Lottery News for June 2017

June 2017

Friday, June 30, 2017

Washington Lottery to shut down if lawmakers can't agree on budget 8:01 am - Washington's Lottery will suspend all operations if lawmakers can't pass the state's operating budget by midnight on Friday, June 30, 2017. 21 comments (last)

Thursday, June 29, 2017

IT'S OFFICIAL: Tipton pleads guilty to rigging computerized lottery drawings 10:52 am - The cyber security expert and brainpower behind a lottery rigging scandal that netted $2 million in illegal winnings from five state lotteries pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of ongoing criminal conduct charge. 16 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Iowa Lottery promises to work harder to stop cheaters 8:26 am - Iowa Lottery officials pledged Tuesday to tighten security of lottery tickets and bolster efforts to obtain restitution from persons convicted of lottery-related crimes. 14 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Illinois Lottery to again delay large payouts due to budget woes 7:40 pm - This week Illinois Lottery players face a triple-whammy: Not only will the popular Powerball and Mega Millions tickets be off the shelf, but also any big winners of any of the other draw or instant games will have to wait to collect their cash. 35 comments (last)

Monday, June 26, 2017

Network of dummy online stores used to hide internet gambling payments 6:55 am - A network of dummy online stores offering household goods has been used as a front for internet gambling payments, according to a recent investigation. 5 comments (last)

Chicago woman wins $250K from her first-ever lottery ticket 6:32 am - A Chicago woman won $250,000 from her first-ever lottery ticket, which she wasn't even planning to buy. 14 comments (last)

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Mississippi lottery panel visits neighboring states to garner information 9:55 am - Trips to neighboring states to observe their lottery operations have shed light on the types of decisions that must be made should Mississippi opt to enact a lottery, two Northeast Mississippi legislators recently said. 7 comments (last)

Friday, June 23, 2017

Michigan man wins second lottery jackpot in 18 months 12:00 pm - A Michigan man has won his second Michigan Lottery Fantasy 5 jackpot in 18 months. 21 comments (last)

Lottery jackpot rigger's Iowa convictions dismissed 11:36 am - The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed the conviction of an Iowa man who just last week pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related with rigging lottery computers in order to win jackpots, but the dismissal has little practical impact on the case. 11 comments (last)

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Lottery vending machines in Kansas may depend on whether lawmakers show up Monday 5:47 pm - Your ability to buy lottery tickets from vending machines in Kansas may depend on how many lawmakers show up for the ceremonial last day of the session Monday. 3 comments (last)

Pa. seniors worry expanded gambling will hurt lottery proceeds 7:55 am - A bill passed in the Pennsylvania House would allow casino-style gambling in airports, veterans halls, and truck stops. 11 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Oklahoma Lottery revamping after lawmakers pass legislation to increase prizes 7:42 am - The Oklahoma Lottery is revamping its products and marketing strategy in light of a recent law change removing the requirement that 35 percent of its profits go to education. 6 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The 5 lottery jackpots Tipton and his friends stole 8:01 am - Eddie Tipton, the now-infamous former security chief at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), is accused of installing software on Random Number Generators that allowed him to predict winning combinations for drawings that occurred on three dates every non-leap year — Nov. 23, Dec. 29 and May 27. 10 comments (last)

Monday, June 19, 2017

FBI missed rigged jackpot in 2006 before lottery scheme grew 8:51 am - A 2006 inquiry by the FBI into a lottery won by Tommy Tipton, a Texas judge, failed to uncover a jackpot rigging conspiracy. A decade later, the inquiry stands out as a missed chance to stop a jackpot rigging scandal that would corrupt the $70 billion lottery industry for years while enriching a tiny group of insiders. The FBI didn't uncover one fact that its informant knew but didn't see as significant: that Tipton's brother, Eddie Tipton, was a lottery industry employee. 8 comments (last)

Friday, June 16, 2017

Woman sues casino that offered her steak dinner instead of $43 million jackpot 6:45 pm - A slot machine told her she hit a massive jackpot, but the casino claimed it was a machine error and offered her a meal on the house. Now, she's taking this to court. 44 comments (last)

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Illinois lottery players may lose Powerball and Mega Millions at the end of June 3:52 pm - The association that runs the popular Powerball lottery and Mega Millions games will drop Illinois at the end of June without a budget agreement. 41 comments (last)

Florida man sues friend in dispute over $1M lottery ticket 8:25 am - A Lakeland, Florida, man is suing a friend who he says cheated him out of money from a $1 million lottery ticket. 17 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

South Carolina man wins two $100,000 Powerball lottery prizes 2:38 pm - Within a 48-hour time span a Little River, South Carolina, man realized he had won the lottery, twice. 8 comments (last)

Ex-girlfriend of slain lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare wins $1 million jackpot 12:17 pm - On Thursday, Antionette Andrews, the former girlfriend of slain lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, won $1 million on a $20 Florida Lottery scratch-off game. 60 comments (last)

Monday, June 12, 2017

Mastermind of lottery fraud will explain how he rigged jackpots 9:21 pm - Lottery Post's warning to the lottery industry about computerized drawings, issued more than a decade ago, is about to be confirmed as fact by Eddie Tipton, a former Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) security director. 15 comments (last)

$447.8 million Powerball jackpot sets off shock, speculation in Menifee 9:19 am - For the owners of a Menifee, California, liquor store, a bad year just got $1 million better. 16 comments (last)

Sunday, June 11, 2017

$447.8 million winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in California 9:11 am - A single winning Powerball lottery ticket matching all six numbers was sold in California and will claim a $447.8 million jackpot. 48 comments (last)

Saturday, June 10, 2017

N.Y. men arrested for redeeming winning lottery tickets for people in debt 7:40 am - Two New Yorkers were tossed behind bars in the state's first-ever arrests of lottery scammers accused of secretly claiming winning tickets for people who owe child support, back taxes or other debts. 23 comments (last)

Thursday, June 8, 2017

$435 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot on track to 17-month high 9:14 am - By Saturday evening, the multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot will almost certainly become the largest US lottery jackpot since the game's monstrous $1.6 billion record in Jan. 2016. 84 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Iowa Lottery investigation highlights difficult balance between security and profits 2:48 pm - An examination of the difficult balance between running a secure lottery and ensuring that Iowa Lottery games are accessible and friendly for players, while still turning a healthy profit for the state. 8 comments (last)

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Powerball lottery heats up with new jackpot of $375 million 11:24 am - If world events have got you down, maybe the rising Powerball jackpot is just the thing to lift your spirits and your dreams. 71 comments (last)

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Two $1 million Va. Millionaire Raffle tickets due to expire this month 4:36 pm - Two $1 million-winning Virginia Millionaire Raffle lottery tickets drawn on New Year's Day have not yet been claimed — and are due to expire by the end of June. 14 comments (last)