Lottery News for January 2016

January 2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

Michigan man wins second lottery jackpot 8:57 am - Clad in a basic t-shirt and jeans, you may never believe Pat Kukla is the luckiest man in Calhoun County, Michigan. 26 comments (last)

Some lawmakers say Hawaii lottery has a chance this year 8:41 am - It comes up nearly every legislative session, but could this be the year that Hawaii lawmakers legalize gambling with a lottery? 11 comments (last)

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Cab driver's friend steals his $50,000 winning Powerball ticket 12:26 pm - A Bronx, New York, cab driver with big money woes swiped his buddy's winning $50,000 Powerball ticket — then tried to pass it off as his own, authorities said Tuesday. 31 comments (last)

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Bad dad accused of stealing lottery tickets with son 8:38 am - A central Florida father and son are accused of stealing $300 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets. 18 comments (last)

Hawaii lawmaker introduces bill to create state lottery 7:47 am - It doesn't have a hearing scheduled yet, but there is now a bill to create a state lottery in Hawaii. 12 comments (last)

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Former Anchorage mayor is pushing for an Alaska state lottery 8:40 am - Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is in Juneau, Alaska, this week hoping to hit the jackpot: He's trying to convince lawmakers to authorize a state lottery. 26 comments (last)

Friday, January 22, 2016

More state lotteries adding "win for life" games 6:45 am - In the past year a new multi-state lottery game concept where the top prize pays out over the lifetime of the winner has swept across the United States. 48 comments (last)

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Retired snow plow driver wins Montana Millionaire raffle 5:06 pm - Jack Barisich, an 86-year-old retired snow plow driver with the Montana Department of Transportation living in Winnett, Montana, has claimed the grand prize in the Montana Millionaire lottery drawing. 14 comments (last)

Irish lottery site and ticket machines hit by DDoS attack 4:11 pm - Ireland's National Lottery website and ticket machines were knocked offline after a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Wednesday. 14 comments (last)

Georgia Lottery winner killed during home invasion 1:49 pm - A Fitzgerald, Georgia, man who recently won a nearly half-million dollar Georgia lottery jackpot was murdered overnight Thursday during a home invasion robbery. 96 comments (last)

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

California Lottery officials seized surveillance footage from store that sold Powerball ticket 6:14 pm - Whoever bought the winning Powerball ticket from a Chino Hills, California, 7-Eleven remains a mystery, even to the store's owner. 64 comments (last)

Lucky NJ man wins third major lottery prize 8:09 am - A Brick Township, New Jersey, man seems to have the Midas touch when it comes to the New Jersey Lottery's scratch-off games. 22 comments (last)

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Lottery officials say identifying winners a must 12:24 pm - Along with the money from a big lottery jackpot win comes 15 minutes of fame as the names of winners are required to be made public in California and many other states. 59 comments (last)

Monday, January 18, 2016

Multi-state Wild Card 2 game ending in February 9:59 am - Wild Card 2, a multi-state lottery game currently offered in four states, is ending with the Feb. 24 drawing. 14 comments (last)

Powerball renews interest in Mississippi state lottery 9:33 am - By all accounts, Mississippians by droves participated in the $1.6 billion Powerball lottery that was awarded this past week, but the state of Mississippi did not participate, renewing interest in starting a state lottery. 19 comments (last)

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Phony Powerball tickets flood social media in wake of $1.6 billion jackpot 8:49 am - Thanks to photo editing software and the biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, claims of people winning the lottery on social media soared this week, and even managed to trick some in the media. 21 comments (last)

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Lottery veterans question Tennessee family's behavior before claiming Powerball winnings 2:58 pm - The Tennessee winners who split the world record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot decided to fly to New York City to appear on NBC's "Today" show several hours before claiming their stake in the Powerball jackpot, which left some lottery veterans uneasy about the couple's exposure. 162 comments (last)

Friday, January 15, 2016

Tennessee couple claims share of $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot 6:00 pm - A Tennessee couple that won a share of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot says they plan to return to their jobs after winning the mammoth prize. 112 comments (last)

NC Powerball winner in trouble again 9:12 am - The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office has served a misdemeanor criminal summons to North Carolina's $188 million Powerball winner, Marie Holmes. 56 comments (last)

Arizona Lottery director resigns amid controversy 8:10 am - Arizona Lottery Director Tony Bouie has resigned his post in Gov. Doug Ducey's administration amid controversy and concerns about his management of the department. 6 comments (last)

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by 3 tickets 2:51 am - The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by three tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee. 182 comments (last)

