A package of bawdy photos allegedly showing senior state Lottery leaders carrying on at a Southern California piano bar, with one image showing an official putting his head up a woman’s shirt, was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown’s office last week in an appeal from an anonymous employee urging the administration to investigate the department.California, Administration, Complaints, Government, Ethics, Director
An investigative article explores if scratch-off tickets are distributed to the same counties in the same sequence every month in North Carolina.IGT, Scientific Games, Scratch Games, North Carolina, Retailer, General Interest, Operations, Pollard Banknote
Customers strolling into a South San Jose Wells Fargo this morning had no idea that millionaires would be cashing their checks.Mega Millions, Winner Stories, California, Jackpots, Pool, Multi-State Game
Kentucky Pick 3 and Pick 4 lottery players now have an option to win just by getting close the numbers drawn.Kentucky, Changing Game, Poker, Pick 3, Pick 4
The Connecticut Lottery’s longtime security director claims that an attempt to discipline him over the botched Jan. 1 raffle drawing is part of a pattern of retaliation against him for his role three years ago in exposing retailer fraud in the canceled 5 Card Cash game — a charge the lottery vehemently denies.Legal, Connecticut, Administration, Error, Security, Raffle, Drawing, Director, Lawsuit
The California Lottery says last month’s $543 million Mega Millions jackpot was won by 11 members of an office pool that played on a whim.Mega Millions, Winner Stories, California, Jackpots, Pool, Multi-State Game, Anonymous
An interview with an employee of Australia’s largest lottery operator, The Lott, who makes calls every day to information lottery players that they won.Insider Buzz, Winner Stories, International, General Interest, Australia
The winners of a £57.9 million (US$67.3 million) EuroMillions jackpot were initially told they did not have a winning ticket and it was ripped in half and put in the garbage.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Jackpots, Euro Millions, Multi-Country Game
An over $70 million lottery upgrade launched this week in Kansas.Kansas, Scientific Games, Vendors, Retailer, Technology, Ticket Machine, Operations, Video
A new Illinois lottery game will generate money to help the families of police officers killed or severely hurt in the line of duty.Illinois, Scratch Games, New Lottery Game, Law Enforcement
A newly unsealed memo shows the Iowa Lottery kept marketing four popular games despite an August 2015 warning from its security chief that their integrity was compromised.Iowa, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Audit, Director
The Bermuda Governor’s office has stonewalled questions about whether it knew the sale of American lottery tickets in Bermuda was branded a potential breach of “numerous” laws in the United States by a top American gambling lawyer.Florida, International, Retailer, Sales, Illegal Activities, Lottery Tickets, Bermuda
For one firm, it will be something like winning the Powerball: A state government contract worth more than $800 milion that comes along just once a decade in Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania, IGT, Scientific Games, Vendors, Contract
The deadline has passed for a large lottery jackpot to be claimed and as a result, the state School Aid Fund will benefit from it.Unclaimed Prize, Jackpots, Michigan, Education
A winning ticket to the 11th-largest U.S. lottery prize ever was sold at a liquor store in San Jose, California.Mega Millions, California, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Multi-State Game
For the second time in two days, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot has been raised due to surging ticket sales for a chance to win a half-billion dollars.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
A rush of ticket sales for the half-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $512 million.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
After 22 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of nearly a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
A thief looking for some good luck busted through the roof of a grocery store and took hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets on Wednesday.Florida, Legal, Retailer, Theft, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime, Lottery Tickets
The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its Summer climb Tuesday night, and is now at the point where jackpot rolls are sharply increased.Mega Millions, Jackpots, Multi-State Game