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Mega Millions lottery winner worth $227 million sold in TexasNews Story
Update: Additional information about retailer and historical context By Todd Northrop A single ticket sold in Texas matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $227 million. The Texas Lottery announced that the ticket was sold at the Lakeline Express Mart on 2004 N. Lakeline Boulevard in Cedar Park. The retailer is eligible to receive a $1 million retailer bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket, which was a quick pick. The ca
Sep 25, 2019, 8:14 am - Lottery News

Air Force vet wins $6.5 million after nearly throwing away winning lottery ticketNews Story
Air Force veteran William Bowker, 94, almost let a fortune slip right out of his hands. Bowker often plays the lottery. But when his granddaughter checked his latest lottery ticket for him, she mistakenly thought it was a Mega Millions ticket instead of an Oregon Megabucks ticket. Luckily, Bowker double-checked and it paid off. She thought it was a Mega Million ticket, and started circling matching numbers on the ticket, Bowker said. But they were for the wrong game. I had an Oregon's
Aug 3, 2019, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery officials anticipate rush of sales from West AlabamaNews Story
People living in West Alabama will soon be able to test their luck in the lottery. Scratch-off ticket sales were set to begin December 1st, 2019 in Mississippi. The state's legislature passed a lottery bill in September, leaving Alabama as one of five states without a lottery. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation could not say whether the corporation would market directly to West Alabamians. Our director of advertising will determine which markets we have a presence in, Spokeswoman Meg
Aug 1, 2019, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Florida Gov. vetoes bill to require warnings on lottery ticketsNews Story
A bill that would have required warnings on all Florida Lottery tickets will not become a law. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the bill Friday. (See Florida lawmakers want to slap addiction warning notices on every lottery ticket, Lottery Post, May 2, 2019.) In a memo that accompanied the veto, DeSantis explained that Florida Lottery revenue goes to public education and that an agency analysis showed the bill could lead to a minimum $79.4 million reduction in education funding. A
Jun 28, 2019, 10:59 pm - Lottery News

World Lottery Association president urges veto of warning labelsNews Story
Florida's first lottery secretary called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto legislation placing warning labels on tickets. Rebecca Paul Hargrove, now president of the World Lottery Association, said Florida could set an unfortunate precedent. Should the bill (HB 629) become law, it could hurt lottery-funded programs nationwide. The instant scratch-off games have been around for over 45 years, and sales of these games continue to grow every year, Hargrove wrote in a letter to DeSantis, but more
May 20, 2019, 9:45 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

Kentucky Lottery celebrates 30 years with new logoNews Story
With the Kentucky Lottery's 30th anniversary occurring in 2019, a new logo that better represents its roots in the Bluegrass State has been unveiled. The lottery is a different organization than we were ten years ago when the last logo was rolled out, and I felt it was time for a redo, said Lottery President and CEO Tom Delacenserie. He said players and the public should see a gradual rollout of the logo over the course of the next year. The new art, developed by Louisville advertising ag
Jan 9, 2019, 2:06 pm - Lottery News

Why the world's biggest lottery jackpot wasn'tNews Story
Call it the world's largest lottery prize that wasn't. The Mega Millions jackpot that had been announced as the biggest ever at $1.6 billion ended up being the second-biggest at $1.537 billion. It's a difference that likely means little to the lucky person who bought the ticket in South Carolina and won Tuesday night's drawing, but it raises questions about how lottery officials make estimates and whether they were influenced by a desire to claim the jackpot amount surpassed all others. Ho
Oct 30, 2018, 10:46 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania iLottery hits $21.6 million in salesNews Story
Rivals complaints lead to marketing changes Pennsylvania's brand new online lottery, the iLottery, reported sales of $21.6 million in its first 26 days from its launch on June 4, despite the best efforts of the land-based casino industry to sink it in the first few weeks. Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko told local media on Monday that 45,000 players had registered and the iLottery had paid out $18.7 million in prize money during the period, despite the initial roll out offering just
Jul 12, 2018, 10:08 am - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery often pulls plug on high-dollar scratch-off games before all prizes can be wonNews Story
Brittany Mowell and her husband purchase Hoosier Lottery scratch-off tickets a couple of times a week in hopes they'll win big. The Indianapolis woman said she felt cheated out of that dream once she learned the lottery was pulling certain high-dollar scratch-off games off the market before all the big-money prizes could be won and paid out. It felt so unfair she questioned whether such a move was legal. That really ticks me off, Mowell said, and I feel ripped off. Not only is the
Apr 6, 2018, 1:48 pm - Lottery News