Players asked, and the Idaho Lottery listened. The Lottery announced Friday that it will be launching a new twice daily Pick 4 game this Sun., Jan. 10, in response to years of player interest and tremendous popularity of its in-state Pick 3 draw game.New Lottery Game, Idaho, Pick 4
An Australian woman who bought a handful of scratch-off lottery tickets to put in her Christmas cards said she ended up with one ticket left over — and it won more than $7,000.Winner Stories, International, Scratch Games, Holiday, Australia, Christmas
Lottery officials have just announced that the jackpot for tonight’s Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $510 million to $520 million, making this week’s Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots just $10 million shy of a combined $1 billion.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
One Nebraska woman is incredibly lucky after winning her second Pick 5 jackpot in less than 6 months, this time worth $138,000 — even bigger than the last.Winner Stories, Nebraska, Jackpots, Pick 5, Won multiple times
This past year has understandably been a tough one for many people, and for a couple hailing from Turner, Maine, 2020 was particularly unkind to them. But in a twist of fate, they ended the year on a high note when they won a big lottery prize worth $1 million.Winner Stories, Maine, Scratch Games
Lottery officials announced today that the jackpot for tonight’s Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $432 million to $447 million, as a result of rapid sales.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
After three and a half years of waiting for the winner of a €11.3 million (US$13.9 million) Lotto 6aus49 jackpot to turn up, one of Germany’s largest-ever unclaimed prizes is going back into the prize pool.International, Unclaimed Prize, Jackpots, Germany
With many people aching to finally cast aside 2020 and breathe a sigh of relief, the United States’ two biggest multi-state lottery games feature jackpots worth nearly $800 million combined that will instantly change the fortunes of whomever is lucky enough to win them.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
Have a happy, successful, and lucky 2021!Lottery Post, Holiday
New York Lottery players can now try out the Lottery’s newest feature to accompany their Quick Draw keno-style game, an additional drawing called “Money Dots” that takes place every four minutes, right after the drawing for Quick Draw.New York, Changing Game, Keno
It’s been a seriously difficult time for a North Carolina man who just recently lost his job as a preschool teacher after 20 years and even more so after losing his father to the coronavirus a month later, but a lottery jackpot win to the tune of $250,000 was the Christmas miracle waiting to happen.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina
May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.Lottery Post, Holiday, Christmas
A Brisbane university student says he’s “never going to work again” after winning the entire Division 1 Australian Powerball prize on last week.Winner Stories, International, Jackpots, Australia, Anonymous
The Spanish Lottery has released the winning numbers for “El Gordo” (The Fat One), the most well-known, largest raffle in history, measured by prize payout. In 2020, the Christmas raffle is handing out over €2.4 billion (US$ 2.9 billion) in prizes. That’s €28 million (US$34 million) more than last year.International, Winning Ticket Announcement, El Gordo, Spain, Raffle, Drawing
Quite a few Kentucky Lottery players thought they had won big time when they saw matching symbols printed on their Tic Tac Cash Fast Play tickets, but that joy quickly dissipated when they found out that those symbols were not indicators of winning the lottery at all, rather they were a result of a software error.IGT, Kentucky, Error, Technology, Ticket Machine, Lottery Tickets
Speednet Group, a leading lottery technology company, announced today that it has re-launched the USA Mega website with an updated, modern look that works equally well on mobile devices, computers, and tablets.Mega Millions, Powerball, Technology, Announcement, USA Mega, Multi-State Game, Web Site
Like father, like son. A father-and-son team out of Singapore are going to spend the next several years in jail for operating an illegal gambling business in the country. They were reportedly the masterminds behind a transnational gambling outfit that booked wagers on Singapore Pools lotteries, and were handed their sentences by a judge this past Tuesday after having been arrested this past April. How much time they spend behind bars will depend on whether or not they can come up with the money to cover the fines that were also levied.
44-year-old Ow Choon Bok and 73-year-old Ow Gowan Hock admitted to their scheme, which reportedly began in 2009. While the exact take of their enterprise isn’t known, it was determined that they made around $670,500 in a six-month period in 2016. Extrapolating for the entirety of the scheme, it’s possible that they could have potentially taken around $10 million between 2009 and 2016.
The duo offered their services to anyone willing to take part and launched a website, ss772.net, to help drum up business. They were accepting bets on public lotteries in Singapore, including one called the “10,000 characters lottery” associated with Singapore Pools’ 4D and TOTO games. The son was responsible for managing staff, wagers and payouts, at one point even allowing a criminal syndicate to use the platform to run their own illegal gambling operations. He was sentenced to five years in prison for his illegal entrepreneurial spirit.
The father is said to have assisted his son in running the illegal site and used his personal bank accounts as repositories for some of the cash received for the bets. He will only serve three and a half years for his involvement.
Today marks the New Jersey Lottery’s 50th year in operation, and to round off the year-long celebration, it will be hosting a Facebook Live event where 50 players will have the chance to receive $500 in scratch-off tickets.New Jersey, Event, Anniversary, Announcement, Social Media
It’s not unheard of for players to try and increase their potential winnings by buying identical tickets for one drawing. One player took that strategy to the extreme, turning heads when he won a whopping $800,000 with 160 lottery tickets in the same Pick 4 drawing.Virginia, Winner Stories, Pick 4, Won multiple times
It’s been an emotional rollercoaster for an Iowan lottery player who drove around with a winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 in his car for almost a full year.Powerball, Winner Stories, Iowa, Multi-State Game