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New logo for Iowa LotteryNews Story
The Iowa Lottery unveiled a new logo Monday to celebrate more than 40 years in business. The Iowa Lottery introduced its fourth logo, which will maintain the shooting star that has been central to the lottery's identity since it began in 1985. You might know the current Iowa Lottery logo as a circular symbol made up of red, yellow and orange. The new look will illustrate a streamlined look using white and blue. This new look for the lottery has a punch to it, said Iowa Lottery CEO Terr
Jun 21, 2016, 12:56 pm - Lottery News

Would you quit your job if you won the lottery? Many say noNews Story
Up to 80% of people would keep working after a big win Even a seven-figure payday wouldn't keep many Americans from showing up to work. Anywhere from half to 80% of workers in America say that they'd keep working even if they won the lottery, according to a survey of 1,000 adults released Tuesday by cloud computing company Adobe Systems Inc., as well as surveys from both Gallup (2013) and CareerBuilder (2014). These high percentages of people who plan to keep working have remained relat
May 24, 2016, 6:28 pm - Lottery News

Millions in prize money never claimed by NJ lottery playersNews Story
While the New Jersey Lottery pays out well over $1.8 billion in prize money each year, players lose out on tens of millions more when they fail to claim their winnings. In just the past eight years, about $317.7 million in payouts have been forfeited by players who fail to cash in their ticket within a year as lottery rules require. While lottery players are more diligent in some years than others, there's been at least $33.9 million forfeited every year since 2008. Winners have a year
May 23, 2016, 9:14 am - Lottery News

Leftover lottery tickets turned into stunning living room artNews Story
Includes video report More people than ever are trying to rescue, recycle and reinvent, especially on Earth Day. This extreme example uses all those unlucky lottery scratch-off tickets to turn them into a recycled masterpiece. Artists Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was have created an entire dining room out of 40,000 used lottery tickets, using them to make up the wall panels, furniture and even the place settings. All the furniture and d cor total a whopping $70,000 in lottery ticket sale
Apr 23, 2016, 8:34 am - Lottery News

French lottery 'winner' went on huge spending spree only to realize she had wrong numberNews Story
A Frenchwoman who went on a huge spending spree after winning the Euro Millions lottery was ordered to pay the huge tab back after belatedly discovering that she had got the wrong the number. The 46-year-old, whose identity was not disclosed in the French media, believed she had won a massive jackpot. Within hours, and over the course of three weeks in February and March 2014, she issued a series of checks spending on perfumes, jewellery, clothes and ornaments to celebrate her good fortune.
Mar 9, 2016, 8:14 pm - Lottery News

FBI warns about lottery fraudNews Story
The telephone call came from out of the blue. The man on the line told the 83-year-old retired schoolteacher she had won a substantial lottery prize. All that was required to claim the windfall was to pay taxes and other fees. Before it was over, the victim a Virginia resident who had meticulously saved for her retirement was out more than $500,000 in a scam that has become all too familiar among the elderly. The criminals behind these lottery frauds and other telemarketing scams prey on s
Mar 9, 2016, 10:00 am - Lottery News

Falling lottery sales pinch college scholarshipsNews Story
The ticket-buying frenzy that erupted over January's $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot wasn't enough to reverse a long-running trend: Proceeds from lottery games aren't keeping pace with the higher education costs they were supposed to pay. Now lawmakers in at least eight states have made or are considering making dramatic cuts to scholarship programs funded by lotteries. The programs, aimed at opening access to college by providing nearly free tuition, include one at the University of New Mexic
Mar 3, 2016, 12:23 pm - Lottery News

How a group of MIT students gamed the Massachusetts LotteryNews Story
Even within a university as famously offbeat as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Random Hall has a reputation for being a little quirky. According to campus legend, the students who first lived there in 1968 wanted to call the dorm Random House until the publishing house with that same name sent them a letter to object. The individual floors have names, too. One is called Destiny, a result of its cash-strapped inhabitants selling the naming rights on eBay; the winning bid was $36 from
Feb 23, 2016, 1:11 pm - Lottery News

Why you might go bankrupt if your next-door neighbor wins the lotteryNews Story
Winning the lottery can be hazardous to your neighbors' financial health. Research released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found a significant jump in bankruptcies among households living near someone who won a big lottery jackpot. The economists theorized that people may have seen the good fortune next door and felt pressure to accumulate more assets of their own, especially flashy purchases like cars, that they simply could not afford. Income inequality induces p
Feb 16, 2016, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery's Cash Explosion Show wildly popular after 29 yearsNews Story
Twenty-nine years after it launched, the Ohio Lottery's Cash Explosion show remains must-see TV for thousands of Ohioans, who turn in every Saturday evening to watch ordinary folks jump, cry and scream over winning tens of thousands of dollars. The attraction is easy; it takes no skill to be chosen to appear on the slightly corny show or to win just a lot of luck. Every contestant walks away with about $10,000. Like Cindy Feasel, who always wanted to swim with dolphins. Now, with a $50,000
Feb 16, 2016, 9:29 am - Lottery News