Second-chances and luck are all-too familiar to one of North Carolina’s most recent lottery winners, a cancer survivor who hails from Scotland Neck. Winner Stories, North Carolina, Second chance drawing, Medical
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Virginia launching online instant-win lottery games on July 1
Virginia is poised to join the still tiny list of US states offering online instant-win lottery games starting July 1.
For some time now, the Virginia Lottery has allowed players 18 years or older to purchase online subscriptions to major draw ticket games such as Mega Millions, Powerball and Cash4Life. But legislation approved in March cleared the way for the Lottery to offer individual ticket sales as well as new instant-win games.
Virginia Lottery exec director Kevin Hall said his group would be launching its new online service on July 1, the very first day permissible under the new state rules. Hall said it was “important to continue to meet Virginia consumers where they already are and where they expect to find us: online.”
The plan is to start with the draw-ticket mainstays and a few instant-win products, with additional instant games added every few weeks and daily draw games added before the year is done. The digital instant win games will resemble their retail counterparts “but with exciting digital game features, mechanics and bonus rounds that paper tickets cannot provide players.”
In reversal, CT Lottery approves $205K settlement in whistleblower case filed by ex-security chief
The Connecticut Lottery Corp. reversed itself Thursday and approved a legal settlement that it had spurned last month with one of its former top officials, who had claimed in a long-running human rights complaint and a lawsuit that he’d suffered retaliation for blowing the whistle on problems at the CLC dating back five years.Legal, Connecticut, Administration
Wisconsin Lottery starts midday drawings
Wisconsin Lottery fans now have more opportunities to win big, with three of its games now drawing twice per day.Wisconsin, Changing Game, Pick 3, Pick 4, All or Nothing
Canadian grandmother wins $55 million Lotto Max jackpot
A grandmother in Canada’s Northwest Territories was stunned by her $55 million (US$40 million) Lotto Max win, but managed to make all the right moves in claiming her prize.Winner Stories, Jackpots, WCLC, Canada, Record, Canada Lotto Max, Multi-Province Game
One Arizona lottery ticket wins $410 million Mega Millions jackpot
A single ticket sold in Arizona matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $410 million.Mega Millions, Arizona, Winning Ticket Announcement, Multi-State Game
Last minute decision to buy a third ticket earns NC man $1 million from scratch-off lottery game
A North Carolina man must be feeling really good about his intuition right about now — his decision to head back into the store to buy a third scratch-off lottery ticket earned him a $1 million prize.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina
Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $410 million
After 33 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $410 million that could instantly put the winner among the wealthiest people on the planet.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
Nebraska Lottery warns players about misprinted Lucky for Life tickets
Lucky for Life players are encouraged to check lottery tickets printed on or before Thursday after about 125 multi-draw tickets were misprinted with incorrect end-of-game dates, Nebraska Lottery officials said in a release Friday.Nebraska, Error, Multi-State Game, Lottery Tickets, Lucky for Life
"I'm retiring!" British Columbia man scores whopping $24 million Lotto jackpot
Last Wednesday, Ronald ‘Ron’ Cumiskey, 60, nearly forgot to check his Lotto 6/49 ticket right before bed. Instead, the trivial decision to check his numbers at the last minute probably kept him up all night, as he had learned he had the jackpot-winning ticket worth an enormous $24,369,459.Winner Stories, Jackpots, British Columbia Lottery
Single father wins £1 million from EuroMillions lottery after playing for the first time
Simon Waddup, 31, entered the National Lottery EuroMillions draw game for the very first time. As luck would have it, the impulse buy earned him a £1 million (US$1.25 million) prize.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Euro Millions, Multi-Country Game
LOTTERY POST TURNS 20 YEARS OLD TODAY
On May 31, 2000, a small website called Lottery Post came online, offering lottery players a way to discuss and share anything about their passion for the games. Little did I know at the time that that humble little forum would one day become one of the most popular lottery-related websites in the world.Lottery Post, Anniversary, Web Site
LOTTERY POST TURNS 20 YEARS OLD TODAY
On May 31, 2000, a small website called Lottery Post came online, offering lottery players a way to discuss and share anything about their passion for the games. Little did I know at the time that that humble little forum would one day become one of the most popular lottery-related websites in the world.Lottery Post, Anniversary, Web Site
Wisconsin woman receives probation for stealing and cashing $25,000 lottery ticket
Jessica N. Surratt, 32, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced on Tuesday to two years of probation after pleading guilty to fraud for cashing a winning ticket worth $25,000.Legal, Wisconsin, Scratch Games, Retailer, Theft, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime, Court
Hoosier Lottery celebrates 30 years in operation
This year, the Hoosier Lottery continues its celebration of the 30th anniversary since its first ticket went on sale October 13, 1989.Indiana, Marketing, Anniversary
New Zealand man who lost his job during lockdown wins $10 million Lotto jackpot
Just weeks after losing his job, a Hamilton, New Zealand, man surprised his wife with a staggering $10.3 million (US$6.3 million) Lotto win.Winner Stories, International, Jackpots, New Zealand
Nebraska woman carried $200K winning lottery ticket in purse for 2 weeks before claiming
A Nebraska woman carried around the scratch-off lottery ticket for quite a while before she realized she had a $200,000 winner.Winner Stories, Nebraska, Scratch Games
Hoosier Lottery operator facing $3.6M fine for not meeting sales goal
IGT Indiana, the private operator of the Hoosier Lottery, may be required to pay a $3.6 million fine to the state should it not meet its $300 million sales goal — a number that seems unobtainable at this point.Financials, IGT, Indiana, Sales
$205K settlement reached, then rejected, in CT Lottery whistleblower case
Old disputes die hard at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. Here is the story of one of them.Legal, Connecticut, Administration
Louisiana Lottery making changes to Lotto game in August
For just the fourth time in the Louisiana Lottery’s 28-year history, the state’s flagship Lotto game is being changed in August.Louisiana, Changing Game, Announcement