The North Carolina Education Lottery’s top leader is retiring next spring, ending a stint with the agency that began before it started selling tickets more than a decade ago.Administration, North Carolina, Retire, Director

An outside investigation into complaints of a hostile workplace at the Washington state Lottery has found that the agency’s director treats female employees differently than their male counterparts, calling them “criers” and excluding them from key discussions.Washington, Administration, Investigation, Resignation, Director

A 68-year-old New Jersey man claimed a $24.1 million New York lottery jackpot two days before the ticket was due to expire after seeing a story on the evening news about how time was running out for the winner to step forward.Winner Stories, Jackpots, New York

Convenience store owners have applauded a Tasmanian Government decision to quickly draw up legislation to ban lottery outcome wagering in the island state.Insider Buzz, Legal, International, Legislation, Online Gambling, Technology, Australia, Government

Once again computerized lottery drawings are coming under scrutiny as a machine responsible for generating random numbers has done the opposite, generating exact duplicates.Arizona, Error, Technology, Computerized Drawings, Operations

A lottery winner filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Colorado State Lottery, arguing he should be declared the sole winner of a jackpot he recently learned was rigged, and that the $800,000 cash prize he opted to receive should have been tripled.Legal, Winner Stories, Colorado, Jackpots, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Lawsuit

As the Illinois Lottery edges closer to finalizing a massive deal with a new private manager, the state and the firm have chosen to keep many of the details secret despite past pledges of transparency.Illinois, Contract, Privatize Lottery, Camelot Group

A North Carolina Marine Corps veteran and his wife won a $10 million lottery prize while watching a football game.Winner Stories, Scratch Games, North Carolina

British media is reporting that lottery players in the United Kingdom are ‘disappointed’ and ‘furious’ that lottery jackpots in the island nation have reached record levels.UK National Lottery, Jackpots, Euro Millions, Multi-Country Game

The Iowa Lottery said in a release Tuesday that the organization inadvertently released the Social Security numbers of some of its prize winners from calendar year 2011.Administration, Iowa, Error, Technology, Security

Even without the benefit of a record-setting jackpot like 2016’s $1.6 billion Powerball prize, the Texas Lottery achieved $5.077 billion in sales for fiscal year 2017, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.334 billion to Texas schools and veterans.Texas, Financials, Education, Announcement

A New Jersey man who won a $338 million Powerball lottery jackpot will be freed from jail while he awaits trial on charges he sexually assaulted a child.Powerball, New Jersey, Legal, Winner Stories, Crime, Multi-State Game, Court

Ending a years-long process of replacing its current management company, the Illinois Lottery today awarded its private management contract to Camelot Illinois, LLC — essentially the same company that operates the United Kingdom’s lottery.Illinois, Contract, Privatize Lottery, Operations, Camelot Group, Northstar Lottery Group

Colorado’s biggest lottery jackpot winner in state history says she has played the same five numbers in the lottery every week, without fail, for the past 30 years.Powerball, Winner Stories, Colorado, Jackpots, Multi-State Game

The Massachusetts Lottery says it could stop being successful unless a bill allowing online ticket sales becomes law, while retailers say their future success hinges on the bill not becoming law. Now the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of an online lottery.Massachusetts, Legislation, Retailer, Technology, Online Ticket Sales, Government

A woman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has claimed the largest Dakota Cash lottery jackpot since the game’s inception.Winner Stories, South Dakota, Record

All of the 13 suspects arrested in what authorities believe is the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam to be prosecuted in the U.S. have now entered pleas in federal court, with more than one-third of them admitting guilt or scheduled to do so.Legal, Scam, Jamaica, Law Enforcement, Fraud, Crime

One of the Missouri Lottery’s biggest contracts might not stand up in court if it was challenged by the company that runs its statewide network of ticket sales.Financials, Missouri, GTECH, Vendors, Education, Contract, Operations

A Wayne, New Jersey, man who won $338 million in one of the largest Powerball lottery jackpots in New Jersey history has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a child over a three-year period, prosecutors said Wednesday.Powerball, New Jersey, Legal, Winner Stories, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime, Multi-State Game

A national investigation has found that hundreds of Americans are winning lottery tickets with a frequency so extraordinary that, in some cases, it could be rooted in illegal activity.Insider Buzz, Retailer, General Interest, Investigation, Crime