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

NJ restaurant workers mistakenly think they hit Powerball 6:15 pm - Workers at one New Jersey restaurant cried tears of joy and shouted — one even quit his job — after they matched winning Powerball numbers with a lottery ticket they'd purchased for an office pool. 16 comments (last)

Tennessee Lottery chief retrofits Powerball billboard to 'Billion' 11:01 am - With the record Powerball Jackpot climbing into the billions, Rebecca Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, decided to tackle the issue of the billboard's inability to display an amount that great. 14 comments (last)

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

$1.5 BILLION: Wednesday Powerball record jackpot still rising 11:35 am - Officials at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) decided Tuesday morning to raise Wednesday's Powerball jackpot to one-and-a-half billion dollars. 282 comments (last)

WATCH: Buddhist monk fights back after getting robbed buying lottery tickets 11:05 am - Police are searching for a man who was caught on video robbing a Buddhist monk as he bought lottery tickets in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convenience store. 26 comments (last)

Powerball fever: Players snatch up tickets 10:00 am - Talk to some of the countless folks buzzing about the lottery game known as Powerball, and they will tell you winning is all about feeling lucky, along with the escapist pleasure of dreaming how to spend $1 billion and who to share it with. 20 comments (last)

Canadians need to be creative about buying, redeeming Powerball lottery tickets 8:59 am - With Canadians in a frenzy to get a piece of the U.S. Powerball draw, consumer advocates say people should exercise caution before forking out cash for tickets. 12 comments (last)

Monday, January 11, 2016

Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich to answer lottery player questions live Monday evening 10:39 am - Lottery players from across the United States — and around the world — will have the chance Monday evening to ask questions about the Eddie Tipton computerized drawing rigging scandal to Terry Rich, Iowa Lottery CEO, who was instrumental in discovering the crime. 18 comments (last)

Sunday, January 10, 2016

POWERBALL CREATES WORLD'S FIRST BILLION-DOLLAR JACKPOT 1:32 am - Is it even possible to imagine what it would be like to win more than $1 billion? 567 comments (last)

Saturday, January 9, 2016

$900 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot to create unimaginable wealth 11:27 am - For the third time in three days, the multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot has been raised to levels only dreamed about. 397 comments (last)

Friday, January 8, 2016

$800 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot approaches billion-dollar range 11:32 am - This is the lottery jackpot every lottery player has been waiting for! 196 comments (last)

Republican lawmakers to sponsor Alabama lottery bill 9:24 am - Republican Senator Jim McClendon from Springville plans to sponsor a bill during the legislative session that begins Feb. 2 that would allow the people to vote on whether to create a lottery in Alabama. 13 comments (last)

$1,000-a-month lifetime lottery ticket auctioned for $40,000 9:11 am - An online auction for a lottery ticket that pays $1,000 a month for the rest of a 73-year-old Kalamazoo man's life went into overtime on Thursday, Jan. 7, ending with a winning bid of more than $40,000. 15 comments (last)

Thursday, January 7, 2016

$700 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimate 12:01 pm - Less than 12 hours after the initial estimate for Saturday's Powerball jackpot was set early this morning, the already record-breaking grand prize has now increased to an estimated $700 million. 151 comments (last)

$675 MILLION: POWERBALL SETS ALL-TIME LOTTERY JACKPOT RECORD 1:04 am - It's been four years since the last lottery jackpot record was broken, but Wednesday night it finally happened again. 101 comments (last)

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

$500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot explodes in ticket-buying frenzy 12:11 pm - For the second time in the last 24 hours, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing when sales for the mega jackpot have vastly outstripped projections. 86 comments (last)

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

$450 MILLION: Powerball sales bonanza sparks early jackpot increase 12:01 pm - Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing to $450 million. 89 comments (last)

Lottery winner describes his "freak-out" moment 8:06 am - Last Saturday evening, an Idaho man had a self-described "freak-out" moment after he began checking his Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle tickets for winners. 10 comments (last)

Monday, January 4, 2016

N.C. lottery winner bails out convict fiancé fourth time 8:46 am - He might win a prize of his own — for being the worst fiancé ever. Or maybe she'll win a prize for being most gullible. 82 comments (last)

Sunday, January 3, 2016

$400 MILLION: Powerball jackpot surges on rollover 9:05 am - This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot larger than any other United States lottery drawing in almost a year. 85 comments (last)

Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year! 12:31 am - We wish you a happy, successful, and lucky 2016! 42 comments (last)