Search

Beach town hits jackpot in Spain's El Gordo lotteryNews Story
With wide smiles, elated lottery winners popped corks on bottles of sparkling wine Tuesday in the southern beach city of Roquetas de Mar, where tickets bearing the top prize number in Spain's Christmas lottery were sold. The winning number 79140 appeared on 1,600 tickets in the lottery known as El Gordo (The Fat One), with each ticket holder winning 400,000 (US$434,800). The lottery has taken on special importance in recent years as Spain struggled through a real estate bubble and the Euro
Dec 22, 2015, 9:26 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery seeking volunteer witnesses on evening drawing showNews Story
Includes video report The Pennsylvania Lottery is looking for volunteers who are Pennsylvania residents over the age of 55 to appear as witnesses on the evening drawing show in Harrisburg. Witnesses perform different functions on two consecutive evenings, and will appear on-camera one of those days. The process lasts approximately 2.5 hours and starts at 5 p.m. each night. All witness are directly involved in the selection of the drawing machines and ball sets used for drawings. They a
Oct 3, 2015, 9:49 pm - Lottery News

Serbian lottery chief resigns amid drawing scandalNews Story
Includes video report The head of Serbia's national lottery has resigned after a television graphic during this week's draw appeared to predict a winning number. The incident triggered outrage and dominated front-pages in the Balkan country, where Serbs had hoped the lottery was above the corruption that permeates much of national life. Police said they have questioned six people during an investigation into whether the winning combination had been set up in advance. The affair erupt
Jul 31, 2015, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Tonight's Ireland Lotto draw cancelled because of network failureNews Story
Tonight's Ireland Lotto jackpot may be 10 million but National Lottery machines around the country aren't keen on it being won they've been out of commission since this morning. The Ireland National Lottery has now confirmed that tonight's draw has been cancelled. In a statement, it said: The National Lottery can confirm that there were technical problems this morning following a service outage related to the 3G telecommunications infrastructure provided by Telef nica. This incident af
Feb 4, 2015, 4:07 pm - Lottery News

Pa. Lottery drawings go on Thursday despite machine malfunctionsNews Story
Includes video report Technical difficulties wreaked havoc with Thursday evening's Pennsylvania Lottery drawings, forcing the Pick 4 and Pick 5 drawings to occur after the telecast ended. No one knows exactly what went wrong. We don't have the information right now. The folks who design the machines are coming down to make sure everything runs smoothly tonight, said lottery spokeswoman Lauren Bottaro. What viewers saw signifying a problem, which Bottaro said is in accordance with lotte
Jan 31, 2015, 3:52 pm - Lottery News

China's beloved national lottery suspected of massive fraudNews Story
China loves its national lottery, but now some very suspicious goings-on with the game has ignited a scandal that's capturing the country's attention. As in most other places, the drawing for China's lottery the only form of gambling the government allows outside of Macau is televised nationally, conducted by the China Welfare Lottery Issuing and Management Center, an agency of the government. But something appears to have gone wrong Sunday night, when the drawing for a 50-billion-yuan ($8
Jan 27, 2015, 10:02 am - Lottery News

Spaniards celebrate 'El Gordo' victories in world's biggest lotteryNews Story
Thousands of Spaniards including humble restaurant workers and care home residents celebrated wins in the world's biggest lottery draw on Monday, scooping up shares in over 2.2 billion euros (US$2.7 billion) in prizes doled out across the country. El Gordo, or the Fat One , is the top award millions vie for every year in the traditional Christmas lottery, which had Spaniards on tenterhooks for four hours as the ceremonial draw took longer than usual to throw up the big prizes. The Gordo pa
Dec 22, 2014, 10:24 pm - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery adds Sunday midday drawingsNews Story
Indiana's Hoosier Lottery will add consistency to certain daily draw games beginning Dec. 7 with the addition of Sunday midday drawings for its Daily 3, Daily 4 and Quick Draw games. Currently, midday drawings for all three games are conducted Monday through Saturday. The Sunday drawing schedule will match the existing schedule for Monday through Saturday drawings. The cut-off for ticket purchase will be 1:10 p.m. Eastern and the drawing will occur at or about 1:20 p.m. Daily 3, with a
Dec 6, 2014, 1:43 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery to honor 2 sets of Pick 3 numbersNews Story
The South Carolina Lottery says it will honor two sets of Evening Pick 3 numbers for Tuesday night's drawing. One set of numbers (3-6-4) was certified by an independent auditor, while another set (3-6-7) was drawn during the evening Pick 3 drawing. Players holding Pick 3 tickets bearing the numbers 3-6-7 for the Tuesday, October 7 evening draw must take or mail their tickets to the Columbia Claims Center for processing and prize payment. Sign the ticket back and complete the required infor
Oct 12, 2014, 6:26 pm - Lottery News

Three Mass. Lottery games get new drawing schedulesNews Story
The Massachusetts State Lottery has announced that there will be new drawing times for The Numbers Game, Mass Cash and Keno games. According to Christian Teja of the Mass. State Lottery, the new drawing times will start on Sunday, October 26th. The Numbers Game The Sunday evening drawing will move an hour later, from 6:57 p.m. to 7:57 p.m. Betting pools for the Lottery's mainstay game will close at 7:45 p.m. As a result of this change, The Numbers Game's evening drawing will take place
Oct 12, 2014, 4:04 pm - Lottery News