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"I'm retiring!" British Columbia man scores whopping $24 million Lotto jackpotNews Story
Massive win right before bedtime is a dream-come-true By Kate Northrop Last Wednesday, Ronald 'Ron' Cumiskey, 60, nearly forgot to check his Lotto 6/49 ticket right before bed. Instead, the trivial decision to check his numbers at the last minute probably kept him up all night, as he had learned he had the jackpot-winning ticket worth an enormous $24,369,459 (US$18 million). After 30 years of faithfully playing the lottery, Cumiskey had to check the date and compare the results to his t
Jun 4, 2020, 7:24 am - Lottery News

State of Oregon forcing retailers to pay taxes on video lottery machines that are shut downNews Story
Hundreds of bars and restaurants already struggling to survive are now facing another financial setback. The Oregon Lottery is collecting taxes on each video lottery machine, even though the machines are shut down. I was absolutely floored. I could not believe it, said Gloria Huguley, owner of Newport Steak and Seafood. Huguley said she owes $2,082 in taxes for the six video lottery machines in her restaurant, which remains closed due to stay-at-home restrictions. The family-run restauran
Apr 30, 2020, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery now using computerized drawingsNews Story
Coronavirus claims another victim: Real lottery drawings By Todd Northrop Starting today, you will no longer be able to watch how the Kentucky Lottery draws its daily numbers games because the drawings now take place inside a computer program. The daily Pick 3, Pick 4, and CashBall 225 games are all transitioned to computerized drawings starting Monday, and will no longer be drawn using balls and machines. Instead, a dedicated computer system known as a random number generator will rand
Apr 13, 2020, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions to adjust starting jackpot amount, eliminate minimum increasesNews Story
The Mega Millions Consortium announced today that in response to flagging sales due to the COVID-19 response, the multi-state lottery game's starting jackpot has been lowered and the amounts of subsequent starting jackpots and jackpot increases will be determined on a drawing-by-drawing basis. The advertised Mega Millions jackpot for tonight's drawing is a guaranteed $121 million. If the jackpot is won, it will reset to a guaranteed $20 million for the next drawing on Tuesday. If there is no
Apr 3, 2020, 3:33 pm - Lottery News

Declining lottery sales prompt more Powerball jackpot changesNews Story
The Powerball Product Group today announced its decision to further modify the rules for determining each successive Powerball jackpot roll, and set a firm implementation date rather than waiting for the next jackpot winner. Today's changes are in addition to the modifications announced just last week. The new Powerball rules for determining the advertised jackpot will be based strictly on game sales and interest rates, completely eliminating guaranteed starting jackpot amounts and minimum
Apr 2, 2020, 5:16 pm - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery sales drop amid coronavirus responseNews Story
With Missouri already losing tax revenue from the shutdown of the state's casinos, sales of lottery tickets have taken a nosedive as people stay home amid a pandemic. According to a weekly sales update obtained by the Post-Dispatch, overall sales dropped by 11% this week compared to a similar period last week. Scratch off ticket sales have dropped 9% and lottery draw games are down 11%. For the lottery, that amounts to a total sales drop of more than $1.7 million. The decline in sales i
Mar 20, 2020, 7:25 am - Lottery News

Alabama lottery bill filed in House with 70 co-sponsorsNews Story
Alabama Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, filed an education lottery bill Tuesday with 70 co-sponsors that if passed would go to the ballot as a constitutional amendment for people to vote on. It would approve a paper-based lottery generating about $167 million each year according to Clouse. 50 percent of the proceeds would go toward the First Class Pre-K program and the other half for scholarships. Video lottery terminals would not be allowed. It's just time that we put this on the ballot agai
Mar 12, 2020, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Malfunction delays Saturday's Powerball lottery drawingNews Story
Includes video report People hoping to win the Powerball jackpot Saturday night had to wait a little longer to see the numbers. When viewers tuned in for the drawing, instead of seeing of bouncing balls the saw an empty lottery machine. An announcement was made saying: because of a technical problem we are unable to bring you the Powerball drawing at this time. Eventually the winning numbers were posted online, and USA Mega contains all the winning number and prize information, incl
Mar 8, 2020, 11:55 am - Lottery News

Retired trucker wins $1M NJ Lottery 'second chance' jackpotNews Story
Includes video report James Wood shot up out of his seat Friday the second his name was called. He had the feeling all week that this would be his day. The Little Egg Harbor man, a retired trucker, won $1 million in Asbury Park Convention Hall at the New Jersey Lottery Million Dollar Replay event. He turned and gave a tearful hug to his brother-in-law, Jeffrey Brook, who accompanied him to Friday's event, which you can see in the video above. The part Wood, 56, was most excited for
Mar 6, 2020, 2:49 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery celebrates 50th anniversary with new gigantic scratch-off ticketNews Story
Includes video report Required retailers to install special 'double-wide' bins By Todd Northrop To honor its 50 years in operation, the New Jersey Lottery Monday released literally its biggest instant game ever: the Super 50 Scratch-Off. At a full 8 inches wide and 12 inches tall, the new game is more than double the size of any prior scratch-off ticket in the state. It's so big, the game is housed in special double-wide bin available at most of the state's 7000 Lottery retailers.
Mar 5, 2020, 12:34 pm - Lottery News