompting fears from Lock the Gate that it lacked either the serious intention or capabilities to safely carry out such work in this high-value location, which is also subject to floods, extreme tides and cyclones. The applications then disappeared and in March, Rey lodged a new plan for Derby Block, which the regulator says it is 'screening'. The WA government has also listed the Derby Block tenement as under 12-month suspension with an extension application lodged in September 2024 for a second year. Rey Resources recently advised investors it was 'actively contacting with Native Title holders and landowners for the land access for the proposed 3D Seismic survey' and 'working with consultant [sic] for the update of [Derby Block's] seismic environmental plan.' It remains unclear whether the department intends to issue further directions notices to China Guoxin/Gulliver Productions regarding the two other wells. Rey Resources did not respond to a request for comment. Attempts to contact China Guoxin Investment Holdings were unsuccessful. Environs Kimberley executive director Martin Pritchard said Minister for Mines and Petroleum David Michael needed to take charge before this evolved into a 'Northern Endeavour' situation, referring to the ageing disused oil vessel Woodside sold to an inexperienced company that failed and left the federal government with an enormous clean-up bill. 'We're calling on Minister Michael to explain how taxpayers will not become liable,' Pritchard said. 'Oil and gas companies appear to have free rein in the Kimberley to undertake exploration, but it looks like existing legislation is failing to ensure that industry cleans up the mess.' Lock the Gate says the government should permanently remove these tenements, which could represent the beginning of an extensive fracking industry in the region. Minister Michael said the safe, timely and responsible decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure was a government priority. He said the complexity of ownership and operational history at particular sites often required thorough due diligence to resolve liability, which DEMIRS prioritised to ensure compliance. In March 2024, he said, DEMIRS released a new guideline outlining the requirements for decommissioning of petroleum and geothermal energy assets, including wells, in WA's onshore areas and state coastal waters.
BBC News
29-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'A season of missed opportunities'
We asked for your views on our fan contributor David Michael's end of season scorecard (27 May, 15:58 BST).Here are some of your comments:Tony: Absolutely agree with this assessment. We've played some brilliant football - home to Newcastle, for example - some of the best play I've seen in over 57 years at Villa Park. Yet we then don't turn up in crunch games, and I don't get it. Next season will be trepidation about possibly falling back from what we achieved over the past three seasons. Nervous!Robert: I give this season a 7/10. While we can take Villa seriously as regular European contenders now, there's more work to do before we're regulars in the Champions League. Our season will be defined by the number of times we've had to get a result from a losing position, but it could've been different if we'd avoided individual defensive mistakes that led to goals conceded or, in the case of the last day, getting our goalkeeper sent off. Champions League regulars are strict on players who make mistakes at that level, and if Villa aspire to become one of them in years to come, that's the mentality we need to My old chap watched Villa with my grandad through the 50s and 60s. He always said, even then, that Villa didn't score enough goals. It's the same this season, our goals-for column is too low. That said, we shipped a lot too. Liam Delap would be a good start at correcting that Season rating - 7/10. Could have easily been 9/10 but two pivotal games, against Crystal Palace and Manchester United, when the team froze and cost us dearly has lost a lot of goodwill. Our unsung hero has to be Boubacar Kamara. Midfield dynamo who can play across midfield, got us out of a lot of trouble by playing in the back four when we were desperate and is now scoring goals. Kamara is very much the glue that has held Villa together this The season has been one of missed opportunities. Seeing Newcastle and Palace win trophies, something we haven't managed since 1996, makes me very envious. Missing out on the Champions League in the way we did also sticks in the craw. Overall 7/10.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Your Aston Villa player of the season
We asked you to select your Aston Villa player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is... Youri Tielemans!Here's what David Michael from My Old Man Said, external said about him: After taking almost half a season to start a league game last season, the Belgium midfielder has been Villa's only ever-present starter this time around.A revelation under Unai Emery, he is now very much the heartbeat of the team. His deeper role limits headline stats, but his influence has been essential for the final poll breakdown
