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GOP bill would keep Wisconsin lottery winners secretNews Story
Two Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that would allow lottery winners in Wisconsin to remain anonymous. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Rep. Gary Tauchen announced the bill Tuesday, about 40 minutes after Manuel Franco of West Allis appeared a Madison news conference to reveal he had won a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the third largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. Current state law doesn't allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. Tauchen said in a news release announcing
Apr 24, 2019, 2:28 pm - Lottery News

Lottery first-timer nearly threw out $387,000 prizeNews Story
A first-time lottery player in New Jersey said a mistake when checking her tickets nearly landed her $387,391 jackpot winner in the trash. Frances Rhodes of Monmouth Beach told New Jersey Lottery officials she had played scratch-off lottery tickets before, but one day when she received a $20 prize she decided to buy some Jersey Cash 5 tickets her first time entering a lottery drawing. Frances purchased her tickets on Friday, Oct. 5th and left them in the car's cup holder. On that following
Apr 19, 2019, 9:43 am - Lottery News

Nebraska bill requiring disclosure of lottery odds advancesNews Story
Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill requiring the state lottery to prominently disclose the odds of winning the biggest available prize in its game advertisements. The measure won first-round approval Monday on a 38-0 vote. The bill by state Sen. Suzanne Geist, of Lincoln, is designed to help players understand the astronomical odds of getting a big payoff and discourage people from playing when they can't afford it. The chances of winning would have to be displayed in a clear and c
Apr 9, 2019, 7:32 am - Lottery News

Canada's Lotto Max to increase jackpot, add drawing in MayNews Story
Canadians will soon have a chance to win a bigger lottery jackpot and twice as often. Come May 2019, the Lotto Max jackpot cap is increasing to $70 million, up from the current $60 million. Also, beginning May 11, 2019, Canadians will be able to play Lotto Max every Tuesday, in addition to the existing Friday draw. The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) said the second draw every week means lottery players will see jackpots grow more quickly than ever before. The WCLC also sai
Apr 3, 2019, 8:35 am - Lottery News

$750 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges to 4th-largest everNews Story
Only the 4th time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to $700 million+ 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 $750 million. If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. The 25 consecutive drawings since the last winner on Dec. 26 is the longest stretch without a jackpot
Mar 24, 2019, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Winner of $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forwardNews Story
More than four months after making his or her fateful lottery ticket purchase, the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has stepped forward but will remain anonymous, the South Carolina Education Lottery Commission announced. The winner of the largest jackpot in U.S. history has opted for up-front cash a one-time payment of $877,784,124, the commission announced shortly before 5 p.m. Monday. According to a statement from the commission, the winner confided in how unlikely the w
Mar 4, 2019, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

Maryland lottery player wins three $50K prizes on identical ticketsNews Story
A Maryland man said his adherence to lottery superstitions earned him three top prizes in the same Bonus Match 5 drawing. The Baltimore man won a trio of $50,000 top prizes from the Jan. 22 Bonus Match 5 drawing, as well as a few smaller prizes from other number combinations, bringing his total to $151,415. The man matched all five numbers in the drawing three times: 2, 10, 11, 25, and 31. He told Maryland Lottery officials the numbers represent important birthdays. The winner said he h
Jan 29, 2019, 10:36 am - Lottery News

Florida lottery to roll out new gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Florida Lottery is launching a new draw game called Jackpot Triple Play with Combo next week. The new game, which goes on sale Jan. 30, will replace Lucky Money, which ends Jan. 29. Jackpot Triple Play is unique in that for $1 players get a triple chance to win the jackpot, as each ticket has three sets of numbers to match with the winning numbers drawn. In other states similar games are typically offered for $2 per play. The game's jackpot rolls over and down to
Jan 23, 2019, 12:28 pm - Lottery News

Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts surprise jackpot increaseNews Story
$370 million jackpot is the game's 12th-largest By Todd Northrop Lottery officials announced today that the jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $348 million to $370 million, as a result of rapid sales. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown since Oct. 26 and has rolled 18 times. Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $370 million annuity prize paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual graduated payments, or the cash option, which
Dec 28, 2018, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

$2.7 billion El Gordo Christmas 2018 lottery drawing held in SpainNews Story
Includes video report Those holding ticket number 03347 struck it rich Saturday when they won the top prize in Spain's famous Christmas lottery. The lottery, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, dished out 2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) in prize money this year. The top prize for a winning ticket was 400,000 euros ($455,000), but there were many smaller prizes. Here the people are celebrating a lot, it's the first time that the top prize for the Christmas lottery has fallen here, Luis Sori
Dec 23, 2018, 5:04 pm - Lottery News