New Jersey’s chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied.New Jersey, Legal, Gambling, Sports Betting, Court

Workers at a home for the elderly were among those celebrating Thursday in Madrid, Spain, after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain’s €2.3 billion (US$2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold in one city neighborhood.International, Winning Ticket Announcement, El Gordo, Holiday, Spain, Raffle, Christmas

Workers at a home for the elderly were among those celebrating Thursday in Madrid, Spain, after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain’s €2.3 billion (US$2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold in one city neighborhood.International, Winning Ticket Announcement, El Gordo, Holiday, Spain, Raffle, Christmas

A former Iowa lottery security official accused of rigging drawings to win prize money in several states is facing new felony charges in Wisconsin.Insider Buzz, Legal, Wisconsin, Hot Lotto, Theft, Scandal, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game, Lawsuit

Maryland residents are playing the lottery more than ever, as the state generated $1.908 billion in fiscal 2016, $113 million more than the previous sales record of $1.795 billion in fiscal 2012, according to the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.Maryland, Financials, Retailer, Sales, Record

An anonymous donor has dropped a $1,000 winning lottery ticket into a Salvation Army kettle in Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania, Scratch Games, General Interest, Charity, Christmas

State lawmakers from both political parties are calling for an investigation of how the Illinois Lottery managed scratch-off games in response to a report showing the lottery didn’t award many of the biggest prizes in the biggest games.Financials, Illinois, Scratch Games, Corruption, Investigation, Government, Northstar Lottery Group

A father and son from Halstad in northwestern Minnesota both won the $100,000 top prize in the Dec. 2 All or Nothing drawing.Winner Stories, Minnesota, Multi-State Game, All or Nothing

A local media investigation found the Illinois Lottery collected hundreds of millions of dollars from selling tickets to the biggest-prize instant games in which it did not hand out all of the grand prizes in some of the games.Illinois, Scratch Games, Corruption, Investigation, Northstar Lottery Group

A New Jersey man has won a multi-state Cash4Life prize worth $1 million because of a lottery ticket that was sold to him accidentally.New Jersey, Winner Stories, Error, Retailer, Multi-State Game, Cash4Life

Lottery scammers have cheated North Carolina out of an estimated $7 million in back taxes and delinquent child support since 2009, a non-partisan arm of the General Assembly said.Financials, North Carolina, Retailer, General Interest, Illegal Activities

WyoLotto officials on Monday celebrated the launch of the Lucky for Life game.New Lottery Game, Wyoming, Multi-State Game, Lucky for Life

Louisiana Lottery President Rose Hudson and New Hampshire Lottery Executive Director Charlie McIntyre spoke to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s advisory council on gaming yesterday.Louisiana, Starting a Lottery, Alabama, New Hampshire

Louisiana Lottery President Rose Hudson and New Hampshire Lottery Executive Director Charlie McIntyre spoke to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s advisory council on gaming yesterday.Louisiana, Starting a Lottery, Alabama, New Hampshire

Firefighters from all over Bland County converged on Deer Run Estates in Rocky Gap, West Virginia, on Friday morning to battle a blaze at lottery winner Jack Whittaker’s house.Powerball, Winner Stories, West Virginia, Jack Whittaker, Multi-State Game

Firefighters from all over Bland County converged on Deer Run Estates in Rocky Gap, West Virginia, on Friday morning to battle a blaze at lottery winner Jack Whittaker’s house.Powerball, Winner Stories, West Virginia, Jack Whittaker, Multi-State Game

Two Delaware men are claiming they haven’t seen a penny of the $2 million they say the state lottery owes them after a computer glitch spewed out multiple matching numbers.Legal, Winner Stories, Delaware, Error, Systems Problem, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Keno, Lawsuit

Two Delaware men are claiming they haven’t seen a penny of the $2 million they say the state lottery owes them after a computer glitch spewed out multiple matching numbers.Legal, Winner Stories, Delaware, Error, Systems Problem, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Keno, Lawsuit

The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has agreed to settle for a fraction of the nearly $4.2 million it had claimed that Scientific Games, the international gambling giant, lost in last year’s hacking of the popular “5 Card Cash” instant game.Financials, Connecticut, Scientific Games, Error, Canceled Lottery Game, Poker