Lottery News for June 2019

June 2019

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Mississippi Lottery targets Dec. 1 startup date 8:50 am - The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says it plans for stores to be selling scratch-off lottery tickets by Dec. 1. 8 comments (last)

Friday, June 28, 2019

Florida Gov. vetoes bill to require warnings on lottery tickets 10:59 pm - A bill that would have required warnings on all Florida Lottery tickets will not become a law. 11 comments (last)

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Pennsylvania Lottery struggles to attract bets on virtual sports games 11:00 am - The Pennsylvania Lottery has more than 1,850 outlets with screens displaying virtual animated football and auto races. The odds of finding someone watching a bet play out on the simulated sports action is pretty low. 8 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

UK winner claims £123 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot anonymously 11:58 am - A £123 million (US$140 million) EuroMillions jackpot win has been successfully claimed by a UK ticket holder who has chosen to remain anonymous, Camelot said. 25 comments (last)

NC Lottery pays out record $7.8 million in Pick 4 drawing 6:46 am - More than 2,000 players won the Pick 4 lottery in North Carolina on Saturday when they all chose the winning numbers 0-0-0-0. 16 comments (last)

Oregon store employees dig through trash to help find winning $1,200 lottery ticket 6:32 am - A store manager at a local lottery shop in southeast Portland, Oregon, went above and beyond to help a customer who'd lost their winning ticket. 4 comments (last)

Friday, June 21, 2019

Court rejects Colorado man's claim to full $4.8M lottery jackpot he unwittingly split with scammers 8:39 am - Even though Amir Massihzadeh of Boulder, Colorado, was the only legitimate winner of a Colorado Lotto jackpot worth $4.8 million in 2005, he's not eligible to claim the full winnings, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in a decision released Thursday. 39 comments (last)

$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in North Texas set to expire 8:29 am - The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million remains unclaimed after its January 1, 2019 drawing. And the time to claim it is about to expire. 7 comments (last)

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Group of Iowa aerospace coworkers win unclaimed $1M lottery prize 9:48 am - One lottery ticket buyer's loss is the gain of group of Cedar Rapids workers. 3 comments (last)

Man who won millions from lottery during divorce case must share 7:14 am - A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife. 21 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

The California lottery, public schools and the mystery of the 'missing' money 8:00 am - A columnist discusses lottery funding of education, and why people never seem to get the sense of where lottery proceeds end up. 3 comments (last)

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Idaho Lottery celebrates 30 years by trying to set a new world record 9:29 am - The Idaho Lottery will celebrate 30 years in July and will try to break a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people scratching scratch cards at once. 5 comments (last)

New York lottery winner quits job to go riding with Bible-thumping bikers 8:52 am - A Brooklyn, New York, superintendent won a $7 million lottery jackpot and promptly quit his job to take a cross-country motorcycle trip spreading the word of God, he said Friday. 64 comments (last)

Friday, June 14, 2019

Judge bars woman's ex-girlfriend from claiming big-win NC lottery ticket as her own 7:29 am - A judge has barred the ex-girlfriend of a Charlotte area woman from cashing in on the woman's big lottery ticket win. 22 comments (last)

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Florida Lottery issues last-minute challenge to 'addictive' warning labels on tickets 9:43 pm - The Florida Lottery wants another look at the potential impact on education funding from legislation that would require slapping gambling-addiction warning labels on the front of tickets and ads. 5 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Cash4Life multi-state lottery game goes daily in July 9:53 am - Starting July 1, you'll be able to play the multi-state Cash4Life lottery game on a daily basis. 27 comments (last)

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Former tribal lobbyist named as new California Lottery director 8:40 am - California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Alva Vernon Johnson to take over the the state's lottery Monday, after former director Hugo Lopez stepped down Friday amid investigations. 27 comments (last)

Monday, June 10, 2019

California Lottery director resigns amid investigations 8:18 am - California State Lottery Director Hugo Lopez is stepping down immediately, he announced in an email to lottery staff on Friday. 13 comments (last)

Saturday, June 8, 2019

One lottery ticket sold in California wins $530 million Mega Millions jackpot 8:19 am - Somebody in California just added half a billion dollars to their bank account. 27 comments (last)

Thursday, June 6, 2019

North Carolina retiree wins $344.6 million lottery jackpot using fortune cookie numbers 10:34 am - North Carolina lottery officials Tuesday evening revealed that a Cumberland County man was the winner of the $344.6 million Powerball ticket that was purchased in Hope Mills. 32 comments (last)

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

New Hampshire wins Wire Act lawsuit 6:39 pm - New Hampshire has won its lawsuit against the US Department of Justice clarifying the scope of a 1961 federal gambling law. 1 comment (last)

$530 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases on rollover 6:58 am - Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $530 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $475 million grand prize. 50 comments (last)

Saturday, June 1, 2019

$475 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot swells 11:07 am - After 23 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of nearly a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. 51 comments (last)