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Lottery ticket worth $12.5M sold in N.H.News Story
The New Hampshire Lottery says someone bought a Tri-State Megabucks Plus lottery ticket worth $12.5 million. The lottery agency says the jackpot is the biggest for a single ticket in the game's 25-year history. The jackpot hit $16.4 million in January 1992, but there were two winning tickets. The winning ticket for Wednesday's drawing was sold at Top of the Hill in Dalton. The winner has the choice of receiving the prize in annual installments over 30 years or taking a lump sum payment
Aug 6, 2010, 8:58 am - Lottery News

$85.7M Powerball lottery jackpot is Lousiana's 14thNews Story
By Todd Northrop One ticket purchased in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the $85.7 million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, the second-largest single amount won in Louisiana Lottery history. This latest winning ticket brings the total number of Powerball jackpot winning tickets sold in Louisiana to 14 since the Lottery joined the multi-state game in 1995. The last time a Powerball jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Baton Rouge was February 2005. The winning ticket was sold at Circle K #190
Aug 2, 2010, 12:31 pm - Lottery News

Florida Lottery Raffle drawing crowns 5 new millionairesNews Story
556,804 Florida Lottery Firecracker Millionaire Raffle tickets had a shot at winning $1 million, and five of those are officially chosen as the big winners. Lottery players anxiously waiting to see if they are now among the wealthy can check their tickets at Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/fl). With only 750,000 tickets available for the Firecracker Millionaire Raffle, Florida lottery ticket buyers had a better chance of winning a million dollars th
Jul 7, 2010, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery draws raffle last night -- but makes error reporting resultsNews Story
The Idaho Lottery conducted its 2010 $500,000 Spring Raffle drawing Wednesday evening, awarding one $500,000 cash prize and many smaller prizes. The winning numbers are available Lottery Post's Idaho Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/id). In addition to the $500,000 top prize, there will be 250 winners of $500, 1,500 winners of $50, and 3,249 winners of $25. All prizes are lump-sum cash payments. A total of 300,000 tickets were available for the raffle at the price of $5
Jul 1, 2010, 6:31 pm - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery draws 4th of July RaffleNews Story
The Oregon Lottery today held the state's fourth raffle drawing the first it has held around the 4th of July. Despite being named the 4th of July Raffle, the game was drawn today, July 1. One winning number, 195945, was chosen for the game's top prize $1 million. There were also 20 second prize winners of $20,000, and 1,000 winners of $100. A complete list of winning numbers for the drawing can be found at Lottery Post's Oregon Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/or). Raff
Jul 1, 2010, 6:01 pm - Lottery News

$50M Lotto Max jackpot finally wonNews Story
Massive prize shared by two winning tickets Next draw worth $30 million, as non-winning Maxmillions prizes roll into next pot Mortgage-burning parties, new vehicles and lavish vacations are likely in the offing for holders of two winning tickets in Friday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. Lottery corporations in Atlantic and Western Canada say two winning tickets worth $25 million each were sold in Happy Valley Goose Bay, N.L., and somewhere in Saskatchewan. We're exceedingly excited
Jun 27, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery celebrates second Powerball jackpot in JuneNews Story
Another winning ticket from Montana will split jackpot On the heels of its first jackpot-winning Powerball draw, the Ohio Lottery has already sold its second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket. The winning ticket was sold at Shirley's Carryout in Curtice, near Toledo. Ohio Lottery officials traveled to the store location Thursday morning to present store owners with a $48,500 retailer bonus check for selling the winning ticket. The $97 million jackpot will be split with another winning ti
Jun 24, 2010, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Kalamazoo mart customer holds $36M lottery ticketNews Story
A regular lottery customer of a gas station market in Kalamazoo, Mich., holds the winning Mega Millions ticket for a $36 million jackpot, the store owner said Monday. Citgo One Stop Mart owner Kaushik Patel said his southwest Michigan store sold the winning ticket last week in Friday night's multistate game drawing. Patel said the man, who hasn't been identified, came to the store Saturday to check his tickets but the machine didn't process. He went home, checked online and discovered his
Jun 16, 2010, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Ohio lottery ticket wins $261.6M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Big win comes just two months after game goes on sale in state Ohio has a $261.6 million Powerball winner less than two months after the state joined the multi-state lottery game. The Ohio Lottery says the only winning ticket matching all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a store in Sunbury, about 20 miles north of Columbus in central Ohio. Lottery officials planned to present the Hub Carry Out Deli with a check for $100,000 Thursday morning for selling the winning ti
Jun 3, 2010, 10:06 am - Lottery News

Winning lottery ticket for $97M jackpot purchased in DallasNews Story
Someone in Dallas won a $97 million lottery jackpot in Saturday's Lotto Texas drawing. The winning numbers announced by the Texas Lottery Commission Saturday night were 5, 10, 23, 35, 41, and 48. The winning Lotto Texas quick pick ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven store in the 8900 block of Garland Road in Dallas. The purchaser opted for the cash option of the $97 million ticket a lump sum of $64 million. After minimum tax withholding, the winner will take home about $48 million. Th
Jun 3, 2010, 8:51 am - Lottery News