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Michigan woman who won $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life lottery prize thought she was hacked
Reinvesting lottery wins pays off By Kate Northrop A Michigan woman thought her account was hacked when she logged in to the Michigan Lottery's website and found a $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life prize waiting for her. An online Michigan lottery player thought that the $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life prize displayed on her screen was either a mistake or the result of someone hacking her account. It was no trick Patricia Royer, of Escanaba, won the second-tier prize
Today, 7:26 am - Lottery News

$935 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestone
11th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Wednesday's $873.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $935 million for Saturday's drawing the 11th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 5th-largest Powerball jac
Yesterday, 7:15 am - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot
Largest lottery jackpot ever won in the Garden State Updated with retailer that sold the winning ticket By Todd Northrop After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 10th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the ninth time a single ticket won $1
Mar 27, 2024, 7:18 am - Lottery News

$865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levels
11th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop This week Powerball joins Mega Millions in the race to the top of historical lottery jackpots, featuring a massive top prize that is approaching a billion dollars. The new high-water mark of $865 million for the current Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $813 million grand prize. It is the 11th-highest lottery jackpot in history, and the 5th-largest Powerb
Mar 26, 2024, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman who previously won $100,000 in lottery wins $1 million in a different game
Lightning strikes twice, better the second time around By Kate Northrop Lightning struck twice for one Virginia woman, who won $1 million on a lottery scratch-off within three years of winning a $100,000 prize in another game. Gayla Guishard did it again, except this year's $1 million win is even more impressive than the $100,000 lottery prize she scooped up in 2021. It was quite the scene at the Race Way gas station on Carrollton Boulevard in Carrollton, where Guishard had found
Mar 25, 2024, 7:21 am - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in history
Powerball jackpot simultaneously offers massive wealth By Todd Northrop For the eighth time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $525.8 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kicks off Tuesday n
Mar 23, 2024, 8:31 am - Lottery News

Woman from Cambodia using Maryland Lottery tickets to learn English wins $100,000
The real goal is to expand vocabulary, winning is just a bonus By Kate Northrop A Maryland woman originally from Cambodia who uses lottery tickets to help her learn English won a $100,000 prize while doing so. Not only did an anonymous Maryland lottery player gain a richer vocabulary from scratch-off tickets, but she's $100,000 richer thanks to the unique method too. There are countless reasons why lottery players gravitate toward certain scratch-off games. Maybe it's the shiny,
Mar 22, 2024, 3:00 pm - Lottery News

$1.7 billion in combined jackpots, as USA multi-state lottery games peak together
Mega Millions holds its lead at $977 million, but Powerball catching up with $750 million By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying multi-state lottery tickets at a furious pace, driving up the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots simultaneously to a massive $1.7 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $977 million with a cash value of $461 million with a drawing Friday nig
Mar 21, 2024, 7:52 am - Lottery News

Canadian man's $70 million Lotto Max win is "bittersweet" after wife's passing
Winner wants to dedicate winnings in a special way By Kate Northrop It was a bittersweet moment when one Canadian lottery player found out he won a $70 million (US$51.6 million) Lotto Max jackpot, which he is using to honor his late wife. Brian Hoover was experiencing a wide range of emotions when he won a $70 million Lotto Max jackpot. While many players see the lottery as a fun hobby, a weekly routine, or a quick form of entertainment, for Hoover, playing the lottery was more than
Mar 20, 2024, 7:27 am - Lottery News

California winner of $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot is lauded as kind family man by neighbors
Couldn't have happened to a better guy By Kate Northrop Following the California Lottery's announcement of Theodorus Struyck as one of the lottery winners of the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot on Friday, neighbors have come out and said that the win couldn't have happened to a better guy. The California Lottery named Theodorus Struyck , 65, as the representative of a group that won $1.765 billion in the Oct. 11, 2023 Powerball drawing, cementing them in history as winners of the
Mar 19, 2024, 9:46 am - Lottery News

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