Lottery News for March 2014

March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

Lucky Va. couple claims three major lottery prizes in one month 8:04 am - A Virginia couple who has won the lottery three times in the last month want to see how long their run of luck will last. 79 comments (last)

Friday, March 28, 2014

Missouri couple claim $96.5M Powerball jackpot 11:40 pm - John and Susan Brands, both 49, of St. Charles, were identified by the Missouri Lottery as the winners of the jackpot in the March 22 drawing. 50 comments (last)

Couple collect lottery winnings after misplacing ticket 8:31 am - A Downers Grove, Illinois, couple claimed a $1 million lottery prize Thursday after a brief but frantic search for their winning ticket. 21 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

For D.C. Lottery scratch-off game players, fewer chances to win big 2:00 pm - For instant-game players in Washington, D.C., their habit might be put on hold because the D.C. Council and financial officials have been unable to settle on a vendor to print the games known as scratchers. 46 comments (last)

Massachusetts Lottery to launch $30 instant ticket in April 7:09 am - The Massachusetts State Lottery next month will launch a $30 instant ticket -- the highest priced ticket in the agency's history -- with a top prize of $15 million. 19 comments (last)

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Va. store owner sells $3 million lottery ticket to herself 7:00 am - The owner of a Virginia market is $3 million richer after she bought a winning Mega Millions ticket from her own store. 40 comments (last)

Monday, March 24, 2014

Lottery winners share their good fortune 8:21 am - The story of an Iowa couple who hit the $202 million Powerball jackpot 18 months ago, the second-biggest lottery win ever in Iowa. 43 comments (last)

$96.5 million Powerball lottery ticket sold in Missouri 7:26 am - A $96.5 million jackpot-winning Powerball lottery ticket was sold in Missouri for the Saturday drawing of the multi-state game. 15 comments (last)

Saturday, March 22, 2014

San Francisco cab driver claims $1.9M Mega Millions lottery prize 8:54 am - A San Francisco taxi driver won $1.9 million in the multi-state Mega Millions game Tuesday. 17 comments (last)

Wyoming Lottery commission selects vendor 8:00 am - In a major step toward getting a statewide lottery up and running, the Wyoming Lottery Corp. board on Friday selected international gaming giant Intralot as the state's lottery vendor, pending negotiation of a contract with the company. 4 comments (last)

Bill to limit Minnesota Lottery online sales advances in Senate 7:25 am - A bill to turn off online sales of Minnesota Lottery tickets moved ahead Friday in the state Senate. 61 comments (last)

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Massachusetts Lottery names new executive director 4:30 pm - Lynn native Beth Bresnahan, 38, is the second woman and youngest person to head the Massachusetts State Lottery, which has 400 employees and 7,400 agents statewide. 5 comments (last)

NC woman scratches off $1M winner on first lottery ticket 3:11 am - A Wilmington, North Carolina, woman is a lot richer after buying her first lottery ticket ever. 45 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

2 winning Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Maryland to split $414M jackpot 3:47 am - Winning tickets in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing with a jackpot of $414 million, the third largest in its history, were sold in Florida and Maryland, state lottery officials said. 107 comments (last)

Saturday, March 15, 2014

$400 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars 11:57 am - For only the 7th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. 156 comments (last)

Friday, March 14, 2014

Husband plays late wife's 5 special numbers and wins lottery 3:02 am - A Chatsworth, Georgia, man claimed a lottery jackpot from the Georgia Lottery after playing his late wife's special numbers. 37 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

$353 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for Friday 10:31 am - Less than 3 months after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game featured a near-record $648 million jackpot, it is two draws away from doing it again. 85 comments (last)

Sick of traffic, man stops and buys lottery tickets... and wins $5 million 8:17 am - A Long Island electrician got sick of waiting in a traffic jam, so he pulled over at a gift shop to buy scratch-off tickets -- and won $5 million. 21 comments (last)

Monday, March 10, 2014

$338M NJ Powerball winner reconciles with girlfriend who sued him 6:38 pm - After settling a lawsuit that sought a cut of her former live-in boyfriend's $338 million Powerball winnings, Inez Sanchez has reconciled with her now-loaded beau, Pedro Quezada. 29 comments (last)

Saturday, March 8, 2014

$309 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls into top 25 8:04 am - The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued growing its jackpot toward frenzy levels last night. 126 comments (last)

Friday, March 7, 2014

Former live-in girlfriend of NJ $338M Powerball winner to receive nothing 1:48 pm - The former live-in girlfriend of a Passaic bodega owner who struck the Powerball jackpot and cashed in on $338 million won't be getting a share of the winnings. 44 comments (last)

Couple wins $3M jackpot 27 years after wife's numbers last came up 8:56 am - A retired Maine couple has won the state lottery after the same numbers they have played for decades were once drawn before -- but they forgot to buy a ticket. 41 comments (last)

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Bronx woman hits $2M Powerball prize with fortune cookie numbers 4:43 pm - Emma Duvoll dined at Sammy’s Noodle Shop & Grill in Greenwich Village and played the numbers found in her fortune cookie -- and won a $2 million Powerball prize. 35 comments (last)

$270 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot keeps growing 8:43 am - Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $270 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $240 million grand prize. 34 comments (last)

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Thieves stole California Lottery vending machine 7:46 am - Investigators from the California Lottery are asking for the public's help in locating suspects who broke into a Lucky grocery store in Fremont over the weekend and made off with a Scratchers vending machine. 20 comments (last)

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Postal agents intercept, destroy fake lottery checks 1:14 pm - Instead of sending foreign lottery letters and checks directly to you from Canada, Jamaica, Costa Rica or Mexico, more and more, scammers are sending big batches of letters in a box, to middlemen in the United States. 18 comments (last)

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Georgia man finds $1M lottery ticket while cleaning his room 2:37 pm - A Georgia man was tidying his room and came across a month-old lottery ticket that was gathering dust -- and turned out to be worth $1 million. 21 comments (last)