Don DeSaer got a lottery ticket for Christmas from his daughter — a Minnesota Millionaire Raffle ticket. It turned out to be true to its name.Winner Stories, Minnesota, Holiday, Raffle, Christmas

South Carolina lottery officials say a computer glitch that made winners out of everyone who played a holiday game for two hours on Christmas Day could result in a more than $35 million prize payout — nearly double the initial estimate.South Carolina, Error, Systems Problem, Technology, Investigation

A man has been living rough under a road bridge in southwest China for 10 years, saying he will not go home until he has cracked how to win the lottery and written books about it, according to a newspaper report.International, General Interest, China

A man has been living rough under a road bridge in southwest China for 10 years, saying he will not go home until he has cracked how to win the lottery and written books about it, according to a newspaper report.International, General Interest, China

A legislative panel has endorsed a proposal that would allow the state of Wyoming to grab some of the statewide lottery earnings.Financials, Legislation, Wyoming, Government

Two siblings from Maryland who convinced multiple local residents to pay taxes and fees in advance of collecting on nonexistent lottery winnings entered guilty pleas Thursday in federal court.Legal, Scam, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime, Court

The Michigan Lottery launched a refreshed website Wednesday morning, but it didn’t go as planned.Michigan, Systems Problem, Technology, Web Site

Oklahomans spent 40 percent more on lottery tickets and scratch-offs since July 1 than they did during the same time period last year, a boost that has been attributed to changes that include larger payouts.Oklahoma, Financials, Legislation, Scratch Games, Sales

Internet scammers are creating numerous bogus social media accounts in an attempt to deceive people looking for a share of a Florida man’s $451 Mega Millions lottery jackpot.Mega Millions, Florida, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Scam, Technology, General Interest, Multi-State Game

The Connecticut Lottery Corp. held a do-over drawing Tuesday morning to partially correct a $1.375 million blunder that happened Jan. 1, when nearly half of the eligible tickets in the New Year’s Million-Dollar Super Draw game — 100,000 out of the 214,601 sold at $10 each — were excluded from the drawing.Connecticut, Winning Ticket Announcement, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Raffle, Drawing

The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has set Tuesday at 11 a.m. as the time for a do-over drawing to partly make up for a Jan. 1 fiasco in which nearly half the eligible tickets in the Super Draw game — 100,000 out of 214,601 sold at $10 each — were excluded by mistake.Connecticut, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Raffle, Drawing

A Maryland man who collected a $1 million lottery jackpot is no stranger to lottery headquarters — this was his fourth major win.Winner Stories, Maryland, Scratch Games, Won multiple times, Anonymous

A 20-year-old Florida man has come forward with the lone winning $451 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket from the January 5th drawing.Mega Millions, Florida, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

A small pool of family members from Dublin, Ireland, collected a “life-changing” €38.9 million (US$46.5 million) EuroMillions lottery jackpot prize on Monday morning, following their huge win earlier this month.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Euro Millions, Ireland, Multi-Country Game

A key Connecticut legislator is saying he may seek to call another round of investigative hearings into the operations of the quasi-public lottery corporation after a botched New Year’s Day raffle drawing excluded 100,000 tickets from any possibility of winning.Connecticut, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Investigation, Government, Raffle, Drawing

One Powerball ticket holder in New Hampshire is the winner of the $559.7 million jackpot prize, the 8th-largest in US lottery history.Powerball, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, New Hampshire, Multi-State Game

After 23 straight drawings with no grand prize winner, one winning ticket was sold for the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night’s drawing.Mega Millions, Florida, Jackpots, Winning Ticket Announcement, Multi-State Game

One lucky winner could be hours away from taking home one of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions or Powerball history.Mega Millions, Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

Smaller Powerball jackpots during the last fiscal year are being blamed for a 22 percent decrease in North Dakota lottery ticket sales, according to the state’s lottery directory, although independent analysis shows worst-in-the-nation performance, even compared to neighboring states.Financials, North Dakota, Sales

Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday’s drawing to $570 million.Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game