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One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot
6th-largest lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
For the second time in less than a year, someone in California won a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion.
After a run of 36 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 37th drawing of the multi-state Powerball game produced a single $1.0798 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Powerball.
The whopping jackpot is the sixth-largest the world has ever seen, and
Jul 20, 2023, 7:17 am - Lottery News
$900 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rises, but sales miss in last draw makes for small increase
By Todd Northrop
Powerball lottery players might be wondering this morning why the jackpot only increased by $25 million after nobody won last night's $875 million grand prize.
The answer is that the last jackpot was estimated too high. During the live drawing it was announced that after all proceeds were counted, the final jackpot tally came to $829.4 million $45.6 million shy of the expected amount. Likewise, the cash value that was initially estimated to reach $452.2 million only in f
Jul 16, 2023, 6:41 am - Lottery News
Mississippi Lottery Match 5 will move to daily drawings
Pick 5 jackpot game will become a daily draw game this fall
By Kate Northrop
Later this year, the Mississippi Lottery's Match 5 draw game will move to a daily draw schedule, joining other daily draw games in the evenings.
Beginning Sept. 10, Mississippi lottery players will be able to enter daily drawings for the Pick 5-style Match 5 game.
As of now, drawings for the game take place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9:30 pm CT. Now, the draw schedule will align with the Lo
Jul 15, 2023, 8:16 am - Lottery News
Texas Lottery to launch space flight second-chance promotion
Lottery winners... in space!
By Kate Northrop
Lottery winners in Texas might be lucky enough to travel to space as part of an upcoming second-chance promotion from the Texas Lottery.
The Texas Lottery is looking up for their latest second-chance promotion prize, which involves sending lottery winners to the edge of space.
Texas residents who have always dreamed of one day traveling to the stars should be on the lookout for a scratch-off ticket coming to the state later this year
Jul 12, 2023, 11:20 am - Lottery News
Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.13 billion in combined lottery jackpots
Chance to win $675 million tonight
Story updated to reflect increased Powerball jackpot
By Todd Northrop
Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.13 billion in total.
According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $480 million with a cash value of $240.7 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $675 million estimated jackpot with a cash option
Jul 10, 2023, 9:56 am - Lottery News
VIDEO: July's Weekly Roundup in lottery news
Dreamers and positive thinkers, this one is for you!
By Kate Northrop
Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the latest lottery stories.
Lottery players that believe in positive affirmations and good karma may want to take note from a few of these winners.
Years after tragedy struck an Iowa couple, a woman found herself gazing at a winning Powerball ticket worth $2 million, giving her the means to tie up loose ends from long
Jul 7, 2023, 5:08 pm - Lottery News
New scratch-off game from Florida Lottery offers $250,000 a year for life top prize
New games offer more than $2 billion in total cash prizes, Lottery says
By Kate Northrop
The Florida Lottery released a new Year for Life family of scratch-off games, with the highest price point ticket featuring a $250,000 a year for life top prize.
As of today, Florida lottery players can pick out a ticket from the Florida Lottery's latest Year for Life family of instant games, with varying annual top prizes at different price points.
There are a total of four different games a
Jul 3, 2023, 7:15 pm - Lottery News
$70 million Canada Lotto Max jackpot-winning ticket expires
Largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history
By Kate Northrop
The winning ticket for a $70 million (US$52.85 million) Lotto Max jackpot has officially expired, making it the largest unclaimed prize in Canadian lottery history.
Time is up to validate the winning ticket for the highest-possible jackpot for Lotto Max, Canada's multi-province draw game.
On Thursday, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced that the deadline to claim the $70 million Lotto Max
Jul 2, 2023, 5:38 pm - Lottery News
North Carolina woman who won $200,000 in the lottery "spoke it into existence"
Lottery winner credits the power of suggestion and positive thinking
By Kate Northrop
A North Carolina woman who uncovered a $200,000 prize on a scratch-off lottery ticket said she spoke it into existence.
Shannon Overby of Madison was filled with confidence when she bought her latest winning lottery ticket at Mayodan Marathon on North 2nd Avenue in Mayodan, telling her son that she was going to win big.
I told [my son], 'I'm going to win this, Overby said to the North Carolina
Jun 23, 2023, 12:32 pm - Lottery News
Missouri man unknowingly holds onto Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million for three months
Lottery winner stays true to three-month alarm ritual
By Kate Northrop
A Missouri man didn't know he was holding onto a winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million for three months.
Thanks to a ticket-checking ritual that required an alarm, three months went by before an anonymous lottery winner from Missouri found out he was sitting on a $1 million winning Powerball ticket.
A Missouri resident entered the Powerball drawing that took place on Jan. 2, 2023, having bought hi
Jun 19, 2023, 3:26 pm - Lottery News