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Pennsylvania Lottery awards its largest online prize everNews Story
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

Tickets sold in California and Wisconsin split $632.6 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Two players get a piece of the seventh-largest Powerball jackpot in history Updated with retailer location for Wisconsin ticket By Kate Northrop Two Powerball tickets, one sold in California and the other in Wisconsin, won the eleventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night. The lucky numbers for the $632.6 million jackpot were 6, 14, 25, 33, and 46, with Powerball 17. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The lump sum payout for the two winnings tickets is a
Jan 6, 2022, 12:17 pm - Lottery News

Spain's huge Christmas lottery offers distraction from virusNews Story
Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic's gloom and doom turned their attention Wednesday to a rite that for more than two centuries has marked the beginning of the festive period: the country's bumper Christmas lottery, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One. The draw, held annually since 1812, dished out a total of 2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) in prizes this year, or 70% of the proceeds from ticket sales. The top-prize number holder number 86148 this year gets 400,000 (US$450,000
Dec 22, 2021, 1:08 pm - Lottery News

Three tickets bought at same store share the same $8.3 million New York Lotto jackpotNews Story
Lucky convenience store sells a lucky trio of lottery tickets By Kate Northrop Three winning tickets sold at the same convenience store in New York will be splitting the $8.3 million New York Lotto jackpot that was drawn on Wednesday night. One retailer in Manhattan is living up to its name after it sold three winning tickets for one single New York Lotto jackpot worth $8.3 million. The Lucky Choice Convenience store on West 72nd Street in the Upper West Side was lucky for sure
Nov 26, 2021, 11:35 am - Lottery News

Record number of winning tickets sold in single Washington Lottery Match 4 drawingNews Story
Over half a million dollars awarded in one drawing By Kate Northrop A record number of top prize-winning tickets were sold in a single Washington Lottery Match 4 drawing, awarding over half a million dollars in prizes in just one night. 53 Match 4 tickets hit all four drawn numbers on Oct. 30, awarding over half a million dollars in prizes to ticketholders who picked the combination 8-10-17-20. As each top prize-winning ticket is worth $10,000, the Lottery handed out $530,000 j
Nov 23, 2021, 10:41 am - Lottery News

North Carolina Pick 4 lottery players sweep $10.3 million with 0-0-0-0News Story
Popular number combination lands game's largest payout in one drawing By Kate Northrop North Carolina Lottery six claim offices might be seeing an influx of lucky players claiming winnings after Saturday's Pick 4 drawing produced the popular number combination 0-0-0-0. In just one drawing, the Lottery is paying out $10.3 million in prizes to players who held winning tickets for the combination 0-0-0-0. It's the most ever won in a single Carolina Pick 4 drawing, beating out the
Nov 16, 2021, 10:41 am - Lottery News

North Carolina Pick 3 players win $4.3 million on 5-5-5News Story
Thousands of tickets match popular 'triple' By Kate Northrop Thousands of North Carolina Lottery players across the state were no doubt celebrating when the combination 5-5-5 was drawn in Pick 3 on Tuesday evening. The triple combination 5-5-5 racked up a grand total of $4.3 million in winnings for lottery players who chose the three digits. In all, according to the Lottery, 10,726 winning tickets matched all three numbers in the evening draw on Oct. 19. That beats out the $3.6
Oct 21, 2021, 1:02 pm - Lottery News

French ticket holder wins record €220 million EuroMillions lottery jackpotNews Story
It's the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history By Kate Northrop Someone in France is going to experience some life-altering changes to their finances after scooping up the 220 million (US$256 million) EuroMillions jackpot on Friday, which holds the record for the game's largest prize in its history. One lone ticket in France just ended the EuroMillions fervor after winning the largest jackpot the game has ever seen at an eye-watering 220 million. Lottery players across Europe jumpe
Oct 19, 2021, 11:18 am - Lottery News

$699.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
By Todd Northrop One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night. The lucky numbers for the $699.8 million jackpot were 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69, with Powerball number 15. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The top prize was adjusted upwards from the initial estimate of $685 million after all proceeds were counted Monday night. The lump sum payout for the single winning ticket is a jaw-dropping $496 million. The winnin
Oct 5, 2021, 6:21 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery sells nation's first $10 million Powerball Double Play ticketNews Story
Lottery prepares to greet historic winner while thousands of players scooped up prizes last night By Kate Northrop Someone in Maryland just became the first Powerball player in the United States to win the multi-state game's $10 million Double Play top prize. Last night, a Maryland Lottery player made history when they bought a Powerball ticket with the new Double Play option for the drawing on Mon., Sept. 27 and won the very first $10 million top prize from the add-on feature's ex
Sep 28, 2021, 11:44 am - Lottery News