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Mississippi Lottery to start sales of Powerball and Mega Millions on Jan. 30News Story
Includes video report Mississippi residents looking forward to buying lottery tickets for the multi-state Powerball and Mega Millions games now can mark their calendars. Jan. 30, 2020 is the date when people in the Magnolia State will be able to test their luck on two of the hottest drawing games in the lottery business. Lottery equipment is already being installed at convenience stores. So far, more than 400 retailers have been approved to sell the tickets around the state. The Miss
Oct 23, 2019, 7:10 pm - Lottery News

Third $1 million lottery prize goes unclaimed in Michigan this yearNews Story
Michigan residents apparently aren't checking their lottery tickets, as a $1 million prize went unclaimed on Thursday for the third time this year, the state lottery said. The lottery reported the ticket expired at 4:45 p.m. and was purchased at the Speedway gas station located at 10070 Highland Road in Hartland. The money now goes to the state School Aid Fund, the lottery said. In Michigan, Powerball tickets are valid for one year after the drawing date. (A list of lottery ticket expirati
Oct 4, 2019, 9:07 am - Lottery News

$80 million Powerball jackpot lottery ticket sold in MichiganNews Story
A Michigan Lottery player won Saturday night's $80 million Powerball jackpot with a ticket bought in Suttons Bay, according to the Michigan Lottery. The winning ticket, bought at the Barrels Barrels Party Store in Suttons Bay in northern Michigan, matched the Powerball number 22, plus the day's winning numbers: 1, 9, 22, 36, and 68. Saturday's jackpot win is the fourth time a Michigan player has won the Powerball since the state began offering the game in 2010, the Michigan Lottery said.
Sep 23, 2019, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Missouri couple claim their second major lottery prizeNews Story
A Missouri couple who won a $3.7 million lottery prize in 2007 saw their luck heat up a second time last week, narrowly missing out on another multi-million dollar prize. Marilyn and Jimmie Lovelace matched four of the five white-ball numbers, plus the Powerball, that were drawn Sept. 4, the Missouri Lottery said in a statement. The Lovelaces just missed out on a piece of the $80 million jackpot, but still earned a $50,000 prize. Jimmie said they like to play Powerball and Lotto, using
Sep 10, 2019, 7:58 pm - Lottery News

Journalist faces subpoena in lawsuit over lottery scandalNews Story
An Iowa journalist who wrote a book about the lottery insider who rigged jackpots in several states has been subpoenaed to turn over notes related to his reporting. Perry Beeman received the subpoena last week from lawyers for Larry Dawson, an Iowa jackpot winner who contends that the rigging reduced his prize by millions of dollars. Beeman co-wrote the recent book The $80 billion Gamble with former Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich. It tells the story of how now-imprisoned lottery security cont
Aug 28, 2019, 9:50 am - Lottery News

Some Oregon lottery tickets printed with wrong dateNews Story
By Todd Northrop Oregon residents who purchased Powerball lottery tickets over the weekend will want to double check the draw dates after a computer glitch caused some tickets to misstate which date the winning numbers will be drawn, lottery officials said Tuesday. Advance 24-draw quick-pick Powerball tickets printed between Friday, Aug. 10 and Monday, Aug. 12 listed incorrect dates for the Oct. 26, 29 and Nov. 2 draws, the lottery said in a statement. While the dates on the tickets are o
Aug 15, 2019, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Michigan man thinks lottery's notification of online win is a hoaxNews Story
These days people are conditioned to be suspicious of notifications of lottery wins that unexpectedly arrive, so one could be sympathetic when a Michigan man first thought his real winner alert was a hoax. The Kalamazoo man couldn't believe his luck. In fact, he didn't believe it at first. Gunther Hega, 57, matched four of the five white numbers drawn 1, 19, 31, 48, and 61 (the Powerball number was 6) in the July 27 drawing, while also playing the Power Play option to multiply his prize.
Aug 6, 2019, 1:55 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee Powerball winner claims $198 million prize sold at Hendersonville marketNews Story
A winner has come forward to claim the $198 million Powerball jackpot drawn on July 13, receiving the prize anonymously through a trust. The Freedom Trust claimed the prize on Thursday at the Tennessee Lottery headquarters in Nashville, according to a news release. The winner chose to receive the lump sum amount of $128.1 million. The winning ticket was sold at Worsham's Market in Hendersonville. For more than a century, the Worsham family has owned and operated the local landmark near
Aug 2, 2019, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Powerball promotion set to draw 2020's first millionaireNews Story
One lucky person will get to start 2020 with $1 million in their pocket and Jessie James Decker will announce the winner. The country-pop star is set to announce the first-ever Powerball Millionaire of the Year during the live broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020, as revealed in a press release. I am so thrilled to be a part of this incredible life-changing moment on one of the most iconic shows on television! Decker, 31, said in a statement. The $1
Aug 1, 2019, 8:53 am - Lottery News

NC man ignored million-dollar winning ticket on his table for weeksNews Story
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