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$200,000 Powerball lottery prize goes unclaimedNews Story
One lucky Powerball winner from Kansas isn't so lucky after the deadline expired for claiming a $200,000 prize. Kansas Lottery officials said they heard some real doozies last week from people trying to grab a share of the unclaimed riches, but despite that, Friday's deadline passed without the winning ticket showing up. Just because none could produce the winning ticket, it didn't prevent at least 100 people from trying to claim the money as their own. Some guy called twice I'm not
Aug 3, 2008, 8:50 pm - Lottery News

Lottery practices sound, Ariz. officials sayNews Story
Despite a Valley lawyer's filing class-action lawsuits against various state lotteries, including Colorado and Indiana, alleging deceptive practices regarding Scratchers tickets, the Arizona Lottery appears to be in the clear. Although these lawsuits against state lotteries are popping up throughout the country one of the most recent was filed by a business professor in Virginia Arizona Lottery representatives say a suit against them would fail because they believe they have sound policie
Jul 23, 2008, 9:39 am - Lottery News

$85M sought for "defective" Virginia lottery ticketsNews Story
Man sues Virginia Lottery for selling $85 million in defective scratch-off tickets A lawsuit by Washington and Lee University professor Scott Hoover seeks reimbursement for purchasers of an estimated 26.5 million tickets over the past five years. He asserted that the tickets had no chance of winning the top prize promised on them. John Fishwick, a Roanoke attorney for Hoover, on Monday released copies of a lawsuit filed in Richmond Circuit Court. It seeks an $85 million judgment and an inj
Jul 1, 2008, 8:48 am - Lottery News

Lottery scratch games still being sold after jackpots are goneNews Story
Feeling lucky today? Then don't buy a $20 scratch-off ticket for the New Jersey Lottery's $1,000,000 Explosion game. Your chances of winning the $1 million top prize are Z-E-R-O. The six top prizes were awarded months ago, but the $20 tickets are still on sale. The best prize available today is $10,000. State lotteries are coming under renewed criticism for selling scratch-off tickets after the top prizes have been given away. The latest challenge comes from a professor who says
Jun 30, 2008, 1:22 pm - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery's Millionaire Raffle resultsNews Story
The Arizona Lottery's raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn last night, awarding two $1 million jackpots and more than 700 other cash prizes. The winning numbers can be found here: https://www.lotterypost.com/az-lottery-raffle-2008-06-11.asp Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Arizona Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 250,000 tickets available for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 million of any Arizona Lott
Jun 12, 2008, 12:39 pm - Lottery News

Minn. Lottery office hears from $180M Powerball winnerNews Story
Officials at the Minnesota State Lottery headquarters said today they have heard from someone who claims to be holding the winning Powerball ticket from Saturday's drawing that's worth $180.1 million. But nothing is official until that person comes forward and presents the ticket for certification at the lottery's Roseville office, a lottery spokeswoman said. That's not likely to happen today, but it could happen this week. We are eager to find out, she said. Lottery officials confirm
May 5, 2008, 1:54 pm - Lottery News

$275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia playerNews Story
There is a one in 146 million chance that someone would match all six numbers drawn in a Powerball game. One of the tickets sold in West Virginia for the Powerball game Saturday night beat those astronomical odds to win the $276.3 million jackpot. The game's cash option, should the winner choose it, is worth $139,421,731. The ticket matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 6, 22, 42, 43, 47 and 16 as the Powerball. The Power Play number was 2. Nearly 2 million other players won
Mar 16, 2008, 8:28 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $230 millionNews Story
The jackpot in America's Game continues to grow, as do the lines at the lottery ticket counters. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $230 million, with a cash option of $113.6 Million. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday evening, 3 lucky tickets in New Mexico (1) and South Carolina (2) matched all 5 white numbers with the Power Play and won $400,000 cash each. Thirteen other winners matched
Mar 10, 2008, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Nebraska man wins Iowa Lottery's $500,000 second-chance jackpotNews Story
A railroad worker from Lincoln, Nebraska collected a $500,000 check Friday from the second chance drawing of the Iowa/Kansas Midwest Millions scratch ticket lottery game. Fifty-year-old Ralph Kuwamoto says he bought the tickets at a store called Eddy's in Glenwood, Iowa and then mailed them in for the second-chance drawing. Kuwamoto says he didn't think anything about it until a friend called. He says he was coming home from St. Joseph, Missouri when he got a call from a buddy in Arizona
Jan 19, 2008, 11:36 pm - Lottery News

New Year's Eve lottery raffles from around the USANews Story
In addition to celebrating the new year last night, lottery players from around the United States were checking their raffle tickets to see if they would start 2008 as a new millionaire. Raffle-style lottery drawings were held in several states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia. (Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania drew their raffles a couple days ago.) T
Jan 1, 2008, 10:25 am - Lottery News