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Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping America

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:27:43 GMT

In January 2010 the state lines that have been dividing the United States into "Powerball states" and "Mega Millions states" will be blurred by a cross-selling arrangement between the two multi-state lottery titans. In this exclusive report by Lottery Post, learn which states will be selling both games, and which ones will not.

Mega Millions, Powerball, Sales, Multi-State Game, Agreement

Victim of stolen Texas lottery ticket says he knows how to get money back

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:20:27 GMT

Willis Willis has an idea how he can get his money back from the store clerk who authorities say stole his $1 million winning lottery ticket.

Mega Millions, Texas, Insider Buzz, Winner Stories, Theft, Crime, Multi-State Game

First time player wins $5 million lottery jackpot

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:39 GMT

A former New York resident was in town visiting friends last month when she purchased a Lotto ticket on a whim and scored the huge jackpot.

Winner Stories, Jackpots, New York

Illinois Lottery Halloween raffle awards treats for grownups

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:12:37 GMT

The Illinois Lottery held its fifth-ever Millionaire Raffle drawing yesterday -- the second on Halloween -- which instantly created four millionaires.

Illinois, Winning Ticket Announcement, Raffle-Style Game, Drawing

Arizona Lottery announces raffle with 'Early Bird' drawing

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:28:59 GMT

The Arizona Lottery announced their "Holiday Edition" of the Millionaire Raffle game that will award more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize and a special Early Bird drawing on Nov. 19 worth $100,000.

Arizona, New Lottery Game, Announcement, Raffle-Style Game

Five-time lottery winner accused of taking ticket from group

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:22 GMT

A five-time lottery winner from Canada had his latest win disputed by a group alleging the winning ticket was part of a group purchase.

Legal, Winner Stories, International, Jackpots, Dispute, WCLC, Canada, Canada Super7, Pool, Won multiple times

Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay up

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:46:31 GMT

A man cheated of his million-dollar jackpot wants the Texas Lottery to pay up.

Texas, Winner Stories, Ticket Agent, Theft, Crime

Maryland Lottery director hired by D.C. Lottery

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:20:22 GMT

Buddy Roogow is leaving the Maryland Lottery, and has accepted the post of Executive Director of the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games.

Maryland, Administration, Washington DC, Director

Calif. Lottery pays out $264,000 after game show mistake

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:13 GMT

The California Lottery will pay $264,000 in additional winnings to nine people whose names were mistakenly transposed on forms during a lottery game show.

Winner Stories, California, Error, Television

Georgia man with flood damaged home wins lottery

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:15:59 GMT

A Mableton, Georgia, man whose home was heavily damaged by floods last month has won $250,000 playing the Georgia lottery.

Georgia, Winner Stories, Scratch Games

N.H. man turns lottery losses into 1,500 wins

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:57:28 GMT

A 64-year-old retiree from Salem, New Hampshire, has collected more than 1,500 prizes including food, gift certificates and other goodies under the state lottery's "Replay" program, which gives losing lottery tickets a second chance to win.

Winner Stories, New Hampshire, Lottery Tickets

Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery ticket from customer

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:58:50 GMT

Years of playing the lottery finally paid off for a Grand Prairie, Texas, man in May when he walked into a store with a million-dollar ticket, but in a double twist of tortured fortune, an opportunistic clerk may have cheated him out of his ticket and his treasure.

Mega Millions, Texas, Winner Stories, Theft, Crime, Multi-State Game, Lottery Tickets

Texas Lottery unveils scratch-off ticket that benefits veterans

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:33:16 GMT

The Texas Lottery Commission on Nov. 9 -- just ahead of Veterans Day -- will start selling the first scratch-off ticket dedicated to a cause other than public education, where game profits now go.

Texas, Scratch Games, New Lottery Game, Announcement

Arkansas woman tries to cash in fake lottery ticket, arrested

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:56:46 GMT

A woman is arrested inside the Arkansas Lottery Headquarters Monday afternoon, and the local media's cameras were there for the arrest.

Scratch Games, Arkansas, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Arrest, Crime

Lottery hoax causes riot at Ohio coat store

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:12:55 GMT

A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.

Insider Buzz, Ohio, Unsual Stories, Law Enforcement, Hoax

America's multi-state lottery titans agree to ticket-selling partnership

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:13:31 GMT

The Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) have reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in all U.S. lottery jurisdictions.

Mega Millions, Powerball, Announcement, Sales, Multi-State Game, Agreement

Arkansas man among the first to win $100,000 lottery prize

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:15 GMT

On Sunday, an Arkansas man won a $100,000 prize after buying a $5 Arkansas scratch-off lottery ticket -- the biggest prize anybody has won so far in the two-week-old lottery, and the biggest prize available in the lottery's current games.

Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Starting a Lottery, Arkansas

China gets lottery fever after massive jackpot

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:05 GMT

Water-cooler talk across China has been awash with theories on how to spend a fortune after someone from Henan province won nearly 360 million yuan (US$52.7 million) on Thursday.

International, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Record, China

Jacksonville man wins lottery jackpot - again

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:42:06 GMT

A Jacksonville man bought a winning $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket Saturday -- six years after claiming a $250,000 prize from another game.

Florida, Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Won multiple times

Iowa steelworkers group claims $1 million Powerball lottery prize

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:42:57 GMT

A group of 10 co-workers from a Des Moines tire-manufacturing plant stepped forward Monday to claim a $1 million Powerball prize they'd won with a ticket purchased a local convenience store.

