Lottery News for June 2013

June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Another lottery contract is under the D.C. Council's microscope 2:11 pm - The DC Lottery needs to keep its contract with Scientific Games to produce scratch games, but the stringent contract laws in Washington, D.C. may put the contract in jeopardy. 2 comments (last)

Ireland Lottery doesn't have enough cash to pay €94m mystery winner 9:14 am - The mystery winner of the €94m Euromillions jackpot is not expected to claim their prize until next week because the Ireland National Lottery does not have enough money in the bank to pay them. 42 comments (last)

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Virginia lawmaker wins car on $5 lottery ticket 8:26 am - A longtime Virginia lawmaker is the soon-to-be owner of a new Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, which he won on a $5 scratcher he bought June 12. 15 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Winning lottery ticket pits Pa. brothers against each other 11:46 am - A winning lottery ticket has pitted two brothers from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, against each other in Cumberland County Court, fracturing a close familial kinship that may never exist again. 46 comments (last)

Two tickets share massive €188 million EuroMillions jackpot 7:33 am - Two very lucky EuroMillions players in Ireland and Belgium have won almost €94 million each in the latest jackpot draw Tuesday evening. 13 comments (last)

Michigan Lottery puts Internet ticket sales on hold 6:33 am - The Michigan Lottery is indefinitely halting plans to sell tickets and offer games on the Internet after skeptical lawmakers blocked funding to launch an online lottery in early 2014. 4 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Arkansas Lottery Commission to revisit monitor games 10:30 am - With proceeds down from last year, the Arkansas Lottery Commission will consider adding monitor games to boost revenue -- an option that Gov. Mike Beebe and others have spoken against in the past. 4 comments (last)

Wisconsin woman charged with stealing to buy lottery tickets 9:56 am - A 34-year-old Wisconsin Rapids woman authorities say stole almost $30,000 from her Saratoga employer and used some of the money to buy lottery tickets faces related charges in Wood County Circuit Court. 22 comments (last)

Monday, June 24, 2013

Michigan lottery workers paid $300,000 in bonuses 8:44 am - The Michigan Lottery Bureau has paid 75 employees more than $300,000 in incentive pay in the past year. 8 comments (last)

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $131.5 million sold in Philadelphia 4:27 pm - One jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $131.5 million from the June 22 drawing was sold at Federal Beer, 1440 Federal St., Philadelphia. 23 comments (last)

Friday, June 21, 2013

Va. Beach couple buys 5 winning lottery tickets, wins $500,000 7:28 pm - A Virginia Beach couple quintupled their lottery winnings after they bought not one, but five tickets with the same winning numbers. 30 comments (last)

New Jersey Lottery signs 15-year deal with Northstar NJ 9:44 am - Scientific Games Corporation today announced that Northstar New Jersey Lottery Group, LLC ("Northstar NJ") has signed a long-term agreement to provide marketing, sales and other services to the New Jersey Lottery. 9 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Washington man wins lottery twice in 24 hours 10:29 am - A Washington man had an incredibly lucky day when he won the lottery not once, but twice, within 24 hours. 43 comments (last)

Texas Lottery delayed Monday night because of suspicious package 10:12 am - A suspicious package near a Texas Lottery facility on Monday night forced a delay of the nightly drawing and the reporting of the results, officials said Tuesday. 8 comments (last)

Monday, June 17, 2013

Jamaican lottery scam investigation leads to Mississippi 9:01 pm - A Jamaican national was arrested in Gulfport, Mississippi, Monday for his role in an alleged Jamaican lottery scam. 14 comments (last)

Postal worker helps bust lottery scam 11:33 am - A perceptive postal employee helped bring a lottery scam suspect to justice right here in the United States. 20 comments (last)

Washington man to fight state lottery; says new scratch card 'misleading' 9:43 am - A Kennewick, Washington, man plans to fight the Washington State Lottery in court over a scratch card payoff that didn't pan out. 28 comments (last)

Friday, June 14, 2013

Mystery woman who paid $2,600 tab for strangers was not Powerball winner 6:45 pm - After 180 diners at a Florida restaurant received a free meal from a stranger on Sunday night, locals (and soon, the Internet) were buzzing that the generous benefactor was the 84-year-old woman who recently won the largest Powerball jackpot in history. 24 comments (last)

Thursday, June 13, 2013

$590M Powerball winner still shops at Walmart 8:32 am - Shopping at Walmart and toting takeout from a local diner, it doesn't seem like life has changed that much for Gloria Mackenzie -- the 84-year-old great-grandmother who won a record $590.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot. 170 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Union fails to derail NJ Lottery's privatization effort 11:22 pm - The Christie administration is allowed move forward with its plan to have a private firm to take over parts of the New Jersey lottery after a state appellate court denied a request by the state's largest public workers union to block the deal. 8 comments (last)

Did Fla. Powerball winner pay for everyone's meal? 7:51 am - Close to 200 people got treated to dinner Sunday at BuddyFreddy's in Plant City, Florida, by someone who appeared to be the 84-year-old Zephyrhills woman who stepped forward last week to claim the largest single jackpot in American lottery history. 78 comments (last)

Saturday, June 8, 2013

West Virginia man wins $300,000 in Pick 4 lottery 8:08 am - Larry Hughes of Kimball, West Virginia, may soon have relatives he never knew he had coming out to Kimball to visit him after winning $302,600 on Thursday night's Daily 4 drawing. 79 comments (last)

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Woman who let Powerball winner go ahead of her has no regrets 2:04 pm - Meet the woman who "was kind enough" to allow Gloria Mackenzie to cut in line when and purchase the winning ticket for the record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot. 270 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Winner of record $590.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot announced 4:13 pm - At a press conference today, the Florida Lottery announced that the $590.5 million jackpot from the Powerball drawing held on May 18 was claimed by Gloria C. MacKenzie, 84, of Zephyrhills, Florida. 165 comments (last)

Florida to reveal winner of $590.5 million Powerball lottery 3:21 pm - A woman from Zephyrhills, Florida, has stepped forward to claim last month's $590.5 million Powerball jackpot, the largest in U.S. history. 22 comments (last)

6 things to do before claiming your lottery prize 8:55 am - Winning the lottery is a unique sudden wealth event that requires several immediate decisions. 40 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Texas Lottery suspends sales for 'All or Nothing' game 8:27 am - The Texas Lottery has temporarily suspended sales for its "All or Nothing" draw game because of a game design issue. 46 comments (last)

Monday, June 3, 2013

Florida city still wondering: Who won the $590M lottery jackpot? 8:24 am - It's been two long weeks since the small city of Zephyrhills learned that a $590 million Powerball ticket was sold at a supermarket here. 98 comments (last)

New Arkansas jackpot game boosting lottery revenue after drop 8:08 am - Last year, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery surpassed $1 billion in total ticket sales since it began in 2009. 6 comments (last)