Lottery News for April 2026

April 2026

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpot 3:02 pm - There was an unusually large number of winners in last night's Powerball drawing, including Indiana and Kansas winners who split the $143.4 million jackpot, and 89 tickets that won the $1 million second-tier prize. 69 comments (last)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Factory workers share $80.4 million Lotto Max prize, largest payout in Canadian lottery history 6:57 am - Two friends made Canadian Lottery history last week when they split $80.4 million (US$59 million) in Lotto Max winnings, officially making it the largest lottery payout in the nation. 8 comments (last)

Monday, April 27, 2026

DC Lottery offers compensation for players affected by computerized draw error 7:22 pm - After Lottery Post alerted the DC Lottery to a possible error that prevented tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for weeks, the DC Lottery has announced several different forms of compensation for players who may have been impacted by the computerized drawing glitch. 15 comments (last)

Michigan $733,968 Fantasy 5 jackpot winner wins again, this time a $1M Millionaire Raffle prize 7:13 am - As if winning part of a $733,968 jackpot in the Fantasy 5 draw game wasn't cool enough, one Michigan man won the $1 million top prize in the Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle just over a year later. 14 comments (last)

Friday, April 24, 2026

Two Illinois best friends focus on high jackpot lottery games and win $518,309 in FastPlay 8:08 am - In a neighborhood community of avid lottery fans, two Illinois best friends decided to put their heads (and wallets) together to try to win a $518,309 FastPlay jackpot, not realizing that they'd end up winning it all. 5 comments (last)

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prize 1:47 pm - Following independent observations by Lottery Post members of an unlikely statistical anomaly in Washington, D.C. draw outcomes, the DC Lottery identified a software problem that meant certain combinations had no shot at winning prizes in three games. 42 comments (last)

Over $9.5 million in unclaimed lottery winnings expiring soon in Washington 8:27 am - The Washington Lottery is putting out a call for players to come forward and collect their prizes after officials tallied over $9.5 million in unclaimed winnings due to expire in the coming months. 6 comments (last)

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

$110,000 Michigan Lottery Fantasy 5 Double Play winner has one month left to claim 8:52 am - Someone in Michigan purchased a Fantasy 5 lottery ticket with the Double Play add-on feature, but the $110,000 prize will go by the wayside if they don’t step forward in a month to claim it. 8 comments (last)

Monday, April 20, 2026

New lottery number experiment pays off for North Carolina woman with $212,371 Cash 5 jackpot 7:47 am - A North Carolina woman went with a new approach in picking her lottery numbers, and she came out on top with a $212,371 Cash 5 jackpot on the first try. 16 comments (last)

Friday, April 17, 2026

Ohio man has the "best day of his life" after winning the lottery twice in one day 8:58 am - An Ohio man just had the luckiest day of his life when he won a top-tier prize in one lottery game and then $300,000 in another. 15 comments (last)

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Illinois man's $1 million lottery win was inspired by a "sign" from father 7:46 am - An Illinois man experienced a myriad of "signs" related to his late father before winning a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket. 10 comments (last)

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UK 6:31 pm - The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and the UK National Lottery have jointly announced that the US-based Powerball multi-state lottery game will be expanding to the UK. 69 comments (last)

Illinois woman uses numbers passed down from mother to win $1 million Lotto jackpot 6:37 am - An Illinois woman stuck with family tradition by playing lottery numbers that her mother had nearly won a $6.4 million prize with long ago, and the decision to do so won her a $1 million Lotto jackpot. 7 comments (last)

Monday, April 13, 2026

UK lottery winner misses claims deadline for £10.6 million jackpot 7:46 am - The lottery player who won a £10.6 million (US$14.2 million) Lotto jackpot missed out on the opportunity to collect their winnings, a rare occurrence for the UK National Lottery. 17 comments (last)

Friday, April 10, 2026

Lotto Max game changes will go into effect this weekend, including bigger $90 million jackpots 11:44 am - This weekend the Canadian multi-province Lotto Max draw game gets its revamp, which promises jackpots capped at $90 million (US$64.7 million) and guaranteed $100,000 (US$71,940) cash prizes with every draw. 4 comments (last)

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Michigan woman who played Lotto 47 since it launched decades ago wins $1.1 million jackpot 10:23 am - A Michigan lottery player said she's faithfully played Lotto 47 in the max two drawings a week since the game began decades ago, and she couldn't believe it when a $1.1 million jackpot finally came her way. 8 comments (last)

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

New Hampshire Lottery launches $30 scratch-off ticket offering record $3 million top prize 5:21 am - The New Hampshire Lottery launched its most expensive game in over a decade: a $30 scratch-off ticket that offers the biggest-ever prize in the state at $3 million. 17 comments (last)

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Texas Lottery doles out $7.9 million in winnings after Daily 4 draws 7-7-7-7 on April Fool's Day 1:26 pm - Thousands of lottery players won a total of $7.9 million in an April Fool's Day Daily 4 drawing in Texas after the game drew a "rare" number combination. 7 comments (last)

Monday, April 6, 2026

California Lottery accidentally publishes winner's address instead of retailer's in press release 1:10 pm - The California Lottery has issued a statement after they accidentally exposed a $12 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot winner's personal address in a press release. 9 comments (last)

Friday, April 3, 2026

Arkansas lottery winner of $250.8 million Powerball jackpot claims prize 10:58 am - The Arkansas Lottery announced that the winner of a $250.8 million Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their lottery winnings, just months after the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot winner claimed theirs. 9 comments (last)