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Multi-state lottery games make North Carolina players millionaires overnight
Two players hit it big under extraordinary circumstances
By Kate Northrop
The recent Mega Millions and Powerball drawings created dozens of millionaires overnight after players rushed to buy their tickets and join the fray. Two lucky North Carolina residents are among those who found themselves richer under some rather unique circumstances.
Anthony Dowe of Leland was one of those players. He had purchased tickets for the Mega Millions drawing on Fri., Jan. 22 for the historic $1.05 bill
Jan 28, 2021, 12:25 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
Florida Lottery to update Lotto game
Changes coming to the Florida Lottery's most popular game
By Kate Northrop
The Florida Lottery announced they will be making changes this week to their most popular game, Florida Lotto.
Introduced in 1988, the game that has awarded over $10.3 billion in prizes won't be going anywhere anytime soon. Instead, the Lottery will be introducing some changes related to the player experience, odds and prizes, and look of the game starting this Thursday, Oct. 8.
While Florida Lotto is an esta
Oct 6, 2020, 2:12 pm - Lottery News
Malfunction delays Saturday's Powerball lottery drawing
Includes video report
People hoping to win the Powerball jackpot Saturday night had to wait a little longer to see the numbers.
When viewers tuned in for the drawing, instead of seeing of bouncing balls the saw an empty lottery machine.
An announcement was made saying: because of a technical problem we are unable to bring you the Powerball drawing at this time.
Eventually the winning numbers were posted online, and USA Mega contains all the winning number and prize information, incl
Mar 8, 2020, 11:55 am - Lottery News
NJ Lottery celebrates 50th anniversary with new gigantic scratch-off ticket
Includes video report
Required retailers to install special 'double-wide' bins
By Todd Northrop
To honor its 50 years in operation, the New Jersey Lottery Monday released literally its biggest instant game ever: the Super 50 Scratch-Off.
At a full 8 inches wide and 12 inches tall, the new game is more than double the size of any prior scratch-off ticket in the state. It's so big, the game is housed in special double-wide bin available at most of the state's 7000 Lottery retailers.
Mar 5, 2020, 12:34 pm - Lottery News
NJ Lottery kicks off 50th anniversary with mall event
By Todd Northrop
The New Jersey Lottery, one of the largest lotteries and the third-oldest in the United States, kicked off a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary Thursday with a heavily-attended event at a mall in central New Jersey.
Contests, sports stars, giveaways, food, and photos we on tap Thursday at the Bridgewater Commons Mall in Bridgewater, New Jersey, all courtesy of the New Jersey Lottery.
The biggest attraction was the giant CA$HNADO machine a life-size prize glob
Jan 10, 2020, 12:17 pm - Lottery News
Colorado Lottery launches updated Lotto game
The classic Lotto game is now Colorado Lotto+
On Sunday, the Colorado Lottery's 30 year-old Lotto game was replaced with the new-and-improved Colorado Lotto+.
All 3,200 of the Lottery's retailer partners launched Colorado Lotto+ on September 22. The new game increased the cost to $2 per ticket, and has better odds of winning and more ways to win. The first Colorado Lotto+ drawing is set for Wednesday night, September 25.
Colorado Lotto+ is similar to the classic Lotto game in that playe
Sep 23, 2019, 10:19 am - Lottery News
Lottery player 'spent a sleepless night' clutching winning ticket
The odds were 1 in 660,000, but a woman in Greenwood, South Carolina, had the winning ticket.
South Carolina Education Lottery officials say the woman spent a sleepless night with the ticket worth $125,000 before she could go claim her prize.
I held it tight to my chest, she said, according to lottery officials.
She spent the night thinking about how to spend the prize money. She settled on paying off her husband's truck, writing checks to the kids and booking a vacation for herself, o
Jul 3, 2019, 8:41 am - Lottery News
Inexperienced lottery player's confusion leads to $150,000 prize
A novice lottery player in Oregon who ended up confused while trying to buy a Powerball ticket had his inexperience pay off when he won $150,000.
Michael Faught of Lebanon told Oregon Lottery officials he and his wife were on a roadtrip when they decided to buy some Powerball tickets, which they rarely do, at the Food for Less store in Medford.
Faught said he ended up making a purchase he didn't intend when he didn't understand the clerk's questions.
The customer service clerk wanted t
Apr 23, 2019, 10:33 am - Lottery News
Lotteries offer $1B in jackpots as Mega Millions nears record
A record-smashing Mega Millions prize could be awaiting a lucky winner when the multi-state lottery and Powerball kick off a two-day, $1 billion jackpot grab Tuesday night.
The Mega Millions jackpot is currently $654 million, just $2 million short of the multi-state lottery game's record. Powerball's jackpot also represents: There is a top prize of at least $345 million on Wednesday. Both totals are expected to rise.
The bloated payouts are a function of a jackpot drought. Mega Millions la
Oct 15, 2018, 5:48 pm - Lottery News