Search

Is it game over for the Texas Lottery?News Story
Some Texas lawmakers say it may be time to scratch out the lottery. More than two decades after Texas voters legalized the game of chance in the state, a group of lawmakers will soon start reviewing whether to end at multibillion-dollar industry that pumps more than $1 billion a year into schools. Critics say they fear that the game financially hurts some of the most vulnerable Texans and doesn't do enough to help the state. Supporters disagree and question where $1 billion a year can be f
Aug 2, 2014, 8:31 pm - Lottery News

Minnesota Gov. vetoes bill to limit online lottery salesNews Story
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton vetoed a bill Friday that would have done away with online instant-play lottery games and barred sales of tickets via gas pumps or ATMs. His decision ends suspense over a bill that passed with big bipartisan majorities on the final day of the legislative session. The Democratic governor confessed to being torn over the strong message sent by lawmakers and his fear that the legislation was partly motivated by other gambling interests looking to protect their turf
Jun 1, 2014, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Sole winner of $425M February Powerball jackpot claims prizeNews Story
The sole winner of February's $425.3 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim his prize Tuesday. California Lottery officials said B. Raymond Buxton, a Northern California man, claimed the prize at the California Lottery headquarters in Sacramento. 'Unbelievable!' is all I could muster, Buxton said in a statement on Tuesday. Once the initial shock passed, I couldn't sleep for days. After the winning numbers were announced, Buxton said, he sat in front of his computer in disbeli
Apr 2, 2014, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Man's ex-wife wins lottery and makes him a millionaireNews Story
Milkman John Hay reckons his ex-wife is the cream of the crop after she made him a millionaire when she scooped the Lotto jackpot. Doreen Hay was married to John for 12 years until they divorced in 1987 after growing apart . But they stayed best of friends, meeting up every week for Sunday lunch. So when Doreen, 70, and their son John Jr., 38, scooped 7.5 million in the UK's Lotto game, she called her ex immediately. John, 59, said: When she rang after the win I was thrilled for her.
Jan 24, 2014, 5:57 pm - Lottery News

Two Scots fail to collect £1 million lottery prizesNews Story
Two people have missed out on the chance to become millionaires after failing to collect their lottery prizes in time. The deadline for claiming the two 1 million prizes expired at 11pm Wednesday, more than 180 days after the EuroMillions draw on July 26. One of the winning tickets was bought in Fife and the other in East Dunbartonshire. The money, plus the interest it earned, has now passed over to the UK National Lottery Good Causes. Earlier this week it emerged that another winner
Jan 24, 2014, 5:40 pm - Lottery News

Canadian lottery winner donates $40 million jackpot to charityNews Story
Includes audio report Unlike most big lottery winners who spend days, or even months, trying to figure out how they'll spend their newfound riches, Tom Crist needed only a moment to decide where his $40 million in winnings would go: all to charity. Top on the list would be the medical center that cared for his late wife when she developed cancer. Still, it took Crist more than six months to tell anybody including family members he'd won. The retired Calgary executive had been lunching betw
Dec 20, 2013, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Minn. Lottery's e-tickets unnerve some lawmakersNews Story
State lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday with the Minnesota Lottery's gradual push into Internet and other electronic ticket sales, saying they were worried about how far the virtual gambling could go. Lottery officials testified Wednesday before the House Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee about the broadening sales platforms. Director Ed Van Petten says customers will soon be able to purchase popular scratch-off tickets via the Internet. The Lottery also plans to expand sales of
Oct 30, 2013, 6:33 pm - Lottery News

Threat to boycott the UK National Lottery as tickets double to £2News Story
UK National Lottery bosses came under fire last night as Britons voiced their outrage at today's price rise. A poll carried out to coincide with the hike revealed 78 per cent of Lotto customers say the increase in price is unfair. The price of a ticket will double from today to 2 a line, prompting furious players to threaten to boycott the game. A survey of more than 1,500 people found 73 per cent of weekly players are either unhappy or very unhappy . It also found more than half of
Oct 3, 2013, 7:28 pm - Lottery News

Twelve things not to do if you win the lotteryNews Story
Imagine becoming vastly wealthy overnight. Being a winner of a multimillion dollar lottery has to be incredible. It certainly is going to be a life-changing event for almost every single lottery winner. But what about when the prize is an astronomical sum of $100 million, $200 million or $300 million? If you happen to be lucky enough to win a lottery, please avoid some of the simple mistakes, and complex mistakes, that have taken other lottery winners into bankruptcy. Imagine being Joe Somebo
Aug 27, 2013, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Inquiry in Iowa Lottery mystery touches CanadaNews Story
Investigators seeking to unravel an attempted multimillion-dollar Iowa Lottery jackpot scheme have been in contact with Canadian authorities and are looking into people who may have been involved, an agent said Thursday. Special Agent in Charge Patrick Townsend of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed his agency sought assistance from Canadian law enforcement early in the 18-month investigation into a withdrawn claim for a $14.3 million Hot Lotto jackpot. (See $14.3 million
Jul 26, 2013, 12:48 pm - Lottery News