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$900 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rises, but sales miss in last draw makes for small increase
By Todd Northrop
Powerball lottery players might be wondering this morning why the jackpot only increased by $25 million after nobody won last night's $875 million grand prize.
The answer is that the last jackpot was estimated too high. During the live drawing it was announced that after all proceeds were counted, the final jackpot tally came to $829.4 million $45.6 million shy of the expected amount. Likewise, the cash value that was initially estimated to reach $452.2 million only in f
Jul 16, 2023, 6:41 am - Lottery News
$725 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 11th-largest in history
By Todd Northrop
This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $725 million.
If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. Powerball has seen 35 consecutive drawings since April 19 , when a $252.6 million jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in Ohio.
All those drawings have accumulated a mas
Jul 11, 2023, 7:59 am - Lottery News
Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.13 billion in combined lottery jackpots
Chance to win $675 million tonight
Story updated to reflect increased Powerball jackpot
By Todd Northrop
Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.13 billion in total.
According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $480 million with a cash value of $240.7 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $675 million estimated jackpot with a cash option
Jul 10, 2023, 9:56 am - Lottery News
Massachusetts Mega Millions winner who had $3 million ticket stolen from him claims prize
Cashier who tried to claim his prize arrested this week
By Kate Northrop
The lottery winner of a $3 million Mega Millions prize whose ticket was stolen from him by a liquor store cashier claimed his prize today, the Massachusetts Lottery announced.
A press released published today by the Massachusetts Lottery confirmed that Paul Little of Lakeville did indeed receive his $3 million Mega Millions prize after a four-month investigation.
Little, a diesel mechanic who works on marine
Jun 30, 2023, 1:29 pm - Lottery News
32 winning tickets split $184,416 California Lottery Fantasy 5 jackpot
Pattern comes up in drawn numbers
By Kate Northrop
A notably large number of tickets won the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 jackpot in Friday's drawing.
32 winning tickets are splitting a $184,416 Fantasy 5 jackpot, giving each winning ticket a much lower share of the prize than usual.
As a result, each winning ticket will receive a $5,673 share of the jackpot before federal taxes. California does not have a state tax on lottery prizes.
The winning numbers in the drawing on F
Jun 28, 2023, 2:53 pm - Lottery News
North Carolina woman who won $200,000 in the lottery "spoke it into existence"
Lottery winner credits the power of suggestion and positive thinking
By Kate Northrop
A North Carolina woman who uncovered a $200,000 prize on a scratch-off lottery ticket said she spoke it into existence.
Shannon Overby of Madison was filled with confidence when she bought her latest winning lottery ticket at Mayodan Marathon on North 2nd Avenue in Mayodan, telling her son that she was going to win big.
I told [my son], 'I'm going to win this, Overby said to the North Carolina
Jun 23, 2023, 12:32 pm - Lottery News
Ukrainian refugee wins €500,000 in Belgium Lottery
Winner who fled war-torn home country finds a bit of luck elsewhere
By Kate Northrop
A Ukrainian refugee won 500,000 (US$537,783) from a scratch-off ticket, the Belgium National Lottery announced on Monday.
An anonymous refugee who fled war-torn Ukraine found a bit of luck in Belgium, where he won 500,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
On May 16, the nameless winner, who withheld his identity from the public as is allowed by Belgium Lottery gaming policy, has been living in B
Jun 12, 2023, 1:48 pm - Lottery News
New York man claims state's biggest Mega Millions prize at $476 million
It still doesn't feel real.
By Kate Northrop
Someone in New York won the state's largest Mega Millions jackpot, setting the new record at $476 million. On Monday, he stepped forward to claim the prize.
Johnnie Taylor, 71, of Howard Beach, was the sole winner of the Mega Millions jackpot from the drawing on April 14, 2023.
It is the largest Mega Millions prize won in New York since the game launched in the state in 2002. The previous record was a $437 million jackpot won by a tic
Jun 8, 2023, 7:45 pm - Lottery News
Pennsylvania single mother awarded $1 million scratch-off lottery prize
By Kate Northrop
The Pennsylvania Lottery awarded a single mother a commemorative check for $1 million last week after she won the top prize from a scratch-off game.
Diane Babbin, of Westmoreland County, won a top prize worth $1 million from an instant game and was treated to a commemorative ceremony by the Pennsylvania Lottery at the retailer she bought the winning ticket from.
On Fri., April 28, 2023, Babbin's son was sick with a fever. She asked her mother to go to the grocery sto
May 31, 2023, 8:18 am - Lottery News
Kentucky man who "coasted" into gas station on empty tank wins $1 million in lottery
There's always a silver lining
By Kate Northrop
An empty tank forced a Kentucky man to roll into a nearby gas station, where he won $1 million in the lottery while fueling up.
Michael Schlemmer may have run out of gas on the road, but the unfortunate circumstance came with a silver lining in the form of a million dollars, a tradeoff that many wouldn't blink twice at.
Recently, Schlemmer just barely made it to the gas station on US Highway 25 West in Corbin. While refueling his ca
May 24, 2023, 2:47 pm - Lottery News