Lottery News for February 2014

February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

New Georgia Lottery game starts Sunday 4:57 pm - Starting Sunday, Georgia lottery players will be able to buy tickets for the latest Georgia Lottery game called All or Nothing. 21 comments (last)

Winning lottery ticket gets Mass. man off the hook for speeding 2:17 pm - A Rockland, Massachusetts, man not only won the lottery Thursday morning, but also used the winning ticket to help him avoid a speeding ticket in Hingham. 16 comments (last)

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Store clerk's mistake helps N.Y. man win $10 million 8:23 am - A convenience store clerk's mistake has paid off in a big way for a western New York man. 33 comments (last)

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Oregon Lottery winner won't retire 7:00 pm - A 34-year-old safety trainer who lives in Salem, Oregon, said his first plan for his Win For Life prize is to pay off his mortgage within five years. 49 comments (last)

Monday, February 24, 2014

Colorado moves to forbid online lottery sales 5:53 pm - The Colorado House gave initial approval to prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets online. 22 comments (last)

New Missouri Lottery game begins sales 10:05 am - A new Missouri Lottery Draw Game offers players three games with nine chances to win on a single ticket and a top prize of $250,000 cash. 10 comments (last)

How lottery tickets are helping states' budgets 7:08 am - Fueled by the growth of multi-state lottery games and the steady expansion of other offerings, many state lotteries last year reported record revenues and transfers to the state budgets and programs they helped fund. 16 comments (last)

Saturday, February 22, 2014

$195 MILLION: Mega Millions keeps the good times rolling 2:08 pm - The new Mega Millions jackpot for the upcoming Tuesday drawing has now reached $195 million, just 2 months after exploding to a near-record $636 million. 68 comments (last)

Friday, February 21, 2014

Man wins $200,000 playing Pick 4 9:44 pm - A retired electronics technician from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, won $200,000 in Thursday's evening drawing of the Iowa Lottery's Pick 4 game. 42 comments (last)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

California lottery ticket wins $425 million Powerball jackpot 12:45 am - One winning Powerball lottery ticket that hit a $425.3 million jackpot Wednesday night was sold in Milpitas, California, according to lottery officials. 89 comments (last)

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Lottery hopefuls line up for chance to win $400M Powerball jackpot 7:36 pm - Tonight's Powerball drawing carries an estimated $400 million jackpot, one of the largest in U.S. lottery history. 26 comments (last)

Man wins $1M in Powerball after playing same numbers for 20 years 9:00 am - A dedicated lottery player has won a $1 million Powerball prize after playing the same numbers every week for two decades. 24 comments (last)

Monday, February 17, 2014

Three $1M lottery tickets sold in W.Va. in 1 week 9:26 pm - West Virginia has another $1 million lottery winner -- the third in one week. 15 comments (last)

Homeless man wins Hungary's biggest-ever lottery 12:27 pm - Unemployed, in debt and facing another year living on the streets, a Hungary man is now a rich man, after winning his country's biggest lottery prize. 25 comments (last)

Sunday, February 16, 2014

$400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot skyrockets 8:42 am - For only the 6th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. 152 comments (last)

Thursday, February 13, 2014

$330 MILLION: Powerball jackpot quickly ramping up 1:03 pm - For the 5th time in the past year, a Powerball jackpot run-up has crossed the threshold to the top 25 jackpots of all time. 100 comments (last)

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Orlando man claims $46 million Florida Lotto jackpot 8:58 am - The Florida Lottery announced Tuesday that James Caldwell of Orlando claimed a $46 million jackpot from the Dec. 18 drawing. 25 comments (last)

N.M. Lottery announces CEO finalists 8:04 am - The New Mexico Lottery has announced four finalists for the chief executive officer's position, which became vacant in November the lottery's board of directors fired former CEO Tom Romero without explanation. 1 comment (last)

Monday, February 10, 2014

Indiana woman claims Blue Chip Casino owes her $28M 2:16 pm - Imagine feeling as though you are a multi-millionaire -- surrounded by well-wishers -- and then being told something must have gone haywire in the slot machine, and it was out of order. 95 comments (last)

Kentucky Lottery manager faces lottery ticket fraud charges 8:30 am - A regional manager for the Kentucky Lottery Corporation is accused of fraudulently using lottery tickets after an investigation into 1,800 missing tickets, according to the Kentucky State Police. 17 comments (last)

Sunday, February 9, 2014

$284 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again 9:43 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 $284 million for Wednesday's drawing. 87 comments (last)

Thursday, February 6, 2014

$247 MILLION: Huge Powerball lottery jackpot set for Saturday 10:29 am - Just over a month after the Mega Millions lottery created two mega-millionaires with a gigantic $648 million jackpot, the multi-state Powerball game is back with a jackpot counter-punch worth a whopping $247 million. 52 comments (last)

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Georgia's new $30 lottery tickets selling 'like crazy' 10:11 am - Lottery players are lining up to lay down some serious scratch in Georgia and Tennessee, which recently joined a number of states offering instant tickets that cost more than $25 apiece. 14 comments (last)

Monday, February 3, 2014

NY's Lotto no match for Powerball, Mega Millions 3:16 pm - New York's venerable twice-weekly Lotto drawing continues its long-term decline in an age of multi-state mega jackpots. 24 comments (last)

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Newest Pa. lottery scratch-off sports $30 pricetag 9:54 am - The Pennsylvania Lottery earlier this week launched its most expensive instant lottery ticket, a $30 scratch-off that offers a top prize of $3 million. 31 comments (last)

Lottery expansion could still be a big winner for Penn. Gov. 9:05 am - Efforts by Gov. Tom Corbett's administration to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery is on the back burner, but the idea of expanding lottery games to include keno remains very much in the picture. 3 comments (last)