Lottery News for October 2022

October 2022

Sunday, October 30, 2022

$1 BILLION: Historic Powerball jackpot draw set for Monday 8:59 am - The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, "Did you get Powerball tickets?" 69 comments (last)

Friday, October 28, 2022

VIDEO: Jason Kurland, the Lottery Lawyer who had everyone fooled 5:23 pm - Whether it's in television segments, feature interviews, or press conferences, Jason Kurland seemingly infiltrated every aspect of the lottery world — right up until it was discovered that he was swindling his clients. 8 comments (last)

$825 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised due to surging ticket sales 11:39 am - Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday's drawing to $825 million. 27 comments (last)

New York Lottery draws identical Take 5 results two drawings in a row 11:00 am - The New York Lottery's Take 5 game produced highly improbable identical results two drawings in a row yesterday. 33 comments (last)

Thursday, October 27, 2022

$800 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rollover 7:13 am - This week Powerball is the hot ticket, featuring a massive jackpot that is approaching a billion dollars. 36 comments (last)

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

California Lottery SuperLotto Plus ticket worth $38 million expires tomorrow 11:56 am - A winner of a $38 million SuperLotto Plus prize has just one more day to step forward to claim the money before the winning ticket expires. 13 comments (last)

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

$680 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 10th-largest in history 7:52 am - This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $680 million. 25 comments (last)

Monday, October 24, 2022

Canadian woman "never dreamt" she would win a second lottery jackpot in three years 8:02 pm - Luck is on the side of a woman who was shocked to have won the lottery not once, but twice in the span of three years, having played for the past 30 years. 1 comment (last)

Sunday, October 23, 2022

$610 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot largest in ten months 9:43 am - After a 34th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. 36 comments (last)

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Kentucky cancer patient out of work wins $234,176 online Instant Play lottery jackpot 3:57 pm - A Kentucky man diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments experienced a turn of events when he won a jackpot worth over $200,000 while playing the lottery online. 10 comments (last)

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Getting that dough: North Carolina man wins $1 million due to donut craving 8:42 pm - Hole-y moly! A North Carolina man found himself sprinting down the street after he won a $1 million lottery prize from a scratch-off game (likely burning those calories he had from the donuts he was craving). 11 comments (last)

Monday, October 17, 2022

Winning $502 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Florida region pummeled by hurricane 12:48 pm - One of the two winning tickets for the $502 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot drawn on Fri., Oct. 14, 2022 was sold in hurricane-ravaged Fort Myers, Florida. 10 comments (last)

Sunday, October 16, 2022

North Carolina woman wins $500,000 after entering lottery draw minutes before sales closed 5:25 pm - A North Carolina woman won a $501,544 Cash 5 prize after a voice motivated her to enter a lottery drawing just minutes before ticket sales closed. 9 comments (last)

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Michigan man wins $5.42M lottery jackpot with online purchase 3:40 pm - A Michigan man from Wayne County had a little extra money to spend and now he has a lot more as he won a $5.42 million Lotto 47 jackpot after buying a lottery ticket online recently. 9 comments (last)

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Virginia Lottery launches its first $50 scratch-off 8:38 am - The Virginia Lottery recently launched its first-ever $50 scratch-off game, joining several other state lotteries who have ventured into the territory of higher price point tickets. 18 comments (last)

Monday, October 10, 2022

Kentucky man finds $1 million winning Powerball ticket in old stack of unchecked tickets 3:40 pm - Over the past few months, a Kentucky man accumulated a stack of unchecked lottery tickets, but little did he know that there was a $1 million winning Powerball ticket sitting right there the entire time. 8 comments (last)

Friday, October 7, 2022

New Zealand man who won $15 million in lottery stays humble 6:24 pm - Like any lottery winner, one anonymous New Zealander considers himself lucky to win $15 million (US$8.4 million) in the lottery, but it's his sunny outlook and boundless generosity that separates him from the rest. 6 comments (last)

Thursday, October 6, 2022

433 players win $4 million lottery jackpot in Philippines, prompts calls for investigation 7:08 am - The Philippines government Charity Sweepstakes Office is hearing calls for an investigation after 433 lottery winners split a 236 million pesos (US$4 million) jackpot on Saturday. 15 comments (last)

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Online play taking off: Virginia Lottery hits milestone $2 billion awarded 7:08 am - The Virginia Lottery is seeing huge profits — and payouts — since the launch of its online games just two years ago. 14 comments (last)

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Alabama Supreme Court finds that casinos are operating illegally 5:59 pm - The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday ruled that several casinos in the state are to be shut down after they were found to be in violation of Alabama's gambling laws. 8 comments (last)

Iowa Lottery starts its own Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings 8:26 am - Iowa Lottery players now have their own in-state versions of Pick 3 and Pick 4 after sharing drawings and results with the neighboring Hoosier Lottery since 2017. 11 comments (last)

Saturday, October 1, 2022

VIDEO: Your state might not allow anonymous prize claims... or does it? 8:29 pm - Did you know only a handful of states allow lottery winners to claim their prizes anonymously? Many seasoned players don't even know that there are still ways of hiding your name in states that technically don't allow it. 10 comments (last)