After it was announced that a lone winner from Arizona won big over a week ago, a couple from a residential area in Phoenix came forward on Thursday to claim the $410 million Mega Millions jackpot prize. It’s the largest payout to any Arizona Lottery player ever and the 11th largest Mega Millions jackpot in history.Mega Millions, Winner Stories, Arizona, Jackpots, Multi-State Game, Anonymous
A Michigan resident is the owner of the single winning ticket for the Powerball drawing held on February 12 worth $70 million. The winner had decided to make an impromptu pit stop with a friend to buy some lottery tickets at Huron Plaza Liquor on West Huron Street in Pontiac.Powerball, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Michigan, Multi-State Game
Second-chances and luck are all-too familiar to one of North Carolina’s most recent lottery winners, a cancer survivor who hails from Scotland Neck. Winner Stories, North Carolina, Second chance drawing, Medical
The Connecticut Lottery Corp. reversed itself Thursday and approved a legal settlement that it had spurned last month with one of its former top officials, who had claimed in a long-running human rights complaint and a lawsuit that he’d suffered retaliation for blowing the whistle on problems at the CLC dating back five years.Legal, Connecticut, Administration
Wisconsin Lottery fans now have more opportunities to win big, with three of its games now drawing twice per day.Wisconsin, Changing Game, Pick 3, Pick 4, All or Nothing
A grandmother in Canada’s Northwest Territories was stunned by her $55 million (US$40 million) Lotto Max win, but managed to make all the right moves in claiming her prize.Winner Stories, Jackpots, WCLC, Canada, Record, Canada Lotto Max, Multi-Province Game
A single ticket sold in Arizona matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $410 million.Mega Millions, Arizona, Winning Ticket Announcement, Multi-State Game
A North Carolina man must be feeling really good about his intuition right about now — his decision to head back into the store to buy a third scratch-off lottery ticket earned him a $1 million prize.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina
After 33 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $410 million that could instantly put the winner among the wealthiest people on the planet.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
Lucky for Life players are encouraged to check lottery tickets printed on or before Thursday after about 125 multi-draw tickets were misprinted with incorrect end-of-game dates, Nebraska Lottery officials said in a release Friday.Nebraska, Error, Multi-State Game, Lottery Tickets, Lucky for Life
Last Wednesday, Ronald ‘Ron’ Cumiskey, 60, nearly forgot to check his Lotto 6/49 ticket right before bed. Instead, the trivial decision to check his numbers at the last minute probably kept him up all night, as he had learned he had the jackpot-winning ticket worth an enormous $24,369,459.Winner Stories, Jackpots, British Columbia Lottery
Simon Waddup, 31, entered the National Lottery EuroMillions draw game for the very first time. As luck would have it, the impulse buy earned him a £1 million (US$1.25 million) prize.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Euro Millions, Multi-Country Game
On May 31, 2000, a small website called Lottery Post came online, offering lottery players a way to discuss and share anything about their passion for the games. Little did I know at the time that that humble little forum would one day become one of the most popular lottery-related websites in the world.Lottery Post, Anniversary, Web Site
On May 31, 2000, a small website called Lottery Post came online, offering lottery players a way to discuss and share anything about their passion for the games. Little did I know at the time that that humble little forum would one day become one of the most popular lottery-related websites in the world.Lottery Post, Anniversary, Web Site
Jessica N. Surratt, 32, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced on Tuesday to two years of probation after pleading guilty to fraud for cashing a winning ticket worth $25,000.Legal, Wisconsin, Scratch Games, Retailer, Theft, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime, Court
This year, the Hoosier Lottery continues its celebration of the 30th anniversary since its first ticket went on sale October 13, 1989.Indiana, Marketing, Anniversary
Just weeks after losing his job, a Hamilton, New Zealand, man surprised his wife with a staggering $10.3 million (US$6.3 million) Lotto win.Winner Stories, International, Jackpots, New Zealand
A Nebraska woman carried around the scratch-off lottery ticket for quite a while before she realized she had a $200,000 winner.Winner Stories, Nebraska, Scratch Games
IGT Indiana, the private operator of the Hoosier Lottery, may be required to pay a $3.6 million fine to the state should it not meet its $300 million sales goal — a number that seems unobtainable at this point.Financials, IGT, Indiana, Sales
Old disputes die hard at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. Here is the story of one of them.Legal, Connecticut, Administration