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Michigan man wins $4 million top prize in new scratch-off lottery gameNews Story
Player scoops massive prize from instant game that launched a month ago By Kate Northrop One particular player loves trying out different types of instant games, and in doing so won a huge $4 million top prize from one of the Michigan Lottery's newest scratch-off games. An anonymous Michigan man decided to try out the Lottery's new $30 Diamond 7's instant game, which boasted three unclaimed top prizes of a whopping $4 million each. Just as luck would have it, the scratch-off enthusiast
Sep 16, 2021, 12:07 pm - Lottery News

Italian store owner who reportedly stole €500,000 lottery ticket blocked from leaving countryNews Story
Police still on the hunt for top prize-winning lottery ticket By Kate Northrop An Italian shopkeeper just narrowly missed escaping the country after he was accused of stealing a winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth 500,000 (US$592,385) from a customer. The owner of a tobacco store in Naples ran off with a top prize-winning lottery ticket he allegedly swiped from a customer looking to verify the ticket's win, but he claims there is more to the story than meets the eye. On Friday,
Sep 7, 2021, 4:25 pm - Lottery News

South Carolina man wins $200,000 lottery prize with numbers he saw on TV showNews Story
By Kate Northrop It just so happened that some numbers mentioned in a television show were the lucky numbers a South Carolina player needed to win a $200,000 jackpot in the South Carolina Lottery's Palmetto Cash 5 game. An anonymous South Carolina player was looking for inspiration for his lottery numbers when he saw a series of numbers mentioned on TV. I saw [the numbers] on television, he told the Lottery a day after cashing in his winning ticket. The show he was watching mentione
Sep 5, 2021, 5:28 pm - Lottery News

Michigan man wins $18.41 million Lotto 47 jackpot with numbers he played for 30 yearsNews Story
Thinking of changing up your numbers anytime soon? You might want to rethink that. By Kate Northrop After sticking with the same set of numbers for three decades and rarely missing a drawing, one Michigan man is walking away with a Lotto 47 jackpot worth $18.41 million. There's no way to perfectly describe the unwavering patience and resolve of one anonymous Michigan man, who finally hit the jackpot with the same set of numbers he's played for 30 years. The spectacular win might give
Aug 30, 2021, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

South Carolina Lottery player wins two big Mega Millions prizes in two weeksNews Story
By Kate Northrop A South Carolina Lottery player is seeing double after winning two big Mega Millions prizes from tickets bought at the same store in two weeks. An anonymous winner had a good reason to celebrate after raking in a $40,000 Mega Millions prize, but not even two full weeks later, he had a much bigger reason another Mega Millions prize, this time worth $3 million. The Grand Strand resident collected two significant prizes in the span of 11 days. He had bought his two winning
Aug 18, 2021, 12:34 pm - Lottery News

Australian cleaner wins $80 million lottery jackpot after losing job in the pandemicNews Story
Sleep-deprived family man won't have to struggle anymore By Kate Northrop An anonymous man from North Melbourne lost his job in the pandemic but knew his luck turned around when he discovered he was the sole winner of an $80 million (US$58.7 million) Australian Powerball jackpot. It took one single ticket in the Aug. 12, 2021 Powerball drawing for a sleep-deprived cleaner's life to instantly change for the better. After holding the only winning ticket for the drawing with the n
Aug 16, 2021, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

German woman walks around with €32 million winning lottery ticket for weeksNews Story
By Kate Northrop Imagine the moment you figure out you've been walking around with nearly $40 million in your purse for weeks without even realizing it. An anonymous German woman did not even know that she had hit the Germany Lottery's Lotto 6aus49 32 million (US$38.98 million) jackpot from the Wed., Jun. 9, 2021 drawing until several weeks after. It's a good thing that ticket stayed in her purse had it been misplaced, it would have been heartbreaking for the 32 million jackpot to go un
Jul 29, 2021, 4:40 pm - Lottery News

New Zealand couple hopes $17 million lottery prize will last generationsNews Story
A young married couple from Auckland, New Zealand, started their Sunday morning learning they were $17.16 million (US$12.6 million) richer. The couple, who want to remain anonymous, won Powerball First Division in Saturday night's draw after buying their ticket from West City Lotto in Henderson. The husband said he was up with his children on Sunday morning while his wife had a much-deserved sleep-in. He was on his phone when he saw Powerball had been won by a ticket purchased at one of th
Jul 28, 2021, 8:37 am - Lottery News

Lottery scammers steal $1.2 million from one victimNews Story
Crook receives six years in prison for crimes of conspiracy and fraud By Kate Northrop After stealing over $1 million from one single victim, the leader of a ring of Jamaican scam artists was sentenced Friday to almost six years in prison. Like any typical scammer, Stieve Fernandez, 35, spent his time deceiving vulnerable individuals and robbing elderly targets of their life savings as part of a high-functioning underground network of lottery fraudsters. Fernandez was said to h
Jul 12, 2021, 12:45 pm - Lottery News

Missouri will allow lottery winners to remain anonymousNews Story
New law takes effect in August By Kate Northrop Lottery winners in Missouri will soon be able to claim their prizes under full anonymity once a new law takes effect in August. On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Mike Parson signed four bills into law, one of which allows Missouri Lottery winners the ability to keep their names a secret. According to a press release from the Governor's website, HB 402 prohibits the Lottery Commission from publishing a winner's name unless they have w
Jun 30, 2021, 1:00 pm - Lottery News