A South Carolina woman spent a sleepless night holding a $125,000 winning lottery ticket close.Winner Stories, South Carolina, Scratch Games

The clock is ticking for a Wisconsin lottery winner to claim a $5.9 million lottery jackpot.Unclaimed Prize, Jackpots, Wisconsin

The winner of a nearly $500,000 prize has one week left to claim it before their luck permanently runs out.Unclaimed Prize, Jackpots, North Carolina, Pick 5

The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says it plans for stores to be selling scratch-off lottery tickets by Dec. 1.Scratch Games, Starting a Lottery, Mississippi

A bill that would have required warnings on all Florida Lottery tickets will not become a law.Florida, Legislation, Government, Addiction

The Pennsylvania Lottery has more than 1,850 outlets with screens displaying virtual animated football and auto races. The odds of finding someone watching a bet play out on the simulated sports action is pretty low.Pennsylvania, Financials, Online Gambling, Sales, Keno, Video Gaming, Sports

A £123 million (US$140 million) EuroMillions jackpot win has been successfully claimed by a UK ticket holder who has chosen to remain anonymous, Camelot said.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Jackpots, Euro Millions, Anonymous, Multi-Country Game

A store manager at a local lottery shop in southeast Portland, Oregon, went above and beyond to help a customer who’d lost their winning ticket.Winner Stories, Oregon, Unusual, Retailer, Keno

More than 2,000 players won the Pick 4 lottery in North Carolina on Saturday when they all chose the winning numbers 0-0-0-0.Winning Ticket Announcement, North Carolina, Pick 4, Record

One lottery ticket buyer’s loss is the gain of group of Cedar Rapids workers.Powerball, Winner Stories, Unclaimed Prize, Iowa, Promotion, Multi-State Game, Second chance drawing

The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million remains unclaimed after its January 1, 2019 drawing. And the time to claim it is about to expire.Mega Millions, Texas, Unclaimed Prize, Multi-State Game

Even though Amir Massihzadeh of Boulder, Colorado, was the only legitimate winner of a Colorado Lotto jackpot worth $4.8 million in 2005, he’s not eligible to claim the full winnings, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in a decision released Thursday.Legal, Winner Stories, Colorado, Jackpots, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Lawsuit

A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife.Mega Millions, Insider Buzz, Legal, Winner Stories, Michigan, Multi-State Game, Court

A columnist discusses lottery funding of education, and why people never seem to get the sense of where lottery proceeds end up.Financials, California, Opinion, Education

A Brooklyn, New York, superintendent won a $7 million lottery jackpot and promptly quit his job to take a cross-country motorcycle trip spreading the word of God, he said Friday.Winner Stories, New York, Multi-State Game, Cash4Life

A Brooklyn, New York, superintendent won a $7 million lottery jackpot and promptly quit his job to take a cross-country motorcycle trip spreading the word of God, he said Friday.Winner Stories, New York, Multi-State Game, Cash4Life

The Idaho Lottery will celebrate 30 years in July and will try to break a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people scratching scratch cards at once.Event, Promotion, Retailer, Anniversary, Idaho

The Florida Lottery wants another look at the potential impact on education funding from legislation that would require slapping gambling-addiction warning labels on the front of tickets and ads.Florida, Legislation, Advertising, Government, Addiction, Lottery Tickets

A judge has barred the ex-girlfriend of a Charlotte area woman from cashing in on the woman’s big lottery ticket win.Legal, Winner Stories, North Carolina, Dispute, Multi-State Game, Lawsuit, Lucky for Life

Starting July 1, you’ll be able to play the multi-state Cash4Life lottery game on a daily basis.Changing Game, Multi-State Game, Cash4Life