Lottery News

April 2024

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Florida couple arrested for attempting to cash lottery ticket taped together to look like $1M winner 6:52 am - A Florida couple was arrested after they attempted to cash in a scratch-off lottery ticket that they had "crudely" taped together to look like it had won a $1 million prize.

Monday, April 22, 2024

Ryan Mindell appointed Executive Director of Texas Lottery 8:03 am - The Texas Lottery Commission announced the appointment of Ryan Mindell as the new Executive Director of the Texas Lottery in a press release issued Thursday. 16 comments (last)

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Nebraska Lottery will join Lotto America in May 8:14 am - The Nebraska Lottery officially announced today that it will begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America. 5 comments (last)

Friday, April 19, 2024

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months ago 6:50 am - At the end of March, the California Lottery announced Yanira Alvarez as the sole winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on July 16, 2023, but it turns out the winner presented the winning ticket to lottery officials months earlier. 25 comments (last)

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Virginia Lottery retailers refuse to sell tickets to draw attention to skill games amendment 7:05 am - Hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers across the state participated in a boycott of ticket sales on Monday to protest an amendment to a bill that regulates skill games. 14 comments (last)

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

U.K. convicts used stolen card to win £4 million lottery prize; now card owner wants the winnings 8:12 am - The owner of the debit card two United Kingdom convicts used to purchase a winning lottery ticket worth £4 million (US$4.98 million) says he wants to see at least of the portion of the prize. 13 comments (last)

Monday, April 15, 2024

Mississippi Lottery to begin offering Lotto America 4:15 pm - The Mississippi Lottery officially announced today that it will expand its repertoire to begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America. 7 comments (last)

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Michigan woman wins $500,000 in lottery the same day a tarot card reading predicts influx of money 8:26 am - Call it fate or call it the wildest luck yet, but one Michigan woman had the most coincidental experience ever when she won $500,000 in the lottery the same day a tarot card reading predicted money was headed her way. 12 comments (last)

Friday, April 12, 2024

Arkansas Lottery Natural State Jackpot to move to daily drawings 3:15 pm - The Arkansas Lottery announced today that it will change the draw format of the Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) game to daily drawings, starting this month. 4 comments (last)

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Accidental lottery ticket purchase nets Maryland couple $2 million in Powerball 4:04 pm - A Maryland couple was surprised to find out that one of their favorite lottery retailers sold not one, but two $1 million winning Powerball tickets, and they were even more shocked to learn that they were in possession of both. 17 comments (last)

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Nebraska single father's salad run results in $1 million Mega Millions lottery win 2:44 pm - A single father played the lottery in the right place at the right time, since his decision to hang out at the store a little longer to buy Mega Millions tickets resulted in a $1 million prize. 40 comments (last)

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's $25.5 million mansion nearly crushed by landslide 10:22 am - $2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's Hollywood Hills mansion was just mere inches away from being bowled over by a landslide this week. 25 comments (last)

Monday, April 8, 2024

Email from Michigan Lottery about $227,383 prize found in woman's junk folder 1:02 pm - A Michigan woman found a lifechanging email sitting in her junk folder alerting her to a $227,383 lottery prize she had won in a second chance drawing. 4 comments (last)

Sunday, April 7, 2024

$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in Oregon 8:13 am - Around the United States, millions of people had to wait an extra three hours last night to find out if they won the unbelievably massive Powerball jackpot, due to one unnamed state's inability to deal with the huge amount of ticket sales data. 80 comments (last)

Friday, April 5, 2024

Washington Lottery takes down AI website after it generates topless photo of user 6:59 pm - The Washington's Lottery AI-powered website was discontinued following a user complaint that it had generated a topless photo using her face. 14 comments (last)

Thursday, April 4, 2024

$1.23 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rolling 6:46 am - Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 39th consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.23 billion. 74 comments (last)

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Kentucky woman quits job after winning $90,000 in the lottery 10:52 am - A Kentucky woman quit her job after scooping up a $90,000 top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. 41 comments (last)

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

$1.09 BILLION: Powerball jackpot is 4th-largest in game history 8:17 am - This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1.09 billion. 29 comments (last)

Sunday, March 31, 2024

$975 MILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases again 9:07 am - The near-billlion-dollar Powerball jackpot grew again last night, but perhaps not as much as it would have if this weren't Easter weekend. 33 comments (last)

