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Virginia Lottery retailers escalate boycott, halt ALL lottery ticket sales until further noticeNews Story
Virginians could have a tougher time buying lottery tickets By Kate Northrop Nearly a month after hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers participated in a temporary boycott of ticket sales to protest the ban of skill games, many of those stores are now refusing to sell tickets altogether. In protest of a recent amendment made to a bill that regulates the operation of skill games in the state, licensed Virginia Lottery retailers have taken last month's ticket sale boycott a step furth
May 11, 2024, 8:03 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

Virginia Lottery retailers refuse to sell tickets to draw attention to skill games amendmentNews Story
Amendment would effectively prohibit most small businesses from having skill games in stores Includes video report By Kate Northrop Hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers across the state participated in a boycott of ticket sales on Monday to protest an amendment to a bill that regulates skill games. Virginia lottery players may have had difficulty buying tickets Monday, since hundreds of licensed Virginia Lottery retailers halted ticket sales to voice their frustrations with the
Apr 18, 2024, 7:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winner of $95 million Lotto Texas lottery jackpot gamed the odds to winReply
This might hurt ticket sales if players think a syndicate can swoop in and buy out a large jackpot.
Apr 28, 2024, 2:34 pm - raincrow - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize on first-ever lottery ticketReply
You are required to have your picture taken and they are allowed to promote it. You are not required to be overly exuberant about it or have to explain or concoct some story about how or why you won to help future sales for them and make yourself well known and a potential target for bilkers.
May 10, 2024, 10:44 am - billybucks - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize on first-ever lottery ticketReply
Then it would be your turn to get exploited by a state lottery commission to help promote their games whose sales may be slumping. I am sure you wouldn't mind however.
May 10, 2024, 9:50 am - billybucks - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize on first-ever lottery ticketReply
I guess it is OK to believe that story that it was her first time playing along with the one yesterday and the one a few weeks ago. I guess it wouldn't be to help increase sales by non players.
May 8, 2024, 10:08 am - billybucks - Lottery News

$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months agoReply
I am so confused by this. It takes the California lottery from October 16 2023 to March 29 2024 (165 days) to verify the winner and collect the money to give the winner their payment ? I have never heard of this before even with previous major jackpot winners in other states and California. I can understand keeping the privacy for lottery winners. But I don t like the lack of transparency from the lottery and generic answers or talking around the question. It s just like how Powerba
Apr 19, 2024, 4:11 pm - Kandiapple - Lottery News

Oregon woman who doesn't check lottery tickets wins $1 million in raffleNews Story
Winner would have forgotten to check tickets if it weren't for Powerball By Kate Northrop An Oregon woman admitted that if it weren't for Powerball making headlines, she would not have thought to check an Oregon Lottery Raffle ticket that turned out to be worth $1 million. If it were not for seeing Powerball come up in the news, an Oregon woman would not have bothered to check her stack of lottery tickets, one of which held the winning numbers for a $1 million prize. Leslie Carr,
Apr 25, 2024, 7:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ryan Mindell appointed Executive Director of Texas LotteryNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery Commission announced the appointment of Ryan Mindell as the new Executive Director of the Texas Lottery in a press release issued Thursday. With a track record of multiple leadership functions at both the Texas Lottery and in the lottery industry, Ryan Mindell will serve as the new Executive Director of the Texas Lottery. With a unanimous decision, we are proud to appoint Ryan Mindell as the Texas Lottery Commission's newest Executive Director, Texa
Apr 22, 2024, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News