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South Carolina Lottery to end participation in Lucky for Life game
Multi-state game will no longer be available in the state after June
By Kate Northrop
Yesterday, the South Carolina Lottery announced that it will be removing the Lucky for Life multi-state game from its lineup.
The final drawing for Lucky for Life in South Carolina will take place at 10:35 pm EST on Mon., Jun. 28, 2021.
The South Carolina Education Lottery is leaving the multi-state Lucky for Life game to explore exciting new game opportunities for players that will launch over the
Apr 21, 2021, 1:23 pm - Lottery News
Three $300,000 lottery prizes sold in same South Carolina town within one month
Something's in the water in Greenwood, S.C.
By Kate Northrop
In just the span of one month, three separate retailers in the town of Greenwood have each sold a winning lottery ticket worth $300,000.
On Thursday, the South Carolina Lottery reported an astonishing occurrence three players claimed prizes of $300,000 from winning tickets sold in the same town at different retailers, all of which took place in the last 30 days.
According to the South Carolina Lottery, the stores are within
Mar 2, 2021, 9:03 am - 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
$232 million Powerball lottery winner from South Dakota lists ranch for sale
Rancher who won jackpot in 2009 will move on from sprawling property he purchased with winnings
By Kate Northrop
A South Dakota rancher who won a $232 Powerball jackpot in 2009 is selling the sprawling near-50,000 acre property he purchased with his lottery winnings.
Neal Wanless, then 23 years old, lived up to his reputation as a young and ambitious cowboy after buying and amassing an extensive working ranch with his Powerball winnings. He originally took home a lump sum prize of $88.5
Sep 4, 2020, 11:18 am - Lottery News
Coronavirus begins to impact lottery industry
But state lotteries are not doing enough to communicate with players
By Todd Northrop
Every aspect of life in America has been impacted by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), including the lottery.
Although most lotteries continue to operate their drawings normally, some aspects of the games that require people to gather in one place have been shut down.
Claim centers are one such area. Illinois and South Carolina claim centers have closed completely, allowing for only claims b
Mar 17, 2020, 9:24 am - Lottery News
South Carolina lottery winner says she'll use the money to adopt her grandchildren
A South Carolina grandma has big plans for her jackpot lottery prize.
Jennifer Flannery was on her way to work and in a bad mood when she stopped at a gas station in Spartanburg and bought a Queen of Hearts scratch-off lottery ticket for $10, according to a release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.
She scratched the ticket when she got to work and then told her boss she had to leave when she saw she won $250,000, the release says.
I was shaking and hyperventilating, Flannery t
Mar 2, 2020, 9:10 am - Lottery News
NJ lottery winners might soon be able to stay anonymous
Big jackpot winners and lucky scratch-off ticket holders in New Jersey are one step closer to keeping their winnings a secret after the state Assembly passed a bill that would shield the identity of lottery winners in the state.
The measure (S2267), sponsored by state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and Sen. Kristin Corrado, R-Passaic, would directly amend the state's lottery regulations.
Currently, the state requires the ticket holder to publicly come forward to claim thei
Jan 14, 2020, 9:09 am - Lottery News
90-year-old ND woman lost $400K to Jamaican lottery scam — but she was paid back just $287
Life savings gone for good
A 90-year-old North Dakota woman who was robbed of her life savings by a Jamaican lottery scam says she has been paid back only $287 of the $400,000 she's owed.
Edna Schmeets of Harvey, a small central North Dakota town about 77 miles northeast of Bismarck, was the victim whose case launched what became the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam case prosecuted in the U.S. All 31 defendants have been prosecuted, including 14 Jamaican nationals who were extradite
Nov 11, 2019, 12:29 pm - Lottery News
NC man ignored million-dollar winning ticket on his table for weeks
A North Carolina man was a millionaire, only he didn't know it.
That's because the man who won $1 million playing Powerball left the winning ticket unattended for weeks, the South Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release.
I have a bad habit of waiting to check my lottery tickets, said the man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, according to the news release.
After weeks of ignoring the ticket that sat on his dining room table, the man said he was stunned and his wife was spee
Jul 25, 2019, 8:24 pm - Lottery News
Key player in Jamaican lottery scam sentenced to 4 years
A federal judge in North Dakota on Wednesday sentenced a Rhode Island woman to four years in prison for funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica, prompting a prosecutor to question the ruling.
Melinda Bulgin, 29, of Providence, received a sentence that was 10 years less than prosecutors had sought.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said Bulgin's role in the scam was not on the level of others who received lesser sentences than the 14 years requested by prosecutors, The Bi
Jul 12, 2019, 8:46 pm - Lottery News