An Arkansas woman is a millionaire after cashing in losing lottery tickets.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Arkansas, Second chance drawing

A North Carolina man was about to throw three scratch-off lottery tickets away after none of them won much when he noticed the ticket mentioned that a second-chance drawing was available.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina, Second chance drawing

Multiple people, including one county employee, have been called to testify in a federal probe into an alleged illegal lottery contest that hundreds of Hudson County employees pay a $20 fee to enter, multiple sources told The Jersey Journal.New Jersey, Legal, Law Enforcement, Pool, Investigation, Illegal Activities, Crime

Authorities arrested a woman and her son on drug charges hours after they claimed a $20,000 lottery prize.Florida, Legal, Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime

A North Carolina man was a millionaire, only he didn’t know it.Powerball, Winner Stories, South Carolina, North Carolina, Multi-State Game

A big surprise came to a woman in the small city of Brier after discovering she had won the $12.2 million Washington Lottery jackpot. The woman and her husband — who wished to remain anonymous — came forward Friday with the winning ticket.Winner Stories, Washington, Jackpots, Anonymous

A class-action lawsuit to benefit potentially millions of owners of losing tickets linked to the largest lottery scam in U.S. history has been settled for $4.3 million, according to a statement sent by an attorney in the case.Insider Buzz, Legal, Jackpots, Iowa, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Law Enforcement, Security, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game, Lawsuit

An Illinois correctional officer has been charged with forging a lottery ticket worth tens of thousands of dollars.Illinois, Scratch Games, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime

Despite a growing number of unusual and explosive controversies exposed at the Connecticut Lottery during an investigation, the lottery is not addressing the incidents publicly.Legal, Connecticut, Error, Scandal, Law Enforcement, Investigation, Government, Raffle, Drawing

A veteran New Jersey police officer is suing the force’s top brass for harassment, claiming he was confined to his home after being diagnosed with PTSD and wrongfully pegged as a gambling addict.Insider Buzz, New Jersey, Legal, Scratch Games, Corruption, Law Enforcement, Lawsuit

Winning online sweepstakes is supposedly an act of pure luck — but some contestants claim to have it down to a science.Insider Buzz, General Interest, Sweepstakes

A Connecticut man just won a $100,000 lottery, barely a year after winning the same jackpot.Winner Stories, Connecticut, Pick 5, Won multiple times

A Maine man won $500,000 on a ticket he purchased at a Portland convenience store in June, less than 2 years after he won a $100,000 lottery prize.Winner Stories, Maine, Scratch Games, Won multiple times

A federal judge in North Dakota on Wednesday sentenced a Rhode Island woman to four years in prison for funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica, prompting a prosecutor to question the ruling.Legal, Scam, Jamaica, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime, Court

A Minnesota man has found himself a multimillionaire after winning $21.6 million in Lotto America’s Wednesday draw.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Minnesota, Multi-State Game, Lotto America

Connecticut Lottery Corp. Vice President Chelsea Turner testified Tuesday that around 2014, she and then-lottery CEO Anne Noble had such suspicions about Frank Farricker, then chairman of the lottery’s governing board, that she contacted an agent she knew in the FBI — which then had Noble record Farricker secretly in at least one meeting.Legal, Connecticut, Error, Scandal, Law Enforcement, Investigation, Government, Raffle, Drawing

The Michigan Lottery’s Lotto 47 jackpot hasn’t been won in more than five months and has reached an extraordinary $11.7 million for the drawing on Saturday.Jackpots, Michigan

Wisconsin Republicans are planning to take public comments on a bill that would keep lottery winners’ names secret.Legislation, Wisconsin, Government, Anonymous

Nearly two years after Keno received a sound defeat in Concord, the New Hampshire Lottery Commission is hoping the Capital City will give the game another try.New Hampshire, Keno