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The last year had been undoubtedly a tough one for many of us, especially for this couple hailing from Turner, Maine. But luck being unpredictable as it smiled brightly on them and ended their year wi read more

With people getting ready to cast away 2020 with a sigh of relief, the United States’s two biggest multi-state lottery games feature jackpots worth nearly $800 million combined that can instantly ch read more

This North Carolina Lottery Winner had been facing quite a difficult time during the pandemic. He lost his job as a preschool teacher after 20 years of service and to make this worse, he even lost his read more

A lot of Kentucky Lottery players thought that their game just got lucky when they saw matching symbols printed on their Tic Tac Cash Fast Play tickets. The joy was soon turned down to disappointment read more

We have heard a lot of lottery players buying identical lottery tickets to increase their chances of winning. One such player took this strategy to yet another level by winning a whopping amount of $8 read more

This Iowan Lottery player drove around with a winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 in his car for almost a year! This Holiday Season was filled with ups and downs for Casey Langan, 49, after disco read more

A new state record is set by the Massachusetts Lottery players for winning the top prize. The Mass Cash drawing for December 6, saw 50 players winning and claiming the top prize of $100,000, breaking read more

Starting 2021, the 16 and 17 years old will not be able to play UK’s prominent The National Lottery any longer. To curb irresponsible gambling habits rapidly growing in today’s digital age, the UK read more

A lottery scammer from New Jersey is booked for tricking three elderly women across the country by stealing over $675,000 by convincing them that they owed "prepaid taxes" as a condition for claiming read more

“The Lucky Ten”, a group of ten public workers from Ohio shared a $5.9 million Classic Lotto jackpot after plating the lottery together on a weekly basis for 16 years. On November 23rd, The Luc read more

A Florida Lottery player has cracked a lottery jackpot twice in three years! So, if you believe that lightning does strike twice, after reading this, you should ponder over this thought again. Munib read more

Massachusetts Lottery players who are tired of traveling to distant claim centers or mailing their winning tickets to claim their lottery prizes will soon have a new yet convenient claiming option the read more

Generally, lottery winners are observed performing some kind of social service or generous acts using their lottery winnings. But this Thanksgiving, a convenience store owner who received a $3,500 com read more

A player hailing from North Carolina tried his luck with Virginia Lottery and bagged a big lottery win by buying 20 identical tickets, all totaling up to $100,000. James Swimpson of Elizabeth City, ha read more

Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases across the state, the Kansas Lottery has made some changes in the claiming process, effective from November 23. On Monday, Kansas Lottery closed its headquarters read more

A bride and groom hailing from Truro got their wedding canceled four separate times due to the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak, finally had the best day of her life when a bounteous lotto jackpot winner read more

On Monday, the Massachusetts Lottery announced that they will be shifting one of their prize claim centers to a different location. From November 9, 2020, the Western Mass Lottery Office will start read more

Monday’s drawing for the New York Lottery witnessed a different drawing schedule giving a blow to the usual habits of NY lottery players. From November 2, the New York Lottery will introduce new dra read more

A Colorado Lottery player lost all his winnings after he missed the deadline of his Powerball lottery claim by just three days. Peter Bayley, the unfortunate lottery player, bought the Powerball d read more

Florida Lottery player experienced the shock of his life when he rechecked the winning lottery ticket in his pocket and discovered that it was actually worth $1 million. Lee Wingfield, of Tallahassee read more

The Nebraska Lottery witnessed Michael Christiansen, a two-time jackpot win by the same player in the same year. Back in March, the lucky winner won and claimed a $50,000 top prize from the $5 "Money read more

There’s a saying, “giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.” And this is what the North Carolina Lottery winner followed. The winner read read more

The Jury of Cleveland, Ohio, made its decision of absolving a former suspect of the murder of a lottery winner who had just won $50,000, from a scratch-off Ohio Lottery ticket, public in yesterday's h read more

The present CEO of Tennessee Lottery, Rebecca Paul Hargrove will continue her term as President of the World Lottery Association, re-elected unanimously second time in a row for a period of two years. read more

A famous lottery winner, known for his role of Sheriff in the now-canceled TV Show “Live PD”, was accused and arrested for on an evidence-tampering charge in the demolition of reality TV show foot read more

A lottery player's determination has finally paid off! which took 30 years of dedication and commitment. Jerry Murray - an ardent lottery player got himself landed to a $6 million jackpot after he spe read more

