Search

Four Michigan family members formed lottery club then won Lotto 47 jackpotNews Story
Four family members in Michigan teamed up to create a lottery club, increasing their chances at a big win which paid off handsomely when they recently claimed a $3.73 million Lotto 47 jackpot. As an established club (they have been playing together for a while ), they buy tickets together, and if one of those tickets wins a prize, it's divided among their members, according to lottery officials. Aptly named Michigan Lucky 4, this lottery club is now celebrating a huge jackpot win, accord
Jan 23, 2023, 8:56 am - Lottery News

Memory lapse wins Michigan man two $110,000 Fantasy 5 lottery prizesNews Story
Play it safe you can never be too sure By Kate Northrop A Michigan man won two $110,000 Fantasy 5 Double Play prizes and is crediting himself for playing it safe. An anonymous Michigan lottery player won a total of $220,000 in a Fantasy 5 Double Play drawing thanks to a memory lapse and a moment of caution. Before the Fantasy 5 drawing on Dec. 17, the lucky winner stopped at the Sheridan EZ Mart on South Main Street in Sheridan and bought a lottery ticket. Later in the day, he vi
Jan 18, 2023, 9:06 am - Lottery News

One ticket sold in Maine wins $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Updated with final jackpot amount and cash value By Todd Northrop Friday the 13th was the luckiest day in the life of someone in Maine who purchase a lottery ticket that won a staggering $1.348 billion last night. After a run of 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 26th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.348 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Maine matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. The whopping jackpot is the
Jan 14, 2023, 8:22 am - Lottery News

$1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthNews Story
Dodges popular birthday numbers to become fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.35 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. To get to this point, the game had to survive a drawing in which all birthday numbers were drawn. Birthday numbers are those less than 31, and lotteries typically sell an outsiz
Jan 11, 2023, 7:14 am - Lottery News

$15.1 million Wisconsin Megabucks ticket sold in the town of LuckNews Story
Someone's lucky in Luck By Kate Northrop Luck is in the air in Luck, Wisconsin, where someone was lucky enough to win a $15.1 million Megabucks jackpot last Wednesday night. It was the luck of the draw, the Wisconsin Lottery said. A winning ticket for the $15.1 million Megabucks jackpot was sold at a lottery retailer in the town of Luck last week. Wayne's Food Plus on Butternut Avenue in Luck is all the buzz right now. Not only are they giving meaning to the town they're located
Jan 10, 2023, 11:58 am - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for TuesdayNews Story
5th-largest lottery jackpot in world history Cash value is $568.7 million By Todd Northrop For the fourth time in the past two years a lottery jackpot has crossed into billion-dollar territory. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $568.7 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the t
Jan 7, 2023, 6:56 am - Lottery News

$940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaireNews Story
Cash value worth nearly a half-billion dollars By Todd Northrop Just four months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.34 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Illinois, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that could top $1 billion. When nobody won Tuesday night's $785 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $940 million the largest since a July 30, 2022 $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot was claimed anonymously b
Jan 4, 2023, 8:09 am - Lottery News

California's 2022 lottery winners: A mystery billionaire and 100+ millionairesNews Story
One California mom recycled cans to buy a scratcher worth $13 million. Another winner was literally shoved into buying her winning ticket. If 2021 was a good year for California lottery players, 2022 was even better. This year, Powerball's biggest prize a $2.04 billion jackpot went to the Golden State. Many more scratchers, Mega Millions, and Super Lotto Plus players in California became millionaires, too. Over the past 12 months, the California Lottery changed the lives of more than 100
Dec 26, 2022, 11:33 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery's Lotto jackpot worth nearly $800,000; has yet to be won since game's launchNews Story
Still no winner for newest game in Arkansas as jackpot continues to climb By Kate Northrop Since the Arkansas Lottery launched its newest game more than two months ago, Lotto has yet to produce its first big winner, with the jackpot climbing to nearly $800,000 for Wednesday's drawing. The state of Arkansas is still waiting for the first-ever Lotto jackpot winner to match six numbers as the jackpot steadily nears seven figures. In September, the Lottery officially opened sales for
Nov 30, 2022, 2:32 pm - Lottery News

Buddhist monk gives away entire $502,000 lottery jackpotNews Story
One lottery winner demonstrates generosity at its finest all the way down to the ticket purchase By Kate Northrop A town in Thailand won big when a Buddhist monk hit the lottery and donated the entire prize to those he felt were more deserving of the money. What started out as a kind gesture turned into an even grander act of generosity when a Buddhist monk won 18 million baht (US$502,597) in the lottery and gave it all away. In February 2022, the anonymous man bought three lotte
Nov 28, 2022, 11:38 am - Lottery News