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Ohio Lottery halts some prize payouts due to Christmas Eve cybersecurity incidentNews Story
Fifth day of investigation into cybersecurity event, some prize payouts still paused By Kate Northrop The Ohio Lottery temporarily suspended lottery payouts for prizes over a certain amount after a cybersecurity event impacted their computer systems on Christmas Eve. Payouts for Ohio Lottery prizes of $599 and above have been suspended for some claim methods due to a cybersecurity incident that occurred on Sun., Dec. 24. Viewing results for some games has also been impacted, maki
Dec 28, 2023, 12:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Cash 3 playersReply
Just in time!!!! 400x2!!!!! Thank you My retailer says I'm cheating ....
Sep 15, 2023, 12:32 pm - Vetman1427! - Pick 3 Forum

California man reinvests $500 lottery win into scratch-off book, scoops up $1 million prizeReply
If you were the owner or manager of the store I guess you could secretly x-ray all the scratch offs when the store was closed, set aside the books or rolls with big winners, sell them to your buddy, and leave the duds in the store to be sold to unwitting customers. This scam sounds familiar. Wasn't there a news story about a retailer who did something similar?
Aug 8, 2023, 1:33 am - db101 - Lottery News

CA SuperLotto slow-build 6 monthsReply
But what about that makes it illegal you are still getting the tickets from a retailer of sorts and I can make the same point as @think Regardless of all that and even tho the sales are up by quite a bit the jackpot keeps growing 1M at a time and I have actually just out of curiosity called the lottery and asked and they couldn't give me an answer as to why this is. This game is exhausting
Jul 31, 2023, 12:13 pm - LuckyGabe - Lottery Discussion Forum

Has a large jackpot winning ticket ever been soldReply
Not surprised that a large jackpot winner was sold in a Publix located in Florida. Seems to me like there is a Publix on every corner in Florida with new ones being built everywhere. Publix is the largest lottery retailer in the state, and Florida has the 3rd biggest population in The USA. G5
Jul 25, 2023, 7:43 am - GiveFive - Lottery Discussion Forum

Florida Scratch Offs - Post Pictures if posibleReply
Great info, Dracos...thanks for the retailer info. I'm pondering something. I saw 1490 announced as ending on the FL Lotto website, so was wondering if that's a tacit admission that any remaining top prizes are gone? I've seen similar activity with previous games. Either way I see that the #2 game 1491 is also with a final remaining win unclaimed but still going strong. Either way hope all is going well and best of luck.
May 7, 2023, 4:07 am - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

$1.55 BILLION: Powerball continues historic jackpot climbNews Story
4th-largest lottery jackpot in world history set for Monday drawing By Todd Northrop Following the massive Powerball drawing worth $1.43 billion Saturday night, get ready to head back to your local lottery retailer, because things have gotten even more interesting. That's because nobody won that Powerball lottery jackpot Saturday night, sending the Monday jackpot to heights only seen three times previously in world lottery history. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimat
Oct 8, 2023, 12:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama man wins $150,000 a year for life in Florida LotteryNews Story
Out-of-state player turns $5 and a trip to Florida into over $2 million By Kate Northrop An Alabama resident turned $5 and a trip to Florida into a lottery prize worth $150,000 a year for life. Gary Thomas, 49, of Dothan, Alabama, ended up leaving the state of Florida a millionaire thanks to a single scratch-off ticket. On Monday, the Florida Lottery announced that Thomas claimed a top prize worth $150,000 a year for life from a $5 scratch-off game called $150,000 a Year for Life
Oct 17, 2023, 12:14 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn will implement online spending limitNews Story
New protection measures to be put in place for lottery players By Kate Northrop As part of Allwyn Entertainment's upcoming takeover as the new operator of the UK National Lottery, a spending limit will be put in place for players buying lottery products online. Lottery players in the UK will be limited to a certain number of tickets they buy online and will be restricted in the amount they spend virtually. UK Lottery retailers received a contract that they must agree to before D
Sep 6, 2023, 4:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

How exactly are lottery scratchers numbered in CAReply
I did did not look to see how California does it Edit: I just looked at the examples on the California website and I am guessing that California does book number and ticket number while leaving off the game number. So yyyyyyyy-zzzz my guess is y is the book number and z is the ticket number. Otherwise if you are familiar with the way California does the numbering and you know you are correct then your retailer may have a pack of earlier tickets that have not been selling o
Apr 27, 2023, 2:04 pm - Think - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum