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Lottery ticket sold in Illinois wins $560 million Mega Millions jackpot
Winning ticket purchased online
By Todd Northrop
After a run of 19 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 20th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced a single $560 million winner last night when one ticket sold in Illinois matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
The winner will now have to choose between being paid $560 million in 30 annually-increasing payments over 29 years or the lump-sum estimated cash value of $264 million.
According to USA Mega
Jun 5, 2024, 9:36 am - Lottery News
North Carolina 18-year-old wins $1 million in lottery after asking sister to buy ticket for him
Young winner decides against the lump sum
By Kate Northrop
A North Carolina man won a $1 million top prize in the lottery after he gave his sister some money to purchase a ticket on his behalf.
An 18-year-old North Carolina resident ended up winning $1 million in the North Carolina Lottery after asking his sister to pick up a ticket for him.
Jalen McLean, 18, of Raleigh, was all grins from the instant he found out he won a million dollars to the moment he held up the giant ceremo
May 26, 2024, 7:49 am - Lottery News
$1.3 billion Mega Millions lottery winner's family sues him for not sharing jackpot
Family of lottery winner bites back in scathing legal battle; winner changes his story
By Kate Northrop
The $1.3 billion Mega Millions lottery winner sued the mother of his child for revealing the win to his family, but now, his father is accusing him of going back on a promise to share the jackpot.
The family of the $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot winner is biting back in court, claiming he went against his word that he would share the lottery winnings.
I told him... 'You are
May 15, 2024, 5:24 pm - Lottery News
Alabama Lottery bill falls short by one vote
Alabama lawmakers sick of indecision following years of debate
By Kate Northrop
A bill to authorize a state lottery and casinos in Alabama failed by just one vote, the closest the state has ever come to enacting a state lottery since 1999.
One vote made the difference in the Alabama legislative session, resulting in voters just barely missing out on seeing a lottery question on the ballot this year.
The last time Alabama residents saw a lottery proposal in the voting booth was in
May 14, 2024, 3:13 pm - Lottery News
Virginia Lottery retailers escalate boycott, halt ALL lottery ticket sales until further notice
Virginians could have a tougher time buying lottery tickets
By Kate Northrop
Nearly a month after hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers participated in a temporary boycott of ticket sales to protest the ban of skill games, many of those stores are now refusing to sell tickets altogether.
In protest of a recent amendment made to a bill that regulates the operation of skill games in the state, licensed Virginia Lottery retailers have taken last month's ticket sale boycott a step furth
May 11, 2024, 8:03 am - Lottery News
Star Wars fan hits $5.37 million Massachusetts Lottery Megabucks jackpot on May 4th
May the Fourth be with you
By Kate Northrop
The force was strong with one Star Wars superfan, who won a $5.37 million jackpot from the Massachusetts Lottery's Megabucks game on May the 4th, the unofficial holiday of the Star Wars franchise.
James Jorgensen of Northborough was one with the force on Sat., May 4, 2024, the day he won a $5.37 million Megabucks jackpot.
Prior to the drawing, he had stopped at Lowe's Variety Market and Meat Shop on West Main Street in Northborough to p
May 9, 2024, 1:47 pm - Lottery News
Winner of $95 million Lotto Texas lottery jackpot gamed the odds to win
New Jersey based group turned the odds to win in their favor
By Kate Northrop
Around this time one year ago, the Texas Lottery's Lotto Texas jackpot was bursting at the seams, boasting the game's third-largest prize ever at a mouthwatering $95 million. One New Jersey-based group gamed the odds to win the jackpot.
Following a seven-month period without a winner, the Lotto Texas jackpot had ballooned to $95 million for the drawing on April 22, 2023, the game's largest in over 12 years.
Apr 28, 2024, 12:38 pm - Lottery News
$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months ago
Lottery Post investigates lengthy delay in public announcement
By Kate Northrop
At the end of March, the California Lottery announced Yanira Alvarez as the sole winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on July 16, 2023, but it turns out the winner presented the winning ticket to lottery officials months earlier.
The California Lottery's official announcement of Yanira Alvarez as the lone winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot came more than five months after she fil
Apr 19, 2024, 6:50 am - Lottery News
Virginia Lottery retailers refuse to sell tickets to draw attention to skill games amendment
Amendment would effectively prohibit most small businesses from having skill games in stores
Includes video report
By Kate Northrop
Hundreds of Virginia Lottery retailers across the state participated in a boycott of ticket sales on Monday to protest an amendment to a bill that regulates skill games.
Virginia lottery players may have had difficulty buying tickets Monday, since hundreds of licensed Virginia Lottery retailers halted ticket sales to voice their frustrations with the
Apr 18, 2024, 7:05 am - Lottery News
$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in Oregon
Lump-sum cash option worth $621 million
Drawing was delayed by one state needing more time to process sales
Updated with area that winning ticket was sold
By Todd Northrop
Around the United States, millions of people had to wait an extra three hours last night to find out if they won the unbelievably massive Powerball jackpot, due to one unnamed state's inability to deal with the huge amount of ticket sales data.
When the drawing did finally occur Sunday morning, it turns o
Apr 7, 2024, 8:13 am - Lottery News