A man who once won millions of dollars in the California Lottery pleaded guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to four counts of bank robbery.Legal, Winner Stories, California, Jackpots, After the Big Win, Theft, Law Enforcement, Court

After brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton were caught perpetrating the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, they meticulously outlined their involvement to federal agents as a condition of their 2017 convictions and plea agreements. This story is based on nearly 400 pages of court transcripts detailing their confessions.Insider Buzz, Legal, Iowa, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Investigation, Fraud, Crime, Multi-State Game

Lottery fever is spreading across the USA with two huge jackpots adding up to $800 million.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

A top leader at a gambling operations vendor was hired Tuesday to become the North Carolina Education Lottery’s next executive director.Administration, North Carolina, Director

A lucky group of 15 people turned their losing New Jersey lottery tickets into big bucks, including a Monmouth County woman who won $1 million.New Jersey, Winner Stories, Event, Drawing, Second chance drawing

A judge ruled Monday that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private, but not her hometown.Powerball, Legal, Winner Stories, Jackpots, New Hampshire, Multi-State Game, Anonymous, Court, Lawsuit

An Australian man is suing New South Wales Lotteries, saying a store clerk threw away his $3.3 million winning ticket more than two decades ago.Legal, International, Retailer, Australia, Lawsuit

A woman who sued the New Hampshire state lottery commission asking it to allow her to collect the $559.7 million prize she had won without making her name public collected her winnings on Wednesday, lottery officials said, and kept her privacy for now.Powerball, Legal, Winner Stories, Jackpots, New Hampshire, Multi-State Game, Anonymous, Court, Lawsuit

If you’re hoping for a bit of extra lottery luck this week, perhaps living in the home of a lottery winner might make some good fortune rub off on you — and now you can do just that.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Jackpots, After the Big Win, General Interest

Forget the cliché of the vulnerable senior citizen falling victim to scammers — a larger share of young people reported that they lost money to fraud than older individuals did in 2017.Insider Buzz, Scam, General Interest, Fraud, Crime

The world’s most popular lottery website Monday announced the launch of a new website for visitors using mobile phones.Lottery Post, Technology, Announcement, Web Site

How two retirees exploited a flaw in the system to make millions.Insider Buzz, Massachusetts, Michigan, General Interest, Article

A couple from Bristol have become the oldest winners of the UK lottery, after claiming an £18 million (US$24.9 million) jackpot.Winner Stories, UK National Lottery, Jackpots, Video

A lottery has long been debated in Alabama, and in this year’s Governor’s race the creation of a statewide lottery is becoming a central issue.Starting a Lottery, Alabama, Politics, Government

The high technology of today’s lottery tickets was one of the themes celebrated Tuesday at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new $15 million facility in Lakeland, Florida, operated by the British-based International Game Technology.Florida, Insider Buzz, GTECH, Vendors, Lottery Tickets

The computer program that a former lottery security official used to rig drawings worth millions of dollars in Iowa and other states was more expansive than investigators first discovered, court records filed last week show.Insider Buzz, Legal, Scandal, Technology, Law Enforcement, Security, Computerized Drawings, Crime

The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has placed its $139,000-a-year year security director, Alfred DuPuis, on a paid leave pending possible disciplinary action after an internal investigation concluded that he “acted with gross neglect… of his duties” leading up to a million-dollar blunder in a Jan. 1 drawing.Connecticut, Error, Security, Investigation, Raffle, Operations, Drawing

An investigative report on the $1.375 million, New Year’s Day lottery blunder spreads blame among the Connecticut Lottery Corp., state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), and a national accounting firm hired to send an observer to the drawing to verify that proper procedures were followed.Connecticut, Error, Investigation, Raffle, Drawing

A man who has spent the last two years rebuilding his fire-ravaged home can finally finish the project after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot.Winner Stories, International, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Canada, Canada Lotto 6/49, Multi-Province Game

Hoosier Lottery televised drawings take less than a minute to complete but as a local media report shows, it takes hours of preparation every day to make it all happen.Indiana, Security, Computerized Drawings, General Interest, Operations, Drawing, Video