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Florida lottery to roll out new gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Florida Lottery is launching a new draw game called Jackpot Triple Play with Combo next week. The new game, which goes on sale Jan. 30, will replace Lucky Money, which ends Jan. 29. Jackpot Triple Play is unique in that for $1 players get a triple chance to win the jackpot, as each ticket has three sets of numbers to match with the winning numbers drawn. In other states similar games are typically offered for $2 per play. The game's jackpot rolls over and down to
Jan 23, 2019, 12:28 pm - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery winners to share £115 million prize with family and friendsNews Story
When Frances and Patrick Connolly realized they had won a EuroMillions jackpot worth 115 million (US$131 million), they sat in silence and stared at each other for 10 minutes, then made a cup of tea. So began a new life for the couple from County Down in Northern Ireland on New Year's Day, after scooping one of the biggest UK lottery wins in history. They went public with the news on Friday at a press conference outside Belfast, where the Connollys announced they would share the prize with
Jan 5, 2019, 2:46 pm - Lottery News

85-year-old claims Lucky for Life lottery prize with hours to spareNews Story
Eighty-five-year-old Bob Hissom bought a winning lottery ticket Jan. 1 of last year and just cashed it in this week right before it expired. I hold onto everything, I don't throw anything away, said Hissom. Thank goodness he did, because now he's now $400,000 richer. I didn't really think so until they handed us the check today, he said. I said something is going to go wrong. It started last year on January 1st when he bought Lotto tickets like he does every week at the Picnic Ba
Jan 3, 2019, 9:34 am - Lottery News

South Dakota lottery player starts off 2019 with massive lifetime winNews Story
The South Dakota Lottery's latest big winner will ring in the new year with the prize of $1,000 a day for the rest of his or her life. Monday's Lucky For Life drawing resulted in South Dakota's first top prize winner in the game. The ticket was sold at Ken's Fairway, located at 2105 6th Ave., SE in Aberdeen. The winning numbers were 4, 10, 15, 19, and 43, with Lucky Ball number 8. Monday's top prize winner will receive the option of $1,000 a day for the rest of his or her life or a one-tim
Jan 1, 2019, 12:36 pm - Lottery News

Happy New Year!News Story
The Lottery Post staff wishes you a happy, successful, and lucky 2019!
Jan 1, 2019, 12:00 am - Lottery News

NJ man's broken hip turns into lottery richesNews Story
A New Jersey man literally got a lucky break when he joined a $1 million-winning lottery pool at a local hospital after breaking his hip while walking to buy a ticket. Earl Livingston, 87, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was walking to the store Tuesday to pick up a lottery ticket when he fell and broke his hip. He was taken to Jefferson Stratford Hospital, where he shared his story with staff members. He told them he was on his way to buy a lottery ticket and he was disappointed that he didn
Oct 30, 2018, 10:55 am - Lottery News

Everything you know about the fate of lottery winners is probably wrong, according to scienceNews Story
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot has gone up to a record-breaking $970 million. On Saturday, Powerball will have a drawing for a $430 million jackpot. A winning ticket for either lottery will be life-changing, but some of the popular theories about the fate of lottery winners aren't necessarily accurate, according to a study published in May. The study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, examined 3,362 Swedish lottery winners who scored at least $100,000, and surveyed them a
Oct 19, 2018, 9:46 am - Lottery News

New York man wins $10 million after buying lottery ticket every day for decadesNews Story
By Todd Northrop A 66-year-old man who's played the lottery his entire adult life is the newest lottery millionaire in New York. Michael Marks has been playing the lottery in the same store every day since the 1960s. That persistence paid off when he won a $10,000,000 prize on a $10,000 a Week for Life scratch-off ticket he bought while grabbing coffee at A-Plus in the Sunoco gas station at 17 N. Central Ave. in Hartsdale. This is my store, Marks told the New York State Lottery. I c
Sep 25, 2018, 9:28 am - Lottery News

Australian man wins lottery after dreaming of jackpotNews Story
An Australian man who won a lottery prize worth AU$3.5 million (US$2.5 million) said it wasn't entirely a surprise he had dreamed the win just three weeks earlier. The lucky winner now believes premonitions do come true after winning the First Prize of $20,000 a month for 20 years in the latest Set for Life draw following a dream he had where he won the lottery. The ecstatic man's entry won the First Prize in Set for Life draw 1137 on Sept. 16th. The Sydney man is the third First
Sep 17, 2018, 4:24 pm - Lottery News

Woman given lottery ticket for graduation gift wins $2,000 a month for lifeNews Story
By Todd Northrop Imagine starting life after graduation with a $2,000 a month head start. That's exactly what one Connecticut woman did. 22-year-old Anissa Dellaripa of South Windsor, Connectiucut, was given a $1 Win for Life Ticket for graduation and it paid off in a big way. My dad often buys me scratch tickets for fun, Dellaripa told lottery officials. He gave me this one and said, 'Here, scratch it.' The ticket cost only a dollar. Dellaripa scratched the ticket and couldn't bel
Sep 15, 2018, 8:54 pm - Lottery News