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$1.55 BILLION: Powerball continues historic jackpot climbNews Story
4th-largest lottery jackpot in world history set for Monday drawing By Todd Northrop Following the massive Powerball drawing worth $1.43 billion Saturday night, get ready to head back to your local lottery retailer, because things have gotten even more interesting. That's because nobody won that Powerball lottery jackpot Saturday night, sending the Monday jackpot to heights only seen three times previously in world lottery history. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimat
Oct 8, 2023, 12:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama man wins $150,000 a year for life in Florida LotteryNews Story
Out-of-state player turns $5 and a trip to Florida into over $2 million By Kate Northrop An Alabama resident turned $5 and a trip to Florida into a lottery prize worth $150,000 a year for life. Gary Thomas, 49, of Dothan, Alabama, ended up leaving the state of Florida a millionaire thanks to a single scratch-off ticket. On Monday, the Florida Lottery announced that Thomas claimed a top prize worth $150,000 a year for life from a $5 scratch-off game called $150,000 a Year for Life
Oct 17, 2023, 12:14 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn will implement online spending limitNews Story
New protection measures to be put in place for lottery players By Kate Northrop As part of Allwyn Entertainment's upcoming takeover as the new operator of the UK National Lottery, a spending limit will be put in place for players buying lottery products online. Lottery players in the UK will be limited to a certain number of tickets they buy online and will be restricted in the amount they spend virtually. UK Lottery retailers received a contract that they must agree to before D
Sep 6, 2023, 4:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida LLC revealed to have claimed $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpotReply
A few months ago I saw the guys name listed on The Jackpot Winners and Retailer Information Report which is available on The Florida Lottery's website. I was absolutely shocked that his name was there. The next day the report was still there but the guy's name had been deleted and it read Exempt per FS 1024 I had already Googled him the day I saw his name. Apparently the TV station Reporters had seen the same report that I had and Googled him as well. I don't remember the guys name, and
Dec 28, 2023, 8:12 pm - GiveFive - Lottery News

Two-person Michigan lottery club claims $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
Retailer owner who lost husband before forming group had a feeling she won before checking ticket By Kate Northrop A two-person Michigan lottery club won a $1 million Powerball prize and had to use a special code word with each other for the first time to celebrate the win. A lottery retailer owner formed a two-person lottery club after she had lost her husband, and following a Powerball drawing in September, she had a feeling she had won before even checking the ticket. Kristi S
Nov 20, 2023, 12:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn will implement online spending limitReply
I can understand limiting online sales but in person retailers? I think that should be up to the retailer. Sometimes I may buy 10 or 12 scratchers in one shot and when I do that, I always win something. I wouldn't like not having that option. Where I live, purchases can only be made with cash or debit cards, credit cards, checks, etc. are not allowed. I guess that is for player safety so people won't run themselves into credit card debt playing the lottery. Just hope U.S. lotteries don't
Sep 7, 2023, 9:54 pm - PrisonerSix - Lottery News

Kentucky man who won $500,000 lottery prize celebrates by giving retailer employees moneyNews Story
First thought from lottery winner is a generous one By Kate Northrop A Kentucky man's first action on his to-do list after winning $500,000 in the lottery was to give money away to the employees at the store he bought the ticket from. A Kentucky lottery winner decided to pay it forward after he won a $500,000 top prize in a scratch-off game. Last Sunday, Daniel Reffitt was leaving the Meijer grocery store on Houston Road in Florence when he walked by a Kentucky Lottery vending ma
Sep 5, 2023, 3:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland woman wins $1 million in lottery two weeks after winning $50,000News Story
Maryland Lottery sees Mrs. Millionaire claim a prize just two weeks apart By Kate Northrop A Maryland woman won $1 million just two weeks after winning $50,000 in the lottery. An anonymous Oxon Hill resident, dubbed Mrs. Millionaire to keep her identity private, made a swift return to Maryland Lottery headquarters to claim an even bigger prize since her first $50,000 win. On July 25, the 67-year-old claimed a $50,000 Pick 5 prize she won in the July 23 midday drawing. During that
Aug 10, 2023, 1:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket sold in Florida is sole winner of $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
This is the fourth jackpot winning MegaMillions ticket sold in Florida and the first at a Publix. While Publix is the largest lottery retailer in Florida, 7 Eleven has sold two of the other three jackpot winners. I'm in Florida but it wasn't me.... I wouldn't be posting this if it was..... G5
Aug 9, 2023, 7:11 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

Pennsylvania single mother awarded $1 million scratch-off lottery prizeNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery awarded a single mother a commemorative check for $1 million last week after she won the top prize from a scratch-off game. Diane Babbin, of Westmoreland County, won a top prize worth $1 million from an instant game and was treated to a commemorative ceremony by the Pennsylvania Lottery at the retailer she bought the winning ticket from. On Fri., April 28, 2023, Babbin's son was sick with a fever. She asked her mother to go to the grocery sto
May 31, 2023, 8:18 am - Todd - Lottery News