Powerball, Winner Stories, Iowa, Pool, Power Play

3 little numbers equal 1 big win for the N.C. lottery

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:48:28 GMT

Three numbers are providing a hobby for lottery players and a big win for the North Carolina state lottery.

Scratch Games, North Carolina, Pick 3, Article

Texas Lottery players can now look forward to Powerball

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:24:51 GMT

Texas Lottery players: Powerball tickets may soon be sold at a store near you.

Mega Millions, Powerball, Texas

Powerball coming to Maryland, Massachusetts

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:36:43 GMT

According to local media reports, Powerball lottery tickets will soon be sold in Maryland and Massachusetts. Other Mega Millions states are sure to follow.

Mega Millions, Powerball, Maryland, Massachusetts

Greenbrier resort offers table games to guests, plans video lottery

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:12:44 GMT

Less than a month after getting its licence to offer gambling, West Virginia's historic Greenbrier resort has opened the Tavern Casino, an onsite facility for guests with table games including blackjack, three-card poker and roulette.

West Virginia, Gambling, Casino, Video Gaming

Grocer, couple cash in on lottery

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:33:06 GMT

Two big winners from New York recently claimed their separate multi-million dollar prizes at a press conference.

Winner Stories, New York, Scratch Games

N.Y. family wins $3M top prize in lottery scratch-off game

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:45:27 GMT

On Sept. 22, a Spring Valley family won $3 million, becoming the first winners of the top prize in New York's $10 Money scratch-off game.

Winner Stories, New York, Scratch Games, Pool

Lottery winner gets help on plan to turn good fortune into lifelong prosperity

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:45:51 GMT

Given the prominent financial failings of many prior lottery winners, a lottery winner from New York accepted the guidance of a financial planner recommended by a local newspaper.

Winner Stories, Financials, New York, Scratch Games, After the Big Win

Convicted embezzler to forfeit Kansas Lottery prize

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:36:56 GMT

A former radio executive embezzled large sums of money from his company in order to feed an out-of-control addiction to scratch-off state lottery tickets -- and now the $96,000 prize he won from all those games will be forfeited as restitution.

Insider Buzz, Legal, Kansas, Scratch Games, Theft, Law Enforcement, Illegal Activities, Addiction, Crime, Trial

N.M. Lottery's Roadrunner Cash game changing this weekend

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:45:05 GMT

The New Mexico Lottery is changing the in-state Roadrunner Cash game to create a larger starting prize and jackpots that grow larger, faster.

New Mexico, Changing Game, Announcement, Pick 5

Frequent lottery wins by retailers investigated

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:03:30 GMT

In this 2-part video report, MSNBC revealed the findings of their investigation, in which the most frequent lottery winners were almost always retailers.

Florida, Insider Buzz, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Investigation, Article

Kentucky Lottery draws airing on new TV stations

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:26:36 GMT

The TV stations which air the nightly Kentucky Lottery drawing program in the state's three largest media markets has changed, effective today.

Kentucky, Announcement, Broadcast, Lottery Results, Television

Odds are, stunning coincidences can be expected

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:09:56 GMT

With millions of people choosing numbers in hundreds of lotteries around the world each week, coincidences are bound to happen -- and they have, many times.

Insider Buzz, Lottery Results, Article, Won multiple times, Odds

First day of Arkansas lottery sales brisk, sellers say

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:49:42 GMT

Several retailers who sell Arkansas lottery tickets reported brisk and sometimes "crazy" ticket sales Monday — the first day of the state's new lottery with proceeds dedicated for college scholarships.

Scratch Games, Starting a Lottery, Arkansas, Sales

Arkansas Lottery begins today

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:14:35 GMT

Arkansas Lottery scratch-off tickets are now on sale at nearly 1,500 retailers throughout the state with the proceeds going towards funding college scholarships.

Scratch Games, Starting a Lottery, Arkansas, Sales, Lottery Tickets

Woman claims $250,000 just hours before lottery ticket expires

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:01:44 GMT

A couple from Mechanicsville, Virginia, presented a winning ticket to Virginia Lottery officials just eight hours before the $250,000 prize would have expired.

Mega Millions, Virginia, Winner Stories, Multi-State Game

Study: Hoosier Lottery has worst financial decline in USA

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:40:48 GMT

Proceeds from Indiana's lottery were down by more than 17 percent in the past fiscal year, marking the sharpest decline in profits nationwide.

Financials, Indiana, Sales, Computerized Drawings

Record Maryland Lottery Multi-Match jackpot won

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:34:33 GMT

There was one big winner in Saturday night's Multi-Match drawing from the Maryland Lottery, ending the months-long jackpot-roll that grew to a record-breaking $4.8 million top prize.

Maryland, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Record

Single lottery ticket wins final Super 7 jackpot worth $24M

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:43:08 GMT

The final Canada Super 7 jackpot, totalling almost $24 million, was won Friday night by a single ticket in Saskatchewan.

Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Canada, Canada Super7, Multi-Province Game

Young lottery winner stakes hopes on Wrestling show

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:28:13 GMT

The youngest Powerball winner ever has packed up his millions and moved to Tampa Bay, fulfilling his dream of working in the wrestling business with a wild new TV show.

Powerball, Florida, Winner Stories, After the Big Win, Multi-State Game

Bulgarian lottery repeat probed

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:34:26 GMT

The Bulgarian authorities have ordered an investigation after the same six numbers were drawn in two consecutive rounds of the national lottery.

International, Unsual Stories, Investigation, Lottery Results, Drawing