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$80 million Powerball jackpot lottery ticket sold in MichiganNews Story
A Michigan Lottery player won Saturday night's $80 million Powerball jackpot with a ticket bought in Suttons Bay, according to the Michigan Lottery. The winning ticket, bought at the Barrels Barrels Party Store in Suttons Bay in northern Michigan, matched the Powerball number 22, plus the day's winning numbers: 1, 9, 22, 36, and 68. Saturday's jackpot win is the fourth time a Michigan player has won the Powerball since the state began offering the game in 2010, the Michigan Lottery said.
Sep 23, 2019, 9:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

DOJ reverses 2011 opinion of the Wire Act; legal online gaming in questionReply
The 1961 wire act was made to stop sports betting That strikes me as the rational conclusion. The first sentence reads ... transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers ... About two
Jan 15, 2019, 2:49 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Investigation finds lottery scamming Tipton brothers have repaid virtually nothingNews Story
By Jason Clayworth and Rachel Denny Clow Two brothers who spearheaded the biggest lottery scam in U.S. history have repaid less than $1,400 in restitution despite owning property worth nearly $2 million, a Des Moines Register and Corpus Christi Caller Times investigation has found. Between them, Eddie and Tommy Tipton have admitted rigging winning drawings in at least five states, including Iowa, worth a combined $24 million. But they have barely made a dent in the more than $2.4 millio
Dec 27, 2018, 8:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

$188 million winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
A lottery ticket with all six winning numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions draw was sold just inside the California border and its owner must decide whether to receive the $188 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $113.6 million cash value, the California Lottery announced today. The numbers drawn Friday night were 17, 37, 53, 54, and 61, with Mega Ball number 8. The Megaplier was 3. The drawing was the 20th since the last time a ticket matching all six numbers was sold.
Jan 28, 2017, 3:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Minnesota woman beats deadline, claims $50K lottery prizeNews Story
Another ticket, however, goes poof With barely a day to spare, a southern Minnesota woman showed up at the state's lottery headquarters in Roseville and claimed her $50,000 prize. Another person in the same situation, however, is out of luck. Debra Newman of Austin had the good fortune to arrive Thursday to cash in the Powerball ticket, which she bought on Jan. 13, 2016. Its value would have plummeted to $0 if she had arrived after 5 p.m. on Friday the 13th. Of the 12 $50,000 winning ti
Jan 17, 2017, 11:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mistake lottery ticket wins NJ man $1 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop A New Jersey man has won a multi-state Cash4Life prize worth $1 million because of a lottery ticket that was sold to him accidentally. New Jersey Lottery officials reported the second-prize winning Cash4Life ticket was sold at Sam's Day Nite Food Store, 1200 River Ave., and matched five numbers but not the Cash Ball in the Dec. 1 drawing. The winning numbers were were 17, 23, 30, 49 and 55. The Cash Ball drawn was 1, according to lottery officials. The store owners said
Dec 7, 2016, 12:08 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois couple claim $134 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop The lottery has made our dreams come true! That's what the Illinois winner and his wife exclaimed Tuesday when they claimed a $134 million jackpot from the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game. The winning couple, who claimed the prize in the name of the Elaine Francis Trust, beat the 1-in-259 million odds with a Quick Pick ticket in the Friday, September 16 Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers drawn that evening were 13, 21, 28, 34, and 40, with Mega Ball
Oct 25, 2016, 1:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Five friends win lottery after a decade of buying tickets togetherNews Story
Money won't be an issue for five friends from Yonkers anymore. A decade of buying lottery tickets together paid off big for the group of pals who hit the $106 million jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions game on Sept. 11. It was 52-year-old limo driver Edgar Lopez's turn to pick up the tickets so he stopped at Yonkers Grocery and Convenience to grab a Mega Millions quick pick. The following weekend, he got his friends together to share some big news they were all millionaires. I
Oct 29, 2015, 1:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery warns about Powerball scam spreading through FacebookNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission is warning the public of a new scam that is affecting Facebook users nationwide. The Oklahoma Lottery says there is a post circulating on Facebook that allows users to click on a link taking them to a website claiming the Powerball is giving away $1 million jackpot instantly. The website address reportedly includes various misspellings of Powerball, including Powerbooll and Pawerball. Officials say there is also a letter circulating with a fake offer fro
Oct 22, 2015, 12:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery marks 5th anniversaryNews Story
With over 150,000 Arkansas students awarded almost half a billion dollars in lottery-funded Academic Challenge Scholarships, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating five full years of big wins and big opportunities as an engine for higher education and an educated, higher-earning workforce. Before that first ticket was bought at 12:01 a.m. on September 28, 2009, we could only guess at what this lottery could do for our state, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Director Bishop Woosley said.
Oct 7, 2014, 9:25 am - Todd - Lottery News