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Canadian man claims record $64 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot right before it expires 11:50 am - A record-breaking $64 million (US$47.26 million) Lotto 6/49 jackpot was claimed by one Canadian man just mere weeks before the winning ticket expired. 11 comments (last)

Friday, March 29, 2024

Michigan woman who won $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life lottery prize thought she was hacked 7:26 am - A Michigan woman thought her account was hacked when she logged in to the Michigan Lottery's website and found a $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life prize waiting for her. 8 comments (last)

Thursday, March 28, 2024

$935 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestone 7:15 am - After a 36th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. 32 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot 7:18 am - After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. 50 comments (last)

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

$865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levels 7:57 am - This week Powerball joins Mega Millions in the race to the top of historical lottery jackpots, featuring a massive top prize that is approaching a billion dollars. 30 comments (last)

Monday, March 25, 2024

Virginia woman who previously won $100,000 in lottery wins $1 million in a different game 7:21 am - Lightning struck twice for one Virginia woman, who won $1 million on a lottery scratch-off within three years of winning a $100,000 prize in another game. 7 comments (last)

Saturday, March 23, 2024

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in history 8:31 am - For the eighth time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. 54 comments (last)

Friday, March 22, 2024

Woman from Cambodia using Maryland Lottery tickets to learn English wins $100,000 3:00 pm - A Maryland woman originally from Cambodia who uses lottery tickets to help her learn English won a $100,000 prize while doing so. 4 comments (last)

Thursday, March 21, 2024

$1.7 billion in combined jackpots, as USA multi-state lottery games peak together 7:52 am - Lottery players across the United States are buying multi-state lottery tickets at a furious pace, driving up the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots simultaneously to a massive $1.7 billion in total. 43 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Canadian man's $70 million Lotto Max win is "bittersweet" after wife's passing 7:27 am - It was a "bittersweet" moment when one Canadian lottery player found out he won a $70 million (US$51.6 million) Lotto Max jackpot, which he is using to honor his late wife. 6 comments (last)

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

California winner of $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot is lauded as kind family man by neighbors 9:46 am - Following the California Lottery's announcement of Theodorus Struyck as one of the lottery winners of the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot on Friday, neighbors have come out and said that the win "couldn't have happened to a better guy." 41 comments (last)

Monday, March 18, 2024

Players temporarily unable to buy and cash tickets during Pennsylvania Lottery system upgrade 3:59 pm - Pennsylvania lottery players will temporarily be unable to buy and cash tickets while the Pennsylvania Lottery transitions to a new computer system on Tuesday. 4 comments (last)

Friday, March 15, 2024

California Lottery announces group as winners of historic $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot 4:10 pm - Today, the California Lottery announced the winners of a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot in history. 31 comments (last)

Technical difficulty with New Jersey Lottery Pick 4 drawing results in two sets of winning numbers 12:18 pm - The New Jersey Lottery had to conduct a second Pick 4 evening drawing last night after a mechanical problem caused the first draw to fail, the Lottery announced today. 5 comments (last)

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Illinois stay-at-home mom wakes up to a crying baby and $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot 8:07 pm - An Illinois woman woke up to the sound of her crying baby in the middle of the night but found it rather difficult to fall back asleep once she also found out she won a $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot. 3 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Michigan woman finds out through Facebook that she won $1 million Powerball lottery prize 9:52 am - It's thanks to Facebook that a Michigan woman learned she won a $1 million Powerball lottery prize. 13 comments (last)

Monday, March 11, 2024

Accusations of "disturbing" new claims procedures after Allwyn sends investigator to winner's home 1:53 pm - A devoted UK lottery player says she will no longer be forking out cash for lottery tickets after Allwyn launched a "disturbing" investigation into her identity. 29 comments (last)

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Michigan friends playing the same lottery numbers both win big in Powerball 9:51 am - Friends who play together, win together — although in this case maybe not winning the same amount. 10 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Kentucky man out of debt for the first time in his life, thanks to $150,000 lottery win 7:57 am - A Kentucky man was reduced to tears after winning a six-figure lottery prize that paid off his mortgage and all his other debts. 12 comments (last)

Monday, March 4, 2024

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.11 billion in combined lottery jackpots 7:20 am - Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.11 billion in total. 66 comments (last)

Friday, March 1, 2024

Limited-edition "Jaws" scratch-off lottery tickets coming soon to Massachusetts 7:23 am - The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission is making waves by announcing a limited-edition scratch-off lottery game inspired by the iconic movie "Jaws." 17 comments (last)