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Florida lottery to roll out new gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Florida Lottery is launching a new draw game called Jackpot Triple Play with Combo next week. The new game, which goes on sale Jan. 30, will replace Lucky Money, which ends Jan. 29. Jackpot Triple Play is unique in that for $1 players get a triple chance to win the jackpot, as each ticket has three sets of numbers to match with the winning numbers drawn. In other states similar games are typically offered for $2 per play. The game's jackpot rolls over and down to
Jan 23, 2019, 12:28 pm - Lottery News

Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts surprise jackpot increaseNews Story
$370 million jackpot is the game's 12th-largest By Todd Northrop Lottery officials announced today that the jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $348 million to $370 million, as a result of rapid sales. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown since Oct. 26 and has rolled 18 times. Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $370 million annuity prize paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual graduated payments, or the cash option, which
Dec 28, 2018, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

$2.7 billion El Gordo Christmas 2018 lottery drawing held in SpainNews Story
Includes video report Those holding ticket number 03347 struck it rich Saturday when they won the top prize in Spain's famous Christmas lottery. The lottery, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, dished out 2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) in prize money this year. The top prize for a winning ticket was 400,000 euros ($455,000), but there were many smaller prizes. Here the people are celebrating a lot, it's the first time that the top prize for the Christmas lottery has fallen here, Luis Sori
Dec 23, 2018, 5:04 pm - Lottery News

Couple finds winning $1.8M lottery ticket while cleaning house for ThanksgivingNews Story
Claims prize two weeks before expiration Harold and Tina Ehrenberg hit the jackpot literally as they tidied up their Mandeville, Louisiana, home this week while preparing to host a Thanksgiving crowd. On a nightstand in their bedroom, Tina stumbled upon a few forgotten lottery tickets and one was a winning ticket that entitled them to a $1.8 million jackpot. But that's not even the craziest part. It turns out the pair claimed the prize just in the nick of time. Winnings for draw-style lott
Nov 23, 2018, 8:58 am - Lottery News

Massachusetts has a new rule to stop repeat winners — but so far, they keep winningNews Story
He's done it again, and not just for the second, third or even 10th time. For the 1,246th time this year, Ali Jaafar has hit it big on the lottery. State records show that since Jan. 1 the Watertown, Massachusetts, man has won more than $1.8 million from lottery retailers all around Massachusetts with most of his riches coming from scratch tickets revealing $1,000 prizes. Jaafar is on track to be the winningest lotto player in Massachusetts for a third consecutive year, and nothing yet seems
Nov 12, 2018, 2:59 pm - Lottery News

One ticket wins $15M Lotto Texas jackpotNews Story
Someone who purchased a lottery ticket in Wichita Falls, Texas, won a $15.25 million jackpot Wednesday. The winner purchased the ticket at Fill N Chill in the 3100 block of Northwest Freeway. The Quick Pick ticket matched all six of the numbers drawn (3, 8, 13, 25, 33, and 44). The cash value option was selected at the time of purchase and the claimant will receive $10,004,308.25. The prize has not yet been claimed. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize. If y
Nov 2, 2018, 3:57 pm - Lottery News

$1 BILLION MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY DRAWING TONIGHTNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot could crown first lottery billionaire $1 billion jackpot outgrows most billboards By Todd Northrop For the third time in three days, lottery officials have been forced to raise the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot due to a torrent of lottery ticket sales for the $1 BILLION jackpot drawing tonight. If one ticket wins that prize, it would mark the first time in world history that someone became a billionaire lottery winner. One of the wealthiest people on
Oct 19, 2018, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

Audit reveals 'questionable' Colorado Lottery winsNews Story
A handful of people seem to have been winning the Colorado Lottery a bit more often than the odds would dictate, raising the specter of possible wrongdoing, a state audit revealed Monday. That audit showed that some individuals, including one licensed Lottery retailer, have won several high-dollar prizes over the past three years, raising concerns with the Colorado Auditor's Office that something could be amiss. One person won $600 or more from the Lottery's Pick 3 game 47 times over a th
Sep 25, 2018, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Colorado man wins lottery for third time in 17 monthsNews Story
Includes video report A Colorado man has won the lottery for the third time in a year and half for a total of $1 million. The Colorado Lottery said a Colorado Springs man, identified only as Paul G., won a total of $1 million from three scratch tickets since March 2017. $750,000 of his winnings come from second-chance drawings. The Colorado Lottery said Paul won $250,000 on a Thrilling Crossword scratch ticket in March 2017, then on Aug. 14, 2018 he won $500,000 on a second chance drawi
Sep 5, 2018, 11:15 am - Lottery News

The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 1)News Story
Just after 11 PM on February 15, 1992, a lottery ball machine at the Virginia State Lottery HQ spit out 6 winning numbers on live television: 8... 11... 13... 15... 19... 20. In the coming days, officials would find out that one person had secured not only the $27,036,142 jackpot, but 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes collectively worth another $900k. What unfolded next was the strangest, most improbable lottery tale in history one involving thousands of international
Aug 20, 2018, 7:29 pm - Lottery News