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Mass. man claims $700,000 after playing same numbers for 30 yearsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Days after Lottery Post first reported on six top-prize-winning lottery tickets being sold at the same Massachusetts store, the lottery reported that all six plus one more that was purchased earlier as a season ticket have been claimed by one person, who has playing those same numbers for 30 years. (See Six tickets each win $100,000 Mass Cash prize at the same store on the same day , Lottery Post , Sept. 21, 2022.) George Morano played the same lottery numbers for th
Sep 26, 2022, 10:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan police investigate scammers who spent thousands on lottery tickets with stolen credit cardsReply
Yes, exactly what I was thinking, don't most states only allow debit and credit card use at the lottery kiosk and not the counter clerk. It is very strange to know that Michigan stores allows that. I am sure going forward, they will now change their policy. Spending 8K in lottery tickets sound like the scammers where buying entire packs of scratch offs, most likely the $30 ones. The problem with that is, even though one buys entire packs of tickets there is no guarantee there with be a $4 millio
Dec 26, 2023, 6:29 am - winterhug - Lottery News

Florida Fantasy-5 PlayersReply
Selling lottery tickets across the entire USA is a massive business. It's a multi-Billion dollar business. Corporations like AT T, Exxon/Mobil, NetFlix and IBM are multi-billion dollar enterprises. So lottery ticket sales is huge. That means the people who run the states lottery games are managing an extremely vital not to mention a huge source of revenue for the states, and they know many things about managing that business that most players never even think about or realize. One thing
Mar 27, 2023, 10:24 am - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

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
Yesterday, 10:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

$975 MILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases againNews Story
Easter sales dip might be holding it back By Todd Northrop The near-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot grew again last night, but perhaps not as much as it would have if this weren't Easter weekend. The latest increase of the current lengthy Powerball jackpot run comes after nobody won last night's drawing, sending the Monday jackpot ever closer to heights that once seemed unattainable for a lottery game. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $975 million, with a lu
Mar 31, 2024, 9:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

$935 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestoneNews Story
11th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Wednesday's $873.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $935 million for Saturday's drawing the 11th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 5th-largest Powerball jac
Mar 28, 2024, 7:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all timeNews Story
Powerball ticket-buying frenzy this week By Todd Northrop 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 $1.725 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 35 consecutive drawings since the last winner on July 22. All those drawings have accumulated a massive pile of cash, ready to provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky lottery
Oct 10, 2023, 6:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.04 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases againNews Story
4th billion-dollar lottery jackpot this year By Todd Northrop For the fourth time in 2023, a lottery jackpot has reached $1 billion or more twice with the Mega Millions game, and now twice with Powerball. The latest billion-dollar jackpot of the year comes after nobody won last night's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, sending the Monday jackpot to heights that once seemed unattainable for a lottery game. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $1.04 billion, w
Oct 1, 2023, 8:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

$925 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestoneNews Story
9th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 30th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Wednesday's $856.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $925 million for Saturday's drawing the 9th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 4th-largest Powerball jackp
Sep 28, 2023, 7:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayNews Story
Third-largest lottery jackpot in history Cash value is more than three-quarters of a billion dollars By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced no top winner for the 31st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to $1.55 billion the largest jackpot in the game's 27-year history. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $757.2 million three-quarters of a billion dollars in cash! It'
Aug 5, 2023, 6:58 am - Todd - Lottery News