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Maryland Lottery holds second Bonus Match 5 drawing after problem discovered
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

Lucky 4's on St. Patrick's Day — Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 draws 4-4-4
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

Triples drawn in SC Lottery's Pick 3 produces record winners
Record 13,998 players split $3.5 million payout By Kate Northrop Tuesday's Pick 3 Midday drawing for the South Carolina Lottery produced a record number of winners who will split a $3.5 million payout. Nearly 14,000 players hit the winning combination in the drawing Tuesday, which was 8-8-8. Winners took home either $250 or $500 per play depending on the price paid for the ticket. This drawing sets the new record for the greatest number of winning plays in one drawing in the state
Feb 10, 2021, 6:29 pm - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery holds secondary Daily 3 drawing following technical issue
Lottery tells players to hold onto their tickets UPDATE: Secondary draw results added By Kate Northrop After a technical difficulty occurred during the evening Daily 3 drawing on Saturday, Jan. 30, the Hoosier Lottery held a secondary drawing. In the meantime, the Lottery urged players to hold onto their tickets in the event that their numbers yield a prize with the new numbers drawn. The winning numbers from the initial drawing are 9-0-2 with Superball 1, but players whose ticket
Feb 3, 2021, 7:07 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery to launch new Pick 4 game Sunday
Long-awaited draw game joins Idaho Lottery's lineup By Kate Northrop Players asked, and the Idaho Lottery listened. The Lottery announced Friday that it will be launching a new twice daily Pick 4 game this Sun., Jan. 10, in response to years of player interest and tremendous popularity of its in-state Pick 3 draw game. For Idahoans who find in-state draw games appealing, the new Pick 4 game will give players an additional choice of game to play and another opportunity to participate.
Jan 9, 2021, 12:58 pm - Lottery News

New York Lottery launches "Money Dots" Quick Draw feature
By Kate Northrop New York Lottery players can now try out the Lottery's newest feature to accompany their Quick Draw keno-style game, an additional drawing called Money Dots that takes place every four minutes, right after the drawing for Quick Draw. For $1 a wager, players are given extra chances to win prizes of up to $50 with every Quick Draw game using the new Money Dots option, available at official Quick Draw retailers. Money Dots is a unique feature that is colorful and fun to p
Dec 29, 2020, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraud
20 players share the jackpot after consecutive numbers are drawn By Kate Northrop An unusually perfect series of sequential numbers that came up in South Africa's most recent PowerBall drawing has led to accusations of fraud, while others jumped in to defend the integrity of a game based on pure luck and chance. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday, Dec. 1 were all consecutive numbers, including the PowerBall itself 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and PowerBall 10. 20 people purchased a ticket with t
Dec 3, 2020, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

Two tickets win Michigan Lottery's record $32.3 million Lotto 47 jackpot
After 77 consecutive drawings without a winner, the game finally makes two millionaires By Kate Northrop On Saturday night, Nov. 7, the Michigan Lottery held the drawing for its largest-ever Lotto 47 jackpot, which ended up producing two winning tickets for the record-breaking $32.3 million top prize. Two lucky tickets matched the numbers drawn on Saturday night to split the record jackpot, making each ticket worth $16.14 million. Those numbers were 4, 16, 33, 38, 40, and 44. One tic
Nov 9, 2020, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lotto jackpot grows to largest in a decade
By Todd Northrop The Texas Lottery's premier in-state jackpot game, Lotto Texas, has now gone 65 drawings without a top prize winner, generating a jackpot that is the largest the game has seen in more than a decade. With no jackpot-winning tickets sold for the Aug. 29, 2020 drawing, the game's jackpot prize has grown to an estimated $36.75 million for the Sept. 2, 2020 drawing the largest jackpot since May 29, 2010 drawing when the game boasted an advertised $97 million jackpot prize. W
Aug 31, 2020, 1:52 pm - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery announces its first daily draw game
Cash 3 will be available starting Tuesday, September 1 By Kate Northrop Since officially launching on November 25, 2019, the Mississippi Lottery will be releasing its first-ever daily draw game this coming Tuesday, September 1. In Cash 3, players will pick one of eight different play types and choose a three-digit number from 000-999. Players can also elect a Quick Pick option, which allows the lottery terminal to randomly choose their numbers for them. Prior to Cash 3, the Lottery o
Aug 26, 2020, 2:53 pm - Lottery News