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$70 million Canada Lotto Max jackpot-winning ticket expiresNews Story
Largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history By Kate Northrop The winning ticket for a $70 million (US$52.85 million) Lotto Max jackpot has officially expired, making it the largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history. Time is up to validate the winning ticket for the highest-possible jackpot for Lotto Max, Canada's multi-province draw game. On Thursday, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced that the deadline to claim the $70 million Lotto Max
Jul 2, 2023, 5:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery retailers resume selling tickets following talks with Governor about skill game banNews Story
Store owners hope for a quick resolution, but skill game critics say leave it alone By Kate Northrop Virginia Lottery retailers who participated in a boycott of lottery ticket sales over the weekend have begun selling tickets again, saying they are seeing progress being made in negotiations regarding the recent skill game ban. Virginia Lottery retailers have paused their protest and have resumed selling lottery tickets again after hearing hopeful news from the Virginia Governor that
May 17, 2024, 10:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery details full extent of December cyber attackNews Story
More than 538,000 player names and Social Security numbers exposed By Kate Northrop The Ohio Lottery revealed that a cybersecurity incident on Christmas Eve 2023 resulted in over half a million players having their personal identifying information exposed, including full names and Social Security numbers. The cybersecurity attack that was carried out against the Ohio Lottery in December 2023 impacted 538,959 lottery players, compromising full names, other personal identifiers, and So
May 13, 2024, 3:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery retailers escalate boycott, halt ALL lottery ticket sales until further noticeNews Story
Virginians could have a tougher time buying lottery tickets By Kate Northrop Nearly a month after hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers participated in a temporary boycott of ticket sales to protest the ban of skill games, many of those stores are now refusing to sell tickets altogether. In protest of a recent amendment made to a bill that regulates the operation of skill games in the state, licensed Virginia Lottery retailers have taken last month's ticket sale boycott a step furth
May 11, 2024, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky woman quits job after winning $90,000 in the lotteryNews Story
Prize allows winner to reevaluate current job By Kate Northrop A Kentucky woman quit her job after scooping up a $90,000 top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Hopkinsville resident Reshawn Toliver was relieved when a $90,000 lottery prize came her way because it gave her the final push to quit a job that had been making her unhappy. Earlier this month, Toliver had stopped at the Skyline Fuel in Hopkinsville and decided to pick up five instant tickets from the $5 Wild Cash
Apr 3, 2024, 10:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

30 Kentucky middle school employees win $1M Powerball prize, hid lottery ticket in math textbookNews Story
By Kate Northrop A group of 30 middle school employees carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after the final school bell rang on Tuesday to collect their $1 million Powerball prize. 30 educators from a Boone County middle school regrouped after work to collect the $1 million Powerball prize they won in the Jan. 27 drawing and showed up at Lottery headquarters in high spirits. The group calls themselves the Jones 30, named after the Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence that brought t
Feb 3, 2024, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ireland Lottery advertising claims under scrutinyNews Story
The Ireland Lottery has been told by an ad standards body to be clearer over claims that 90 per cent of National Lottery money goes back into the community. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland welcomed Lotto chiefs' vow to to include a qualification, about the reinvestment of unclaimed prize money in future similar advertising after a complaint by an Oireachtas Committee. The television ad in question featured a shopkeeper and a customer. When the customer placed her lot
Jan 24, 2024, 10:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery blames "human reporting error" for posting incorrect Powerball resultsNews Story
Players who claimed prizes under wrong numbers can keep their winnings By Kate Northrop The Iowa Lottery attributed posting the wrong Powerball numbers on their website for Monday's draw to a human reporting error and told players who already redeemed prizes that they can keep the winnings. Several hours after the wrong Powerball numbers were posted on the Iowa Lottery's website the night of the drawing on Mon., Nov. 27, the Lottery removed the incorrect sequence and republished the
Nov 30, 2023, 9:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky woman who never played the lottery before wins $75,000 on her first ticketNews Story
Beginner's luck strikes again By Kate Northrop A Kentucky woman who had never played the lottery in her life just won a $75,000 prize on her first-ever scratch-off ticket. A Kentucky lottery player's first big win resulted from her first ticket purchase ever, and it was certainly a cause for celebration. Rebecca Napier of Frankfort walked into Kentucky Lottery headquarters in Louisville earlier this month with tears of joy in her eyes as she prepared to claim a meaningful prize.
Oct 31, 2023, 4:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland woman wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize the same day she collects second-chance lottery prizeNews Story
She won using the same numbers that previously won her $25,000 By Kate Northrop A Maryland woman says she is on a lucky streak after stepping out of the Maryland Lottery's headquarters just to win a $50,000 Pick 5 prize right across the street. 59-year-old Victoria Sadler can't believe her luck after she won $50,000, not only after having just claimed another lottery prize that same day, but doing so using the same numbers that won her a $25,000 prize the year before. Last week,
Aug 29, 2023, 5:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News