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$1M winning lottery ticket sold in Wisconsin goes unclaimedNews Story
The Powerball ticket could be at the bottom of a garbage can. Or wedged into a glove compartment. Perhaps it went through the laundry, never to be seen again. Regardless, the unknown holder of the ticket lost a lot of money. The ticket, purchased in Eau Claire in September, was worth a cool $1 million, but since it wasn't redeemed by the March deadline, the money goes toward property tax relief. The winner did not come forward, said Stephanie Marquis, communications director for the Wisco
Apr 4, 2016, 8:03 pm - Lottery News

Keno players cash in on lottery glitch in DelawareNews Story
The luck has run out for some lottery winners in Delaware after state officials realized that a glitch meant the exact same winning numbers were drawn for six Keno games. Sam Patel, owner of the Convenient Store in Wilmington, Delaware, says last week's glitch with the Keno Lottery game had business booming. He didn't realize something was wrong until a customer hit it big. She was screaming again, 'Oh my God, oh my God. The same numbers are coming out again. Well, at that point she got m
Dec 24, 2015, 9:21 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery assures public no computerized drawings used in stateNews Story
Disastrous computerized drawing scandal sparks public distrust, even in states with real lotto ball drawings Other states may be tainted by an alleged lottery scam involving rigged winning numbers, but not South Carolina, says S.C. Education Lottery executive director Paula Harper Bethea. We don't have the random-number generator in South Carolina, and we don't sell the Hot Lotto game, Bethea said Tuesday in response to a query. Instead, she said, We do live draws, where a human being
Dec 23, 2015, 8:46 am - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery to honor two winning sets of Pick 3 numbersNews Story
The South Carolina Education Lottery says it will honor two sets of winning numbers for Friday night's Pick 3 drawing. During the broadcast of the lottery drawing at 6:59 p.m. on December 18, the numbers 6-2-0 were announced, and those numbers were put up on the screen. However, a short time later, the lottery's independent auditor released the numbers as 9-2-0, and those results were put on the lottery's website and distributed to the public. The lottery now says the 6-2-0 were incorrectl
Dec 22, 2015, 9:18 am - Lottery News

Sons win lottery after listening to mom's adviceNews Story
By Todd Northrop Two brothers who just hit the lotto jackpot have their mother to thank. Jay Young and Christopher Saddler of Garfield Heights, Ohio, played the Ohio Lottery's Pick 5 last Friday, using the numbers their mother, Betty Burton, suggested. Mom gave me the numbers to play, and I gave the numbers to Chris so we both decided to get a ticket, Young told Ohio lottery officials. As usual, mother knew best. Each brother won $25,000 that's $17,750 after taxes. Ohio Lottery offic
Sep 30, 2015, 10:09 am - Lottery News

ILLINOIS LOTTERY MOVES TO COMPUTERIZED DRAWINGSNews Story
By Todd Northrop If the Illinois Lottery issued stocks, now would be the time to sell. Despite widespread player sentiment that is strongly against computerized drawings, the Illinois Lottery stated Friday that it is dropping real lottery ball drawings, and moving to the despised computerized draws. Computerized drawings are conducted by having a computer system that picks the winning numbers using a Random Number Generator, or RNG . Players generally dislike the fact that it is imposs
Sep 25, 2015, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery and legislature tussle over cash reservesNews Story
Straining to find hidden money within state government's bureaucracy to balance a tight state budget two years ago, the Kentucky Senate discovered about $16.9 million in unrestricted reserves held by the Kentucky Lottery Corp. Senators concluded the lottery didn't need that much in reserve and put into the budget bill a directive that in addition to the normal flow of dividends the lottery sends to the state the lottery transfer $11 million to the general fund by June 30. But, in a rare de
Sep 2, 2015, 7:39 am - Lottery News

N.C. legislators look to expand lotteryNews Story
Lawmakers in Raleigh are looking to place bets on the state lottery once again as a source of more money for education programs across North Carolina. House and Senate budget negotiators are working on a plan, already adopted by the state Senate, that would significantly increase advertising of the lottery's scratch-off and other offerings, including the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpot games. Another part of the plan, also backed by the Senate: Making a version of instant tickets availabl
Aug 22, 2015, 10:07 pm - Lottery News

NJ Lottery officials still investigating cause of massive outageNews Story
The exact cause and circumstances of a five-day outage that blocked nearly half of New Jersey's lottery retailers from selling printed tickets like Pick 3 and Mega Millions earlier this month are still a mystery, but a few determinations are unanimous. The blackout, although anomalous, was unacceptable, may have been detected sooner and should have been handled better, state officials and executives from Northstar New Jersey, the group responsible for the lottery's sales and marketing, said a
Aug 20, 2015, 8:27 pm - Lottery News

VIDEO: See what it's like to win a Colorado Lottery prizeNews Story
Includes video report Jitters. Pounding hearts. Shaky hands. Tears of joy. If you've ever imagined what it must be like to win a Colorado Lottery Second-Chance Drawing, get ready to experience all of those winning moments. This week, the Lottery released a Prize Surprise compilation video, featuring winning reactions from more than a dozen Lottery winners from across Colorado. All of the winners entered non-winning tickets online in Second-Chance Drawings for prizes up to $1 million.
Aug 19, 2015, 9:14 am - Lottery News