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$731.1 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in MarylandNews Story
Updated with retailer that sold winning ticket By Todd Northrop One Powerball lottery ticket sold in Maryland won the sixth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night. The lucky numbers for the $731.1 million jackpot were 40, 53, 60, 68, and 69, with Powerball number 22. The Power Play multiplier was 3. The top prize was adjusted upwards from the initial estimate of $730 million after all proceeds were counted Wednesday night. The lump sum payout for the single winning
Jan 21, 2021, 8:09 am - Lottery News

El Gordo awards over €2.4 billion in famous Christmas raffleNews Story
Winning numbers for top prizes announced this morning By Kate Northrop The Spanish Lottery has released the winning numbers for El Gordo (The Fat One), the most well-known, largest raffle in history, measured by prize payout. In 2020, the Christmas raffle is handing out over 2.4 billion (US$ 2.9 billion) in prizes. That's 28 million (US$34 million) more than last year. Traditionally, two children from the San Ildefonso school sing out the winning five-digit number for the 4 million (US$
Dec 22, 2020, 11:59 am - Lottery News

50 players win Massachusetts Lottery jackpotNews Story
New state record for most players to win a top prize By Kate Northrop 50 players walked away from the Mass Cash drawing on Sunday, Dec. 6 with a claim to the $100,000 top prize, breaking the state's previous all-time record of 34 jackpot winners in one drawing. Mass Cash is one of the Massachusetts Lottery's popular nightly draw games where players choose five numbers from a pool of 35 for a dollar a play. 50 players across the state did just that after the ball drawing machine produced
Dec 8, 2020, 4:40 pm - Lottery News

Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraudNews Story
20 players share the jackpot after consecutive numbers are drawn By Kate Northrop An unusually perfect series of sequential numbers that came up in South Africa's most recent PowerBall drawing has led to accusations of fraud, while others jumped in to defend the integrity of a game based on pure luck and chance. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday, Dec. 1 were all consecutive numbers, including the PowerBall itself 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and PowerBall 10. 20 people purchased a ticket with t
Dec 3, 2020, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

Two tickets win Michigan Lottery's record $32.3 million Lotto 47 jackpotNews Story
After 77 consecutive drawings without a winner, the game finally makes two millionaires By Kate Northrop On Saturday night, Nov. 7, the Michigan Lottery held the drawing for its largest-ever Lotto 47 jackpot, which ended up producing two winning tickets for the record-breaking $32.3 million top prize. Two lucky tickets matched the numbers drawn on Saturday night to split the record jackpot, making each ticket worth $16.14 million. Those numbers were 4, 16, 33, 38, 40, and 44. One tic
Nov 9, 2020, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

Lucky number 9: thousands of lottery players win a total of $9.2M with winning numbers 9-9-9-9News Story
It's the largest payout for North Carolina's Pick 4 game By Kate Northrop Thousands of North Carolina lottery players are celebrating lucky number 9 after winning numbers 9-9-9-9 were drawn for the Pick 4 game on Monday night. There were 2,574 winning tickets in all. 1,303 of those tickets purchased for $1 will earn the top prize of $5,000 each, and 1,095 tickets bought for $0.50 will earn $2,500. 176 players won smaller prizes. The total winnings for this drawing add up to about $9.
Aug 26, 2020, 12:49 pm - Lottery News

Louisiana retailer sells two winning lottery tickets in one weekNews Story
Things looking up for both players and Lottery as sales see a boost By Kate Northrop One gas station in Baton Rouge might find more players frequenting its store for a dab of luck since it sold two winning lottery tickets within one week. The RaceTrac convenience store on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard received a lot of attention this week after selling two winning tickets for a Pick 4 prize worth $5,000 and a Powerball prize valued at $150,000. Shoppers and players alike were both
Aug 21, 2020, 6:25 pm - Lottery News

One NJ lottery ticket wins $124 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Jackpot resets to $20 million for Tuesday draw By Kate Northrop One lucky player from New Jersey will claim a $124 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot after holding the lone winning ticket that matched all five numbers in the Friday, July 24, 2020 drawing. Yesterday, the New Jersey Lottery announced that the sole person to win the Mega Millions draw last night purchased the ticket from Brenda's Inc. on Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne. The winning numbers were 8, 33, 39, 54, and 58, with
Jul 26, 2020, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Small-town newsstand in Ireland sells its fourth winning lottery ticketNews Story
Shop owner's luck refuses to run out By Kate Northrop Third time's the charm is apparently not enough for a small-town newsstand in west Ireland. Irish lottery players might find themselves drawn to the lucky little store in Ballinrobe after it sold its fourth significant winning lottery ticket. Martin Murphy, 68, the owner of Murphys Newsagent on Main Street, celebrated on Thursday after discovering that he sold the winning ticket for the 2.8 million (US$3.2 million) Ireland National L
Jul 7, 2020, 10:31 am - Lottery News

One Arizona lottery ticket wins $410 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
It's the first Mega Millions jackpot win for an Arizona player By Todd Northrop A single ticket sold in Arizona matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $410 million. The lump-sum cash value of the jackpot is a staggering $316.8 million up from the estimate of $308.2 million that was established on Saturday. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize. We may never know who won the big prize because last year A
Jun 10, 2020, 9:09 am - Lottery News