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Single winner takes $7 million Illinois Lotto jackpotNews Story
A single winner has taken the $7 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game. The ticket sold in Loves Park was the only one to match all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's Lotto drawing. The next Lotto drawing will be Saturday night, and will feature a grand prize of $2 million. Wednesday night's drawing also produced 20 second-prize winners who matched five of the six winning numbers and will receive prizes of $1004 apiece. Another 1,048
Nov 9, 2006, 8:33 am - Lottery News

Four winners in Canada Lotto 6/49 drawNews Story
There are four winning tickets in Canada for last night's Lotto 6/49 draw. The $36 million prize was the third-largest in the lottery's history. Officials say based on high ticket sales, the jackpot grew to over $39.6 million. One of the winning tickets was sold in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, one in Ontario, and the other two were sold in Quebec. The winning numbers were 3, 4, 20, 38, 42 and 48, with the bonus number 34.
Nov 9, 2006, 7:18 am - Lottery News

Ontario lottery players advised to be cautiousNews Story
It's not just about whether you win or lose, but how you play the game, especially when that game is the lottery. People buying tickets for Wednesday night's $36 million Lotto 649 draw the fourth largest Canadian jackpot in the lottery's history have been advised to take precautions to avoid being cheated in the wake of reports that retailers may be lying about whether tickets are winners or not. The scandal arose several weeks ago when it was alleged that too many ticket sellers were
Nov 9, 2006, 7:09 am - Lottery News

Hot Lotto coming to New MexicoNews Story
Lottery players in New Mexico will soon have a hot new way to win a cool million when tickets for Hot Lotto go on sale Sunday, November 12. The first drawing to include New Mexico will be held on November 15. Hot Lotto will be a nice complement to our current games, filling the niche between Roadrunner Cash and Powerball, said Lottery CEO Tom Romero. New Mexico now has the option of playing for a huge jackpot (Powerball) with higher odds of winning, or a smaller jackpot (Hot Lotto) that
Nov 7, 2006, 3:03 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. lottery jackpot raised to $45 millionNews Story
Biggest N.Y. Lotto jackpot in a year; third-largest in the world There was no first prize winner in Saturday night's New York Lotto drawing, causing the jackpot to rollover to $45 million for Wednesday evening's drawing. The jackpot is currently the third-largest lottery jackpot in the world, and the largest New York Lotto jackpot since a $56 million jackpot was won on July 30, 2005. The winning Lotto numbers for Saturday, June 24, 2006 were 16-20-30-31-35-45, and the Bonus number was 2
Jun 26, 2006, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. store clerk busted in Lotto scamNews Story
A man who bought a Lotto ticket worth $1 million at a Huntington Station store was almost swindled out of his winnings by the clerk, State Police said. Carlos Canas bought the $1 million Lotto Luck scratch-off ticket at Huntington Beverage, 1687 New York Ave., on June 7 and immediately knew he had won. Wanting to verify his winnings and get information on how to claim the prize, police said Canas handed the ticket to the clerk, Mohinder K. Misri. Misri allegedly scanned the ticket, tore
Jun 26, 2006, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

$82 Million: California lottery jackpot keeps rollingNews Story
Currently the largest lottery jackpot in the worldOne more roll will make it the largest California jackpot in two years The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $82 million Thursday currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world. None of the tickets sold for Wednesday night's $76 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega number. The next drawing will be Saturday night. There were six second-prize winners from Wednesday night's drawing,
Jun 22, 2006, 10:25 am - Lottery News

$70 million: California SuperLotto Plus rolls againNews Story
The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $70 million Thursday currently the second-largest lottery jackpot in the world. None of the tickets sold for Wednesday night's $64 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega number. The next drawing will be Saturday night. There were three second-prize winners from Wednesday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega number to win $42,671 each. In addition, there are seven other
Jun 15, 2006, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

California lottery jackpot reaches $64 millionNews Story
Largest SuperLotto Plus jackpot in 5 months The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $64 million Sunday currently the second-largest lottery jackpot in the world, and the game's largest jackpot in 5 months. None of the tickets sold for Saturday night's $60 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega number. The next drawing will be Wednesday night. There were 6 second-prize winners from Saturday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers
Jun 12, 2006, 9:39 am - Lottery News

California lottery jackpot raised to $56 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $56 million Sunday currently the second-largest lottery jackpot in the world. None of the tickets sold for Saturday night's $52 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega number. The next drawing will be Wednesday night. There were 7 second-prize winners from Saturday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega number to win $15,876 each. In addition, there are seven other ways th
Jun 5, 2006, 9:39 am - Lottery News