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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

California winner of $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot is lauded as kind family man by neighborsReply
Took MUSL a long time (as I tossed and turned) to announce that Mega Millions jackpot will be $977 million Friday. Speaking for many LP members, if not all, that we know it'll jump up over $1 Billion for Friday.
Mar 20, 2024, 5:17 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Virginia man who won $1,000 a week lottery prize in Cash4Life says it's just "good"Reply
Lucky for Life is now MUSL drawn on RNG in Iowa. I believe they changed from Connecticut RNGs to Iowa RNGs around September this year. There really wasn't a big announcement.
Dec 21, 2023, 12:04 pm - Think - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery blames "human reporting error" for posting incorrect Powerball resultsReply
How would they pay the WRONG numbers? So they are saying a human ENTERS the winning numbers into their system, which would then explain how they paid the wrong numbers. I guess I thought MUSL would send each state systems the numbers electrically so their system would not be able to pay the wrong numbers.
Dec 1, 2023, 5:13 am - DELotteryPlyr - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayReply
Ticket sales for Powerball and Mega Millions were slowing prior to the pandemic. The pandemic gave them an excuse to lower the starting amount to $20 mill. And, they no longer have to guarantee a minimum bump between draws. Prior to the pandemic it was $5 mill for Mega, and $10 mill for Powerball. Now that they've made the change, they aren't able to change it back unless all states that participate in the MUSL also agree to the change.
Aug 8, 2023, 5:05 pm - DDBagger519 - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief announces retirementNews Story
Lottery industry leader to step back after 32 years of service By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery's Executive Director and longest-serving member Gary Grief announced he will retire at the end of February 2024. After 32 years of loyal service and dedication to the Texas Lottery, Executive Director Gary Grief will retire next month. Since 2010, Grief led the Texas Lottery in its mission to generate revenue for public education and veterans' services. He dedicated himself to a vari
Jan 26, 2024, 12:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.23 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingReply
The Saturday jackpot was raised to $1.3 billion , with a cash option of $608.9 million . I'm wondering if they managed a typo for the cash value. If the cash:annuity ratio stayed the same it would be $628.9 million cash. If it's really $6 0 8.9 that's a pretty big change in interest rates, and a fairly big coincidence that the difference is an even $20.0 million. The TX website hasn't posted the worksheet yet, but that should give us the answer if MUSL doesn't make a change first.
Apr 5, 2024, 12:51 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$1.2 BILLION: Powerball jackpot is 3rd-largest in game historyReply
Yes, it's Idaho. They call it bundling for your convenience as though that makes it better. I believe that Montana has also begun bundling the powerball. I wish MUSL didn't allow that. If you're gonna raise the price, just raise it nationwide instead of trying to manipulate players.
Oct 3, 2023, 12:45 pm - HoLeeKau - Lottery News

Nebraska Lottery will join Lotto America in MayNews Story
Multi-state game to be offered in yet another state By Kate Northrop The Nebraska Lottery officially announced today that it will begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America. The Mississippi Lottery is not the only state lottery to recently announce its decision to join the multi-state game . Just today, the Nebraska Lottery revealed that it will start offering the game, too. In addition to Mega Millions and Powerball, Nebraska lottery players will soon have ano
Apr 21, 2024, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery to begin offering Lotto AmericaNews Story
Third multi-state game to be offered in the state By Kate Northrop The Mississippi Lottery officially announced today that it will expand its repertoire to begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America. Mississippi lottery players will soon have another multi-state draw game to play in addition to Mega Millions and Powerball, with Lotto America launching locally next month. Lotto America is currently offered by 13 other U.S. lotteries. Mississippi will bump up tha
Apr 15, 2024, 4:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News