Lottery News for November 2022

November 2022

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Arkansas Lottery's Lotto jackpot worth nearly $800,000; has yet to be won since game's launch 2:32 pm - Since the Arkansas Lottery launched its newest game more than two months ago, Lotto has yet to produce its first big winner, with the jackpot climbing to nearly $800,000 for Wednesday's drawing. 6 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Kentucky Lottery launches daily in-state jackpot game, records first winner 5:26 pm - Last Monday, the Kentucky Lottery officially conducted the first drawing for its new in-state daily jackpot game, Kentucky 5. 14 comments (last)

Monday, November 28, 2022

Buddhist monk gives away entire $502,000 lottery jackpot 11:38 am - A town in Thailand won big when a Buddhist monk hit the lottery and donated the entire prize to those he felt were "more deserving" of the money. 12 comments (last)

Sunday, November 27, 2022

83-year-old grandmother scoops up $60 million Lotto Max jackpot 6:04 pm - An 83-year-old woman was not about to lose out on an opportunity to participate in the Lotto Max draw on Nov. 1 for $60 million (US$44.8 million) — which she ended up winning. 12 comments (last)

Saturday, November 26, 2022

$70 million lottery winner originally thought he won $70K 3:57 pm - A Calgary man has made history by becoming the first Albertan to win $70 million (US$52.3 million) playing Canada's Lotto Max multi-province lottery game. 6 comments (last)

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving 7:09 am - Have a wonderful day, filled with thoughts of all the things to be thankful for. 21 comments (last)

Monday, November 21, 2022

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn acquires Camelot UK 12:35 pm - Allwyn AG, the UK National Lottery's new operator, announced its intentions on Friday to acquire Camelot UK Lotteries Limited, the Lottery's previous license holder. 5 comments (last)

Friday, November 18, 2022

Australian woman cleans out car four months after win, discovers lottery ticket worth $580,000 10:12 am - Keep those tickets in a safe place! An Australian woman had quite the surprise when she discovered a lottery ticket worth $580,000 (US$387,187) during a car clean-out four months after the draw. 9 comments (last)

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Tennessee Lottery launches Daily Tennessee Jackpot draw game 5:07 pm - The Tennessee Lottery released its first "Tennessee-only" jackpot game with drawings every day, including Sundays. 14 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

German man wins €10 million, immediately dumps girlfriend and buys Ferrari 3:04 pm - A German man did not hesitate to splurge on his €10 million (US$10.4 million) windfall in the lottery, buying a brand-new sportscar and subsequently dumping his girlfriend. 28 comments (last)

Monday, November 14, 2022

Canada man deletes e-mail from Ontario Lottery about $1 million prize win 12:07 pm - A Canadian lottery winner might not have claimed a $1 million (US$752,731) prize if it were not for a second alert email from the Ontario Lottery. 9 comments (last)

Friday, November 11, 2022

Minnesota Lottery confirms technical communications error delayed $2 billion Powerball drawing 4:03 pm - The Minnesota Lottery confirmed yesterday that the cause for the delayed $2 billion Powerball drawing was a technical communications error brought on by an overwhelming amount of sales data. 43 comments (last)

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Delaware woman wins $300,000 on her way home from claiming $100,000 lottery prize 4:40 pm - A woman from Delaware could not believe she won yet another top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket immediately after she had just finished claiming one at Lottery headquarters. 9 comments (last)

New Jersey Lottery to offer fixed Pick 3 and Pick 4 prize amounts 8:02 am - The New Jersey Lottery announced that they will start offering fixed prize amounts for Pick 3 and Pick 4, which will guarantee more winnings for multiple winning tickets. 23 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

One lottery ticket sold in California wins $2 billion Powerball jackpot 1:00 pm - After a lengthy delay of the Powerball drawing that caused the results to be published ten hours late, Tuesday morning it was announced that there was one jackpot winner from a ticket sold in California, with the jackpot worth an unbelievable $2.04 billion. 97 comments (last)

Record $1.9 billion Powerball drawing delayed until Tuesday 6:27 am - One of the most hotly-anticipated lottery drawings of all time never happened Monday night, as lottery officials were scrambling to process the massive amount of ticket sales data generated by the record $1.9 billion jackpot. 135 comments (last)

Monday, November 7, 2022

$39.3 million Classic Lotto jackpot won by Ohio player after nearly two years without a winner 4:29 pm - The Ohio Lottery's Classic Lotto jackpot finally had a winner after going through almost a full two years' worth of rollovers. 8 comments (last)

Sunday, November 6, 2022

$1.9 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT SETS WORLD RECORD OF UNIMAGINABLE WEALTH 7:36 am - Last night Powerball didn't just set a new lottery jackpot record, it crushed the old record, putting the concept of a $2 billion lottery jackpot within reach. 169 comments (last)

Saturday, November 5, 2022

Chinese man hides $30 million lottery jackpot from family, worries that money will make them "lazy" 2:13 pm - A man who won a 219 million yuan ($30.5 million) lottery jackpot kept the news from his wife and child, fearing that the extra fortune would curb their motivation. 21 comments (last)

Friday, November 4, 2022

$1.6 BILLION: Powerball jackpot sets all-time record as ticket sales surge across the USA 12:04 pm - Due to a ticket-buying frenzy for Saturday's Powerball drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate to $1.6 billion, setting the record for the largest lottery jackpot in history. 82 comments (last)

Thursday, November 3, 2022

$1.5 BILLION: Powerball jackpot nears all-time record 7:08 am - Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 39th consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to a near-record $1.5 billion. 35 comments (last)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Airline launches its own lottery to encourage travelers to take the middle seat 1:25 pm - An airline is hoping to encourage passengers to grab the less-than-desirable middle seat when booking a flight by holding a lottery that offers a six-figure cash prize. 6 comments (last)

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Mississippi Lottery's new Cash Pop game launching this month 3:07 pm - Cash Pop is about to make its way into Mississippi, to be available later this month for players to try out. 4 comments (last)

$1.2 BILLION: Powerball jackpot grows to 4th-largest in history 8:14 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 $1.2 billion. 48 comments (last)