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Maine winner of $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot will have to reveal identity in court battle
Judge denies pseudonym for winner in public case against ex
By Kate Northrop
The Maine lottery winner of a $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot will have to reveal his identity if he chooses to proceed with a nasty court battle against the mother of his child in which she allegedly revealed his win to others.
A judge denied the option to remain anonymous to a $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot lottery winner, deciding that his unusually sudden wealth does not make him an exception to t
Apr 23, 2025, 9:23 am - Lottery News
Texas Lottery Executive Director resigns
Leadership change amid challenging period for Lottery
By Kate Northrop
The Texas Lottery published a press release last night announcing the resignation of Executive Director Ryan Mindell and the appointment of an interim director while awaiting the selection process for a new Executive Director.
The Texas Lottery Commission issued a statement yesterday about a leadership change at the Texas Lottery, with Ryan Mindell stepping down from his role as Executive Director.
Ryan Mindel
Apr 22, 2025, 10:04 am - Lottery News
Lotto Texas winner sues betting company and couriers, claims he was cheated out of $100M jackpot
$7.5 million winner says he would have won more were it not for $95 million jackpot buyout
By Kate Northrop
The winner of a $7.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot is suing the group that bought nearly every single number combination to win $95 million because he asserts his prize would have been worth more than $100 million had a London-based betting company not orchestrated the scheme.
Among the current litigations related to a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot buyout is a new lawsuit filed
Apr 11, 2025, 7:34 am - Lottery News
One California ticket wins $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpot
Fifth $1 billion+ jackpot won in California
Updated with final jackpot totals
By Todd Northrop
After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.269 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
It was the 12th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the 11th time a single ticket won $1 billion or more.
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Dec 28, 2024, 8:08 am - Lottery News
$1.15 BILLION: Mega Millions keeps rolling after no winner Tuesday
Now the 9th-largest lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
After nobody won a billion-dollar Christmas Eve jackpot, lottery players around the country are lining up for an even larger jackpot set to draw Friday.
Tuesday night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $1.15 billion with a cash value of $516.1 million.
Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get
Dec 26, 2024, 8:01 am - Lottery News
$825 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for Friday
13th-largest lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game continued its jackpot run last night when no tickets matched all six numbers.
Last night nobody won the Mega Millions lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $825 million with a cash value of $382.2 million.
To get to this massive size, the jackpot has been growing since it started on September 13 as a $20 million prize now 28
Dec 18, 2024, 8:26 am - Lottery News
Winner who claimed half of $395 million Mega Millions jackpot sues California Lottery for other half
Winner accuses California Lottery of wrongfully denying second half of prize
By Kate Northrop
The California winner who claimed half of a $395 million Mega Millions jackpot sued the California Lottery for the other share of the prize, alleging that he is entitled to the second half.
On Friday, Faramarz Lahijani filed a lawsuit against the California Lottery for the other half of the $395 million Mega Millions jackpot, which expired over the weekend.
The lawsuit, obtained by Lott
Dec 11, 2024, 7:55 am - Lottery News
Judge throws out case against $2B Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro, the jackpot is his
Winner of world-record lottery jackpot will get to keep his $2 billion
By Kate Northrop
If it wasn't official before, it is now. $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot winner Edwin Castro will unequivocally get to keep his prize after a California judge ruled in his favor.
A California judge dismissed the lawsuit against $2.04 billion Powerball winner Edwin Castro that claims he is not the real winner of the jackpot, meaning there is now zero question that he is the true owner of the winnin
Oct 5, 2024, 8:19 am - Lottery News
UK National Lottery potential victim to worldwide "blue screen of death" catastrophe
Website and app completely offline, players unable to buy or cash tickets
By Kate Northrop
In what is being dubbed the largest IT outage in history, the U.K. National Lottery may have fallen victim to the Blue Screen of Death update over the weekend, after their website and mobile app were completely taken offline, leaving thousands of players unable to cash or buy tickets.
A severe global IT outage caused by a botched CrowdStrike update jammed up emergency services, healthcare, tech
Jul 22, 2024, 4:54 pm - Lottery News
$180 million Powerball winners embroiled in court battle after losing $20M to financial advisor
Mismanagement cost Powerball jackpot winners money and time
By Kate Northrop
A Minnesota couple who won a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot in 2008 have come forward to talk about how they lost millions to their financial advisor's poor management and spent five years embroiled in court battles.
Two Powerball winners of a $180.1 million jackpot lost a significant portion of their lottery prize after a financial business they entrusted their winnings to sunk their portfolio.
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Jul 18, 2024, 2:39 pm - Lottery News