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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
Undercover Oregon Lottery investigation found retailer employee stole $25,000 winning ticket
Retailer employee faces charges following integrity check
By Kate Northrop
An Oregon Lottery retailer employee is facing charges after an undercover investigation revealed they had stolen and attempted to claim a $25,000 winning lottery ticket.
The Oregon Lottery and Oregon State Police (OSP) caught a lottery retailer employee red-handed during a sting operation, exposing the theft of a ticket worth $25,000.
On Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, the OSP and Oregon Lottery initiated a Reta
Oct 27, 2024, 8:32 am - Lottery News
Restaurant chain Shari's shutters all Oregon locations after owing $900,000 to Oregon Lottery
Financially struggling lottery retailer shuts down across Oregon
By Kate Northrop
Shari's Caf Pies, a beloved late-night restaurant chain, has shuttered all its Oregon locations after failing to pay the Oregon Lottery an outstanding debt of $900,000.
Lottery retailer Shari's has closed all of its Oregon locations following a history of financial hardship, including a debt of over $900,000 owed to the Oregon Lottery.
Founded 46 years ago, Shari's became well-known for its 24-hour
Oct 23, 2024, 3:51 pm - Lottery News
Deadline for 3 major Oregon lottery prizes fast approaching, including $150,000 Powerball prize
Keep track of your tickets! More major prizes to go out the window
By Kate Northrop
In what appears to be a recent epidemic of unchecked or lost tickets across several states, the Oregon Lottery is the latest state lottery to announce that three major prize-winning tickets are expiring over the next few weeks.
Look in your drawers and check your tickets! The claims deadline for three major prize-winning lottery tickets purchased in Oregon is fast approaching, with just one day left t
Sep 20, 2024, 7:37 am - Lottery News
Oregon Lottery billboards taken over by mysterious furry art
Oregon Lottery and other businesses find themselves in fuzzy situation
Includes video report
By Kate Northrop
Last week, digital LED screens displaying a furry animation mysteriously popped up on several of the Oregon Lottery's billboard advertisements, leading to speculation and confusion from both spectators and the Lottery itself.
In what is loosely being called a furry hack, roughly seven Oregon Lottery billboards were taken over last week by LED screens that played a furry c
Aug 19, 2024, 12:49 pm - Lottery News
$1.3 billion Powerball winner revealed by Oregon Lottery as three people splitting jackpot
Endearing and humble Laos native is one of three jackpot winners
Includes video report
By Kate Northrop
The Oregon Lottery revealed the identity of the winner for the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot at a press conference Monday, which turned out to be three people sharing one winning ticket.
One of the three winners of the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot appeared before the press at a news conference in Salem, where he revealed that the prize will be split between himself, his wife
Apr 30, 2024, 3:56 pm - Lottery News
Oregon woman who doesn't check lottery tickets wins $1 million in raffle
Winner would have forgotten to check tickets if it weren't for Powerball
By Kate Northrop
An Oregon woman admitted that if it weren't for Powerball making headlines, she would not have thought to check an Oregon Lottery Raffle ticket that turned out to be worth $1 million.
If it were not for seeing Powerball come up in the news, an Oregon woman would not have bothered to check her stack of lottery tickets, one of which held the winning numbers for a $1 million prize.
Leslie Carr,
Apr 25, 2024, 7:04 am - Lottery News
$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in Oregon
Lump-sum cash option worth $621 million
Drawing was delayed by one state needing more time to process sales
Updated with area that winning ticket was sold
By Todd Northrop
Around the United States, millions of people had to wait an extra three hours last night to find out if they won the unbelievably massive Powerball jackpot, due to one unnamed state's inability to deal with the huge amount of ticket sales data.
When the drawing did finally occur Sunday morning, it turns o
Apr 7, 2024, 8:13 am - 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
VIDEO: June's Weekly Roundup in lottery news
One doggone good lottery win was meant to be!
By Kate Northrop
Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the most prominent lottery stories in the month of June.
From setting new records to creating promising hopes for the future, the lottery has been a hot topic for players across the world this month.
A dog groomer received the most paw-fect message from her late father in the form of a well-placed lucky charm, which of cours
Jun 17, 2023, 5:23 pm - Lottery News