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Woman's winning lottery ticket almost ended up in a Christmas cardNews Story
An Australian woman who bought a handful of scratch-off lottery tickets to put in her Christmas cards said she ended up with one ticket left over and it won more than $7,000. The Edgeworth, New South Wales, woman told lottery officials she bought multiple scratch-off tickets from the Edgeworth Newsagency to put into Christmas cards for friends, but after sealing up the last card she discovered she had one lottery ticket left over. I thought I may as well keep it for myself, the woman reca
Jan 8, 2021, 10:01 am - Lottery News

Merry ChristmasNews Story
May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy. Lottery Post Staff (Click to display full-size in gallery)The Lottery Post staff wishes you and your family a merry Christmas filled with peace, love, and joy.
Dec 25, 2020, 12:00 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner taskforce in United Kingdom unites to spread early Christmas joyNews Story
Team of lottery winners work together to deliver holiday gifts to charity workers By Kate Northrop A team of lottery winners from the United Kingdom have been working together to make Christmas happen a little earlier this year by gifting holiday baskets to charity workers and care staff who look after the elderly. The group of winners, who have collectively won more than 26 million (US$34.8 million) from lottery prizes, got together to spread Christmas joy to carers who work with Age C
Nov 30, 2020, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2020 holiday rafflesNews Story
By Kate Northrop For many lottery players, the upcoming holiday season represents the return of raffle games, many of which offer their best odds of winning $1 million or more. At Lottery Post, we've always held pride in our detailed lottery results reporting, even for special drawings like raffles that are often overlooked. In 2020 we continue that tradition, and we'll publish the winning raffle numbers in each state and country conducting a raffle drawing this year. Back in 2005, when
Nov 11, 2020, 8:05 pm - Lottery News

Merry ChristmasNews Story
May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy. Lottery Post Staff (Click to display full-size in gallery)The Lottery Post staff wishes you and your family a merry Christmas filled with peace, love, and joy.
Dec 25, 2019, 12:17 am - Lottery News

Traditional lottery ticket Christmas gift turns into $3M winNews Story
A family Christmas tradition of giving Connecticut Lottery tickets turned into a $3 million win. Santa arrived with a $3 million gift recently from the Connecticut Lottery's Dec. 25 Mega Millions drawing. The ticket was sold at Avenue News in Bristol and claimed on Feb. 1. The prizes were claimed in four separate blocks of $750,000 under four entities: Christmas 2018 Revocable Trust out of Bristol Christmas 2018 2 Revocable Trust out of Plainville Christmas 2018 3 Revocable Trust out o
Feb 8, 2019, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

$1 million Maryland Mega Millions lottery ticket expired Christmas EveNews Story
By Todd Northrop Someone could have had a few extra presents under the tree this year, had they checked their Mega Millions lottery ticket before Christmas. A $1 million prize that was won in a June Mega Millions drawing went unclaimed, the Maryland Lottery confirmed on Monday. The ticket was from the June 26 drawing, and was sold at the Tantallon Exxon located at 10815 Indian Head Highway in Fort Washington, Maryland. The winner needed to claim the prize by 4:15 on Christmas Eve in ord
Dec 26, 2018, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Merry ChristmasNews Story
May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy. Lottery Post Staff (Click to display full-size in gallery)The Lottery Post staff wishes you and your family a merry Christmas filled with peace, love, and joy.
Dec 25, 2018, 12:00 am - Lottery News

Minnesota lottery ticket given by daughter to dad as Christmas gift hits for $1MNews Story
Don DeSaer got a lottery ticket for Christmas from his daughter a Minnesota Millionaire Raffle ticket. It turned out to be true to its name. The ticket proved to be worth $1 million, and now the family of six is divvying up the winnings equally. DeSaer, of Courtland in southern Minnesota, got the ticket from his daughter Amber DeSaer, who also bought one for herself at Casey's General Store in New Ulm, lottery officials announced Monday. Amber said it didn't take long for her to realize
Jan 23, 2018, 8:11 am - Lottery News

SC Lottery will set aside $19.6 million for potential payouts to cover glitchNews Story
The South Carolina lottery will set aside $19.6 million to cover potential claims while it continues to investigate a Christmas Day glitch that affected Holiday Cash Add-A-Play tickets. The S.C. Education Lottery Commission met behind closed doors Friday and decided to set aside the money for potential payouts while continuing to investigate a programming glitch that produced erroneous tickets on Christmas Day. The S.C. Education Lottery's computer system vendor, Intralot, experienced a pr
Dec 30, 2017, 8:47 am - Lottery News