On Friday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Panel ruled that the man who broke up with his long-time girlfriend, just a week after winning $100,000 from scratch-off must share the winnings with her. read more

Ireland’s National Lottery, released a report which confirmed that four jackpot prizes worth a total of €180,000 (US$211,544), in three separate Scratch-Off went missing, which hindered their win, read more

The Florida Lottery has officially announced the update of its most popular lottery game, Florida Lotto, this week. Introduced in 1988, Florida Lotto has contributed over $10.3 billion in prizes and read more

The advent of Coronavirus impacted a large number of businesses and entrepreneurs in the world forcing them to shut their businesses going down the losses incurred. But a ray of hope shined for a Nort read more

The Florida Lottery winner whose winning ticket was supposedly lost by the USPS mail, over a month ago, is finally awarded! Sue Burgess, 62, who won the Second Chance drawing back in July sent her w read more

Getting your winning ticket lost in the mail! - A lottery winner’s worst nightmare, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic! Wistfully, this is what actually happened to a Florida woman who read more

The $202 million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot of February 11, 2020, drawing, has finally been claimed anonymously in New Jersey. The lottery player is the first in New Jersey to decline the public read more

Mississippi Lottery’s first year of operation has been a roller coaster ride! From selling their first lottery ticket to combating a drop in sales due to COVID-19, just a few months late, the Lotter read more

In the situation of economic hardships brought by the global pandemic, the lottery industry was seen dropping in the initial months but to everyone’s utter surprise, the industry is back on track an read more

The challenges of 2020, just don’t seem to end! The wildfires in Oregon have caused 115 Oregon lottery retailers to lose connection to the fiber optic cables that assist in selling most of the lot read more

A piece of good news for the North Carolina Lottery Players! The Lottery’s plethora of games now comprises the most popular lottery structure played across the state - The Fast Play! Fast Play is read more

In the month of September, Illinois Lottery launched a special instant lottery ticket that gives off its 100 percent profit as support to the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois. The lottery ticket is read more

New York Lottery players have been facing issues in claiming their winning amounts due to the availability of limited options to claim the lottery winnings since the pandemic hit. But this limitedness read more

From September 2020, the New Jersey Lottery will allow lottery players to file some in-person claims at lottery headquarters, situated in Lawrence, by appointment only. The closure of claim centers, read more

The South Carolina Education Lottery’s Columbia claim center was shut on Wednesday, September 2, after an employee was exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The building was seized f read more

Texas Lottery's in- house game jackpot game, Texas Lotto, is buzzing all over the state. The game has drawn 65 times without a jackpot winner, generating a jackpot amount that is actually one of the g read more

NJ Lottery was reported for misspelling the address of their second chance website on lottery tickets, leading the players to visit a malevolent website that would install malware on their computer. read more

Launched in November 2019, the Mississippi Lottery is all set to release its first-ever daily draw game - Cash 3 on September 1. The Mississippi Cash 3 will let players pick one of eight different p read more

A number of North Carolina Lottery players are celebrating a huge win after selecting their lucky number 9 for Monday’s Pick 4 Night draw. To their utter surprise, the game drew 9999 as the winning read more

A week after Washington Lottery announced the rebranding of their “Daily Game” to “Pick 3”, the Lottery also revealed modifications for their popular game Hit 5, which will get into effect fro read more

Kentucky Lottery has launched its new lottery game, Win Place Show based on real-time horse racing, statewide. Win Place Show is the first of its kind launched by the Kentucky Lottery, based on a read more

Nearly after 36 years, the Washington Lottery players will play a revamped version of Daily Game from August 30, 2020. The lottery is busy introducing changes to its oldest lottery, the Daily Game. Th read more

The global coronavirus pandemic has altered our ways of living quite significantly! Truly said, even claiming your million-dollar lottery prizes has become all the more prodigious. For the very fi read more

Good News For The Virginia Lottery Players! Virginia Lottery has added a new draw game to its array of lotteries for its players to try their luck! The Virginia Lottery Players can now try their han read more

For the first time in the U.S., lottery players can now buy their mega millions and Powerball tickets printed on cash register receipt paper, also known as a Receipt Ticket. The Texas Lottery int read more

While there are some lotteries that are still dealing with the drop in their sales budget due to the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are few state lotteries that are experiencing a surge i read more

