The Florida Lottery is warning players about social media scams and fake accounts offering money and other prizes.Florida, Scam, Technology, Video

The Florida Lottery is warning players about social media scams and fake accounts offering money and other prizes.Florida, Scam, Technology, Video
A paper-jammed Kansas Lottery ticket turned out to be lucky for a couple from Tonganoxie, Kansas.Winner Stories, Kansas, Multi-State Game, 2by2
A New Jersey woman who bought a lottery ticket with a buy-one-get-one free coupon she clipped from a newspaper ended up winning a big Cash4Life Prize.New Jersey, Winner Stories, Multi-State Game, Cash4Life
Brazil is proving equally incapable of privatizing its instant lottery operations as it proved incapable of legalizing other forms of gambling.
Monday brought the deadline for bids for the 15-year exclusive concession to run Lotex, the instant lottery scratch card business currently managed by the Caixa Economica Federal bank. But the deadline came and went without a single company filing a bid, leaving the government scrambling for the appropriate response.
Brazil’s Ministry of Finance had hoped to raise BRL542m (US$144m) from a July 4 auction for the Lotex concession. The money was supposed to help fund the National Public Security Fund. The auction was originally scheduled for June 14 but was pushed back in order to give companies more time to prepare their bids.
Companies that had previously expressed interest in the Lotex concession, including international lottery giants IGT, Intralot and Scientific Games, ultimately opted not to file any bids.
A Michigan man said he might have never known about his $25,000 a year for life lottery jackpot if his father hadn’t come to visit.Winner Stories, Michigan, Multi-State Game, Lucky for Life
The West Virginia Lottery Commission has set its rules for sports betting in the state, following an emergency meeting Thursday.West Virginia, Gambling, Sports Betting
A rash of thefts of California Lottery tickets in San Jose prompted the state this week to roll out a new system aimed at preventing store owners from paying out purloined scratchers.California, Scratch Games, Retailer, Theft, Crime, Video
The Bermuda Government was advised more than two years ago that the sale of American lottery tickets on the island appeared to breach “numerous” laws in the United States, including some designed to stop money-laundering.Florida, International, Retailer, Sales, Illegal Activities, Lottery Tickets
A new report by the Better Business Bureau says sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams are using ever-changing methods to hurt victims financially and emotionally.Scam, Jamaica, Study, Costa Rica, Sweepstakes
With time running out again on a bill that would authorize the Massachusetts Lottery to move online, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg offered a message to business leaders Wednesday morning: We don’t want to go the way of Toys R Us.Massachusetts, Legislation, Technology, Online Ticket Sales, Sports Betting, Director
Georgia Lottery players are enjoying a winning streak with “triples” and “quads” falling in Cash 3 and Cash 4 within the past week.Georgia, Winning Ticket Announcement, Pick 3, Pick 4
The Oregon Lottery wants for the first time to open up gambling on mobile devices, which could massively expand the accessibility and audience of state-sponsored games.Online Gambling, Oregon, New Lottery Game, Technology, Sports Betting
An Australian man who won a $1.5 million lottery prize said the ticket spent five weeks stuck to his refrigerator door before he discovered he was a winner.Winner Stories, International, Australia
Tayeb Souami was all smiles Friday as New Jersey lottery officials announced that he was the winner of the $315.3 million Powerball jackpot.Powerball, New Jersey, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
The Illinois Lottery would have to provide players with daily updates on how many top prizes remain in scratch-off games — and wouldn’t be able to keep selling tickets for those games indefinitely — under a proposed change in state law.Legislation, Illinois, Scratch Games
A new study reveals sweepstakes, lottery and prize-related scams cost Americans millions of dollars each year. The Better Business Bureau calls these schemes some of the “most serious and pervasive frauds operating today.”Scam, Theft, Technology, Jamaica, Study, General Interest, Fraud, Crime, Costa Rica, Sweepstakes
The Pennsylvania Lottery has launched PA iLottery, interactive games played online on a computer, tablet or mobile device that offer chances to win up to $250,000.Pennsylvania, Online Gambling, New Lottery Game, Technology
Five years after winning $750,000, a Texas woman was broke and evicted from an Alzheimer’s care facility due to her daughter’s theft of $250,000 from her account.Mega Millions, Texas, Legal, Winner Stories, After the Big Win, Theft, Death, Law Enforcement, Crime, Multi-State Game
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the South Carolina Lottery Commission and Intralot, claiming that refusing to pay the prize money for a game glitch is a breach of contract.Legal, South Carolina, Error, Technology, Intralot, Lawsuit
A former hospital worker — who died last week — gave away an astonishing £5.5 million (US$7.3 million) of her £7.6 million (US$10.1 million) lottery jackpot win.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Jackpots, After the Big Win, Death, Charity