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Man wanted for stealing lottery scratch tickets twiceNews Story
Police are searching for a man who they believe stole Washington Lottery scratch tickets twice this month. In the early-morning hours of Oct. 13, a man reached across the counter of the 7-Eleven on Callow Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, and stole tickets. Bremerton police say a person matching the same description and wearing very similar clothing crawled behind the service desk at the Safeway at 900 N Callow Avenue and stole tickets on Oct. 17. More than 100 tickets were recently cash
Oct 24, 2016, 9:05 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

No $50K bonus for Washington retailer who sold winning lottery ticketNews Story
If you're Nirbhai Singh, 36, who started out delivering for Pizza Hut and now owns a couple of 7-Elevens, what else can you do but be philosophical about losing out on $50,000? It was his West Seattle store at 9200 35th Ave. S.W. that sold the winning $157 million ticket in Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot. The winner has yet to come forward. As for Singh, whom everybody calls Sonny, until last year his store would have gotten a $50,000 bonus for selling a winning Powerball or Mega Milli
Mar 10, 2016, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Thief steals cheap sunglasses, but leaves behind $1M lottery ticketNews Story
Among a list of things you shouldn't leave in your car, a winning lottery ticket tops the charts. Thankfully, for one Seattle couple, luck does strike twice. The couple left a $1 Million Powerball ticket in their car for three months before realizing its worth. They purchased the ticket from Iman's (2804 NW Market St) in Seattle on February 10 for the February 11 $500 million jackpot drawing, and didn't check it right away. We didn't even think about a second chance prize, the couple sh
May 29, 2015, 8:17 am - Lottery News

Washington woman wins $90 million Powerball jackpot on first tryNews Story
A Washington state woman on Thursday claimed a $90 million Powerball lottery jackpot after buying a ticket for the first time, and said she would quit her job at plane maker Boeing Co and buy a new Subaru. Lisa Quam, who bought her ticket at a grocery story in Auburn, south of Seattle, had the six correct numbers in Saturday's multi-state drawing, the lottery said in a statement. Sent out an email to my co-workers and friends at work this morning and told them what a pleasure it was to wo
Dec 5, 2014, 8:12 am - Lottery News

Washington player wins $90 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop One lottery ticket holder matched the winning Powerball numbers on Nov. 29, 2014, winning the $90 million multi-state jackpot. The winning ticket was purchased in Washington state, according to Lottery officials. The Powerball winning numbers drawn for Saturday, Nov. 29 were 13, 24, 30, 42, and 48, with Powerball number 27. The Power Play number was 2. In addition to the jackpot winner, two ticket holders in the multi-state lottery game matched 5 numbers, which paid
Dec 1, 2014, 5:29 pm - Lottery News

Man changes his mind about suing Washington LotteryNews Story
The Kennewick, Washington, man says he has decided to back off plans to sue the Washington State Lottery Commission over a misleading scratch card game. Ken Goldsmith raised objections with state lottery officials in June claiming the Red Hot 5s scratch card was misleading, giving many ticket holders, including himself, the impression they had won the $55,555 grand prize. (See Washington man to fight state lottery; says new scratch card 'misleading', Lottery Post, June 17, 2013.) After
Sep 2, 2013, 7:41 am - Lottery News

Washington man wins lottery twice in 24 hoursNews Story
Talk about having a lucky day. Cary Collings of Puyallup, Washington, had just such a day, when he won the lottery not once, but twice, within 24 hours. The 61-year-old first won $55,555 in the Red Hot 5 s scratch-off ticket lottery on June 14. Collings purchased his scratch card on Thursday as he filled up his car at the River Road Food Mart on River Road in Puyallup, Washington. He scratched it off at the traffic lights and realized it was worth $55,555. The next morning after c
Jun 19, 2013, 10:29 am - Lottery News

Washington man to fight state lottery; says new scratch card 'misleading'News Story
A Kennewick, Washington, man plans to fight the Washington State Lottery in court over a scratch card payoff that didn't pan out. Ken Goldsmith, 55, recently bought one of the newest scratch cards, Red Hot 5s, and thought he scored the top prize of $55,555 by matching one of the numbers. But when he scanned the card at a lottery kiosk, it came up a loser. I called the lottery office in Olympia to find out why it scanned a loser, but they knew what scratch card I was referring to before
Jun 17, 2013, 9:43 am - Lottery News

Washington Lottery looking for big winnersNews Story
Two Washington residents have become millionaires and may not even know it, and if they haven't already lost their lottery tickets, they could be slow stepping forward to claim the winnings. The winners have 180 days from the drawing to claim their money. There's $1 million waiting for a person who played Powerball in Bothell earlier this month. The winner of a $3.3 million lotto ticket bought in Lynnwood in March is out of luck after September. Financial adviser Michael Boone said it migh
May 29, 2013, 2:16 pm - Lottery News