We wish you a happy, successful, and lucky 2020!Lottery Post, Holiday

Colin Weir, winner of the £161 million EuroMillions jackpot in what was Europe’s biggest lottery prize, has died at the age of 71 after a short illness. At the time, the jackpot was worth $260.5 million in US dollars.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Death, Euro Millions, Multi-Country Game

A Spanish television reporter appeared to celebrate and quit her job on live television after realizing she had a winning El Gordo lottery ticket. It was a decision for which she would later apologize.Winner Stories, International, El Gordo, Resignation, Broadcast, Spain, News Media, Television, Raffle

May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.Lottery Post, Holiday, Christmas

May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.Lottery Post, Holiday, Christmas

In this year’s El Gordo drawing in Spain, the top prize number was called just eight minutes after the draw began.International, Winning Ticket Announcement, El Gordo, Spain, Raffle, Drawing

Increasing anti-government sentiment is prompting California Lottery workers to request that their work-provided vehicles have government logos removed for their safety.California, Government, Operations

A huge Powerball jackpot was claimed on a ticket sold at a famous lottery store on the border of California and Nevada.Powerball, Winner Stories, Nevada, California, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

A Florida father and daughter claimed the government owed them $175 million in tax refunds on their lottery winnings. The IRS paid them $3.4 million before the agency realized the pair had never purchased a winning ticket, prosecutors say.Florida, Insider Buzz, Legal, Taxes, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Arrest, Crime

West Virginia’s Lawyer Disciplinary Board has admonished a former state lottery director who moonlighted at his old law firm.Legal, West Virginia, Administration, Investigation, Crime, Director

Malek Dabwan of Goldsboro got a call from lottery officials telling him he had won a prize, but he was skeptical at first, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina, Second chance drawing

A man on his first trip to North Carolina ended up with a $100,000 souvenir.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina

A national lottery group agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by an Iowa man who claimed that a $9 million jackpot he won in 2011 would have been bigger if the previous one hadn’t been fixed by an insider.Insider Buzz, Legal, Winner Stories, Iowa, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game, Lawsuit, MUSL

Starting Sunday, Dec. 8, the new Cash Pop game will offer players a chance to win cash prizes up to $1,250 five times a day, every day — by matching just one number.Georgia, New Lottery Game, Announcement

A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says she had no idea she’d won a $5 million Lotto 47 prize until she was on Facebook the night after the drawing.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Michigan, Social Media

State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced a new performance audit of the Pennsylvania Lottery Wednesday, with a special emphasis on studying the state-run gaming franchise’s protections against being ripped off by players or retailers who are intentionally gaming the system.Pennsylvania, Financials, Investigation, Audit, Operations

The Mississippi Lottery sold nearly $9 million in tickets during its first six days of operation.Financials, Scratch Games, Starting a Lottery, Mississippi, Sales

A lottery player sitting on a $14.6 million jackpot had until the end of Monday to come forward in Arizona — or lose it all, officials said. The winner never showed up.Unclaimed Prize, Arizona, Jackpots

If you played the Arizona Lottery this past summer, look around the house for lottery tickets you might have missed; you might be sitting on $14.6 million.Unclaimed Prize, Arizona, Jackpots