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Hoosier Lottery Commission votes to approve $50,000 prize claim to winner whose ticket was ripped upReply
Another reason for a person not to broadcast their entire life on Facebook or other social media.Sometimes it's just best to keep things to yourself.
Dec 2, 2023, 10:25 am - PrisonerSix - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to switch to computerized drawingsReply
I sent an email to Md Lottery. At the 1:55 mark in this video https://www.mdlottery.com/player-tools/watch-the-drawings/#rng it says: The results are verified by several quality assurance tests to make sure the numbers are truly random. After the results are verified, the winning numbers are displayed on the screen and the drawing team shares these numbers with public . Question 1) There are no longer any ping pong balls that need to be to weighed and measured, or tested to make sure th
Dec 17, 2022, 1:36 am - grwurston - Lottery News

North Carolina man is Powerball First Millionaire of the YearNews Story
Daughter collects the year's first million-dollar prize on behalf of her father By Kate Northrop A North Carolina man was the first lottery player to be named a newly minted millionaire in 2023 during ABC's broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Secrest 2023. Just after the clock struck midnight, Gary Krigbaum of Spindale, North Carolina, won $1 million in the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year promotion and became the first person in 2023 to win a million d
Jan 2, 2023, 9:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto America to switch to computerized drawingsReply
When I was in high school and lived in northern Virginia, the D.C. Lottery would broadcast their live drawings at 7:58 P.M. If I was at home, I watched the drawing. If I was not, then I'd check the numbers the next morning in the newspaper. I did not realize at the time I could check the results online. I suspect D.C. changed to computerized drawings in the summer of 2004 because they started using animations to show their numbers. I did not like the new format and stopped watching the drawings.
Apr 19, 2023, 12:01 am - Hermanus104 - Lottery News

VIDEO: We think these are the best lottery drawingsReply
Before EVERY drawing, they should low power X-ray the balls to check the internals for tampering since the last draw Weight each ball before placing them into the machine to make sure they are within spec. Once a year weighing is not good enough. Also, they should handle all balls with fresh nitrile gloves, and the ball handling procedures should be published and include 3rd party monitoring to make sure the handlers don't add weight to any ball while handling after the ball has been we
Feb 10, 2023, 5:08 pm - Wavepack - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2023 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
U.S. states to host annual holiday raffles this year Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in five hours By Kate Northrop Within a mere five hours of sales for Montana's Millionaire raffle going live, all 380,000 tickets were sold out. This year marked an unheard-of demand for the Montana Millionaire raffle, even more so than the unprecedented response that Montana Lottery officials saw to their statewide raffle last year. For reference, tickets sold out in 29 hours after g
Nov 2, 2023, 7:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News