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Winning N.J. lottery ticket worth $1 million expires FridayNews Story
Two weeks after putting out a call for the holder of a soon-to-expire unclaimed $1 million ticket to step forward, New Jersey Lottery officials made one last plea Tuesday morning. The second-prize Cash4Life ticket sold in New Jersey will be worthless if it's not claimed in the next three days. It expires when the New Jersey Lottery's offices close for the weekend at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Sold at the Joyce Kilmer along the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick last year, the lucky ticket matche
Dec 6, 2017, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Woman finds $1 million lottery ticket in husband's backpackNews Story
A woman who found a $1 million winning Virginia Lottery ticket in her husband's backpack said he told her he had thought the ticket was a prank. Rose Ibarra of Avalon, Texas, told Virginia Lottery officials she and her husband were in Virginia while he worked on a construction project. Ibarra said she was cleaning out her husband's backpack when he found a Hot Millions Multiplier scratch-off ticket that appeared to be a $1 million winner. She brought the ticket to her husband, who said
Dec 5, 2017, 9:31 am - Lottery News

Lotto America multi-state lottery game tickets on sale SundayNews Story
New game replaces canceled Hot Lotto By Todd Northrop What's old is new again. Ripping a page from the 1980s, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is starting a new game on Sunday called Lotto America the original name of what is now known as Powerball. The throwback name is probably a good idea, since the new game has the difficult task of helping people forget the tumultuous ending to Hot Lotto, the game it replaces. Fortunately for lottery players, not only does the new g
Nov 10, 2017, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Maryland postal worker wins $10 million scratch-off lottery jackpotNews Story
Woody Simmons sat in his car and screamed. Thankfully, it was for good news the Maryland man had just realized that he won $10 million in a Virginia lottery scratch-off game. A week ago, Simmons, who works for the U.S. Postal Service and lives in Hyattsville, stopped at a Woodbridge convenience store where he often shops. He noticed a sign inside about a new lottery game, Extreme Millions. I thought, 'Well, let me take a chance,' Simmons told lottery officials in Virginia. He bought
Nov 3, 2017, 6:33 pm - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery wasn't quite ready for Mega Millions game changesNews Story
Lottery says 182 tickets have no chance of winning but may be as high as 628 UPDATE: Now includes exact number of invalid plays and possible invalid plays, corrects claim period for refunds By Todd Northrop If you buy a Mega Millions ticket, you normally have a 0.00000033 percent chance of winning the big jackpot. But at least 182 tickets were sold in Virginia on Friday that have a 0 percent chance of winning and there may be up to 628 plays with no chance, depending on the numbers draw
Oct 31, 2017, 9:20 am - Lottery News

Florida Irma evacuee and mother of three wins $10K lottery in North CarolinaNews Story
A Florida woman who evacuated from Hurricane Irma with her three children won $10,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket while sheltering in North Carolina. Tiffany Hatfield, 28, left her home in Ocoee, near Orlando, late Friday night with her three young daughters to drive to a friend's home in Virginia. Hatfield moved to Florida from Connecticut in June to live closer to family while her husband, a member of the U.S. Navy, is stationed in Hawaii. Hatfield did not plan to evacuate until her
Sep 14, 2017, 11:55 am - Lottery News

State lotteries losing revenue to 'jackpot fatigue' and casinosNews Story
The biggest loser in the lottery game? Increasingly, it's the states that rely on lottery revenue, as fewer people are buying tickets of chance. In 22 of the 44 states with lotteries, revenue declined between 2014 and 2015, the most recent year for comprehensive data, the Pew Charitable Trusts reported Thursday. Twenty-one states experienced declines from 2013 to 2014. In 2016, lottery revenue fell 3.3% in Missouri, more recent data shows, while it fell 3.2% in Rhode Island and 2.6% in Wes
Jul 14, 2017, 11:02 am - Lottery News

Virginia woman wins Cash 5 lottery top prize 12 times for total of $1.2 millionNews Story
A Roanoke woman won a Virginia Lottery drawing not once, but 12 times, bringing her total winnings to $1.2 million. When Bonnie McNew got the phone call from her husband saying she'd matched all five numbers in the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 game, she didn't believe him at first. I had to see it myself, the Roanoke woman said. I tried to stay calm. Winning the game's $100,000 top prize would be amazing enough, but Ms. McNew had bought a dozen $1 plays, each with the same five numbers.
Jul 3, 2017, 9:37 pm - Lottery News

Two $1 million Va. Millionaire Raffle tickets due to expire this monthNews Story
By Todd Northrop Two $1 million-winning Virginia Millionaire Raffle lottery tickets drawn on New Year's Day have not yet been claimed and are due to expire by the end of June. One of the winning tickets was bought at a 7-Eleven on West Broad Street in Richmond. The other was purchased in Lynchburg. In Virginia, winning lottery tickets must be claimed within 180 days after the numbers were drawn or they become worthless. This means that each of the tickets will no longer be valid afte
Jun 1, 2017, 4:36 pm - Lottery News

Virginia woman conned out of nearly $30,000News Story
The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident in which a woman in the Virginia county was bilked out of nearly $30,000 after being promised lottery riches, court records show. According to an affidavit for a search warrant filed in Spotsylvania Circuit Court, the 68-year-old victim was at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre late last month when she was approached by two Hispanic women who asked her for a ride. Det. William Lee wrote that the women told the victim that they had a
May 17, 2017, 8:52 am - Lottery News