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Two "Blessed" Illinois lottery winners claim $349 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Quick Pick ticket splits multi-million fortune between two players By Kate Northrop The winners of a $349 million Mega Millions jackpot are feeling blessed after they jointly came forward to claim the prize a month after the drawing. After one month of wondering who was lucky enough to win the $349 million Mega Millions jackpot in the March 25 drawing, two Illinois residents have put the question to rest. The prize will be split evenly between two anonymous Illinois winners, who
May 2, 2025, 3:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery launches online Powerball sales to combat competition from sports bettingReply
sell tickets directly to players online in a bid to compete with growing competition from sports betting Not sure what the minimum sports bet in TN is, but in KY I can bet the same $2 price of a PB ticket on a race horse. Or for $4 I can bet them both. And most state lotteries with online betting options offer all their drawn games along with instant games. Just can't see how online PB sales will TN gamblers will stop making sports bets and bet on PB.
Feb 7, 2025, 12:04 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

$1.15 BILLION: Mega Millions keeps rolling after no winner TuesdayNews Story
Now the 9th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After nobody won a billion-dollar Christmas Eve jackpot, lottery players around the country are lining up for an even larger jackpot set to draw Friday. Tuesday night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $1.15 billion with a cash value of $516.1 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get
Dec 26, 2024, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

$944 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot set to make holiday wishes come trueNews Story
Biggest jackpot in 9 months closes in on a billion dollars By Todd Northrop Nine months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.13 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in New Jersey, the multi-state lottery game is back with a jackpot to be drawn Tuesday that is also nearing the $1 billion mark. When nobody won Friday night's $862 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $944 million the largest since a March 26, 2024 $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot was won b
Dec 21, 2024, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

$825 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for FridayNews Story
13th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game continued its jackpot run last night when no tickets matched all six numbers. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $825 million with a cash value of $382.2 million. To get to this massive size, the jackpot has been growing since it started on September 13 as a $20 million prize now 28
Dec 18, 2024, 8:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2024 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
Annual holiday raffles making a comeback this year Update: Montana Lottery Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in just three hours By Kate Northrop With the holidays ahead, this marks the time of year when state lotteries across the U.S. start amping up excitement for their own annual raffles, many of which offer the best odds at winning a million dollars compared to any other game offered in-state. For that reason alone, it's no wonder many raffles sell out so quickly.
Nov 1, 2024, 7:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

West Virginia to add daily draw games to online ticket sales offeringsReply
Interesting that three state lotteries have very different opinions on Online sales. The Tennessee Lottery now offers Online PB sales to compete with growing competition from sports betting , the WVA Lottery is offering sales of more of their drawn games, and the Indiana Legislators believe implications of the bill on the state's gambling industry as a whole were too complex and worrying that the proposed legislation would cannibalize brick-and-mortar operations . Georgia, Kentucky and a fe
Feb 22, 2025, 10:35 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery rolls out iLottery digital ticket sale platformNews Story
Online gaming arrives for Kansas lottery fans By Kate Northrop The Kansas Lottery has officially launched its iLottery platform, allowing Kansas residents to play some draw games and eInstants online. Last August, the Kansas Lottery announced its intentions to launch an online platform. Now, some of Kansas' most popular lottery draw games are available to play online with the unveiling of its digital ticket sale platform. The new platform means Kansas residents can purchase Mega
Feb 19, 2025, 7:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bill banning lottery courier services passes Indiana House and SenateReply
these blanket bans. They really disenfranchise people like the elderly, the homebound, people in rural areas, A simple solution would be for the lottery to offer online sales themselves. That would also allow them to limit sales to request that originate within the state if they have concerns about selling across state lines. They could even set up an in-house courier service and take the orders and print the actual tickets on behalf of players. As a bonus, players who have trouble playing
Apr 27, 2025, 4:43 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery says NJ group tried to buy another Lotto Texas jackpotReply
The whole matter sounds like something that only happens in movies. The fact that Draft Kings, Sullivan, admits that groups watching the lotteries says a lot. Draft Kings bought Jackpocket which alludes to having some insider info. I'm still not for capping lotteries. That should be a last resort. I'd start with capping the number of terminals any single retailer can obtain. But as we see in these hearings that doesn't prevent these groups from making deals with multiple retailers t
Feb 28, 2025, 1:10 pm - garyo1954 - Lottery News