50% more prizes and tickets: Minnesota Millionaire Raffle goes bigger
By Kate Northrop
Tickets for the Minnesota Lottery's Minnesota Millionaire Raffle are on sale now, and this year's game is going considerably bigger than last year.
This year, the Minnesota Lottery is doubling its million-dollar top prizes, expanding every other prize tier, and increasing the total number of available tickets by 50%.
The annual game went on sale on Tuesday, Oct. 20, continuing the game's long tradition of making New Year's Day millionaires in Minnesota.
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.
A group of Pennsylvania small business owners are urging their fellow lottery retailers to boycott Pennsylvania Lottery sales after the state's recent removal of skill games left them scrambling to make up lost revenue.
A Jamaican national has been sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in a years-long lottery telemarketing scam that preyed on at least 115 people.
The Ohio Lottery is due for a major upgrade to its gaming technology and machines this month, which will replace over 90,000 pieces of lottery equipment statewide.
A UK man didn't believe his wife had won £1 million (US$1.3 million) in the lottery considering she had just pranked him with a fake win two weeks earlier.
A Michigan woman had never played the lottery before in her life, but her first ticket, which she received as a gift, was all it took for her to win a $500,000 prize.
