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Oregon woman who doesn't check lottery tickets wins $1 million in raffleReply
Exactly. I'm baffled why they play the lottery. They would be better of donating to charity if they don't care about checking tickets.
Apr 25, 2024, 7:51 pm - goldfish777 - Lottery News

Florida couple arrested for attempting to cash lottery ticket taped together to look like $1M winnerReply
Brings back the story of the guys in Mississippi when they started their lottery. They took two losing tickets and tried the same thing.
Apr 23, 2024, 12:54 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months agoReply
Retailers have security cameras and sometimes the machines themselves also have cameras. That would prove you bought the tickets even if you couldn't remember exactly where or when. Worst case scenario, if the lottery demanded an absurd level of precision that you couldn't provide, you could sue them to pay out the prize. I doubt they would refuse to pay out a prize because you couldn't remember whether or not you bought a bag of Cheetos with the ticket.
Apr 19, 2024, 11:34 am - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months agoReply
I thought a lottery ticket is a bearer's instrument (it is written so on the back of many tickets). Some basic vetting is appropriate (i.e., where when did you buy this ticket?), but police interviews, checking the store's video feed, waiting months to award you the money, etc.) is way over-the-top. It seems like nowadays they (the state lotteries) can potentially come up with any reason for refusing to give you the money you won, and I think that's way too much power for them when in fact WE (l
Apr 19, 2024, 4:48 pm - lowerPB-MModds! - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery Site Down
For those of us who purchase IL tickets online, this is a major bummer! Let's hope it's back from 'maintenance' soon. Report Abuse
Apr 11, 2024, 10:50 am - oh2btraveling - Pick 3 Forum

Massachusetts Lottery celebrates 50th anniversary of first instant ticketReply
Way back when before even thinking of playing the lottery. Just graduated from High School in '74. My late neighbor used to play 'The Game' I know he would win---how much IDK. He just passed last year @ age 96 and his Son would post scratch tickets that he would play in the Nursing home. I HAD Son for his address, but never did. He would have had some KY scratchers.
Jun 4, 2024, 1:07 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Online ticket wins $7.19 million Lotto 47 jackpot, largest online prize in MichiganNews Story
New state lottery record By Kate Northrop One Michigan player won a $7.19 million Lotto 47 jackpot with a ticket bought online, breaking the state record for the largest lottery prize won online. An online ticket won the $7.19 million Lotto 47 jackpot in the Michigan Lottery, setting a new state record for the biggest lottery prize ever won online. On the eve of Wed., May 22, 2024, someone matched all six numbers in the Lotto 47 drawing, which were 22, 24, 26, 40, 41, and 44, to
May 27, 2024, 8:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas: 5/1 - 5/31/2024Reply
I was today years old when I realized LP has a Buy Tickets button that leads to one of their lottery partners' websites called Jackpot.com. HHhhmm I wonder if a VPN could help me play in other states
May 21, 2024, 5:45 pm - LottoIntuitive - Pick 3 Forum

Winner of $95 million Lotto Texas lottery jackpot gamed the odds to winReply
This same plan was followed by an Australian group back in the 90s. They showed up in VA with Lotto cards filled out with the 7 million+ Lotto combinations and attempted to buy all combos by distributing buyers throughout the state. The state lottery put a halt to the plan after they only bought about 2/3 of the combinations, but they still had the winning ticket, although another ticket also won. VA put a stop to that kind of action I think by limiting the amount of tickets that could be purcha
Apr 28, 2024, 4:26 pm - lottobrain - Lottery News

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months agoReply
Years ago there was an incident in another state in which the jackpot was over $80M (a record at that time) and a woman claimed she had dropped the ticket outside of the store that was identified as being the seller of the winning ticket. She did this because the real winner had not yet come forward and the media was creating a frenzy over what was taking so long (it really wasn't long at all but people were excited about the wining jackpot). People flocked to the store and news crews vi
Apr 19, 2024, 1:18 pm - Perfecttiming2 - Lottery News