The Connecticut Lottery Corp. held a do-over drawing Tuesday morning to partially correct a $1.375 million blunder that happened Jan. 1, when nearly half of the eligible tickets in the New Year’s Million-Dollar Super Draw game — 100,000 out of the 214,601 sold at $10 each — were excluded from the drawing.Connecticut, Winning Ticket Announcement, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Raffle, Drawing
The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has set Tuesday at 11 a.m. as the time for a do-over drawing to partly make up for a Jan. 1 fiasco in which nearly half the eligible tickets in the Super Draw game — 100,000 out of 214,601 sold at $10 each — were excluded by mistake.Connecticut, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Raffle, Drawing
A Maryland man who collected a $1 million lottery jackpot is no stranger to lottery headquarters — this was his fourth major win.Winner Stories, Maryland, Scratch Games, Won multiple times, Anonymous
A 20-year-old Florida man has come forward with the lone winning $451 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket from the January 5th drawing.Mega Millions, Florida, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
A small pool of family members from Dublin, Ireland, collected a “life-changing” €38.9 million (US$46.5 million) EuroMillions lottery jackpot prize on Monday morning, following their huge win earlier this month.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Euro Millions, Ireland, Multi-Country Game
A key Connecticut legislator is saying he may seek to call another round of investigative hearings into the operations of the quasi-public lottery corporation after a botched New Year’s Day raffle drawing excluded 100,000 tickets from any possibility of winning.Connecticut, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Investigation, Government, Raffle, Drawing
One Powerball ticket holder in New Hampshire is the winner of the $559.7 million jackpot prize, the 8th-largest in US lottery history.Powerball, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, New Hampshire, Multi-State Game
After 23 straight drawings with no grand prize winner, one winning ticket was sold for the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night’s drawing.Mega Millions, Florida, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Multi-State Game
One lucky winner could be hours away from taking home one of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions or Powerball history.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
Smaller Powerball jackpots during the last fiscal year are being blamed for a 22 percent decrease in North Dakota lottery ticket sales, according to the state’s lottery directory, although independent analysis shows worst-in-the-nation performance, even compared to neighboring states.Financials, North Dakota, Sales
Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday’s drawing to $570 million.Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
With the Powerball jackpot increasing to $550 million after the Wed. evening drawing, there is now close to $1 billion in combined jackpots on tap for lottery players this week.Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
A rush of ticket sales for the rocketing Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Friday night drawing to $454 million.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
The Connecticut Lottery Corp. said Wednesday that it has placed two employees on paid administrative leave while it investigates a “human error” that shut 100,000 eligible tickets out of Monday’s drawing in the “New Year’s $1,000,000 Super Draw” game, forcing a second drawing yet to be scheduled.Connecticut, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Raffle, Drawing
Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery executive director, has announced her retirement, which was effective December 31, 2017.New Jersey, Administration, Retire, Director
This is the first time in history that two US lottery games have simultaneously been greater than $400 million.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
2018 started with near-record cold sweeping across much of the USA, but the nation’s two biggest multi-state games couldn’t be hotter.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
Players of a special New Year’s lottery raffle game in Connecticut may be out of luck if they tossed their tickets, after officials disclosed they need to hold a new drawing after 100,000 eligible tickets were mistakenly disregarded Monday.Connecticut, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Raffle, Drawing
The Lottery Post staff wishes you a happy, successful, and lucky 2018!Lottery Post, Holiday
The South Carolina lottery will set aside $19.6 million to cover potential claims while it continues to investigate a Christmas Day glitch that affected Holiday Cash Add-A-Play tickets.South Carolina, Error, Systems Problem, Technology, Ticket Machine, Christmas