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Lotto America ticket worth $4.4 million won in IowaNews Story
By Todd Northrop Iowa Lottery officials say a Lotto America ticket bought at a convenience store in Davenport is worth nearly $4.4 million. The ticket matched the six numbers in Saturday's Lotto America drawing: 8, 15, 18, 32, and 45, with Star Ball number 1. The ticket was generated free when the person bought a Powerball ticket at the Kwik Trip convenience store, located at 2850 W. Locust Street in Davenport, Iowa, as part of an Iowa Lottery promotion for May. Lotto America is a mu
May 8, 2018, 8:32 am - Lottery News

Uber driver wins $140,000 after passenger tips him with lottery ticketNews Story
A Colorado Uber driver received a tip from a passenger that eventually landed him $140,000. The man, identified as James P., said a rider gave him a $5 Super Special Ultimate Bingo Scratch ticket. He won $30 from that first ticket and used it to buy six more of the same kind. He told the lottery he kept winning small amounts and just kept rolling it over and over into more tickets. Eventually, it paid off. Six weeks later, he bought the winning ticket which earned him a $140,000 pri
Apr 30, 2018, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Amid delay in new lottery policy, repeat winners keep on winningNews Story
It's been a charmed decade for Ali Jaafar. The Watertown man keeps hitting it big on the Massachusetts State Lottery, winning millions of dollars from thousands of scratch tickets. For the past two years, Jaafar has held the title of the state's winningest lottery player. But he is just one of hundreds of individuals who repeatedly cash in on the Massachusetts lottery. The lottery does not know how some of these so-called frequent winners manage to win so often. Many of these players hold
Apr 28, 2018, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Teen claims $15 million top prize on Florida Lottery scratch off gameNews Story
A 19-year-old Bonita Springs man has claimed a $15 million top prize in the new Florida 100X The Cash Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Quinn Kofler purchased his winning ticket from 7-Eleven on Bonita Beach Road Southeast in Bonita Springs. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $11,175,000.00. The retailer will receive a $30,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket. The new $30 game, Florida 100X The Ca
Apr 19, 2018, 9:43 am - Lottery News

Man wins $1M lottery prize for second time this yearNews Story
For the second time in 2018, a very lucky lottery player from Methuen, Massachusetts, has won a $1 million prize on an instant ticket from the Massachusetts State Lottery. Jason Williams bought a 200X $30 instant game ticket Sunday from Howe Street Superette in Methuen and claimed his prize at lottery headquarters Tuesday, just three months after claiming an additional $1 million prize Jan. 10. The state lottery says the store will receive a $10,000 bonus from the sale. As he did with his
Apr 19, 2018, 8:18 am - Lottery News

MUSL issues report about computerized drawing failures in ArizonaNews Story
One machine was broken, the other generated 'apparently valid results' By Todd Northrop The Arizona Lottery released the report last month from the Multi-State Lottery Association's (MUSL) investigation of a computerized drawing malfunction that caused the same winning numbers to be generated in successive drawings. When lottery drawings are discussed or envisioned by members of the public, one imagines a spinning drum of numbered balls from which the lucky winning numbers are drawn. I
Apr 11, 2018, 9:45 am - Lottery News

Woman who won $1,500 in first state lottery wins $1 million 44 years laterNews Story
Includes video report Carol Vymetal says she just may be the luckiest woman in Woodridge. Back in 1974, she won $1,500 in the Illinois Lottery's inaugural draw, and since then she's been a regular player, matching five numbers three or four times along the way. But all that green pales in comparison to what Vymetal came away with as one of three people who won $1 million each in the St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle. It doesn't make any difference if you win back the price of the
Apr 5, 2018, 7:39 am - Lottery News

$1.9M lottery win erases doubts for Michigan manNews Story
Eric Hartman, 33, of Dexter, Michigan, didn't think actual real people won the lottery. It always seemed like something that happened to people he never really met. That all changed earlier this month after he matched all six Lotto 47 numbers drawn on Mar. 14 3, 14, 29, 34, 40, and 47 to win a $1.9 million jackpot. Up until about 12 days ago, I didn't think anyone won the Lottery, said Hartman. I thought it was all a conspiracy, but I have a much different outlook now. I have been buy
Mar 27, 2018, 1:50 pm - Lottery News

Are repeat Wisconsin Lottery winners playing fair?News Story
Since 2009, Khalil Audi of Cudahy has cashed in lottery tickets 33 times to the tune of about $80,000. His $10,000 win from Badger Cash Blowout? A one-in-72,000 chance. When he bought a $30 Super Millions scratch-off ticket, he had a one-in-200,000 shot of winning $5,000 the same odds as giving birth to conjoined twins. But that ticket was also a winner. Audi's success is surprising, but he is not the luckiest person in Wisconsin. According to Wisconsin Lottery data obtained by Gamin
Mar 25, 2018, 10:02 am - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery games start 2018 with a combined $783 million mega jackpotNews Story
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are both are in top 25 by Todd Northrop 2018 started with near-record cold sweeping across much of the USA, but the nation's two biggest multi-state games couldn't be hotter. Powerball and Mega Millions have been rising steadily for the past few weeks, with both games' jackpots now at the point where even casual lottery players start to put ticket-buying on their list of to-dos. After nobody won Mega Millions on Friday and Powerball on Saturday, t
Jan 1, 2018, 9:31 pm - Lottery News