Lottery News for September 2012

September 2012

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Pool of McDonald's workers claims Mega Millions fraud 11:06 pm - A group of 14 McDonald's employees from the Baltimore, Maryland, area are still convinced they were winners in the massive $656 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing earlier this year -- despite being told otherwise by lottery officials -- and are claiming that a co-worker defrauded the Maryland Lottery to avoid sharing a payout with them. 118 comments (last)

Mich. lottery winner who kept collecting welfare found dead 10:24 pm - A Lincoln Park, Michigan, woman who won $1 million in the Michigan Lottery and was later convicted for still collecting state welfare died Saturday from an apparent drug overdose. 66 comments (last)

Lottery investigator testifies she urged illegal immigrant to keep, sign $3M ticket 8:46 am - A New York State Lottery Commission investigator testified Friday that she urged an illegal immigrant living in Spring Valley to keep his signature on a $3 million scratch-off ticket rather than let someone else take ownership. 49 comments (last)

Friday, September 28, 2012

Pa. man pleads guilty in bizarre lottery tax case 12:45 pm - A 70-year-old Pennsylvania man faces up to a year and half in prison for having more than 40 people cash in lottery tickets worth $520,000 so he could avoid paying federal income tax on the winnings. 73 comments (last)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

$202M Powerball ticket sold at suburban Des Moines convenience store 8:01 pm - A winning $202 million Powerball ticket was purchased at an Iowa convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody had claimed it by midday Thursday. 57 comments (last)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Three times lucky for lottery-winning family 2:21 pm - The brothers of a Norwegian woman whose pregnancies coincided with three lottery wins are urging her to have more children. 21 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

N.J. Assembly panel clears one-year anonymity for lottery winners 8:30 am - The New Jersey Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee approved a bill (A2982) by a vote of 5-0 that would give lottery winners the option of remaining anonymous for a year after winning the jackpot. 39 comments (last)

Monday, September 24, 2012

$200 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges 8:29 am - There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Wednesday's drawing. 118 comments (last)

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Arizona Lottery launches new game 8:58 am - The Arizona Lottery announced a new draw game called Weekly Winnings, which launches Saunday, Sept. 23, and offers a top prize of $1,000 per week for an entire year, taxes paid. 19 comments (last)

Friday, September 21, 2012

$174 MILLION: Tomorrow's Powerball lottery jackpot red hot 9:21 am - The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place Wednesday night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $174 million, with a cash option of $110 million. 76 comments (last)

$250,000 Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland expires next week 8:35 am - The final claim date is quickly approaching for the owner of a $250,000 second-tier Mega Millions ticket purched in Maryland at the end of March. 31 comments (last)

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Opening statements in $3M NY lottery ticket trial 10:12 am - A Rockland prosecutor today told a jury that an illegal immigrant's $3 million lottery dream was foiled by three conspiring men, while their lawyers contended the Spring Valley man created a nightmare for their clients with falsehoods to back out of contracts to share the winnings. 36 comments (last)

$337M Powerball winner prowls Internet for a 'big and beautiful' woman 9:41 am - After winning a whopping $337 million, Donald Lawson might seem like something of a catch, but take a closer look at the Powerball Lottery winner from Michigan and most women might think twice before going on a date with him. 97 comments (last)

Monday, September 17, 2012

Florida woman hits for $10M on lottery scratch-off 12:12 pm - A Coral Springs, Florida, woman has claimed a $10 million lottery win -- the largest haul of the year so far in Broward and Palm Beach counties. 31 comments (last)

Honest: Idaho Lottery retailers pass 4-month security audit 11:27 am - The Idaho Lottery concluded a four-month security and integrity probe, and found that 100% of the retailers it tested passed the tests. 8 comments (last)

California man collects $120M Mega Millions lottery jackpot 10:30 am - A 55-year-old Rialto, California, man became the state's newest millionaire, parlaying a Mega Millions ticket purchased at a Riverside convenience store into a $120 million lottery win on a draw Tuesday, Sept. 11. 41 comments (last)

New Yorkers left $37M in lottery prizes unclaimed 10:17 am - A whopping $37.6 million in lottery prizes went unclaimed in New York last year from dreamers who plunked down their dollars for Powerball, Mega Millions and other tickets and never bothered to check them, according to New York Lottery statistics. 16 comments (last)

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Lottery player says scanner not accurate 3:04 pm - One man's faith in the reliability of Florida's lottery system has been shaken after an odd incident. 57 comments (last)

Friday, September 14, 2012

'Robot' to replace Michigan Lottery readers 3:54 pm - It's the end of the line for the three people who read the lottery numbers on Detroit TV. 44 comments (last)

Michigan Senate bill lets lottery winners remain anonymous 8:45 am - Michigan winners of multistate lotteries could choose to remain anonymous, under a bill that passed a state Senate committee Thursday. 18 comments (last)

Illinois Lottery superintendent at odds with private manager of lottery 8:09 am - Illinois Lottery superintendent Michael Jones and the private management consortium running the Illinois Lottery are at odds over penalties for failing to meet stipulated profit goals. 5 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

NJ moves to privatize lottery sales, marketing 12:24 pm - Four companies interested in running portions of the New Jersey Lottery attended a mandatory information session in Trenton last Thursday, the first step toward privatization. 17 comments (last)

GTECH launches lottery developer network 11:58 am - GTECH Corp. has launched the lottery developer network, a game development program, which it says "lays the foundation for significant advancement within the lottery industry." 12 comments (last)

Louisiana lottery winnings of $11M went unclaimed last year 9:03 am - Nearly $11 million in lottery winnings in Louisiana went unclaimed in the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Louisiana lottery officials. 10 comments (last)

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Illinois Lottery launching a new game Sunday 4:39 pm - The Illinois Lottery is launching a new game called My3 this weekend. 51 comments (last)

Hoosier Lottery director offers reassurances on outsourcing 8:49 am - Indiana won't turn its lottery over to a private company if bidders don't meet the state's high standards, the executive director of the Hoosier Lottery said Friday. 4 comments (last)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

NJ bill aims to protect lottery winners' identity 3:09 pm - A New Jersey assemblyman hopes to reduce the chances of a lottery winner being harmed with publicity through legislation that would keep winners out of the public eye. 45 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Kentucky Lottery moving drawing show to the Internet 9:19 am - Starting September 16, the Kentucky Lottery's nightly drawing program will no longer be aired on broadcast TV stations, but instead, drawings will be streamed live and archived on the Lottery’s website. 56 comments (last)