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20 co-workers share largest Lotto Max jackpot everNews Story
Claudine Forget said she feared the worst when her colleague began chatting with her online this past weekend by saying: Call me it's urgent. He told me to sit down, said Forget, who works the night shift for hardware retailer Rona Inc. south of Montreal. I told him to stop. I thought something had happened to his family. Then he said we won $55 million. Forget and all but one of her co-winners graveyard shift workers who bought the Lotto Max ticket together collected their windfall
Jul 21, 2015, 9:50 am - Lottery News

Prosecution rests in Hot Lotto trialNews Story
The defense began calling witnesses Thursday morning in the trial against a former lottery vendor employee accused of rigging a Hot Lotto drawing to win a $14.3 million ticket. Eddie Tipton, 52, is being tried on two counts of fraud. Tipton has been accused of purchasing the winning ticket at a Des Moines QuikTrip on Dec. 23, 2010. In his former position as the information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association, Tipton was barred by Iowa law from buying a lottery ticket.
Jul 16, 2015, 3:35 pm - Lottery News

UK Lotto game to change in OctoberNews Story
Harder to win, but guaranteed millionaires Lotto players in the United Kingdom will have to select their winning numbers from a pool of 59 rather than 49 under sweeping changes to the game taking effect later this year. The UK National Lottery operator, Camelot, said the enhancements would give players a better chance of winning and becoming a millionaire. It said a new Millionaire Raffle would guarantee at least one millionaire per draw, the average winning jackpot was expected to be t
Jun 16, 2015, 4:41 pm - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery has first Jumbo Bucks Lotto jackpot winnerNews Story
Winning ticket worth $2.1M was sold in Tennille By Todd Northrop A Georgia Lottery retailer in Tennille has sold the first Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match jackpot-winning ticket, worth $2.1 million. The lucky jackpot ticket for Thursday's drawing was purchased at Hungry Hunter, 91 N. Fourth St., Tennille. Winning numbers from the drawing were 7, 18, 27, 28, 36, and 46. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim. Seventeen players around the state each won the game's $50
Apr 3, 2015, 8:47 pm - Lottery News

Winner of $50 million Lotto Max jackpot claims prize just before it expiresNews Story
By Todd Northrop The individual who purchased the winning $50 million Lotto Max ticket in Langley, British Columbia, on March 14, 2014 has come forward. This comes after the British Columbia Lotto Corporation's renewed plea this week for the winner to claim their prize. As per lottery regulations, the one-year deadline to claim the prize is this Saturday. The winning numbers for that particular draw were 3, 4, 5, 7, 31, 33, and 40 with bonus number 49. Lotto Max is a multi-province g
Mar 12, 2015, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Georgia Lottery launches new Georgia-only lotto gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Georgia Lottery tonight is kicking off the first drawing of its latest Georgia-only lotto game: Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match. The new game combines a classic lotto draw game with an instant-win component, and is the first time the game concept has been offered in the state of Georgia. Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match offers jackpots starting at $1 million. The jackpot will continue to grow until there is a jackpot winner. Additionally, players can select Ca
Feb 23, 2015, 11:15 am - Lottery News

$50M Canada lotto winner says he had a vision of winning numbersNews Story
Six years ago Randall Rush was at a friend's house watching a football game when a series of numbers flashed into his head. His friend told Rush to write down the numbers, and when he took a look, he thought they would make for good lottery picks. But the 48-year-old was skeptical he never played the lottery. He goes: 'If you didn't play and these numbers come up, how would you feel?' said Rush. Ever since that fateful day, the resident of Lamont, Alberta, has picked the same numbers w
Feb 16, 2015, 9:53 am - Lottery News

Canadian man loses $27 million lottery jackpot by 7 secondsNews Story
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from a Quebec man who tried to claim a $27 million jackpot based on a lottery ticket printed seven seconds after the cut-off time. On Thursday, Canada's top court said it would not hear Joel Ifergan's lottery case. The SCC dismissed his request for an appeal with costs. Ifergan purchased two lottery tickets for the May 23, 2008 Super 7 draw at 8:59 p.m., one minute ahead of the weekly draw deadline. His first ticket printed with the May 2
Jan 30, 2015, 9:34 am - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery still hunting mystery Hot Lotto winner [video]News Story
Includes video report Iowa investigators are asking the public for help in identifying the person who bought a lottery ticket worth $14.3 million that spawned a bizarre, two-year fraud investigation. Investigators want to learn the identity of a white man wearing a hooded sweatshirt who purchased the lottery ticket at a QuikTrip near Interstate Highway 80 on Dec. 23, 2010, said Dave Jobes, an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation assistant director, during a news conference Thursday. The
Oct 10, 2014, 8:06 pm - Lottery News

Massive Ohio Lotto jackpot finally wonNews Story
1 winner of $73.3 million Somebody had to win it eventually. The Ohio Classic Lotto ended a non-winning streak of more than 2-1/2 years this weekend, with one winning ticket sold for a $73.3 million jackpot. Saturday's Classic Lotto numbers were 3, 8, 26, 28, 34, and 35. The Kicker was 103479. The lone winning ticket was sold at Grumpy Grandpa Get Go Food in Ashtabula. It was the first Classic Lotto winner since Dec. 7, 2011, which was for a $2.7 million prize. After its long clim
Jun 16, 2014, 7:15 am - Lottery News