Lottery News for May, 2021
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Ohio, Kentucky to use lotteries as incentive for residents to get vaccinated. 12:49 pm - Ohio and Kentucky are trying new tactics to incentivize their residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some of which involve a separate lottery for those who received a vaccine or a promotion to persuade individuals to get one.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Minnesota Lottery to discontinue Lucky for Life. 4:41 pm - The Minnesota Lottery revealed that it will no longer offer the Lucky for Life multi-state draw game after the drawing on Jun. 28, 2021.
Australian man who won lottery five times has "been to hell and back". 2:49 pm - An Australian man who won the lottery five times revealed that his life has been anything but glamorous.
Monday, May 10, 2021
Minnesota will allow anonymous lottery prize claims. 1:38 pm - Minnesota will join the growing list of states that allow players to claim lottery prizes anonymously when a new law goes into effect granting winners of certain big prizes the option to withhold their names from the public record.
Friday, May 7, 2021
Covid nurse to buy home in Caribbean after winning the lottery. 12:20 pm - A nurse who worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is planning a move to the Caribbean after winning £10,000 (US$14,000) a month for a year in the National Lottery's Set For Life draw game.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Massachusetts Lottery processes first mobile ticket prize. 11:59 am - The Massachusetts Lottery announced yesterday that it processed a remote prize claim through its mobile app for the very first time.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
UK man crashes prize car a day after winning it in a lottery. 5:03 pm - Call it a stroke of bad luck or plain recklessness, a South Wales man totaled his brand-new car just one day after winning it in a lottery.
Monday, May 3, 2021
Powerball to increase to three drawings a week. 2:32 pm - This morning, lottery officials announced that the multi-state Powerball lottery game will increase the number of nightly drawings from two to three times a week starting August 2021.
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