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86-year-old California woman shares prize with cashier who sold her winning lottery ticketReply
From the story... While the clerk may have gotten the figure wrong, because there was no recent $500,000 jackpot in the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 game, Forrest did walk away with a $300 prize. There's a link below the video with the Calif lottery results.
Jan 14, 2022, 4:48 am - grwurston - Lottery News

N.C. man wins two $25,000 a year for life prizes after accidentally playing same numbers twiceReply
If he takes the annuity on both prizes he'll end up with $35,375 a year after taxes. 24% Fed and 5.25% state. If he lives 25 years to age 74, he'll end up with $884,375 take home. That's way more than the $551,850 he got after taxes right now. If he does all the things he wants now, there might not be much left. If he splits it, one annuity, one lump sum, at age 74 he has $718,112 clear. And 558,925 at 65. If he took the annuity on both and retires 16 years from now at 65, he'd have $566,
Dec 1, 2021, 6:32 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Audit of frequent Pennsylvania Lottery winners draws concernReply
The state wants to do audits, because some people cashed 50 or more tickets in a 42 month period? They're talking 17 people out of the entire state. It doesn't mean they are cashing $5,000 tickets each time. There are box wins that pay over $600. A $5.00 box win, 10 times in 3 1/2 years, there's your 50 tickets. With that bet your hitting 3 times a year. Not very frequent at all. Sounds like a big waste of time and money to investigate this.
Nov 23, 2021, 6:47 am - grwurston - Lottery News

Pennsylvania woman sues online slots company after being refused jackpot payoutReply
13 People had the same complaint. I'm sure there were others it happened to that DIDN'T file a complaint. Where they were just told, we had a bug , and didn't like it, but accepted their excuse. Either way, it won't be good for their business when word gets around a lot more.
Nov 18, 2021, 2:54 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Pennsylvania woman sues online slots company after being refused jackpot payoutReply
If there was a bug in the system, it should have been fixed after the first occurrence or complaint. But since over a dozen players have lodged similar complaints about them not wanting to pay up, I tend to think they just don't want to pay up. The DGE said AGS found the bug in August and Pelusi said she played Oct 2. It's pretty obvious they never fixed it. Pretty slick on their part though. Find out you have a bug, leave in there on purpose and then use it as a convenient excuse to not
Nov 18, 2021, 4:40 am - grwurston - Lottery News

Pennsylvania woman sues online slots company after being refused jackpot payoutReply
It's amazing how there are never any bugs until someone wins big. Sounds like
Nov 17, 2021, 8:06 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Texas woman steals cousin's lottery ticket worth $1 millionReply

Nov 11, 2021, 3:50 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Texas woman steals cousin's lottery ticket worth $1 millionReply
They tried it in '86 too. Let's go Mets!
Nov 11, 2021, 3:49 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery sells nation's first $10 million Powerball Double Play ticketReply
Here's everything you need to know about the PB Double Play https://www.mdlottery.com/games/powerball/double-play/
Sep 29, 2021, 8:29 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

Massachusetts father and sons accused of defrauding Lottery of $21 millionReply
Breaking it down. 13,000 tix/8 years= 1,625 tix per year. 1,625 tix/52 weeks= 31.25 tix per week. 31.25 tix/7 days= 4.46 tix per day.
Aug 26, 2021, 2:57 am - grwurston - Lottery News