Lottery News for December 2016

December 2016

Friday, December 30, 2016

Man arrested in lottery winner kidnapping 6:48 pm - A Peoria, Illinois, man is accused of kidnapping two men in order to extort $300,000 in lottery winnings from their family. 30 comments (last)

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

New Jersey makes case to Supreme Court on sports betting 8:45 pm - New Jersey's chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied. 6 comments (last)

Chicago mayor toyed with idea of city-only lottery 11:49 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has toyed with the concept of establishing a city lottery to help ease the city's financial woes and, while the idea has not progressed, it could get backing from at least one key Democrat in Springfield. 11 comments (last)

Monday, December 26, 2016

N.C. Lottery chief refutes state study 10:32 am - Some lottery winners avoid paying debts out of their winnings. But how many? 7 comments (last)

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas 1:46 am - May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy. 42 comments (last)

Friday, December 23, 2016

Spain's El Gordo lottery sparks celebrations across Madrid 11:48 am - Workers at a home for the elderly were among those celebrating Thursday in Madrid, Spain, after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain's €2.3 billion (US$2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold in one city neighborhood. 14 comments (last)

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Accused lottery rigger Eddie Tipton facing new Wisconsin charges 9:41 pm - A former Iowa lottery security official accused of rigging drawings to win prize money in several states is facing new felony charges in Wisconsin. 13 comments (last)

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Anonymous donor gives church $100k winning lottery ticket 4:47 pm - Somebody won a $100,000 lottery ticket and instead of cashing it in themselves, they handed it over to a church for a higher use. 11 comments (last)

Monday, December 19, 2016

Maryland's love affair with the lottery at an all-time high 9:14 am - Maryland residents are playing the lottery more than ever, as the state generated $1.908 billion in fiscal 2016, $113 million more than the previous sales record of $1.795 billion in fiscal 2012, according to the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency. 7 comments (last)

Saturday, December 17, 2016

The legendary luck of this Spanish lottery shop keeps El Gordo players coming back 8:45 am - Less than two weeks before Christmas, the line to buy a ticket for Spain's biggest lottery at Doña Manolita, which some consider the country's luckiest ticket vendor, was roughly 100 people long on a chilly Tuesday evening. 16 comments (last)

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Lottery ticket worth $1,000 dropped in Salvation Army kettle 12:07 pm - An anonymous donor has dropped a $1,000 winning lottery ticket into a Salvation Army kettle in Pennsylvania. 27 comments (last)

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Illinois lawmakers call for investigation into lottery 8:24 am - State lawmakers from both political parties are calling for an investigation of how the Illinois Lottery managed scratch-off games in response to a report showing the lottery didn't award many of the biggest prizes in the biggest games. 27 comments (last)

Friday, December 9, 2016

Investigation: Illinois Lottery didn't award 40% of scratch-off grand prizes 1:50 pm - A local media investigation found the Illinois Lottery collected hundreds of millions of dollars from selling tickets to the biggest-prize instant games in which it did not hand out all of the grand prizes in some of the games. 30 comments (last)

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Custodian wins $2M scratch-off lottery ticket 8:46 am - A high school janitor won 2 million dollars from a scratch-off ticket bought in Gurnee, Illinois. 15 comments (last)

Minnesota father, son both win $100K in same lottery drawing 8:23 am - A father and son from Halstad in northwestern Minnesota both won the $100,000 top prize in the Dec. 2 All or Nothing drawing. 18 comments (last)

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Study: N.C. Lottery scammers have cheated state out of $7 million 3:55 pm - Lottery scammers have cheated North Carolina out of an estimated $7 million in back taxes and delinquent child support since 2009, a non-partisan arm of the General Assembly said. 14 comments (last)

Mistake lottery ticket wins NJ man $1 million 12:08 pm - A New Jersey man has won a multi-state Cash4Life prize worth $1 million because of a lottery ticket that was sold to him accidentally. 25 comments (last)

Monday, December 5, 2016

Wyoming Lottery adds multi-state Lucky for Life game 6:12 pm - WyoLotto officials on Monday celebrated the launch of the Lucky for Life game. 14 comments (last)

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Play at the Pump slow to take off in NC 9:16 pm - Despite the convenience, Play at the Pump has been slow to take off in North Carolina. 9 comments (last)

Friday, December 2, 2016

Infamous lottery winner's house burns 12:10 pm - Firefighters from all over Bland County converged on Deer Run Estates in Rocky Gap, West Virginia, on Friday morning to battle a blaze at lottery winner Jack Whittaker's house. 62 comments (last)

Alabama gambling council hears from state lottery executives 10:48 am - Louisiana Lottery President Rose Hudson and New Hampshire Lottery Executive Director Charlie McIntyre spoke to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's advisory council on gaming yesterday. 9 comments (last)