Illinois joins 17 other states in fast-paced draw game
By Kate Northrop
On Friday, the Illinois Lottery launched its own iteration of Cash Pop, giving in-state players a shot at one of the fastest draw games to spread across state lines over the past few years.
Illinois is the latest state to adopt its own iteration of Cash Pop, becoming the 18th U.S. jurisdiction to join the Cash Pop club.
Tickets for the game are now available both online and at nearly 7,000 Illinois Lottery retailers across the state at varying price points.
Sales for the famed Montana Millionaire raffle have been postponed while the Montana Lottery figures out the "technical issues" affecting their central gaming system.
A Massachusetts-based trust had a spud-tacular day Thursday when they claimed a $29.71 million Megabucks lottery jackpot — the largest prize in the game's history since its inception in 1982.
Raffle season is back, and several state lotteries are going bigger than ever. Minnesota is doubling its million-dollar winners, Montana is adding another $1 million prize, and Idaho is celebrating 20 years of its holiday tradition. With a fixed number of tickets in every game, these drawings still offer some of the best odds around of becoming a millionaire.
A Michigan man was unknowingly walking around with a million dollars in his pocket for nearly two months before he discovered that he had a $1 million winning Powerball ticket in his wallet.
The Florida man who ran a gambling addiction helpline for the past year and a half has been sentenced to nearly ten years in prison for embezzling $1.4 million to fund his own gambling activities.
After an Ohio couple came up with a code phrase they’d use in case they’d ever won the lottery, and when one of them won a $1 million prize, it went by the wayside.
A California lottery player who nearly forgot about his $20 Powerball ticket won the amount he predicted at the counter prior to purchasing his ticket.
An Ohio couple who played the lottery together for years bought a $50 ticket on a whim and watched it pay off to the tune of $15 million, the greatest win they've ever shared.
Former Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief appeared in a Travis County courtroom on Friday, as state officials continue to hash out the results of a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot purchasing event.
