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Lottery Post launches new websiteNews Story
Old desktop, mobile websites retired New unified website is the future of the popular lottery brand Lottery Post Founder Todd Northrop today announced the launch of the new Lottery Post website, unifying the mobile and desktop experience and implementing numerous improvements, while positioning the popular lottery website for the future. In an intense but carefully-orchestrated two-year project, the world's most popular website devoted to official government-run lottery games complet
Aug 14, 2022, 10:16 am - Lottery News

Montana Lottery celebrates 35th anniversaryNews Story
The Montana Lottery has generated $302 million to benefit the State of Montana since its inception in 1987, paying out more than $774 million in prizes to winners. On average, the Lottery has paid out $62,369 every single day to winners. But the Montana Lottery almost never happened. The idea of starting a lottery in Montana was the brain child of longtime Butte state Rep. Bob Pavlovich. Pavlovich and Butte Sen. Lawrence Stimatz sponsored a bill in the 1985 Montana Legislature to cre
Jul 5, 2022, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

Kelly T. Gee appointed Executive Director of Virginia LotteryNews Story
New casinos on the Director's radar By Kate Northrop Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he appointed Kelly T. Gee, the Virginia Lottery's Acting Director, as the permanent Executive Director. Having served as the Virginia Lottery's Acting Director since January, Kelly T. Gee officially filled the role permanently on June 6. On Friday, Youngkin announced several new administration appointments, including a Secretary of Administration, Secretary of Commerce and Trade
Jun 15, 2022, 4:55 pm - Lottery News

UPDATE: Hoosier Lottery will pay out all winning tickets after Fast Play errorNews Story
Lottery finishes investigation, will honor all claims filed for game's winning tickets By Kate Northrop Friday the Hoosier Lottery announced that it will pay out all winning tickets affected by a validation error for its newest Fast Play game. On the morning of the launch of Indiana's newest Fast Play game, $20 Golden Jackpot, players experienced a technical issue that prevented their supposedly winning tickets from being validated. Players phoned in and contacted the Lottery d
Mar 28, 2022, 8:52 am - Lottery News

Convicted murderer Dee Dee Moore in support of anonymous lottery claims in FloridaNews Story
Moore says having lottery winners' identities revealed puts a target on them By Kate Northrop The woman who was convicted for killing Florida Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare said in a phone interview that she supports anonymous prize claims as a measure to protect lottery winners from harm. Dee Dee Moore, now 49, was found guilty of first-degree murder and possessing and discharging a firearm on Dec. 10, 2012 after prosecutors argued that she swindled and then killed Shakespeare
Mar 2, 2022, 5:54 pm - Lottery News

Gaming board tracks down Las Vegas tourist after slot machine failed to inform him of jackpot winNews Story
Out-of-state player finally gets rightful prize after hours of painstaking detective work By Kate Northrop The Nevada Gaming Control Board went on the hunt for an out-of-town winner after a slot machine at a Las Vegas casino failed to inform him of a huge jackpot win. A slot machine malfunction caused a tourist to walk away from a Las Vegas casino completely unaware that he had won a nearly $230,000 jackpot, but the gaming board was willing to put in the work to make sure the playe
Feb 8, 2022, 1:29 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery to swap out 5 Card Cash for new Pick 5 gameNews Story
Out with the old and in with the new a popular draw game is coming to Maryland By Kate Northrop The Maryland Lottery announced that it will be ending 5 Card Cash and will replace it with a new Pick 5 game, the state's newest draw game in six years since it joined Cash4Life in 2016. If you want to get your final 5 Card Cash plays in before it's gone, now's the time. 5 Card Cash will be closing out this week, but players might be excited to know that there is a new game ready to take
Feb 1, 2022, 1:58 pm - Lottery News

Scientific Games acquired for $6.05 billionNews Story
Brookfield Business Partners to take over lottery business By Kate Northrop On Wednesday, American gambling company Scientific Games Corporation announced the sale of its lottery business to Brookfield Business Partners L.P. for $6.05 billion. According to Scientific Games, the agreement consists of $5.825 billion in cash and an earn-out of up to $225 million based on the achievement of certain EBITDA targets in 2022 and 2023, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amorti
Nov 1, 2021, 3:25 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery drawings supervisor receives top industry awardNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that its drawings supervisor, who helped lead her team to design the first in-house draw studio, was presented with a top industry award for her significant contributions to the lottery through her exceptional job performance. Conchita Daniel, who is responsible for pioneering optimal traditional draw practices in the industry, received the 2021 Powers Award at the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) dig
Oct 8, 2021, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts father and sons accused of defrauding Lottery of $21 millionNews Story
Statistically improbable number of wins raises red flags By Kate Northrop A Massachusetts family is accused of defrauding the Massachusetts Lottery of nearly $21 million in a tax evasion scheme that took place over the past decade. It wouldn't be farfetched to say that cashing in more than 13,000 winning lottery tickets worth almost $21 million over eight years would be statistically impossible, if not improbable. This many wins could not simply be attributed to sheer luck. A stati
Aug 25, 2021, 11:00 am - Lottery News