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$336 million Powerball ticket sold at R.I. supermarketNews Story
By Todd Northrop Rhode Island Lottery officials say the winning ticket in Saturday's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a Stop Shop supermarket at 250 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. The winning Powerball ticket was the only one that matched all five numbers plus the Powerball number Saturday to win what turned out to be the sixth-largest jackpot in US history the third-largest ever won by a single ticket. Officials said Monday that no one has come forward yet to claim the prize,
Feb 13, 2012, 11:03 am - Lottery News

New Mexico ticket wins Powerball's first $1M second prizeNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop Last night the Powerball multi-state lottery held its first draw using its new prize structure, and a New Mexico Lottery player has the distinction of winning the first non-multiplied second-prize ticket worth $1 million. The winning ticket matches the white ball numbers of 6, 29, 34, 44, and 50. The ticket missed the red Powerball of 28 for the night's $80 million jackpot. This is the nation's first $1 million Powerball prize following Sunday's
Jan 19, 2012, 12:10 pm - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery creates millionaire in 2012 raffleNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Arizona Lottery conducted its seventh raffle drawing Thursday, awarding more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize. A special Early Bird drawing on Dec. 1 awarded $5,000 each to 20 lucky players. The winning numbers for the raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Arizona Lottery Results page. Any ticket that won an Early Bird prize was still eligible to win any of the prizes in the main raffle drawing on Jan. 5. Only 300
Jan 6, 2012, 11:26 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery kicks off 2012 with raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop For four lucky Ohio lottery players, 2012 will begin with a windfall of one million dollars. The winning numbers for the Ohio Lottery's New Year's Raffle game were announced this evening. The full list of lottery results can be found on Lottery Post's Ohio Lottery Results page. The $20 tickets for the raffle went on sale in November. 500,000 tickets were available. This is the fifth consecutive New Year's Raffle for the Ohio Lottery. The game has the best odds to win
Jan 2, 2012, 8:56 pm - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffleNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Sunday for its special New Year's Day Millionaire Raffle drawing. The full set of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Minnesota Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is the sixth annual holiday raffle game from the Minnesota State Lottery. Players purchased tickets for $10 each. Tickets went on sale Nov. 1, 2011 and were completely sold out before the drawing. The raffle has sold out in each of its fou
Jan 1, 2012, 11:52 pm - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery draws $1M Super Draw raffleNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Connecticut Lottery today held the state's third Super Draw raffle drawing, creating one new millionaire and several winners of other cash prizes. A complete list of winning numbers for the drawing can be found at Lottery Post's Connecticut Lottery Results page. The game has a total of 1,311 cash prizes, ranging from $100 to a top prize of $1 million cash. Raffle tickets went on sale October 1, 2011, and cost $10 each. Each ticket sold contains a unique six-digit
Jan 1, 2012, 11:44 pm - Lottery News

Montana Lottery holds New Year's raffle drawingNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Montana Lottery held its annual New Year's Day raffle drawing today, creating one new millionaire and several more winners of lower prizes. The winning numbers for Montana's Millionaire Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's Montana Lottery Results page. Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game offered by the Montana Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets. With only 125,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 mill
Jan 1, 2012, 2:27 pm - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery New Year's raffle creates 3 millionairesNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Virginia Lottery's annual holiday raffle game, New Year's Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Sunday, and made three instant millionaires. The winning numbers for all raffle prizes can be found on Lottery Post's Virginia Lottery Results page. A total of 330,000 of the $20 tickets were available for purchase. According to the Virginia Lottery, all of the tickets were sold out prior to the drawing. In addition to the three top jackpots of $1 million, other prizes include
Jan 1, 2012, 2:20 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts Lottery conducts $10M Raffle drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Massachusetts Lottery today conducted the state's second massive raffle drawing it's first in more than four years awarding a $7 million prize, a $1 million prize, and many more other cash prizes. However good the prizes may be for lottery players, for the state the drawing is bittersweet, since nearly half of the 1 million tickets went unsold. Lottery officials will hand out more than $10 million in prize money to 1,067 ticket holders even though the game generated
Jan 1, 2012, 12:36 pm - Lottery News

Spanish Christmas lottery pays out billionsNews Story
Days before Christmas, a tiny town of 2,000 in cash-strapped Spain found itself richer by 720 million (US$940 million) Thursday after scooping the top prize in the nation's famed Christmas lottery. Billed as the world's richest, the lottery dishes out some 2.52 billion (US$3.29 billion) to winners across the nation. The top prize dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One) was split among the holders of tickets bearing the number 58268. The number appeared on 1,800 tickets, giving winners 400,000 for th
Dec 23, 2011, 12:27 pm - Lottery News