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Arizona lottery retailer employee sued after buying $12.8 million ticket knowing it was a winnerReply
The employee committed fraud/theft against the store and should be fired immediately.
Mar 1, 2026, 10:35 pm - mypiemaster - Lottery News

California Lottery accidentally publishes winner's address instead of retailer's in press releaseReply
It really makes you wonder if it was a mistake or if someone at the lottery didn't like the winner for some reason and did it maliciously and deliberately. Regardless it's California so the responsible parties probably won't get fired and may just get a promotion and a raise.
Apr 7, 2026, 6:08 am - Think - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery halts Cash 3 triple payout promotion one week inReply
Apparently the Mississippi Lottery doesn't employ anyone that understands a pick 3 game. Especially when syndicates are spending millions in some states to buy every lotto game combination for a guaranteed jackpot with the only risk of splitting it was other winning tickets. Mississippi players could spend $1000 and get a guaranteed $500 win. Most states have limits on the total amount the will pay out, but doesn't change the win for anyone wagering $1000 before the limit was reached. Lo
Nov 7, 2025, 4:46 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery halts Cash 3 triple payout promotion one week inReply
it drained the funds intended to pay out the prizes That tells us that they started it with a cap already in place, so they simply reached the cap sooner than they thought. Lottery President Jeff Hewitt should be fired for not only offering a promotion that could cost the state millions Those funds intended to pay out the prizes tells us that they knew the promotion would cost them money, so they obviously thought that the money was worth it to promote the game, or perhaps the lott
Nov 7, 2025, 5:38 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Former Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief indicted on charge related to $95M Lotto Texas jackpotReply
Texas is indictment country. Didn't they indict their own Attorney General awhile ago? You know the saying about a DA being able to indict a ham sandwich, right? That said, maybe their AG deserved to be indicted, and maybe that's why he agreed to pay 300k restitution, perform 200 hours of community service, and take 15 hours of legal ethics training to avoid a trial. And then there's the $6.6 million that was paid to 4 whistleblowers who were fired from their jobs in the AG's office after f
May 19, 2026, 2:48 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News