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$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in OregonReply
Story was updated with the area of Oregon in which the winning ticket was sold, as well as the previous-largest Oregon Powerball winner.
Apr 7, 2024, 5:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in OregonReply
I doubt it, unless it's part of a larger effort to revamp the game altogether. We explored this two years ago in an interview with the then-head of the Mega Millions group: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/340204
Apr 7, 2024, 11:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in OregonReply
Thanks, fixed.
Apr 7, 2024, 10:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in OregonNews Story
Lump-sum cash option worth $621 million Drawing was delayed by one state needing more time to process sales Updated with area that winning ticket was sold By Todd Northrop Around the United States, millions of people had to wait an extra three hours last night to find out if they won the unbelievably massive Powerball jackpot, due to one unnamed state's inability to deal with the huge amount of ticket sales data. When the drawing did finally occur Sunday morning, it turns o
Apr 7, 2024, 8:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

Washington Lottery takes down AI website after it generates topless photo of userNews Story
Controversy surrounding preventative measures for inappropriate AI image generation By Kate Northrop The Washington's Lottery AI-powered website was discontinued following a user complaint that it had generated a topless photo using her face. What began as an innocent way to help lottery players envision their lives after a big win turned into a disturbing controversy after the Washington Lottery's AI-powered website essentially generated softcore pornography of one of its users.
Apr 5, 2024, 6:59 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.23 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingReply
It's very common, and in fact rarely is the cash and annuity adjusted proportionally. Many times the cash value changes but the annuity is not adjusted. Keep in mind they are both estimates, and we are strictly speaking here about numbers being adjusted prior to the drawing.
Apr 5, 2024, 12:55 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 . Top 25 rankings are unchanged.
Apr 5, 2024, 12:23 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.23 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingNews Story
8th-largest lottery jackpot in world history By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 39th consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.23 billion. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $595.1 million more than a half-billion dollars in cash! It's the stuff that a lottery player's dreams are made of holding a lottery ticket for an upcoming Powerba
Apr 4, 2024, 6:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky woman quits job after winning $90,000 in the lotteryNews Story
Prize allows winner to reevaluate current job By Kate Northrop A Kentucky woman quit her job after scooping up a $90,000 top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Hopkinsville resident Reshawn Toliver was relieved when a $90,000 lottery prize came her way because it gave her the final push to quit a job that had been making her unhappy. Earlier this month, Toliver had stopped at the Skyline Fuel in Hopkinsville and decided to pick up five instant tickets from the $5 Wild Cash
Apr 3, 2024, 10:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Incident update April 2, 2024Reply
Starting to get a little more info about the cause. Looks like there was a problem with one of the companies that supplies network infrastructure to the data center. Several of their lines went down, and the data center temporarily re-routed network traffic through other means while it is being repaired. I'm seeing slight traffic latency, so that makes sense. Hopefully there won't be any more down time, but when a repair is concerned that is always a possibility. So if Lottery Post appears to go
Apr 2, 2024, 1:50 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum