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California's 2022 lottery winners: A mystery billionaire and 100+ millionaires
One California mom recycled cans to buy a scratcher worth $13 million. Another winner was literally shoved into buying her winning ticket.
If 2021 was a good year for California lottery players, 2022 was even better. This year, Powerball's biggest prize a $2.04 billion jackpot went to the Golden State. Many more scratchers, Mega Millions, and Super Lotto Plus players in California became millionaires, too.
Over the past 12 months, the California Lottery changed the lives of more than 100
Dec 26, 2022, 11:33 am - Lottery News
El Gordo doles out €2.5 billion in Spain's annual Christmas lottery
By Kate Northrop
The famous Spanish Christmas lottery, El Gordo (The Fat One) has once again lived up to its name, awarding a pot of holiday joy across the country in the form of 2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) in prizes.
On Thursday, the world sat by and watched while El Gordo dished out billions of euros to lucky winners throughout Spain.
Ibrahim Cante, a musician from Gambia, had spent the last five years trekking across countries in Africa before crossing the Mediterranean by boat
Dec 24, 2022, 12:31 pm - Lottery News
Ireland National Lottery spent majority of unclaimed prize money on advertising
Lottery CEO defends use of unclaimed winnings for marketing as best way to promote good causes
By Kate Northrop
The Ireland National Lottery is defending itself against criticism for spending nearly the entire amount of unclaimed prize money on advertising.
Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), the operator of the Ireland National Lottery, is dismissing claims that it did something wrong when it allocated an overwhelming majority of unclaimed winnings to marketing.
The Public Accounts
Dec 9, 2022, 5:03 pm - Lottery News
Americans gamble over half a trillion dollars illegally each year, AGA Report says
Illegal operators capture a third of all gambling revenue, according to study
By Kate Northrop
According to a report published by the American Gaming Association (AGA), Americans gamble an estimated $511 billion every year through unregulated sportsbooks and websites.
Last week, AGA released a report on money spent in the unregulated sports betting and gaming market, which found that Americans spend more than half a trillion dollars on illegal gambling each year.
The findings are
Dec 5, 2022, 2:22 pm - Lottery News
Despite sales influx from $2B Powerball, Massachusetts Lottery ticket sales falter
The Massachusetts State Lottery Tuesday stated it could be in some financial trouble regarding its overall sales for the fiscal year, despite the massive ticket sales generated by the recent Powerball jackpot worth $2 billion.
According to Lottery Interim Director Mark Bracken, as of Sunday, lottery sales for the 2023 fiscal year are $22.5 million less than what they were for fiscal 2022. This includes overall instant ticket and scratch ticket sales, but it's an improvement from the $60 mill
Dec 2, 2022, 8:10 am - Lottery News
Arkansas Lottery's Lotto jackpot worth nearly $800,000; has yet to be won since game's launch
Still no winner for newest game in Arkansas as jackpot continues to climb
By Kate Northrop
Since the Arkansas Lottery launched its newest game more than two months ago, Lotto has yet to produce its first big winner, with the jackpot climbing to nearly $800,000 for Wednesday's drawing.
The state of Arkansas is still waiting for the first-ever Lotto jackpot winner to match six numbers as the jackpot steadily nears seven figures.
In September, the Lottery officially opened sales for
Nov 30, 2022, 2:32 pm - Lottery News
Kentucky Lottery launches daily in-state jackpot game, records first winner
Game had first jackpot winner in just five days
By Kate Northrop
Last Monday, the Kentucky Lottery officially conducted the first drawing for its new in-state daily jackpot game, Kentucky 5.
Kentucky 5 is the latest game to be added to the list of available games in the state of Kentucky, and the Lottery is already celebrating the game's first jackpot winner.
Our players love jackpots, and we hear often that they want a game that is just played in Kentucky, Lottery President and
Nov 29, 2022, 5:26 pm - Lottery News
Minnesota Lottery confirms technical communications error delayed $2 billion Powerball drawing
Lottery staff and vendors overloaded by sales data
By Kate Northrop
The Minnesota Lottery confirmed yesterday that the cause for the delayed $2 billion Powerball drawing was a technical communications error brought on by an overwhelming amount of sales data.
If you recall the Powerball fever that took over the nation this past week, you'll also remember the ten-hour delay before the drawing took place.
When the drawing did finally occur Tuesday morning, it turns out that just one
Nov 11, 2022, 4:03 pm - Lottery News
One lottery ticket sold in California wins $2 billion Powerball jackpot
Lump-sum cash option worth $997.6 million
By Todd Northrop
Around the United States, millions of people had to wait an extra ten hours last night to find out if they won the unbelievably massive Powerball jackpot, due to one unnamed state's inability to deal with the huge amount of ticket sales data.
When the drawing did finally occur Tuesday morning, it turns out that just one ticket sold in California matched all six numbers drawn and won the entire jackpot.
After all sales we
Nov 8, 2022, 1:00 pm - Lottery News
Record $1.9 billion Powerball drawing delayed until Tuesday
By Todd Northrop
One of the most hotly-anticipated lottery drawings of all time never happened Monday night, as lottery officials were scrambling to process the massive amount of ticket sales data generated by the record $1.9 billion jackpot.
Officials now estimate that the drawing should kick off sometime Tuesday morning. A specific time has not been set.
The delay was initially caused by one participating lottery that needed extra time to complete required security protocols, the C
Nov 8, 2022, 6:27 am - Lottery News