Unknowingly carrying around a million-dollar prize in a spot that often goes overlooked
By Kate Northrop
A Michigan man was unknowingly walking around with a million dollars in his pocket for nearly two months before he discovered that he had a $1 million winning Powerball ticket in his wallet.
One Michigan lottery player had been living in ignorant bliss of a $1 million winning Powerball ticket sitting in a spot that he had daily access to for nearly two months.
Michael Vander Lugt of Wyoming, Michigan, had carried around several Powerball tickets, including one special ticket from the Aug. 8 drawing, before an innocent stop for a soda had finally brought it into the spotlight.
The Florida man who ran a gambling addiction helpline for the past year and a half has been sentenced to nearly ten years in prison for embezzling $1.4 million to fund his own gambling activities.
After an Ohio couple came up with a code phrase they’d use in case they’d ever won the lottery, and when one of them won a $1 million prize, it went by the wayside.
A California lottery player who nearly forgot about his $20 Powerball ticket won the amount he predicted at the counter prior to purchasing his ticket.
An Ohio couple who played the lottery together for years bought a $50 ticket on a whim and watched it pay off to the tune of $15 million, the greatest win they've ever shared.
Former Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief appeared in a Travis County courtroom on Friday, as state officials continue to hash out the results of a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot purchasing event.
A group of Pennsylvania small business owners are urging their fellow lottery retailers to boycott Pennsylvania Lottery sales after the state's recent removal of skill games left them scrambling to make up lost revenue.
A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in a years-long lottery telemarketing scam that preyed on at least 115 people.
