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Louisiana woman realized she had won $1 million on lottery after Facebook post from family memberNews Story
A mother is celebrating her $1 million Louisiana Lottery prize after being completely unaware she had won. Lala Singleton only remembered to check her ticket after her sister-in-law, from Connecticut, tagged her in a Facebook article that said the winner was from her hometown of Baton Rouge. Singleton, a 'every once in a while' player of the Powerball lottery, couldn't believe that her chosen five white balls matched those she needed for the jackpot. 'Once I checked my ticket, I just
Jul 7, 2019, 8:13 pm - Lottery News

Growing number of states move to shield lottery winnersNews Story
A growing number of states are moving to allow the winners of big lottery jackpots to stay anonymous as privacy concerns are increasingly trumping lottery groups' wishes to publicize winners to boost sales and show that the games are fair. Arizona could be the next state to join at least nine others with laws that let winners keep their names secret under a proposal headed to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. Four years ago, just five states allowed anonymous winners, and a handful of others allowe
Apr 14, 2019, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Former security chief grilled by CT Lottery lawyer at hearingNews Story
Fallout from 2018 botched raffle draw continues A hearing on an ex-lottery official's whistleblower complaint grew heated Wednesday over the question of why a Connecticut Lottery Corp. drawing team entered the wrong numbers into a computerized random number generator on Jan. 1, 2018, in a million-dollar blunder that required a do-over drawing two weeks later and has never stopped causing trouble since. Wednesday's heat arose from lottery lawyer Jim Shea's cross-examination of Alfred DuPuis
Apr 4, 2019, 10:32 am - Lottery News

Winner of $1.5B lottery jackpot donates some winnings to Alabama tornado victimsNews Story
Updated with additional details about the anonymous winner The winner of the largest Mega Millions jackpot in US history $1.5 billion is sharing some of her newfound wealth to help others in need. The lucky South Carolina woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, is donating to the Alabama Red Cross to aid tornado relief and several South Carolina charities. She decided to donate because she claimed the money when a tornado struck Alabama in early March, her lawyer Jason Kurland said.
Mar 18, 2019, 10:11 am - Lottery News

Winner of $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forwardNews Story
More than four months after making his or her fateful lottery ticket purchase, the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has stepped forward but will remain anonymous, the South Carolina Education Lottery Commission announced. The winner of the largest jackpot in U.S. history has opted for up-front cash a one-time payment of $877,784,124, the commission announced shortly before 5 p.m. Monday. According to a statement from the commission, the winner confided in how unlikely the w
Mar 4, 2019, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

Traditional lottery ticket Christmas gift turns into $3M winNews Story
A family Christmas tradition of giving Connecticut Lottery tickets turned into a $3 million win. Santa arrived with a $3 million gift recently from the Connecticut Lottery's Dec. 25 Mega Millions drawing. The ticket was sold at Avenue News in Bristol and claimed on Feb. 1. The prizes were claimed in four separate blocks of $750,000 under four entities: Christmas 2018 Revocable Trust out of Bristol Christmas 2018 2 Revocable Trust out of Plainville Christmas 2018 3 Revocable Trust out o
Feb 8, 2019, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

CT Lottery chief questioned by lawmakers over mishaps, computerized drawingsNews Story
By Jon Lender State lawmakers grilled Connecticut Lottery Corp. officials Thursday at a legislative hearing about long-running controversies including their alleged retaliation against former lottery security chief Alfred W. DuPuis, who says he was the victim of a vendetta for raising questions in 2015 about the fraud-plagued 5 Card Cash game, and their alleged lack of cooperation with the state Department of Consumer Protection that regulates them. On top of that, Rep. Joe Verrengia, D-We
Jan 25, 2019, 9:10 am - Lottery News

CT Lottery all-in on sports betting in stateNews Story
The Connecticut Lottery is making a big push to include sports betting across the state. Sports betting is a top priority for this year's General Assembly session and Governor Lamont is on board with the concept. One year after a big blunder with a special New Year's super draw game in 2018, which has been attributed to human error, the new president and CEO of the Connecticut Lottery is touting that last budget year, the lottery games made $345 million for the state and gave out about $80
Jan 17, 2019, 8:13 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery considering switch to computerized drawingsNews Story
Apparently new CEO looking to make things even worse at beleaguered lottery By Jon Lender The Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) is quietly examining possible changes to the drawing procedures by which it selects winning numbers in its various games from the daily Play 3 game on up and one option under consideration is to discontinue live TV drawings that have been broadcast on local stations since 1977. Another option could be that, in addition to taking the drawings off TV, the lottery w
Dec 30, 2018, 10:04 am - Lottery News

Mom finds late son's name on lottery ticket, wins $10,000News Story
A Connecticut woman is $10,000 richer after winning on a lottery ticket that she said was a tribute to her late son. Amy Johansson of Branford, Connecticut, said she decided to buy a couple of CT Lottery $100,000 Cashword 9 scratch tickets on Tuesday. She said she scratched off the your letters box of the ticket and four of the first 18 letters revealed the name Eric, followed by the word, love within the game's puzzle board. Johansson's son, Eric, passed away at the age of 24. She said
Dec 5, 2018, 9:38 am - Lottery News