Lottery News for November 2012

November 2012

Friday, November 30, 2012

Mechanic and his wife are Missouri winners of $588M Powerball jackpot 5:04 pm - Cindy Hill, a laid-off office manager who lives in a small town in Missouri, called her husband Thursday with urgent news that would change everything: "We won the lottery." 82 comments (last)

Apparent Arizona winner captured on video the moment he learned of win 8:43 am - A man, who appeared to be a construction or highway worker, walked into a Prince George's County, Maryland, Exxon Thursday afternoon and -- according to witnesses -- walked out a multi-multi-millionaire. 221 comments (last)

Winning Powerball ticket in Mo. turned in 6:55 am - Lottery officials in Missouri say a winning Powerball ticket for the record $588 million drawing has been turned-in and verified. 52 comments (last)

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Powerball coming to California 7:11 pm - Less than 24 hours after the winning Powerball lottery numbers were announced for the largest Powerball jackpot ever, California's five-member lottery commission voted unanimously on Thursday to bring the Powerball jackpot to the state. 106 comments (last)

Record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot won by 2 tickets 1:27 am - The largest Powerball lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri. 125 comments (last)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

$550 MILLION: Powerball buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increase 12:32 pm - As if $425 million or $500 million isn't enough, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) announced today that tonight's Powerball jackpot has been increased again -- to $550 million. 169 comments (last)

Beware of sharks swimming in your office lottery pool 9:15 am - If you join an office lottery pool, you may want to take a few steps to avoid bitter litigation over who was really in the pool and who wasn't. 27 comments (last)

Big lottery winners offer advice, cautionary tales as $500M Powerball drawing approaches 9:08 am - So you just won the $500 million Powerball jackpot, the second highest in lottery history. Now what? 25 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Powerball selling 100,000 tickets per minute 7:03 pm - Player enthusiasm nationwide for Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, the largest in Powerball history, has resulted in record sales leading to an increase today in the estimated jackpot amount to $500 million -- currently the largest in the world, and the second largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. 67 comments (last)

$500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot increased to a half-billion dollars 1:05 pm - Powerball tickets are being bought at such a rapid pace that the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which operates the Powerball game, has raised the jackpot estimate an additional $75 million before the drawing takes place Wednesday night. 88 comments (last)

Sunday, November 25, 2012

$425 MILLION: Largest Powerball lottery jackpot in history 12:55 am - For only the 2nd time in the history of United States lotteries -- or in the history of lotteries around the world -- a lottery jackpot run-up has exceeded $400 million. Let the frenzy begin. 423 comments (last)

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving 8:21 am - Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff. 34 comments (last)

$325 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot goes through the roof 7:50 am - For only the 16th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory. 161 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

UK Lottery operator bids for Pennsylvania lottery 6:30 pm - Pennsylvania received one bid in response to its search for a private manager to run the state's lottery system, officials announced Tuesday. 14 comments (last)

Monday, November 19, 2012

New Fla. Lottery raffle to make a millionaire every week 12:07 pm - Florida Lottery officials are betting that a new seven-week raffle series will attract players excited by weekly millionaires and great gifts with their new game, called 25th Anniversary Millionaire. The first drawing is Monday. 27 comments (last)

Sunday, November 18, 2012

$250 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges 5:42 am - There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $250 million for Wednesday's drawing. 141 comments (last)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Retired chaplain cleans desk, finds $1 million winning lottery ticket 11:00 pm - A retired hospice chaplain from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, was sitting on a $1 million winning lottery ticket for two months until two weeks ago when he decided to clean up his desk. 17 comments (last)

Thursday, November 15, 2012

$214 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again 7:50 am - There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $214 million for Saturday's drawing. 54 comments (last)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

NY brothers charged in plot to steal $5M New York Lottery ticket 8:07 am - Two brothers from New York were thwarted in their attempt to steal a $5 million scratch-card jackpot from a customer they tricked at their parents' convenience store. 223 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Man who helped with post-Sandy cleanup in NJ wins $100,000 9:22 pm - While most people are frustrated by the problems created by Superstorm Sandy, one volunteer had an unexpected windfall. 14 comments (last)

Monday, November 12, 2012

Pa. considers expanding lottery gambling to Web 1:47 pm - The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett said Friday that expanding Pennsylvania Lottery gambling to keno and online games will be one of the best ways to produce more revenue from the $3.5 billion lottery system that funds programs for the elderly. 9 comments (last)

Sunday, November 11, 2012

$185 MILLION: Huge Powerball lottery jackpot set for Wednesday 7:52 am - There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $185 million for Wednesday's drawing. 66 comments (last)

Friday, November 9, 2012

Life after winning the lottery 7:49 am - Life is good for an Indiana couple who won a Powerball jackpot in 1999. 42 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Vermont family turns losing lottery tickets into cash 7:30 am - For the 52nd time in six years a Vermont family has won prizes or cash for submitting a losing scratch-off Vermont Lottery ticket in the second-chance contest. 17 comments (last)

Saturday, November 3, 2012

91-year-old great grandmother wins lottery twice in three months 1:55 pm - A 91-year-old great grandmother is arguably the luckiest woman in Indiana, after purchasing two winning lottery tickets in the past three months. 39 comments (last)

Friday, November 2, 2012

Woman forgot $23M lottery ticket in car and claimed it just before deadline 2:03 pm - A California woman who didn't know she had a jackpot-winning $23 million lottery ticket in her car has come forward to claim her fortune. 36 comments (last)