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El Gordo awards over €2.4 billion in famous Christmas raffle
Winning numbers for top prizes announced this morning
By Kate Northrop
The Spanish Lottery has released the winning numbers for El Gordo (The Fat One), the most well-known, largest raffle in history, measured by prize payout. In 2020, the Christmas raffle is handing out over 2.4 billion (US$ 2.9 billion) in prizes. That's 28 million (US$34 million) more than last year.
Traditionally, two children from the San Ildefonso school sing out the winning five-digit number for the 4 million (US$
Dec 22, 2020, 11:59 am - Lottery News
NJ Lottery rounds off 50th Anniversary celebration
Lottery to host Facebook Live event tonight
By Kate Northrop
Today marks the New Jersey Lottery's 50th year in operation, and to round off the year-long celebration, it will be hosting a Facebook Live event where 50 players will have the chance to receive $500 in scratch-off tickets.
The New Jersey Lottery sold its first ticket to former Governor William Cahill on December 16, 1970. Back then, tickets cost only 50 cents. Now, the Lottery has grown to offer more games and player experien
Dec 16, 2020, 12:28 pm - Lottery News
Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraud
20 players share the jackpot after consecutive numbers are drawn
By Kate Northrop
An unusually perfect series of sequential numbers that came up in South Africa's most recent PowerBall drawing has led to accusations of fraud, while others jumped in to defend the integrity of a game based on pure luck and chance.
The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday, Dec. 1 were all consecutive numbers, including the PowerBall itself 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and PowerBall 10.
20 people purchased a ticket with t
Dec 3, 2020, 1:03 pm - Lottery News
Lottery Post's guide to 2020 holiday raffles
By Kate Northrop
For many lottery players, the upcoming holiday season represents the return of raffle games, many of which offer their best odds of winning $1 million or more.
At Lottery Post, we've always held pride in our detailed lottery results reporting, even for special drawings like raffles that are often overlooked. In 2020 we continue that tradition, and we'll publish the winning raffle numbers in each state and country conducting a raffle drawing this year.
Back in 2005, when
Nov 11, 2020, 8:05 pm - Lottery News
Two tickets win Michigan Lottery's record $32.3 million Lotto 47 jackpot
After 77 consecutive drawings without a winner, the game finally makes two millionaires
By Kate Northrop
On Saturday night, Nov. 7, the Michigan Lottery held the drawing for its largest-ever Lotto 47 jackpot, which ended up producing two winning tickets for the record-breaking $32.3 million top prize.
Two lucky tickets matched the numbers drawn on Saturday night to split the record jackpot, making each ticket worth $16.14 million. Those numbers were 4, 16, 33, 38, 40, and 44.
One tic
Nov 9, 2020, 12:02 pm - Lottery News
Michigan Lotto 47 jackpot reaches all-time record $30.25 million
Record-breaking jackpot up for grabs Saturday night after no winners in Wednesday's draw
By Kate Northrop
The Michigan Lottery's Lotto 47 jackpot has gotten even bigger after Wednesday night's drawing failed to produce a winner. Now at an estimated $30.25 million, it continues to push the record for the game's highest jackpot in history.
Michigan players will have a chance Saturday night, Nov. 7, to take home the jackpot valued at $30.25 million, with a cash value of $19.2 million. Acco
Nov 6, 2020, 5:02 pm - Lottery News
Delaware Lottery celebrates its 45th year in operation
By Kate Northrop
This Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, the Delaware Lottery will celebrate its 45th year in operation with a year full of new featured games, events, and promotions for players to take part in.
The state was one of the earliest to adopt a government-regulated lottery when the idea of establishing lotteries as a source of state revenue gained traction in the 1960's and 1970's. As a result of the versatility that has allowed the Delaware Lottery to keep up the pace with game changes an
Oct 27, 2020, 9:33 am - Lottery News
Michigan man wins two $1 million lottery prizes in one day
Unintentional purchase leads to a huge payout
By Kate Northrop
One incredibly lucky lottery player from Michigan was not expecting his simple mistake to pay out double what he hoped for. His accidental purchase of two tickets led to him winning two Mega Millions prizes each worth $1 million.
The seemingly impossible event shocked Samir Mazahem, 56, of Dearborn Heights, who said he unintentionally bought two identical tickets with the same numbers, much like a Canadian player who recentl
Oct 26, 2020, 11:07 am - Lottery News
Nebraska man wins second scratch-off lottery jackpot this year
Lightning strikes twice for one lucky player
By Kate Northrop
Will third time be the charm? A Nebraska lottery winner might consider buying one more lottery ticket after winning a second jackpot this year.
The Nebraska Lottery saw Michael Christiansen back in March when he won and claimed a $50,000 top prize from the $5 Money Clip scratch-off game. Last Thursday, he paid them another visit to claim his second top prize, this one worth $100,000.
Christiansen had actually bought the tw
Oct 23, 2020, 8:55 am - Lottery News
Canadian player splits jackpot with himself after buying two identical lottery tickets
An unintentional purchase turned out to be a happy accident
By Kate Northrop
A player from Alberta, Canada, accidentally purchased two Lotto 6/49 tickets that had the same exact numbers, but he's not sweating the trivial amount he spent on that extra ticket. Instead, he won the entire $5 million (US$3.8 million) jackpot, split into an identical pair of $2.5 million (US$1.9 million) jackpots.
Andrew Burke of Calmar mistakenly bought two matching lottery tickets for the Wed., Sept. 16 Lot
Oct 21, 2020, 6:08 pm - Lottery News