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NJ family of 8 claims $429.6 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop A New Jersey woman and her seven adult children have stepped forward to claim a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot. Eight members of the Smith family announced that they had the sole winning ticket purchased in Trenton for last Saturday's drawing. They plan to tithe 10 percent of the money to their church. The family was guarded about their employment, to protect their privacy. Valerie Marie Arthur, the eldest daughter and a retired prison ad
May 13, 2016, 4:52 pm - Lottery News

8 people to split $429.6 million Powerball lottery jackpot in NJNews Story
The New Jersey Lottery has announced a press conference will be held at their headquarters Friday afternoon to introduce the winners of last week's Powerball. The press conference will be held at 3:00 p.m. The announcement comes a little less than a week after a winning Powerball ticket was sold at a 7-11 store in Trenton, New Jersey. Eight winners will be shareholders of that $429.6 million Powerball jackpot. Only one ticket matched all six Powerball numbers in Saturday night's drawing
May 13, 2016, 10:58 am - Lottery News

Washington Mega Millions winner claims $157 million jackpotNews Story
A Washington man came forward Thursday to claim the $157 million Mega Millions jackpot from the drawing on March 8. A lottery spokeswoman said the man's name is Michael Burkett, but no other information about him was released. Burkett presented the ticket at Washington's Lottery headquarters in Olympia, together with his family, a news release said. He purchased one $5 Mega Millions ticket at a Seattle-area 7-Eleven (9200 35th Ave, SW Seattle WA 98126) using Quick Pick, the release sai
Mar 25, 2016, 3:17 pm - Lottery News

More state lotteries adding "win for life" gamesNews Story
More than half of US lotteries now offer a for life lotto draw game By Todd Northrop In the past year a new multi-state lottery game concept where the top prize pays out over the lifetime of the winner has swept across the United States. Just like there are two big-jackpot multi-state lottery games Powerball and Mega Millions there are also two multi-state for life games: Cash4Life and Lucky for Life. The games offer a top prize and a second prize that pay off over the lifetime of th
Jan 22, 2016, 6:45 am - Lottery News

Multi-state Wild Card 2 game ending in FebruaryNews Story
North Dakota joining Lucky for Life multi-state game By Todd Northrop Wild Card 2, a multi-state lottery game currently offered in four states, is ending with the Feb. 24 drawing. The lottery game that has been played in one form or another for more than 20 years is being dropped after a fall in popularity, according to lottery officials. Wild Card 2 offers two plays for $1. It got its start in 1994 as Tri-West Lotto and was offered only in Idaho, Montana and South Dakota. In 1998, i
Jan 18, 2016, 9:59 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery director resigns after timeshare inquiryNews Story
Minnesota State Lottery director Ed Van Petten abruptly resigned Friday, coming after an inquiry found that taxpayers have reimbursed the director for staying in his own timeshare unit when traveling. This morning, I met with Minnesota Lottery Director Ed Van Petten, said Gov. Mark Dayton's chief of staff Jaime Tincher. During that meeting, Mr. Van Petten offered his resignation. I accepted his resignation. We will immediately begin a search for his replacement. Van Petten had been reimb
Dec 18, 2015, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

Winners suing Illinois Lottery try to rope in other statesNews Story
Multi-state lottery groups pushed back on Monday against a move by lottery winners in Illinois to drag dozens of states into a lawsuit against the Illinois Lottery's suspension of payments. Illinois has halted payments on winnings of $600 or more due to the state's ongoing budget impasse. A class action originally filed in September in U.S. District Court in Chicago seeking to force the Illinois Lottery to pay winners was amended last week to add as defendants lottery agencies in 43 states
Nov 9, 2015, 10:14 pm - Lottery News

Friday Mega Millions jackpot raised to $164 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop Tickets for the Friday night Mega Millions drawing are selling faster than expected, prompting the state lotteries to raise the jackpot estimate to $164 million. The previous estimate for the drawing, established early Wednesday morning, was $159 million. Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $164 million annuity prize paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual graduated payments, or a lump-sum cash option. USA Mega estimates that Friday's n
Nov 6, 2015, 1:14 pm - Lottery News

[UPDATE] D.C. woman who tried to redeem faulty ticket admitted to forging second 'winner'News Story
By Todd Northrop A Washington, D.C. woman who enlisted the help of local media to try and claim a faulty Virginia Lottery scratch-off ticket actually tried to claim a second lottery ticket of the same exact game that she admitted was a forgery. Lottery Post reported Wednesday morning that Ardella Newman of Washington, D.C. is taking the Virginia Lottery to task for denying her claim of a scratch-off ticket that she claims is worth $20,000. The Virginia Lottery had issued a statement that t
Sep 9, 2015, 7:48 pm - Lottery News

D.C. woman's 'winning' scratch ticket voidedNews Story
Includes video report A Washington, D.C. woman is taking on the Virginia Lottery after she bought a winning ticket worth $20,000 but is not getting the money. The lottery said the ticket was issued in error. When I saw that $20,000, you don't know how excited I was, said Ardella Newman. On Aug. 22, at a lottery machine inside Shoppers in Alexandria, Newman thought she hit it big. On a $2 scratch-off ticket she matched the number 16 for $20,000. $20,000 could really, really help me,
Sep 9, 2015, 7:58 am - Lottery News