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Tonight's Powerball drawing offering massive $747 million jackpotReply
if we won we'd share it with daughters in Iowa,Florida and relatives all over.
Feb 6, 2023, 1:04 pm - scorpio45 - Lottery News

California's 2022 lottery winners: A mystery billionaire and 100+ millionairesReply
In Florida we don't have a map such as you described for Louisiana, but I wish we did. That said, The Florida Lottery creates a report listing jackpot winners and loads it onto it's website. It lists the Florida cities and towns jackpot winners live in. It's not much of a surprise to me that Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tampa appear on that report more often than all of the other cities/towns in Florida. Prior to living in Florida I lived in New York State. The most jackpot winning t
Jan 1, 2023, 9:13 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

One lottery ticket sold in California wins $2 billion Powerball jackpotReply
Tired of putting money into the California, Florida, NY area pension fund.
Nov 12, 2022, 7:27 pm - Rigged50 - Lottery News

$1.6 BILLION: Powerball jackpot sets all-time record as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
Welp, Florida didn't win, I bet they were camera ready
Nov 6, 2022, 1:01 am - EnReval - Lottery News

Alabama man wins $1 million in Florida Lottery after playing for over 30 yearsNews Story
Crossing state lines for years has finally paid off By Kate Northrop After over three decades of crossing state lines to play the Florida Lottery, an Alabama man can finally return home with a $1 million prize. Yesterday, the Florida Lottery announced that a $1 million second-tier prize from the $50 500X The Cash scratch-off game was claimed by an Alabama resident Thomas Fotopoulos, 53, of Dothan. Fotopoulos has always been a longtime Florida Lottery player, having been buying ti
Aug 20, 2022, 4:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida lottery winners suspect state "system error" is blocking prize payoutsNews Story
Winners say the state is claiming they owe money for nonexistent debts Includes video report By Kate Northrop Florida lottery winners are increasingly expressing frustration over the claims process, with many players complaining that the state is blocking prize payouts and issuing notices of owed money for debts that do not exist. Lottery winners in Florida suspect that an error in the state's internal system is causing it to flag individuals for owed debts where none exist, halt
May 24, 2024, 7:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida LLC revealed to have claimed $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Temporary anonymity period is up By Kate Northrop The winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot has been revealed following the 90-day grace period of anonymity given to lottery winners in Florida. The winner of the third-largest lottery jackpot in history, a $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn on Tues., Aug. 8, 2023, was won by a single ticket in Florida. Whoever claimed it had 90 days of anonymity before the Florida Lottery would release their name. Today, t
Dec 27, 2023, 6:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$36 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Florida goes unclaimedNews Story
By Todd Northrop Someone who purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket last August in Florida has forfeited a life-changing $36 million prize payout after the winning ticket expired last week. No one stepped up to claim the prize from the August drawing before the Sunday, Feb. 11 deadline, rendering the Mega Millions lottery ticket void. As a result, the winner has no chance of claiming the winnings the ticket is now only worth the paper it was printed on, said Michelle Griner, a spok
Feb 20, 2024, 7:33 am - Todd - Lottery News

Just weeks left to claim $44 million Florida Lotto ticketReply
There might be a slight ray of hope for this ticket yet to be claimed. There may be something going on that's invisible to both The Florida Lottery and the general public. After all, it is the equivalent of a small PowerBall jackpot amount of $44,000,000. If (and that's a big if ) the winner is waiting to claim the 44 million at the last minute, it could be that they will claim it anonymously for 90 days using Florida Statute 24.1051. That would grant them a total 9 months of privacy which i
Nov 28, 2023, 9:17 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

Florida woman sentenced to prison after altering and stealing lottery ticketsNews Story
Former cashier caught stealing a scratch-off ticket worth $20,000 By Kate Northrop A Florida woman was convicted for altering lottery tickets and stealing ones she knew were winners, including a ticket worth $20,000. A Florida Lottery retailer realized that something was amiss when they discovered micro-scratches present on $50 and $10 scratch-off tickets last June, putting an end to one of their employees' schemes. Christine Nicole Fenton-Gilbert, 39, is no longer employed at th
Mar 30, 2023, 2:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News