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New Powerball feature coming to some statesNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Powerball Product Group announced Monday that a new add-on feature will accompany the game in some states when it launches its third weekly drawing, starting Mon., Aug. 23. The feature is called Double Play, and it gives players in certain jurisdictions another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a second drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million, a press release says. America's jackpot game is picking up the pace to keep up with player demand going fr
Aug 5, 2021, 2:55 pm - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery launches Pick 5 draw gameNews Story
Lottery releases its third daily numbers game By Kate Northrop Yesterday, the Louisiana Lottery launched Pick 5, the third game in its family of daily numbers games that also includes Pick 3 and Pick 4. Louisiana players now have a chance to win a $50,000 top prize in the Lottery's new Pick 5 game, which incorporates both classic and brand-new play-types. Our daily numbers game sales have shown solid, continual growth over the last several years with fiscal year sales up more t
Aug 2, 2021, 11:06 am - Lottery News

New York Lottery changes Take 5 game to twice-daily drawingsNews Story
Second daily drawing to begin next week By Kate Northrop The New York Lottery added a second daily drawing to its popular Take 5 draw game, with the change effective starting next week. Beginning this Monday, July 26, the Lottery will offer New York players another daily drawing for the Take 5 game, with one drawing to take place in the afternoon and the other in the evening. Take 5 created more than 2.5 million cash prize winners last fiscal year, New York Lottery Executive Di
Jul 23, 2021, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery to add third weekly Lotto Texas drawingNews Story
Additional drawing to begin in August By Kate Northrop Texas Lottery players will get an additional chance to hit the Lotto Texas jackpot with a new weekly drawing to be added this August. Lotto Texas is the latest game to be included to the Monday Night Draw schedule, joining various other games that night in the Lottery's lineup. Also known as The Texas Original, it's a 28-year-old game that offers the largest rolling jackpots drawn in a local statewide game. Players pick six numb
Jul 22, 2021, 10:36 am - Lottery News

Michigan man almost threw out winning $500,000 lottery ticketNews Story
It was worth a second glance By Kate Northrop Always double-check your tickets is probably what one lucky Michigan man would tell any lottery player after he nearly threw out a winning scratch-off ticket worth $500,000. A Grand Rapids player thought he held a losing lottery ticket, but a second glance saved him from making a decision that would have cost him $500,000. The player, who chose to remain anonymous, stopped at the Meijer gas station on Wilson Avenue Northwest in Gran
Jun 21, 2021, 8:57 pm - Lottery News

South Carolina woman "wasn't feeling lucky," wins $2 millionNews Story
Winner was having a bad day when she hit the jackpot By Kate Northrop A South Carolina woman was not having a great day, but her luck instantly changed when she won a $2 million top prize from a scratch-off. One lucky winner took home a $2 million top prize, the largest top prize ever offered on a South Carolina Lottery scratch-off, while having a not-so-great day. The unnamed woman and her mother were out running errands, when the mother asked her daughter if they could stop at the
Jun 10, 2021, 10:08 pm - Lottery News

Ohio, Kentucky to use lotteries as incentive for residents to get vaccinatedNews Story
By Kate Northrop Ohio and Kentucky are trying new tactics to incentivize their residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some of which involve a separate lottery for those who received a vaccine or a promotion to persuade individuals to get one. States are trying to find ways to encourage people to get themselves and children vaccinated against the coronavirus. In one instance, Governor Phil Murphy in New Jersey announced earlier this month that any New Jerseyan who gets their first va
May 13, 2021, 12:49 pm - Lottery News

Minnesota will allow anonymous lottery prize claimsNews Story
New law comes into effect September 1 By Kate Northrop Minnesota will join the growing list of states that allow players to claim lottery prizes anonymously when a new law goes into effect granting winners of certain big prizes the option to withhold their names from the public record. On Friday, Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law that will allow lottery winners of prizes over $10,000 to keep their names private. The bill passed through the Minnesota Legislature unanimously and
May 10, 2021, 1:38 pm - Lottery News

Powerball to increase to three drawings a weekNews Story
By Kate Northrop This morning, lottery officials announced that the multi-state Powerball lottery game will increase the number of nightly drawings from two to three times a week starting August 2021. Players will have another shot at that big jackpot prize now that a new Monday drawing is added to the weekly draw schedule. In addition to the drawings held on Wednesday and Saturday nights at 10:59 EST, Powerball will conduct a drawing on Monday nights at the same time. Our players r
May 3, 2021, 2:32 pm - Lottery News

UPDATE: New Jersey Lottery restores Fast Play sales following glitchNews Story
Lottery promises compensation for some players By Kate Northrop The New Jersey Lottery today announced that sales for its Fast Play family of games will be restored this evening after a software issue forced ticket sales offline and provided details regarding compensation for affected tickets. On Tuesday, the Lottery suspended Fast Play sales immediately after discovering a vendor software error. Sales for the Fast Play family of games are scheduled to resume tonight, Apr. 29 at 5:00
Apr 29, 2021, 4:16 pm - Lottery News