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$189 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls againNews Story
By Todd Northrop It doesn't have the monster jackpot increases that Powerball has been experiencing lately, but the current Mega Millions jackpot run-up continues to offer the biggest jackpot in the world for yet another drawing. After no lottery tickets matched all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball Friday night, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was increased to an estimated $189 million. Tuesday night we may see a very lucky mega-jackpot winner, or else the Mega Millions lottery game p
Sep 28, 2013, 7:56 am - Lottery News

NJ Powerball winner wants his old life backNews Story
'Wild' Willie says the drama is nonstop Wild Willie Seeley of Manahawkin, New Jersey, has one piece of advice for the winner of last week's $400 million Powerball jackpot in South Carolina: Run. Just disappear, he said, speaking from hard-won experience. Get lost while you still can. After Seeley and 15 co-workers from Ocean County's vehicle maintenance garage shared part of an even bigger Powerball jackpot last month, $450 million, the Ocean's 16 celebrated the win at a press conference
Sep 25, 2013, 4:50 pm - Lottery News

$173 MILLION: Mega Millions is the hot ticketNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $173 million drawing, after nobody won Tuesday's $160 million jackpot. The cash value stands at a staggering $119.3 million. Lottery players typically think of the cash value as roughly half of the annuity estimate, but this Mega Millions cash value represents nearly 70% of the annuity estimate. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 17 cons
Sep 25, 2013, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery kicks off new 'Hit or Miss' gameNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop For Illinois Lottery players one thing is certain: they would be hard-pressed to claim their lottery is boring. After a string of game changes and new games that stretches back a year to when the My3 game was introduced, the Illinois Lottery is today revealing its latest new game: Hit or Miss. The new game is nearly identical to a Texas Lottery game called All or Nothing, in which players choose 12 numbers out of a pool of 24, and prizes are det
Sep 22, 2013, 11:24 am - Lottery News

When love and lotto don't mixNews Story
Includes audio report Imagine winning lotto. If you're happily married you'll be sharing your windfall with your spouse without a second thought and if you're not so happily married, and you've separated, the money's all yours, right? It turns out things are not that simple and the Family Court could award a substantial amount to your ex. Believe it or not, there are quite a few cases involving lost love and lotto. Transcript Damien Carrick: Today on the Law Report, law students who
Sep 18, 2013, 7:33 am - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery adds new feature to numbers gamesNews Story
'Fireball' feature now on sale Includes video report By Todd Northrop On Sept. 1, Illinois Lottery retailers will begin offering a new, optional feature called Fireball to its long-standing Pick 3 and Pick 4 daily draw games. The new play option provides a chance to obtain more winning combinations. The standard Pick 3 and Pick 4 games remain the same, as does the drawing schedule (seven days a week, twice a day) and game ticket price (starts at 50 cents). Beginning Sunday, Sep
Sep 1, 2013, 11:49 am - Lottery News

Salon lottery winners settle disputeNews Story
You'd think it should be an enjoyable time, winning the lottery, said Lucy Lewis-Johnston, but it hasn't been the case at all. Lewis-Johnston is one of eight Indianapolis hair stylists who fought over one winning ticket. They were all part of a lottery pool last February at Lou's Creative Styles, the salon Lewis-Johnston owns. (See Hair stylists spar over $9.5M Hoosier Lotto jackpot, Lottery Post, Feb. 22, 2013.) The woman who bought the ticket said the winner was one she bought for h
Aug 22, 2013, 6:34 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed $1 million lottery ticket to expireNews Story
Check your pockets, look under your couch, search your car, claim your million dollar grand prize before it's too late. 1-6-7-20-49, Powerball 23? are the million-dollar numbers from the drawing Aug. 25, 2012, but the owner of the winning ticket still remains a mystery. The ticketholder has until August 25 to step forward or forfeit the money to a prize pool for future winners. Ralph Alfalahi has put up signs on both entrances of his Playland Market, a Rye deli that sold the winning ticke
Aug 17, 2013, 7:21 am - Lottery News

Three tickets to split $448 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
1 winning ticket from Minnesota, 2 from New Jersey Final jackpot total of $448.4 million is fourth-largest ever in USA By Todd Northrop Wednesday's massive Powerball jackpot that generated millions of ticket sales this week has been won by three tickets, which will evenly split the $448.4 million final tally. The $448.4 million Powerball jackpot, which is the fourth-largest of any lottery game in history, started as a $40 million prize on June 26, 2013, and continued accumulating pri
Aug 8, 2013, 12:58 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery bringing back All or Nothing gameNews Story
Ticket sales resume August 25 By Todd Northrop After the Texas Lottery shut down All or Nothing for nearly 3 months, sales for the lottery game will resume on Sunday, August 25, with the first drawing on August 26 at 10:00 am. On June 3, 2013, the Texas Lottery stopped sales for the All or Nothing game when it was discovered that the game's design could possibly lead to unusually and unreasonably high prize payouts. Even though the game has more than 2.7 million possible number combinat
Aug 6, 2013, 9:59 am - Lottery News