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UPDATE: Hoosier Lottery will pay out all winning tickets after Fast Play error
Lottery finishes investigation, will honor all claims filed for game's winning tickets
By Kate Northrop
Friday the Hoosier Lottery announced that it will pay out all winning tickets affected by a validation error for its newest Fast Play game.
On the morning of the launch of Indiana's newest Fast Play game, $20 Golden Jackpot, players experienced a technical issue that prevented their supposedly winning tickets from being validated.
Players phoned in and contacted the Lottery d
Mar 28, 2022, 8:52 am - Lottery News
Lottery courier service allows Minnesota players to buy tickets online
Minnesota Lottery players can now order tickets remotely
By Kate Northrop
Minnesota Lottery players now have the option of playing the state's top draw games online after a lottery courier service expanded its operations to the North Star State.
Lottery courier service theLotter recently launched its Minnesota website to allow state residents to play their favorite local games online.
In the past, the company established itself as a mode for international players to play USA lo
Mar 23, 2022, 6:15 am - Lottery News
Hoosier Lottery suspends Fast Play sales over ticket validation error
Issue affects every ticket sold
By Kate Northrop
The Hoosier Lottery suspended sales for its newest Fast Play game after players called in to report that their winning tickets were unable to be validated.
On the morning of the launch of Indiana's newest Fast Play game, $20 Golden Jackpot, players experienced a technical issue that prevented their supposedly winning tickets from being validated.
According to the Lottery, callers were stating that they matched all three numbers i
Mar 22, 2022, 12:48 pm - Lottery News
Man photoshops himself with $343.9 million lottery check to get more Tinder matches
It worked
By Kate Northrop
A Tinder user was feeling discouraged by the lack of matches he was receiving on the popular dating app, so he changed his approach by photoshopping himself into a picture of a well-known Powerball winner.
A man who goes by the name of Hieu Thai (in his photoshopped image) came up with an idea to draw more attention to his dating profile on Tinder, and it worked.
In a sneaky, and admittedly detailed, job of careful editing, some TikTok users have bran
Mar 4, 2022, 5:20 pm - Lottery News
Eddie Tipton released from prison on parole
Convicted lottery rigger continues to plead innocence
By Kate Northrop
Lottery rigging mastermind Eddie Tipton has been released on parole after serving a prison sentence for 4 years.
In 2017, Eddie Tipton, 58, was sentenced to a maximum 25 years in prison for rigging multiple computerized lottery drawings in several states so he and other accomplices could collect multi-million-dollar jackpots.
In a plea deal, the former lottery security chief also agreed to pay about $2.2 mil
Jan 31, 2022, 7:44 am - Lottery News
VIDEO: Why we hate computerized drawings
You'll never want to watch an animated lottery drawing again
By Kate Northrop
If you know Lottery Post, you know we hate computerized drawings, but it's not that we dislike computers and technology... so why all the hate?
There are far too many documented incidents that prove again and again why computerized lottery drawings are too risky, no matter how many safety precautions and procedures are in place.
Lottery players overwhelmingly prefer traditional ball machine drawings b
Jan 28, 2022, 5:48 pm - Lottery News
Michigan woman finds e-mail for $3 million lottery prize in spam folder
Check your spam folder!
By Kate Northrop
An email from the Michigan Lottery about a $3 million prize sat in a woman's spam folder, but thankfully she did not mistake it for trash.
Can you imagine accidentally deleting an email from the Lottery alerting you that you won a multi-million-dollar prize? Thanks to the watchful eye of Laura Spears, 55, an email congratulating her on a $3 million prize was rescued from her spam folder.
Spears had entered the Mega Millions drawing on De
Jan 25, 2022, 11:05 am - Lottery News
North Carolina veteran's fortune cookie nets him $4 million Mega Millions lottery prize
Common method for picking lottery numbers results in a wild celebration
By Kate Northrop
A North Carolina veteran and his wife had an incredible reaction upon realizing that his fortune cookie-inspired Mega Millions numbers netted him a $4 million prize.
Lottery players commonly look to the tiny piece of paper inside fortune cookies for inspiration in picking their next set of lottery numbers, and one cookie did not disappoint for one North Carolina resident.
Gabriel Fierro of
Jan 21, 2022, 5:52 pm - Lottery News
Pennsylvania Lottery awards its largest online prize ever
One online player wins $4 million in Mega Millions drawing this week
By Kate Northrop
The Pennsylvania Lottery announced today that it awarded its largest online prize ever to a player residing in Luzerne County.
One lucky player is celebrating behind a screen after scooping up the Lottery's largest online payout at $4 million.
The prize-winning ticket bought for the Mega Millions drawing on Tues., Jan. 18 matched all five white balls drawn, 4, 19, 39, 42, and 52, but missed th
Jan 19, 2022, 12:31 pm - Lottery News
California Lottery warns against unregulated lottery couriers
Lottery targets digital ticket purchasing services
By Kate Northrop
The California Lottery Monday issued a press release urging players to be wary of unregulated third-party lottery ticket delivery services.
With consumer demand for convenience perpetually on the rise, lottery players have been turning to app-based and online lottery ticket couriers to buy official lottery products.
However, the California Lottery issued a statement that warns players against such unregulated s
Nov 24, 2021, 9:36 am - Lottery News