$170 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised
Lottery jackpot hunters will have a big target next Tuesday, when a $170 million jackpot is up from grabs in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.
The huge pot came about after no tickets won last night's $146 million jackpot drawing. On Tuesday, players will attempt to match all five numbers plus the Mega Ball number to win the top prize.
There were 8 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 1 from Texas, and ...
Dec 6, 2008, 8:30 am - - Lottery News forum
New York Lottery Turkey Raffle results posted
The New York Lottery's latest raffle-style game, the Turkey Raffle, was drawn today, Thanksgiving Day, and made five instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found at the following Web address:
http://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/ny-lottery-raffle-2008-11-27.asp
New York's Turkey Raffle is a raffle game offered by the New York Lottery, with a limited period of availability and a limited number of $10 tickets.
Tickets went on sale Nov. 3, and ticket sales wee to stop Nov ...
Nov 27, 2008, 1:19 pm - - Lottery News forum
Pennsylvania Lottery declares 'foul' during Nov. 7 Cash 5 drawing
Pennsylvania Lottery officials declared a foul during the Friday, Nov. 7, Cash 5 drawing after the machine failed to drop the first numbered ball, 34, into the viewing chamber in a reasonable amount of time.
After the drawing official moved on to successfully complete the MATCH 6 lotto drawing, the Cash 5 machine resumed drawing the remaining four numbers 11, 13, 37 and 02.
After careful review of the drawing tape by Lottery officials, the volunteer senior witness and a Certified Public Ac ...
Nov 8, 2008, 6:24 pm - - Lottery News forum
Triples drawn again in Maryland Lottery
Triples are on a roll in Maryland.
Sunday night's winning Pick 3 numbers were 5-5-5, making it the second triple drawn in just one week.
That brings the total number of triples drawn since the beginning of the current fiscal year to eight.
Add in a quad in the Pick 4 drawings, and The Maryland Lottery has paid out $17.6 million to players of triples and quads since the first of July.
Triples have been very frequent this year, said Lottery Director Buddy Roogow. It seems like we've h ...
Nov 3, 2008, 5:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
Virginia Lottery to award partial prizes for faulty game
Amounts to about 25% of full prize; some players disappointed
Lottery officials announced Thursday that people who had bought misprinted tickets for a recently added game that said they'd won will receive some compensation for the tickets.
According to a news release, they reached an agreement with its gaming services provider regarding the problem with the Fast Play Super 7's game. As a result, the Lottery, while not able to pay the expected prizes, is able to give some compensation to pl ...
Oct 31, 2008, 8:24 pm - - Lottery News forum
Virginia Lottery's 20th birthday raffle drawing held
The Virginia Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made one instant millionaire.
The winning numbers can be found here:
http://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/va-lottery-raffle-2008-09-20.asp
Virginia's 20th Birthday Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Virginia Lottery, with a limited period of availability of $5 tickets.
The Birthday raffle differed from most other raffles conducted by Virginia and other states, that there ...
Sep 21, 2008, 11:20 pm - - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.
The jackpot in America's Game continues to move, as the game itself moves closer to it's eventual overhaul.
In January the Powerball game matrix will be changed to 59 numbers in the primary ball set (up from 55), and 39 numbers for the Powerball (down from 42).
In the same month, Florida will join the Powerball game, to increase the total number of participating states to 30, plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Saturday evening did not witness the awarding of the gran ...
Sep 3, 2008, 12:42 am - - Lottery News forum
Florida Lottery draws same Play 4 numbers
Coincidence, not a mistake, officials say
The Play 4 Florida lottery number Tuesday night: 1-9-5-8.
The Play 4 Florida lottery number Wednesday afternoon: 1-9-5-8.
Same game. Same number. Two consecutive drawings.
It is a little bit unusual, but all of our drawings are independent of each other, said Shelly Safford, Lottery spokeswoman. It's completely random.
Still, the department fielded calls from curious players. There was not an error, Safford said.
But there was another ...
Aug 23, 2008, 10:52 am - - Lottery News forum
Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle results
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found here:
http://www.lotterypost.com/pa-lottery-raffle-2008-07-05.asp
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 to win $1 million of any Pennsylvania Lottery game.
Each o ...
Jul 6, 2008, 2:42 am - - Lottery News forum
Pick 3 numbers in Kansas Lottery misreported
The Kansas Lottery says it misreported Pick 3 numbers for three dates because of a software glitch.
But it says it will pay players who picked the misreported numbers, as well as those with the correct winning numbers.
Lottery officials say the wrong numbers were reported Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. They say the random number generator used for Pick 3 drawings functioned properly, but the winning numbers reported to the public were not the numbers drawn.
Kansas Lottery Executive Directo ...
Jul 5, 2008, 2:30 am - - Lottery News forum
