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UK Lottery looking for £5 million Lotto winnerNews Story
A city was bracing itself for a frenzy of back-of-the-sofa searching and sock drawer ransacking today after details were revealed of an unclaimed 5 million (US$8.2 million) lottery prize. National Lottery operator Camelot said the 4,908,817 Lotto jackpot from Saturday August 29 was won by a ticket bought in the Sheffield area, but no one has so far come forward to claim the prize. Now the search is on to trace the would-be millionaire. A spokeswoman for Camelot said the draw made was du
Sep 15, 2009, 7:21 am - Lottery News

2 lottery tickets split $333M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
There will be no worldwide lottery jackpot record this time. Two tickets have split last night's $333 million Mega Millions jackpot, one on each coast of the United States. The winning tickets, which are now worth an estimated $166.5 million each, were purchased in San Gabriel, Calif., and the Bronx, New York. The winning numbers were: 1, 17, 31, 37 and 54 with the Mega Ball 31. The Texas Megaplier was 4. Also, 34 lucky players came very close to winning it all, macthing the first 5
Aug 29, 2009, 8:46 am - Lottery News

California Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $200K to expire MondayNews Story
A lottery ticket worth more than $200,000 that was bought in Coronado, California, remains unclaimed, and lottery officials yesterday warned that the prize will expire in three days. The winning Mega Millions ticket was sold Feb. 4 at Avenue Liquor on Orange Avenue near Ninth Street, California Lottery officials said. It hit five winning numbers 1, 27, 28, 35 and 40 but missed the Mega number, 6. The ticket, which is worth $211,387, will expire at 5 p.m. Monday, officials said. If it is
Aug 21, 2009, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery officials waiting for Powerball winner to come forwardNews Story
Editor: The original news story contained several errors that have been corrected, as noted below. Right now one Powerball lottery ticket holder is a multi-millionaire and may not even know it. So far no one has come forward to claim Wednesday night's prize of $259,900,000. The Powerball winner bought the ticket in South Carolina at the Murphy USA store on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia. The interim director of the S.C. Education Lottery made the announcement Thursday morning at the sto
Aug 21, 2009, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

One ticket from S.C. wins $260M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot worth $207M still up for grabs A torrent of ticket sales sent the Poweball jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million up $15 million since the $245 million estimate was established Saturday and then one ticket won last night. Unless you bought your Powerball ticket in South Carolina, your only shot at a $200+ million lottery jackpot is tomorrow night's Mega Millions drawing. The store that sold the ticket is the Murphy USA gas station at 7530 Garners Ferry Road in Co
Aug 20, 2009, 11:25 am - Lottery News

Maine Lottery holds final Summer Spectacular raffle drawingNews Story
The Maine Lottery yesterday completed the third of its three Summer Spectacular raffle drawings, which awarded cash prizes, as well as some prizes not normally associated with a state lottery. A complete list of winning numbers for the raffle drawing can be found on Lottery Post's Maine Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/me). Unlike most other state lotteries in which raffle tickets typically cost $10 or $20 each, Maine's raffle tickets were given away for free after a minim
Jul 14, 2009, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket bought in Queens hits $133M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
New York Lottery officials and a crew of convenience store workers are keeping their eyes peeled for the person holding a Mega Millions ticket worth $133 million. No one has come to make a claim yet, said Dilip Patel, 35, who works at the Shiv Convenience Store on Hillside Ave. As far as I know it was a woman and she is really lucky. There was only one ticket that matched all six numbers in Tuesday's drawing, officials said. The winning numbers were 25, 27, 35, 38, 39 and the Mega ball w
Jul 9, 2009, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionairesNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, July 4th, and made four instant millionaires. The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/pa). Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 500,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds for a single ticket to win $1 milli
Jul 5, 2009, 1:01 am - Lottery News

Florida Lottery Raffle drawing crowns 7 new millionairesNews Story
750,000 Florida Lottery raffle tickets had a shot at winning $1 million, and seven 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 than with any other game
Jul 5, 2009, 12:30 am - Lottery News

Two winners to share record A$106 million Australian lotteryNews Story
A couple from Queensland state and a man from South Australia will share more than A$106 million (US$86 million) as the only jackpot winners in the nation's record lottery drawn last night. Holders of the winning Oz Lotto entries, who asked to remain anonymous, will each take about A$53 million in the second-largest single payouts in Australian lottery history. The previous record jackpot of A$58.7 million was won on a single ticket last year. The first division prize pool, created after 1
Jul 1, 2009, 2:00 am - Lottery News