Minnesota State Lottery director Ed Van Petten abruptly resigned Friday, coming after an inquiry found that taxpayers have reimbursed the director for staying in his own timeshare unit when traveling.Administration, Minnesota, Resignation, Director

The winners of the $50 million Canada Lotto Max ticket have finally received their jackpot, after nearly two years of unsuccessfully trying to claim the prize without revealing their identities.Winner Stories, International, Jackpots, British Columbia Lottery, Canada, Anonymous, Canada Lotto Max, Multi-Province Game

The winners of the $50 million Canada Lotto Max ticket have finally received their jackpot, after nearly two years of unsuccessfully trying to claim the prize without revealing their identities.Winner Stories, International, Jackpots, British Columbia Lottery, Canada, Anonymous, Canada Lotto Max, Multi-Province Game

Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, has been accused of tampering with drawings in four states over a six-year period, and investigators are now expanding the inquiry nationwide to determine if the number could be larger.Insider Buzz, Legal, Hot Lotto, Technology, Law Enforcement, Computerized Drawings, Crime, Multi-State Game

Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, has been accused of tampering with drawings in four states over a six-year period, and investigators are now expanding the inquiry nationwide to determine if the number could be larger.Insider Buzz, Legal, Hot Lotto, Technology, Law Enforcement, Computerized Drawings, Crime, Multi-State Game

The Wyoming Lottery Corporation has updated its lawsuit against a Cheyenne man the company accuses of disparaging its operations, but the man’s lawyer said the suit it still improper and fails to give necessary specifics.Legal, Wyoming, Lawsuit

McMinnville, Tennessee, police have arrested a woman accused of stealing an unsigned $50,000 lottery ticket and then cashing it in herself.Tennessee, Winner Stories, Theft, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime

A $63 million Super Lotto prize may become the largest unclaimed prize in California, but many prizes big and small go unclaimed every year, a spokesperson for the California Lottery Commission said Saturday.Unclaimed Prize, California, Jackpots

A $63 million Super Lotto prize may become the largest unclaimed prize in California, but many prizes big and small go unclaimed every year, a spokesperson for the California Lottery Commission said Saturday.Unclaimed Prize, California, Jackpots

Maine residents on public assistance have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lottery tickets, according to an estimate based on the $22.4 million in large prizes they collected between 2010 and 2014, including eight jackpots worth at least $500,000 each.Financials, Maine, General Interest, Investigation, Government

When a man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million, it raised a series of questions about the arrangement of the ticket purchase that officials are still grappling with.Insider Buzz, Legal, Jackpots, Oregon, Technology, Online Ticket Sales

When a man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million, it raised a series of questions about the arrangement of the ticket purchase that officials are still grappling with.Insider Buzz, Legal, Jackpots, Oregon, Technology, Online Ticket Sales

DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. can continue doing business in New York for now, after an appeals court halted a trial judge’s order to temporarily halt daily fantasy games in the state.Legal, Online Gambling, New York, Technology, Sports Betting, Court, Sports

The man who claimed a half-million dollar Florida Lottery prize a few days ago was determining Friday how much money he would need to post bail after police took him into custody on a warrant.Florida, Legal, Winner Stories, Scratch Games, Theft, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime

For the first known time in the Oregon Lottery’s 30-year history, the ticket for a winning big jackpot has been sold through an international online lottery ticket sales site — and the $6.4 million prize goes to an Iraqi national whose ticket was bought in Bend, and whose name won’t be revealed in order to protect him from danger in his homeland, officials confirmed Wednesday.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Oregon, Technology, Online Ticket Sales

For the first known time in the Oregon Lottery’s 30-year history, the ticket for a winning big jackpot has been sold through an international online lottery ticket sales site — and the $6.4 million prize goes to an Iraqi national whose ticket was bought in Bend, and whose name won’t be revealed in order to protect him from danger in his homeland, officials confirmed Wednesday.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Oregon, Technology, Online Ticket Sales

A Massachusetts shellfisherman and champion oyster shucker has won the $10 million prize winner in the Lottery’s “$10,000,000 Mega Fortune” instant game.Winner Stories, Massachusetts, Scratch Games

A Colorado man who had been homeless for more than six years finally got a little bit of luck Friday when he won $500,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket. Winner Stories, Colorado, Scratch Games

State economists say Oregon is seeing a healthy bump in lottery revenues, at least partially from recently installed video lottery machines.Financials, Oregon, Video Gaming

A Milwaukee woman spent $5 on a ticket that appears to be a $50 winner, but the ticket never paid out, despite extraordinary efforts by Wisconsin Lottery staff to validate it.Wisconsin, Scratch Games, Error, Dispute, Vending Machine