Illinois Lottery has a piece of good news for its players! The lottery has now opened four out of five claim centers, making it easier for players to claim the winnings in person. As of now the Sprin read more

Arkansas’s Latest Millionaire has a huge reason to celebrate, all thanks to $20 scratch-off lottery game by the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. FredTavious Davis, the newest lottery millionaire of A read more

The Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors announced heavy sales of lottery tickets for the month of May which has helped the lottery to get back on track to meet the target sales amount fo read more

From June 24, 2020, Massachusetts Lottery Offices have opened their doors for large prize claims of $5,000 or more with some restrictions depending on the office location. According to the official in read more

A Columbian woman was found guilty of helping a fraud ring execute lottery scams that quite systematically targetted grandmothers. Luisa Camargo, 39, was sentenced to nine months in jail and two years read more

Some lottery player might really had a strong feeling about five particular numbers that were going to be drawn in the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5 game. Why? Because those numbers won the top p read more

A week after announcing a big win from Arizona, a couple from a residential area in Phoenix came forward to claim the $410 million Mega Millions Jackpot prize. This is the largest jackpot prize anyone read more

A Michigan resident claimed the single winning ticket for the Powerball drawing held on 12th February worth $70 million. Cristy Davis, 40, of Waterford, made an impromptu decision of buying some lott read more

A cancer survivor hailing from Scotland Neck experienced luck shining brightly over his lottery play. Eric Alexander won a $100,000 lottery prize from scratch-off tickets entered in second-chance draw read more

The Wisconsin Lottery players will now be catered with multiple opportunities of winning big. The lottery has decided to double the drawings of its three most played games. The Pick 3, Pick 4, and All read more

A lottery ticket sold in Arizona matched the winning numbers for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawings for an estimated jackpot of $410 million. The lump sum cash value of the jackpot is estimated now read more

Without a jackpot winner for approximately thirty three drawings, the Multi-state lottery, Mega Millions now boasts the largest jackpot of the year till date. The jackpot for the game has reached a wh read more

Ronald 'Ron' Cumiskey, 60, nearly forgot to check his Lotto ticket - 6/49, right before bed. But an insignificant decision of checking his numbers just at the last minute, kept him up all night, as he read more

The lucky electrician from the United Kingdom entered the National Lottery EuroMillions for the very first time and had his luck shine for a £1 million (US$1.25 million) prize. While shopping, Simon read more

A man from New Zealand surprised his wife after losing his job during the lockdown. The man won a whopping amount of $10.3 million (US$6.3 million) after bagging the Lotto jackpot. His wife is a hea read more

For the fourth time, the Louisana Lottery is all set to change its flagship Lotto game in the history of 28 years. The biggest change for the players is that the minimum jackpot has been doubled to $5 read more

The private operator of the Hoosier Lottery - IGT Indiana, may be liable to pay a $3.6 million fine to the state for not meeting its $300 million sales goal. The lottery is supposed to generate about read more

The Texas Lottery Commission plans to reopen all its 16 lottery claim centers, on Monday, June 1, 2020. But the claims will be processed by appointments only. Apart from this, the commission has also read more

Jackpots and sale of lottery tickets have considerably gone down for draw games like Mega Millions and Powerball. But players have found alternative lotteries as another way of entertainment. Retail read more

There’s a saying, good things comes to those who do good and this is what aptly fits here. A healthcare driver, James Joyce of North Carolina, delivers medicines to hospitals and clinics. After his read more

A power outage in Watford caused the UK national lottery app and website to crash and continue to remain out of action four hours before the drawing of £5 million (US$6.2 million) on Wednesday. The read more

With lower game interest and participation amidst the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, it’s no surprise that the State lottery revenues have faced a massive hit. Lousiana lottery officially announced t read more

Despite the prevailing pandemic conditions, the residents of Idaho are feeling quite lucky. The Director of the Idaho Lottery informed that the sales of the lottery tickets were down only by 5% and s read more

Persistence is the key that stood out for this lottery winner! This man played the same lottery numbers for 30 years in the Colorado Lottery and at last the reward paid him off. The winner identifi read more

A new lottery has been formulated by the electronics maker in Japan. The Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. has come up with this new strategy of selling its face masks via lottery. Hospitals, stor read more

