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Update: Every US state lottery's COVID-19 responseNews Story
By Todd Northrop and Kate Northrop While life has been upended and millions of Americans are staying home due to the national COVID-19 response, state lotteries continue to operate every day selling tickets, drawing numbers, and awarding prizes. Two weeks ago Lottery Post surveyed every state lottery to determine what modified procedures have been put in place by each lottery to protect players and those who run the lottery from spreading the coronavirus. The responses we saw varied fro
Apr 6, 2020, 9:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery to honor 2 sets of Pick 3 numbersReply
Good on South Carolina Lottery Headquarters for paying out on this non-employee auditor's mistake!
Oct 12, 2014, 11:04 pm - HaveABall - Lottery News

NY brothers charged in plot to steal $5M New York Lottery ticketReply
Do these scratch-off tickets get scanned upon sale or what? Because if yes, then the Lottery Headquarters knows IMMEDIATELY by the sold ticket's scanned bar code that one of their winning tickets has been sold and at which lottery retailer (thus, in all fairness the lottery headquarters should announce and post end of the opportunity for first place prize wins and give notice that game tickets for lesser 2nd place prizes, etc. are only available for 30 more days (if still also applicable). T
Nov 14, 2012, 4:38 pm - HaveABall - Lottery News

$355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot second-biggest of all timeReply
I am just waiting to drive an hour to lottery headquarters in the morning!!!
Jan 4, 2011, 5:01 pm - freeobama - Lottery News

N.C. lottey commission to announce vendor choiceReply
N.C. Lottery To Install Beige Carpeting In Headquarters .
Jan 24, 2006, 9:25 pm - DoubleDown - Lottery News

Explosion, fire, shut down Iowa Lottery HeadquartersReply
2 places = headquarters and drawing studio, both in Des Moines, but at different addresses.
Aug 24, 2005, 10:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Explosion, fire, shut down Iowa Lottery HeadquartersNews Story
An explosion and smoky fire Tuesday has forced the evacuation of the Iowa Lottery Headquarters building in Des Moines.Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer was in the building at the time. She said they were working this morning when all of the electricity went out. At that time, people working in the basement heard some load pops and saw some sparks flying from the electrical equipment. We're just thankful that no-one was hurt, Neubauer said.Neubauer said they won't get the office running again
Aug 23, 2005, 7:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New York man wins $149M Mega Millions jackpotReply
Yeah, I didn't know any lottery headquarters were open on Sunday.
Nov 23, 2004, 4:35 pm - mrmst - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery to move headquartersNews Story
Lottery announces temporary claims schedule to accommodate move By Kate Northrop The Connecticut Lottery will be moving its headquarters and claims center to a new facility this month. On Thursday, the Connecticut Lottery announced that it will be relocating to a new location and posted a temporary in-person prize claims schedule to accommodate the move. In May, the Lottery revealed that it's lease for its Rocky Hill headquarters building would be expiring and that it would be co
Aug 21, 2023, 2:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

NC man wins $1 million in lottery twice in one yearReply
Well this Lottery headquarters explained breakdown was just odd, because they didn't tell us what the lump sum was for each of those jackpot wins chosen! Ugh, only the end amount was mentioned to us readers. So, this two-time winner actually gets to keep less than amounts mentioned in the story, because he still owes the remainder of the federal income taxes due on this year's Federal income tax form (and next year's income tax form for the jackpot won this year). Both years claims, the lottery
Mar 9, 2021, 11:53 pm - HaveABall - Lottery News