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Mega Millions lottery jackpot highest in 18 monthsNews Story
$530 million jackpot features cash option of more than $300 million By Todd Northrop After 26 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $530 million that could instantly put the winner among the wealthiest people on the planet. When nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to its biggest amount since a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot from the Jan. 22, 2021 drawing was won by a sing
Jul 16, 2022, 7:23 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery club claims $1.85 million Lotto 47 jackpot after playing together for 20 yearsNews Story
Lottery crew finally lands a big prize By Kate Northrop A lottery club finally got their windfall after playing together for 20 years, taking home a $1.85 million Michigan Lottery Lotto 47 jackpot. It's been a long ride for the Lunch Bunch Crew lottery club, but a sweet one nonetheless, after they finally scooped up a Lotto 47 jackpot worth $1.85 million. A co-worker and I started a lottery club about 20 years ago, the club's representative told the Lottery. There are currently
Jul 13, 2022, 7:15 pm - Lottery News

UK National Lottery sees sales dip due to growing economic uncertaintyNews Story
People have been tightening their wallets following COVID-19 restrictions By Kate Northrop The UK National Lottery is taking a financial hit amidst the growing economic uncertainty that is leading players to hang on to spare change that might otherwise be spent on tickets. Last week, the National Lottery announced that it is reporting its best-ever returns to good causes for the second consecutive year, despite seeing a significant dip in ticket sales. For the second year runni
Jul 11, 2022, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

Montana Lottery celebrates 35th anniversaryNews Story
The Montana Lottery has generated $302 million to benefit the State of Montana since its inception in 1987, paying out more than $774 million in prizes to winners. On average, the Lottery has paid out $62,369 every single day to winners. But the Montana Lottery almost never happened. The idea of starting a lottery in Montana was the brain child of longtime Butte state Rep. Bob Pavlovich. Pavlovich and Butte Sen. Lawrence Stimatz sponsored a bill in the 1985 Montana Legislature to cre
Jul 5, 2022, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

California woman is announced as $426 million Mega Millions jackpot winnerNews Story
Winner claims state's biggest lottery jackpot this year By Kate Northrop The lone winner of a $426 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot stepped forward this week to claim her prize. Yesterday, the California Lottery announced Kristine Wellenstein as the state's biggest winner so far this year. Back in January, the Mega Millions jackpot had reached an estimated $421 million, which had been bumped up to $426 million after the drawing took place on Jan. 28, 2022. Wellenstein
Jun 10, 2022, 11:08 am - Lottery News

Michigan woman wins $100,000 Powerball prize on free ticketNews Story
This player has all the luck By Kate Northrop A Michigan woman is double-lucky after a bonus credit she won from the Michigan Lottery turned into a $100,000 Powerball prize. Bonnie Zabel, 54, is happy she took advantage of a free credit awarded to her upon logging into her account on the Michigan Lottery's website she became $100,000 richer because of it. Last month, the Houghton Lake resident accessed her online Michigan Lottery account and was given a free spin in the Daily S
Jun 2, 2022, 8:23 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery releases country's first-ever $100 scratch-offNews Story
Everything's bigger in Texas By Kate Northrop In conjunction with the celebration of its 30th Anniversary this year, the Texas Lottery recently launched the country's first $100 scratch-off ticket. Everything's bigger in Texas now officially including lottery ticket prices. The Texas Lottery's $20 Million Supreme game is now the most expensive instant game in the United States at $100 a ticket. Following the $50 ticket trend that has been taking off in the lottery industry, sal
May 31, 2022, 8:06 am - Lottery News

California Powerball winner steps forward to claim share of $632.6 million jackpotNews Story
The waiting and wondering is over By Kate Northrop After over four months, the California winner of half of the $632.6 million Powerball jackpot drawn in January has come forward to claim their share of the massive prize. The wait is finally over. Orlando Zavala Lozano is one of the two winners who split the $632.6 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Jan. 5, 2022. When Lozano picked up a Powerball ticket at the 7-Eleven on the corner of Wyndham Drive and Valley Hi Drive in Sacra
May 24, 2022, 12:56 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions host calls wrong winning number during broadcastNews Story
Strangely, New York pays out some prizes that matched wrong number We all make mistakes, but for a host of the Mega Millions lottery, it's a potentially costly one: Prize payments for some Mega Millions tickets have been temporarily suspended after host John Crow incorrectly read the Mega Ball number during Tuesday's lottery drawing. The first five numbers were called correctly: 15, 19, 20, 61 and 70. But as the gold Mega Ball, was selected, the number 9 with a line drawn under it could
May 13, 2022, 8:28 am - Lottery News

45 jackpot-winning tickets in one California Lottery Fantasy 5 drawingNews Story
Unusually high number of top prize winners in Pick 5-style game By Kate Northrop A whopping 45 winning tickets won the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 jackpot worth $344,700 on Sat., Apr. 30, with each ticket getting an equal share of the prize. The California Lottery's Fantasy 5 game had an astonishing number of winners after an interesting combination of winning numbers were drawn on Saturday. On Saturday night, the game produced the winning numbers 3, 6, 9, 36, and 39. With 4
May 6, 2022, 12:45 pm - Lottery News