A man hailing from the United Kingdom won a EuroMillions lottery jackpot worth £58 Million (US$71.6 million) and celebrated by having beers with his brothers. No, they did hold a grand-scale party bu read more

After topping the budget projections for eight months, the graphs of the Iowa Lottery are observing a downward slope. The officials of Iowa Lottery reported that the orders for COVID-19 by Gov. Kim read more

As people began facing restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the State revenue for Mississipi Lottery decreased in March. The decrease in sales and loss of interest is hitting the lottery indu read more

The outbreak of Coronavirus has impacted the lives of people all over the world. The gambling industry too is going through this global pandemic. We have seen a major drop in the sales of lottery tick read more

The drawing for Tuesday, April 14, 2020, for Mega Millions has taken place and the results are 29-47-65-69-70, with the Mega Ball 7. And the Megaplier number for the game was 4. The estimated Jackpot read more

The daily number games by the Kentucky Lottery will now take place inside a computer program for the safety of their staff amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Games such as the daily Pick 3, Pick 4, and read more

The South Carolina Education Lottery is initiating a refund for some of the multi-draw Mega Millions and Powerball tickets purchased prior to the changes announced by the mega games last week. Going f read more

On April 9th 2020, somebody won the $190 million Powerball Jackpot amongst the crucial times of Coronavirus pandemic, what a ray of happiness for the winner! The lottery officials announced that the p read more

Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, the Michigan Lottery has warned the public about a scam in which people are told that they have won a lottery prize and need to pay a fee or provide personal informati read more

The spread of Coronavirus that has been affecting the whole world has not even spared the lottery industry. While the global economy is slashing, the multi-million lottery games of the USA - Powerball read more

Ireland Lottery funds unclaimed €16 Million, to help battle against COVID-19. The money is released in response to the unprecedented spread of novel Coronavirus that has encapsulated the whole world read more

Life in America has been tremendously impacted by the spread of COVID-19 or as we call it Coronavirus, including the Lottery Industry. Although many lotteries continue to operate their drawings and pr read more

Was Wednesday your lucky day?The Powerball drawings for Wednesday had an estimated jackpot of $110 million with a cash option of $88.1 million. The Powerball winning numbers for March 11, 2020, were 4 read more

Alabama Lottery representatives, Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, filed an education lottery bill with 70 co-sponsors as a constitutional amendment for people to vote on. This lottery bill will approve a paper- read more

A partner of the CPA firm, Florida will need to get all her wealth management resources to manage the Jackpot amount of $396.9 Million. Sheryll Goedert, of Collier, Jernigan & Goedert. P.A. claime read more

James Wood, a retired trucker, stood shocked at his seat on Friday, after his name being called for the “second chance” win. The Little Egg Harbor man won a Jackpot of $1 million in Asbury Park Co read more

A grandma from South Carolina has big plans for her jackpot lottery prize. On her way to work, Jennifer Flannery, in a bad mood stopped at a gas station in Spartanburg and bought a Queen of Hearts scr read more

For Saturday, February 29, 2020, there was no jackpot winner to the Powerball drawing. But there was 1 lucky player emerged from Iowa, matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize. Had the Power read more

Saturday’s Powerball drawings resulted in a $2 million winner, but not a Jackpot worth $237 million. These winners were from Colorado, Florida, and Wisconsin respectively and won $1 million each. Bu read more

Records are already being broken in Lotto Max, one of Canada's nationwide lottery games in the first few days of the New Year. Today’s Lotto Max jackpot is a record-breaking $70 million, the biggest read more

According to the statisticians, the odds of winning the lottery jackpot twice are astronomical, but there are people who still manage to beat those odds! Pater Alley of Bar Harbor, Maine won a $100,00 read more

0-0-0-0, also known as Quads, is a combination which is played frequently but has never been drawn, until June 23, 2019. On this day, around 2,014 Pick 4 lottery tickets won the first cash prize worth read more

The small, 118-year-old Worsham’s General Store in Summer County became a site of new excitement for Tennessee when the lottery announced that the $198 million Powerball winning ticket was sold here read more

Powerball winner, Gloria C. MacKenzie, 84, took home a lump sum prize of $370.0 million after winning the jackpot. According to the winner, when she purchased her lottery ticket, a much younger woman read more

Bring out your Powerball lottery tickets and match them to see if you’re that winner for the Saturday Drawing. The estimated jackpot for the draw was $50 million and the lottery fever was quite high read more