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North Carolina Lottery celebrates 15th anniversaryNews Story
Over $18 billion in prizes awarded to players since 2006 By Kate Northrop On Tuesday, March 26, 2006, the North Carolina Education Lottery began selling lottery tickets. 15 years later, over $18 billion has been awarded to players in the form of prizes. To celebrate the milestone, the Lottery credited its early success to the strong support of North Carolinians who enjoy playing lottery games, winning prizes, and helping out a good cause public education. Every ticket that is purcha
Apr 5, 2021, 3:40 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery holds second Bonus Match 5 drawing after problem discoveredNews Story
Players are urged to hang onto their tickets and check both sets of numbers By Kate Northrop On Thursday, the Maryland Lottery announced that it held two drawings for the Bonus Match 5 on March 18 due to a problem that occurred with the drawing that day. A press release from the Lottery assures players that it will pay prizes on two separate sets of winnings numbers for the March 18 drawing, which are listed below. The Lottery also emphasized that each set of winning numbers is separate
Mar 22, 2021, 10:34 am - Lottery News

Michigan man in disbelief after winning $300,000 lottery prizeNews Story
Stunned player kept thinking This can't be right By Kate Northrop A Michigan man in complete shock from winning $300,000 from a scratch-off needed a second pair of eyes to make sure that he was seeing his ticket correctly. The anonymous winner was at a loss for words after making a one-off decision to try out an instant game while visiting the Meijer gas station on East Michigan Avenue in Jackson. He picked out a $300,000 Winter Spectacular scratch-off ticket for $5. I haven't play
Mar 21, 2021, 2:13 pm - Lottery News

Lucky 4's on St. Patrick's Day — Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 draws 4-4-4News Story
Players win over $4.4 million in one drawing and break the bank By Kate Northrop Virginia Lottery players struck a pot of gold on St. Patrick's Day when triple 4's were drawn in yesterday's Pick 3 daytime drawing. Like finding a four-leaf clover, tons of players won top prizes of $500 with the combination 4-4-4 in the Lottery's Pick 3 game on Mar. 17 and broke the bank, according to the Lottery. While the Lottery generated less than $600,000 in ticket sales, winners managed to scoop
Mar 18, 2021, 12:33 pm - Lottery News

South Carolina store owner who sold $1.5 billion Mega Millions ticket is arrestedNews Story
Retailer re-enters the spotlight after skirting thousands in tax evasion By Kate Northrop The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) announced on Saturday that the store owner who sold the winning ticket for the $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in 2018 has been arrested and charged with five counts of tax evasion. Chirag Jayanti Patel, 49, was found to have underreported $2.04 million in sales while operating KCP, Inc. under the KC Mart convenience store business in Greenville
Mar 15, 2021, 4:11 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery club claims $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Winners of the 3rd-largest jackpot in history step forward By Kate Northrop Nearly two months after it was announced that one single Michigan ticket matched all six numbers to win the unimaginably huge $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, an Oakland County lottery club stepped forward to claim the prize. The largest prize awarded in Michigan Lottery history, the massive haul of $1.05 billion will be claimed by the Wolverine FLL Club, which consists of four members who jointly played the
Mar 12, 2021, 3:37 pm - Lottery News

Wisconsin veteran claims two major lottery prizes in two weeksNews Story
Retiree beats incredible odds in a short amount of time By Kate Northrop After winning a Wisconsin Lottery Badger 5 jackpot and Powerball prize in just two weeks, one Wisconsin veteran is walking away $171,000 richer. Norman Fuller Jr. of Port Edwards is a frequent lottery player whose enthusiasm for the game paid off twice within two weeks. On Jan., 25, 2021, he split the $242,000 Badger 5 jackpot with another winner and took home an impressive $121,000. The winning numbers for the Bad
Feb 23, 2021, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

Canadian family claims $60 million Lotto Max jackpotNews Story
It's the country's largest payout from a ticket bought online By Kate Northrop A man from Winnipeg, Canada could barely comprehend the lifechanging notion that he was the sole winner of the $60 million (US$46.77 million) Lotto Max jackpot from the Jan. 22 drawing and initially shook off the idea. John Chua's wife, Jhoana, woke him up early in the morning the next day to tell him that someone from their town had won the record jackpot, but his first reaction to hearing the news was disap
Feb 4, 2021, 1:34 pm - Lottery News

Dozens of lottery players across the USA hit it big in PowerballNews Story
By Kate Northrop In an unusual Powerball drawing Saturday, dozens of players won huge prizes, including a New Jersey player who won the $23.2 million jackpot. Anyone who thought the Powerball excitement would end after one player from Maryland won a massive $731.1 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday was in for a surprise the very next drawing. Just three days later on Sat., Jan. 23, the $23.2 million Powerball jackpot was scooped up by a lone player from New Jersey, with another 43 tick
Jan 26, 2021, 7:10 pm - Lottery News

One Michigan lottery ticket wins $1 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Updated annuity and cash jackpot final tallies By Todd Northrop After a record run of 36 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 37th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.05 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Michigan matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the third time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the second time a single ticket won $1 billion or more. The public has been electrified the co
Jan 23, 2021, 8:04 am - Lottery News