More millionaires on the menu as holiday raffles return
By Kate Northrop
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.
Tickets make popular stocking stuffers, and they tend to disappear fast. Check out Lottery Post's state-by-state look at which raffles are on sale, which ones are coming soon, and what players can expect this year.
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.
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.
