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$725 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 11th-largest in history
By Todd Northrop
This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $725 million.
If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. Powerball has seen 35 consecutive drawings since April 19 , when a $252.6 million jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in Ohio.
All those drawings have accumulated a mas
Jul 11, 2023, 7:59 am - Lottery News
New scratch-off game from Florida Lottery offers $250,000 a year for life top prize
New games offer more than $2 billion in total cash prizes, Lottery says
By Kate Northrop
The Florida Lottery released a new Year for Life family of scratch-off games, with the highest price point ticket featuring a $250,000 a year for life top prize.
As of today, Florida lottery players can pick out a ticket from the Florida Lottery's latest Year for Life family of instant games, with varying annual top prizes at different price points.
There are a total of four different games a
Jul 3, 2023, 7:15 pm - Lottery News
Canada man "wins" twice — $35 million Lotto Max jackpot one week after daughter's graduation
Regular lottery player's big win coincides with big life milestone
By Kate Northrop
A lot of good happened for one Ontario man who won a $35 million (US$26.58 million) Lotto Max jackpot one week after his daughter's college graduation.
Jayasinghe Jay Jayasinghe of Windsor has been a regular lottery player since moving to Canada, but the timing of his lucky break happened to coincide with another great achievement in his family.
I always hoped that my opportunity would come, he to
Jun 26, 2023, 11:45 am - Lottery News
VIDEO: June's Weekly Roundup in lottery news
One doggone good lottery win was meant to be!
By Kate Northrop
Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the most prominent lottery stories in the month of June.
From setting new records to creating promising hopes for the future, the lottery has been a hot topic for players across the world this month.
A dog groomer received the most paw-fect message from her late father in the form of a well-placed lucky charm, which of cours
Jun 17, 2023, 5:23 pm - Lottery News
Luck in "52s" — Oregon woman hits Win for Life jackpot after playing for the first time
Lucky number 52 has special significance for lottery player who won $52,000 a year for life
By Kate Northrop
An Oregon woman is feeling the luck after playing the Win for Life draw game for the first time and winning the game's top prize of $1,000 a week for life.
Ruth Salvatore, 73, of Grants Pass, is happy she gave the Win for Life draw game a go. Thanks to wanting to try something new, she's walking away from her first drawing in the game a jackpot winner.
Salvatore purchased
Jun 15, 2023, 10:24 am - Lottery News
UK couple scoops £1 million in lottery before overcoming cancer health scare
Lottery players-turned-millionaires march forward with a smile
By Kate Northrop
A U.K. couple felt like they were on a merry-go-round when a Welsh man won a 1 million (US$1.26 million) lottery prize during a bout of sickness, followed by his wife both receiving a diagnosis for and beating cancer.
The Francis' lives never felt more up and down than when they won 1 million in the U.K. National Lottery's Millionaire Maker drawing in January 2022.
From the moment Mark Francis, of Swa
Jun 13, 2023, 3:06 pm - Lottery News
Oregon man wins $8.2 million Megabucks jackpot after a decade of playing
Lucky winner hits jackpot after ten dedicated years
By Kate Northrop
An Oregon man hit an $8.2 million Megabucks jackpot after ten years of playing the game.
Ray Jones of Lake Oswego dedicated himself to the idea of someday winning a Megabucks jackpot, and after finally hitting one worth $8.2 million, he can rest easy.
It happened after he purchased the winning ticket at 7-Eleven on Capitol Highway in Portland.
Jones matched all six numbers in the Megabucks drawing on Wednesd
Jun 10, 2023, 6:26 pm - Lottery News
Maryland dog groomer wins $2 million in lottery, credits message from late father
A penny from heaven led to a fateful win
By Kate Northrop
A Maryland woman is crediting her late father and a penny from heaven for winning $2 million in a scratch-off game.
An anonymous Hagerstown resident, going by the name Happy Dog Groomer to protect her identity while sharing her story, said that a well-placed lucky charm from her late father was the reason she landed a $2 million top prize in a scratch-off lottery game.
The events that led up to the big win were what put he
Jun 3, 2023, 9:57 am - Lottery News
Connecticut Lottery launches new system, players unable to check tickets
Players and retailers vent frustrations
By Kate Northrop
On Sunday, the Connecticut Lottery launched a new statewide retail system that was years in the making, but the change has left some players and retailers frustrated.
All 2,900 Connecticut Lottery retailers have officially been updated with a new statewide lottery system, but not everyone is finding the transition seamless.
On May 21, 2023, the Lottery did away with its older Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) system, wh
May 26, 2023, 9:48 am - Lottery News
Massachusetts father and son sentenced to prison for decade-long $20M lottery ticket scheme
State's top lottery ticket cashers' attempt to create statewide network of scammers halted for good
By Kate Northrop
A father and son duo from Massachusetts was sentenced to prison in federal court on Monday, concluding the case surrounding an absurd number of prize claims that turned out to be fraudulent.
Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, both of Watertown, have received their sentencing five months after being convicted of multiple counts related to a scheme that cheated the I
May 23, 2023, 1:22 pm - Lottery News