A Michigan man who thought the lottery was all a conspiracy had his opinion changed 12 days ago when he won a $1.9 million jackpot.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Michigan

Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Tuesday’s massive $458 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Friday’s $421 million grand prize.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

Wisconsin Lottery officials won’t reveal how they ensure frequent winners aren’t scamming the system, and one expert sees suspicious patterns in the state.Wisconsin, Retailer, Theft, Investigation, Crime, Won multiple times

Two middle-level Connecticut Lottery Corp. employees have been suspended without pay in the continuing fallout from a million-dollar mistake in the Jan. 1 drawing that selected winners in the New Year’s Super Draw game.Connecticut, Error, Security, Operations, Drawing

A Lincoln County, Kansas, man is $1 million richer, thanks to a Salina gas station employee.Mega Millions, Winner Stories, Kansas, Retailer, Multi-State Game, Anonymous

A family from Minnesota won the first jackpot prize in the multi-state Lotto America game that began just four months ago.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Minnesota, Multi-State Game, Lotto America

As the head of IT at the Multi-State Lottery Association, Eddie Tipton identified flaws in the computerized lottery drawing computers, and even though the state lotteries say those flaws are now fixed, Tipton claims they are still dangerously flawed and susceptible to fraud.Insider Buzz, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game

St. Patrick’s Day brought the Luck of the Irish to the state of Pennsylvania Saturday night.Powerball, Pennsylvania, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Multi-State Game

A man who once won millions of dollars in the California Lottery pleaded guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to four counts of bank robbery.Legal, Winner Stories, California, Jackpots, After the Big Win, Theft, Law Enforcement, Court

After brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton were caught perpetrating the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, they meticulously outlined their involvement to federal agents as a condition of their 2017 convictions and plea agreements. This story is based on nearly 400 pages of court transcripts detailing their confessions.Insider Buzz, Legal, Iowa, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Investigation, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game

Lottery fever is spreading across the USA with two huge jackpots adding up to $800 million.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

A top leader at a gambling operations vendor was hired Tuesday to become the North Carolina Education Lottery’s next executive director.Administration, North Carolina, Director

A lucky group of 15 people turned their losing New Jersey lottery tickets into big bucks, including a Monmouth County woman who won $1 million.New Jersey, Winner Stories, Event, Drawing, Second chance drawing

A judge ruled Monday that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private, but not her hometown.Powerball, Legal, Winner Stories, Jackpots, New Hampshire, Multi-State Game, Anonymous, Court, Lawsuit

An Australian man is suing New South Wales Lotteries, saying a store clerk threw away his $3.3 million winning ticket more than two decades ago.Legal, International, Retailer, Australia, Lawsuit

A woman who sued the New Hampshire state lottery commission asking it to allow her to collect the $559.7 million prize she had won without making her name public collected her winnings on Wednesday, lottery officials said, and kept her privacy for now.Powerball, Legal, Winner Stories, Jackpots, New Hampshire, Multi-State Game, Anonymous, Court, Lawsuit

If you’re hoping for a bit of extra lottery luck this week, perhaps living in the home of a lottery winner might make some good fortune rub off on you — and now you can do just that.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Jackpots, After the Big Win, General Interest

Forget the cliché of the vulnerable senior citizen falling victim to scammers — a larger share of young people reported that they lost money to fraud than older individuals did in 2017.Insider Buzz, Scam, General Interest, Fraud, Crime

The world’s most popular lottery website Monday announced the launch of a new website for visitors using mobile phones.Lottery Post, Technology, Announcement, Web Site