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$522 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot increased againNews Story
Second jackpot increase since Saturday By Todd Northrop For the second time in two days, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot has been raised due to surging ticket sales for a chance to win a half-billion dollars. If one person wins tonight's Mega Millions jackpot, they will now have the option of taking home a $522 million annuity prize paid in 30 installments over 29 years, or a lump-sum cash payout of $308.1 million. With millions of people dreaming about what they could
Jul 24, 2018, 12:20 pm - Lottery News

$512 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions lottery sales prompts jackpot increaseNews Story
By Todd Northrop A rush of ticket sales for the half-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $512 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $303.4 million. Tuesday's drawing will be the 23rd since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on May 8 as a $40 million grand prize. Lottery players seeking to check the winning numbers Tuesday n
Jul 23, 2018, 1:10 pm - Lottery News

$493 MILLION: 5th-largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot of all timeNews Story
Half-billion dollar jackpot is 11th-largest in US lottery history By Todd Northrop What better way to chill out a scorching summer than with a cool mountain of cash? After 22 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of nearly a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. When nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $493
Jul 21, 2018, 10:45 am - Lottery News

$422 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot is red hotNews Story
19th-largest U.S. jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its Summer climb Tuesday night, and is now at the point where jackpot rolls are sharply increased. After nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $422 million the 19th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot of all time, and the biggest since a $533 million Mega Millions jackpot from the March 30 drawing was claimed by a New Jersey man. (See NJ m
Jul 18, 2018, 8:08 am - Lottery News

MUSL Board President and Powerball Game Chair elected for FY19News Story
The Board of Directors of the Multi-State Lottery Association elected May Scheve Reardon, executive director of the Missouri Lottery, to serve as Board President for fiscal year 2019. Reardon will take over the Board President position from Rollo Redburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery, on July 1, 2018. MUSL continues to enhance security, train staff and contribute to lottery excellence in the industry, said Redburn. I have every confidence in our new Board President, May Scheve
Jul 12, 2018, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Paper-jammed lottery ticket turns out to be $22,000 winner for Kansas coupleNews Story
A paper-jammed Kansas Lottery ticket turned out to be lucky for a couple from Tonganoxie, Kansas. Michael and Virginia Owens will be celebrating their 43rd anniversary in style next month after winning $22,000 playing 2by2 with the Kansas Lottery. The couple matched both red balls (11 and 18) and both White balls (07 and 23) to win the top prize. We play 2by2 almost every day. It's a lot of fun, said Virginia Owens. We had a free ticket winner, so we went to the store to get a new ticket,
Jun 30, 2018, 8:53 am - Lottery News

Georgia Gov. signs bill allowing lottery winners to remain anonymousNews Story
By Todd Northrop Georgia has joined a small but growing number of states that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. On Monday Georgia governor Nathan Deal signed a bill allowing lottery winners with prizes over $250,000 to keep their identity secret upon request. Prior to this point, Georgia state law required disclosure of big lottery winners' names and hometown be disclosed if requested under the state's Open Records Act, but did not require them to take photographs with oversize
May 12, 2018, 8:47 am - Lottery News

The man who cracked the lotteryNews Story
Crime story: A recounting of the biggest lottery scandal in history The file landed on Rob Sand's desk with something less than a thud. Despite holding the contents of an investigation still open after more than two years, the file was barely half an inch thick. Happy birthday, his boss said. It was not Rob Sand's birthday. His boss, an Iowa deputy attorney general named Thomas H. Miller, was retiring in July 2014 after nearly three decades of prosecuting everything from murder to fraud. H
May 3, 2018, 2:49 pm - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery wins International Gaming-Compliance award for work in lottery rigging investigationNews Story
Long-running case culminated in 2017 guilty pleas from three men The Iowa Lottery has won an international gaming-compliance award for its work in the long-running lottery jackpot investigation that uncovered fraud against U.S. lotteries and resulted in guilty pleas from three men. GamblingCompliance on Wednesday named the Iowa Lottery its 2018 recipient for outstanding achievement in compliance. The organization's annual awards that recognize excellence in 11 categories focused on regulat
Apr 19, 2018, 10:29 am - Lottery News

Woman scratches off three winning lottery tickets in a rowNews Story
A Kansas woman who bought three scratch-off lottery tickets skipped one because she thought there wouldn't be two winners in a row but she was wrong. Ruth Wright of Kingman told Kansas Lottery officials she bought three $10 Tiger Pride scratch-off tickets at the White's Foodliner store in Kingman and the first ticket she scratched revealed some good news. I bought three tickets, and the first one was a $15 win. So I moved on to the third ticket I bought, since I never have two winners in
Apr 16, 2018, 7:27 pm - Lottery News