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Canada lotteries hold nationwide raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across Canada this morning are checking their Millionaire Life raffle tickets to see if they will be set for life, or perhaps win a new set of wheels. Millionaire Life, also called Vie de millionnaire, is a raffle game offered by the provincial lotteries across Canada during the month of March. The drawing took place Thursday, March 31, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time. A complete list of winning numbers for the drawing can be found at any of Lottery Post's Canad
Apr 1, 2011, 9:03 am - Lottery News

$172 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rollsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Will an incredibly lucky lottery player win a life-changing windfall this week, or will the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game enter another round of $200+ million jackpots? We'll find out Tuesday night, when the $172 million Mega Millions drawing takes place. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 11 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Feb. 4 as a $12 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash value
Mar 13, 2011, 4:02 pm - Lottery News

Three state lotteries set to begin new multi-state gameNews Story
Decades of Dollars to replace Win For Life game By Todd Northrop UPDATED: Since the original news story was written, it has come to our attention that Arkansas will not be participating in the new lottery game, due to legislative hurdles, and the Win For Life game will continue to be played in Virginia. The title of the story has been changed to reflect three state lotteries, rather than the four state lotteries originally referenced, and the body of the article has been updated with the a
Jan 11, 2011, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Lottery error prompts payout on two sets of winning numbersNews Story
By Todd Northrop An incorrect number reported by the Virginia Lottery for Wednesday night's Win For Life drawing has prompted the participating states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia to payout on two sets of winning numbers. Win For Life is a multi-state lottery game played in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia. Players choose six numbers from 1 to 42, and can win one of eight different prizes, ranging from $2 to the Grand prize of $1,000 a week for life. The third number drawn for the
Jan 6, 2011, 1:30 pm - Lottery News

Happy New Year!News Story
The Lottery Post staff wishes you a happy, successful, and lucky 2011!
Jan 1, 2011, 12:00 am - Lottery News

Merry Christmas indeed! Lucky N.Y. lottery player wins $49MNews Story
By Todd Northrop It will probably be the merriest Christmas one New Yorker has ever known. That's because one lucky lottery player from New York has won the Powerball jackpot in the Christmas drawing Saturday evening. It will likely be the furthest thing from a Silent Night in the winner's household, as they will either win a $48.8 million annuity jackpot, or a $23.1 million lump-sum cash option. Of course, the federal government and the state of New York will be also singing Joy to
Dec 26, 2010, 1:53 am - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery winner gets $10,000 a week for life ... sort ofNews Story
It's good to be alive, said Floyd E. Harvey as he accepted a symbolic check for $10 million from New York Lottery officials Wednesday. Mr. Harvey, 41, Route 38, was feted at Fefee's Market on West Main Street. He won the jackpot prize of $10,000 a week for life Thanksgiving Day after purchasing a $20 Win for Life Spectacular scratch-off ticket at the store. Although state Lottery officials promote the Win for Life Spectacular instant game as a chance to win $10,000 each week for life, Mr.
Dec 10, 2010, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Ottawa man claims $25M Lotto Max prizeNews Story
An Ottawa construction worker is $25 million richer after claiming his Lotto Max prize almost two weeks after the winning numbers were drawn. Gerald Clement, 50, said he spent the last two weeks preparing himself for what his life will be like with $25 million. I'm so lucky to have a close-knit network of family and friends that I could turn to in this situation. It took me a long time to process this, and I checked my ticket at the self-scanner about five times, said Clement, who is sing
Aug 26, 2010, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

'Lucky': a look at the lives of lottery winners, on HBONews Story
Airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET If it happens to you and the odds are a mere 1 in 195 million that it will what then? Do you become what you dreamed you would? asks Mike Pace, known to millions of lottery ticket buyers as the man in the tuxedo who was the longtime announcer of the Powerball drawing. Or do you become what you most deeply, secretly are? Director Jeffrey Blitz's enticing new documentary, Lucky, which airs Monday night on HBO, tries to figure that out. Blitz interviews several
Jul 19, 2010, 8:16 am - Lottery News

Mom, son split $22.5 million N.Y. Lotto jackpotNews Story
Rochester plumber credits mom's random luck for $22,500,000 Lotto win New York Lottery draw team members Yolanda Vega and Gretchen Dizer Wednesday teamed up to present Lottery prize checks to Monroe County's newest Lottery millionaires, including the winners of the March 27th Lotto jackpot worth $22,500,000. The winners, from Rochester and Webster, received their ceremonial over-sized checks at the Gates Big M store on Spencerport Road where the winning Lotto ticket was sold. March 27,
May 20, 2010, 7:30 am - Lottery News