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Lottery Post's guide to 2024 holiday raffles across the USA
Annual holiday raffles making a comeback this year
Update: Montana Lottery Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in just three hours
By Kate Northrop
With the holidays ahead, this marks the time of year when state lotteries across the U.S. start amping up excitement for their own annual raffles, many of which offer the best odds at winning a million dollars compared to any other game offered in-state. For that reason alone, it's no wonder many raffles sell out so quickly.
Nov 1, 2024, 7:13 am - Lottery News
Idaho man barely contained himself upon learning of $1 million lottery win while on work call
Idaho Lottery raffle winner could barely keep composure while on video
By Kate Northrop
The first million-dollar winner of the Idaho Lottery's $1,000,000 Raffle had to keep his cool when he found out about the win while on a video conference call for work.
An Idaho man found out about his $1 million win in the Idaho Lottery's $1,000,000 Raffle while on video and could barely contain his excitement.
McCall resident Andrew Nachman decided to participate in the Idaho Lottery's annua
Jan 13, 2024, 5:56 pm - Lottery News
Lottery Post's guide to 2023 holiday raffles across the USA
U.S. states to host annual holiday raffles this year
Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in five hours
By Kate Northrop
Within a mere five hours of sales for Montana's Millionaire raffle going live, all 380,000 tickets were sold out.
This year marked an unheard-of demand for the Montana Millionaire raffle, even more so than the unprecedented response that Montana Lottery officials saw to their statewide raffle last year. For reference, tickets sold out in 29 hours after g
Nov 2, 2023, 7:16 pm - Lottery News
Utah man who drove across state lines to play lottery in Idaho wins $3 million Mega Millions prize
Dedicated player refuses to sit out and watch others try their luck
By Kate Northrop
A Utah man is glad he drove across state lines into Idaho on two separate occasions to play the lottery after it led to him winning a $3 million prize in the Mega Millions multi-state game.
A Utah man wasn't about to let himself sit out on all the fun while other lottery players from surrounding states tried their luck.
Although the state of Utah does not have a lottery, that was not stopping J.
Aug 14, 2023, 5:10 pm - Lottery News
Powerball ticket price to increase to $3 in Idaho
Every Powerball ticket sold in state will include Power Play option; begins in August
By Kate Northrop
The Idaho Lottery announced on Wednesday that it will be raising the Powerball ticket price to $3 per play beginning this August, by mandating that every ticket sold will include the Power Play multiplier option.
Next month, Powerball fans in Idaho will have to shell out more cash to play the multi-state Powerball game, but there is a catch.
Powerball is the most popular lottery g
Jul 26, 2021, 10:18 am - Lottery News
Powerball will stay in Idaho
Freedom to play Powerball is restored.
By Kate Northrop
The Idaho Lottery today announced that Powerball, Idaho's longest running and most popular lottery game, will continue to be offered in the state.
The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), the governing body for the Powerball game, informed its members yesterday that international Powerball sales will be delayed until sometime in 2022. As a result, the decision to soon remove Powerball from the Idaho Lottery's game offerings ha
Apr 21, 2021, 2:02 pm - Lottery News
Idaho lottery players get a new game and more drawings starting this week
State becomes fifth to offer multi-state 2by2; Weekly Grand goes daily
By Kate Northrop
This week the Idaho Lottery began offering the multi-state 2by2 game for the first time and expanded its in-state Weekly Grand game to daily drawings.
Both of the changes went into effect Sunday, although for the 2by2 game tonight's drawing is the first for Idaho players in which they have a shot at winning the multi-state game's double-sized jackpot of $44,000.
Idaho's entry into 2by2 comes just
Apr 20, 2021, 5:39 pm - Lottery News
Idaho Lottery says it's working with Legislature on 'alternative path forward' for Powerball
The Idaho Lottery took to Facebook Wednesday after lawmakers killed legislation that would have allowed Powerball to be played in the state.
Today, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee held a bill in committee that would have allowed Idahoans to continue to play the Powerball game, Idaho Lottery wrote. Work continues with the Legislature to determine an alternative path forward to ensure no disruption in service to Idaho's single most popular lottery game, for the benefit of Idaho's publi
Mar 12, 2021, 7:56 am - Lottery News
Idaho ends Powerball in state, fearing foreign participation
Idaho lawmakers fearing foreign participation in the Powerball lottery killed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed the game with huge jackpots to continue in the state after a run of more than 30 years.
The move came after Idaho Lottery officials sought a change in state law because Powerball is expanding to include Australia in 2021 and Britain in 2022. But current Idaho law only allows lotteries in the state played by people in the U.S. and Canada.
Idaho was one of the first
Mar 11, 2021, 6:25 am - Lottery News
Idaho woman wins two six-figure lottery prizes within 48 hours
Lucky player beats unimaginable odds and takes home two massive lottery prizes
By Kate Northrop
There have been several instances of players winning the lottery twice, but in an absolutely mindboggling happenstance, an Idaho woman is giving those winners a run for their money after securing two six-figure jackpots back-to-back in just two days.
Orlene Peterson is redefining what it means to be lucky after winning two top prizes from two different stores in two consecutive days. Not only
Feb 8, 2021, 12:26 pm - Lottery News