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Michigan House passes bill granting anonymity to multi-state game lottery winnersNews Story
Another effort from legislators to help winners hide their identities By Kate Northrop The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that would grant anonymity to all lottery winners of multi-state game prizes. In a renewed effort to help lottery winners keep their identities private, the House has passed a bill that would allow winners of multi-state game prizes to protect their names from public disclosure. Currently, the state of Michigan allows for anonymous claims for
Mar 27, 2025, 8:22 am - Lottery News

North Carolina Cash 5 ticket worth $110,000 to expire in mere daysNews Story
Just days left to claim six-figure lottery prize By Kate Northrop The North Carolina Lottery is urging players to check their tickets for a rogue Carolina Cash 5 winning ticket worth $110,000 that is about to expire. Only a few days remain before the deadline to validate a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that won a $110,000 jackpot. Carolina Cash 5 players, especially those in and around Dobson, should fish their tickets out of their drawers, car glove boxes, and other hiding spots to see
Nov 8, 2024, 8:33 am - Lottery News

North Carolina Lottery Cash 5 ticket worth $156,060 will expire in one weekNews Story
Lottery officials urge players to search everywhere for a possible missing ticket By Kate Northrop Someone in North Carolina won a $156,060 Cash 5 jackpot, but whoever is holding the winning lottery ticket must come forward within a week or risk losing it all. With just one week left to claim a $156,060 Cash 5 jackpot, North Carolina Lottery officials are urging players to recheck their tickets and look in every corner for a possible missing ticket. Someone in North Carolina purc
Oct 3, 2024, 6:58 am - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery announces launch of online ticket salesNews Story
Kansas to join growing list of states selling tickets online By Kate Northrop Online lottery ticket sales are coming to Kansas, offering residents one more outlet to play and giving the Lottery an additional source of revenue. Lottery players in Kansas will soon be able to buy tickets online, with online sales beginning as early as this year, the Kansas Lottery announced this week. On Tuesday, the Kansas Lottery Commission announced new rules and intentions to allow the sale of l
Aug 30, 2024, 7:14 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky man's "heart was crawling out" of his throat after winning $175,000 lottery prizeNews Story
Lottery winner couldn't catch his breath By Kate Northrop A Kentucky man had trouble catching his breath as he gradually learned he had won a $175,000 prize on a lottery ticket. A Kentucky lottery player felt as though his heart was crawling out of his throat in the aftermath of coming to terms with a $175,000 lottery win. Albert Turner of Ludlow is a somewhat regular lottery player, picking and choosing when to buy ticket. Earlier this month, he had won $50 on a scratch-off tick
Aug 21, 2024, 7:02 am - Lottery News

South Carolina man charged with fraud after stealing winning lottery tickets on social mediaNews Story
Thief doctored fake winning tickets using stolen numbers By Kate Northrop A South Carolina man was charged with intent to defraud the South Carolina Lottery after stealing lottery tickets on social media, using their information to doctor fake winning tickets, and attempting to cash them. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced on Monday that a South Carolina man was caught stealing winning lottery tickets from an unnamed individual on social media, using the details on
Aug 3, 2024, 1:49 pm - Lottery News

UK National Lottery potential victim to worldwide "blue screen of death" catastropheNews Story
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

"The Breakfast Club" lottery group claims $842.4 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Three-member group is the winner of the largest prize ever won in Michigan By Kate Northrop The winner of the $842.4 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Jan. 1, 2024, the largest Powerball lottery prize ever won in Michigan, was announced as a three-member group called The Breakfast Club. Wednesday, the Michigan Lottery announced at an in-person press conference that a three-member group called The Breakfast Club is the winner of the $842.4 million Powerball jackpot drawn on New Year'
Jun 12, 2024, 8:58 am - Lottery News