The Iowa Lottery said in a release Tuesday that the organization inadvertently released the Social Security numbers of some of its prize winners from calendar year 2011.Administration, Iowa, Error, Technology, Security

Even without the benefit of a record-setting jackpot like 2016’s $1.6 billion Powerball prize, the Texas Lottery achieved $5.077 billion in sales for fiscal year 2017, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.334 billion to Texas schools and veterans.Texas, Financials, Education, Announcement

A New Jersey man who won a $338 million Powerball lottery jackpot will be freed from jail while he awaits trial on charges he sexually assaulted a child.Powerball, New Jersey, Legal, Winner Stories, Crime, Multi-State Game, Court

Ending a years-long process of replacing its current management company, the Illinois Lottery today awarded its private management contract to Camelot Illinois, LLC — essentially the same company that operates the United Kingdom’s lottery.Illinois, Contract, Privatize Lottery, Operations, Camelot Group, Northstar Lottery Group

Colorado’s biggest lottery jackpot winner in state history says she has played the same five numbers in the lottery every week, without fail, for the past 30 years.Powerball, Winner Stories, Colorado, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

The Massachusetts Lottery says it could stop being successful unless a bill allowing online ticket sales becomes law, while retailers say their future success hinges on the bill not becoming law. Now the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of an online lottery.Massachusetts, Legislation, Retailer, Technology, Online Ticket Sales, Government

A woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has claimed the largest Dakota Cash lottery jackpot since the game’s inception.Winner Stories, South Dakota, Record

All of the 13 suspects arrested in what authorities believe is the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam to be prosecuted in the U.S. have now entered pleas in federal court, with more than one-third of them admitting guilt or scheduled to do so.Legal, Scam, Jamaica, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime

One of the Missouri Lottery’s biggest contracts might not stand up in court if it was challenged by the company that runs its statewide network of ticket sales.Financials, Missouri, GTECH, Vendors, Education, Contract, Operations

A Wayne, New Jersey, man who won $338 million in one of the largest Powerball lottery jackpots in New Jersey history has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a child over a three-year period, prosecutors said Wednesday.Powerball, New Jersey, Legal, Winner Stories, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime, Multi-State Game

A national investigation has found that hundreds of Americans are winning lottery tickets with a frequency so extraordinary that, in some cases, it could be rooted in illegal activity.Insider Buzz, Retailer, General Interest, Investigation, Crime

After more than 18,000 drawings of the Michigan Lottery’s Daily 4 game, the elusive 0-0-0-0 “quad” combination has finally been drawn, paying out millions of dollars in prize money.Michigan, Winning Ticket Announcement, Pick 4

A Florida woman who evacuated from Hurricane Irma with her three children won $10,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket while sheltering in North Carolina.Florida, Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina

The Florida Lottery announced Monday that daily drawings will resume today and make-up drawings for all Lottery Draw games suspended due to Hurricane Irma will also be conducted in sequence Tuesday, September 12, with full security and auditing measures in place.Florida, Announcement, Operations, Drawing

A retired New Jersey police chief pleaded no contest this morning to charges that he participated in a scam that cost a 95-year-old Northampton Township, Pennsylvania, man almost $29,000.New Jersey, Legal, Pennsylvania, Scam, Jamaica, Law Enforcement, Crime

An executive order issued Sunday by Gov. Rick Scott has temporarily suspended Florida Lottery drawings as Hurricane Irma bears down on the state.Florida, Announcement, Operations, Drawing

A special House panel has been looking at other states’ experience with lotteries as it works on a study requested by House Speaker Philip Gunn, who opposes a lottery for Mississippi but says he wants the issue thoroughly vetted.Financials, Starting a Lottery, Education, Mississippi, Study, Government

A 30-year-old woman who won two major Michigan Lottery prizes is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from a local substance abuse and mental health treatment center during her time as an accountant there.Legal, Winner Stories, Michigan, Theft, Law Enforcement, Online Ticket Sales, Crime, Won multiple times

Police are again warning people about multiple fake social media accounts created by scammers pretending to be the Massachusetts Powerball winner.Powerball, Winner Stories, Massachusetts, Jackpots, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game