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Maryland brothers arrested for $3.5 million lottery scam that allegedly involved exploding briefcaseReply
Whoever down voted my previous post has a problem with the truth. Either that or they haven't been watching social media world news.
Feb 10, 2024, 7:44 pm - Lotterologist - Lottery News

Michigan woman finds out through Facebook that she won $1 million Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Social media helps a player discover their big win By Kate Northrop It's thanks to Facebook that a Michigan woman learned she won a $1 million Powerball lottery prize. While many regard social media as a source of silliness, distraction and fun, it's also where many turn to keep up with friends, family, and the news. It's also how one Michigan woman found out she was the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize from the March 2 drawing. Before the drawing took place, Jennifer Vacka
Mar 13, 2024, 9:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida LLC revealed to have claimed $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpotReply
I also read that employees of a Jacksonville Florida TV station saw a report that appears on the Florida Lottery's website that actually contained the winners name. (I too saw that report as did MsBee18 but it was quickly taken down). Reporters from the TV station tracked the guy down but he refused to speak with them. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/duval-county/winner-mega-millions-jackpot-ticket-worth-158-billion-sold-neptune-beach-publix-is-local/FFVWFRFZKRCHJEH6CDEXFDGE3
Dec 28, 2023, 7:32 pm - GiveFive - 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

$1.35 billion Mega Millions lottery winner suing mother of his child for revealing win to familyNews Story
Anonymity might not last for billion-dollar jackpot winner By Kate Northrop The winner of the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot is suing the mother of his child for allegedly telling his family about the lottery win. An anonymous Maine man who won the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot is accusing the mother of his child of blabbing about his win and is taking legal action in retaliation. In February, one lucky winner stepped forward to claim the then-fourth-largest lottery ja
Nov 17, 2023, 11:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Three Calgary friends claim $50M lottery prize after 17 years playing togetherNews Story
'I'm happy that the three of us get to share this... I don't know what I would have done with $50 million alone' Three friends who have playing the lottery together for 17 years are now multi-millionaires, thanks to a Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot win. After a weekend away, Carmen Austria woke up early on Dec. 11, made coffee and checked her lottery tickets a regular part of her morning routine, having played the lottery jointly with friends and former co-workers Gary Perkins and Catherine W
Feb 26, 2024, 8:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

California winner of $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot is lauded as kind family man by neighborsNews Story
Couldn't have happened to a better guy By Kate Northrop Following the California Lottery's announcement of Theodorus Struyck as one of the lottery winners of the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot on Friday, neighbors have come out and said that the win couldn't have happened to a better guy. The California Lottery named Theodorus Struyck , 65, as the representative of a group that won $1.765 billion in the Oct. 11, 2023 Powerball drawing, cementing them in history as winners of the
Mar 19, 2024, 9:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winner of $95 million Lotto Texas lottery jackpot gamed the odds to winNews Story
New Jersey based group turned the odds to win in their favor By Kate Northrop Around this time one year ago, the Texas Lottery's Lotto Texas jackpot was bursting at the seams, boasting the game's third-largest prize ever at a mouthwatering $95 million. One New Jersey-based group gamed the odds to win the jackpot. Following a seven-month period without a winner, the Lotto Texas jackpot had ballooned to $95 million for the drawing on April 22, 2023, the game's largest in over 12 years.
Apr 28, 2024, 12:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News