Though officials say the vast majority of the 10,500 Michigan lottery retailers deal honestly with both the agency and their customers, a few are always looking for a new way to game the system. It’s the job of the lottery agency’s eight-person security unit, which handles about 1,500 cases a year, to investigate those offenders, and, if necessary, shut them down.Legal, Scratch Games, Retailer, Security, Illegal Activities, Crime, Microsoft
A Missouri couple who won a $3.7 million lottery prize in 2007 saw their luck heat up a second time last week, narrowly missing out on another multi-million dollar prize.Powerball, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Missouri, Multi-State Game, Won multiple times
A website that was set up for people with losing tickets to seek refunds under a $4.3 million lottery scam settlement is now functioning.Insider Buzz, Legal, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game, Web Site
A California grocery store manager will need to fill a new employee opening after one lucky worker won a $9 million jackpot and quit.Winner Stories, California, Jackpots, Retailer, Video
A Michigan couple who won $500,000 on a state lottery scratch-off ticket in 2016 has been charged in a string of burglaries.Legal, Winner Stories, Michigan, Scratch Games, Theft, Law Enforcement, Crime
The Greek company Intralot, which last month received a $215 million contract to bring sports gambling to the nation’s capital and to continue running its lottery, says more than half the work will go to a small D.C. firm — a condition that helped the gaming giant win the no-bid contract.Legal, Vendors, Washington DC, Contract, Sports Betting, Intralot
Two state employees describe ‘getting the job done’ at the beleaguered Connecticut Lottery Corporation, while working in an environment described by colleagues in an internal survey as “fear-based,” “toxic” and “North Korea-like.”Connecticut, Opinion, Scandal, General Interest, Investigation, Headquarters, Government
He waited nearly 10 months to claim his lottery winnings because, he said, he felt so overwhelmed by the size of his luck.Winner Stories, Jackpots, WCLC, Canada, Canada Lotto Max, Multi-Province Game, Video
What it’s like to be one of the people whose job is to make uplifting calls that change lives.Insider Buzz, Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, General Interest, Camelot Group
An Iowa journalist who wrote a book about the lottery insider who rigged jackpots in several states has been subpoenaed to turn over notes related to his reporting.Powerball, Insider Buzz, Legal, Iowa, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Book, Multi-State Game
Lawyers reversed course on Tuesday and dropped a subpoena in which they had ordered an Iowa journalist to turn over notes related to his book about a lottery industry insider who rigged jackpots in several states.Insider Buzz, Legal, Iowa, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game
A Florida man finally has his lottery prize after a local media investigation exposed a state error.Florida, Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Dispute, Investigation, Government, News Media, Video
Two Canadian women who have been friends for more than five decades won a $2 million lottery prize, the British Columbia Lottery announced.Winner Stories, British Columbia Lottery, Canada, Pool
A longtime sales supervisor for the Massachusetts State Lottery was fired Tuesday after he was seen cashing winning instant tickets, a state official said, sparking fear that the lottery’s supposedly strict security protocols may have been violated.Massachusetts, Scratch Games, Theft, Security, Fired, Crime
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a notice of appeal following the decision in June by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to find in favor of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission (NHLC) in the long-awaited ruling on last year’s revised opinion of the Wire Act by the DoJ.Legal, Online Gambling, Technology, New Hampshire, Online Ticket Sales, Government, Lawsuit
President/CEO Gregory Smith of the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) repeatedly refused last week to say why he placed CLC Vice President Chelsea Turner on paid administrative leave July 15 from her $190,000-a-year job under a state personnel regulation that provides for “investigation of alleged serious misconduct which could constitute just cause for dismissal.”Legal, Connecticut, Administration, Error, Scandal, Raffle, Drawing
As college students across Kentucky head back to school, a large number of them have proceeds from Kentucky Lottery sales to help pave the way.Financials, Kentucky, Scholarship, Education
Speednet Group, a leading lottery technology company, today announced the general availability of its latest version of the Lottery Post mobile website, which allows mobile users to install the site as an app on their phones.Lottery Post, Technology, Announcement, Web Site
A 28-year-old Arkansas woman, who only has played the lottery twice, Thursday claimed a lottery prize of $1 million.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Arkansas
Now he can buy a bigger boat.Winner Stories, Jackpots, North Carolina, Pick 5