The second largest prize and fourth Powerball jackpot won in Tennessee was claimed today at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters.Powerball, Tennessee, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Multi-State Game, Anonymous

The second largest prize and fourth Powerball jackpot won in Tennessee was claimed today at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters.Powerball, Tennessee, Winner Stories, Jackpots, Multi-State Game, Anonymous

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Democrats on Wednesday struck a rare agreement, compromising on a plan to release more than $3.1 billion to pay Illinois Lottery winners and help cities and towns operate 911 centers, plow roads and train firefighters.Financials, Illinois, Government, Budget

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Democrats on Wednesday struck a rare agreement, compromising on a plan to release more than $3.1 billion to pay Illinois Lottery winners and help cities and towns operate 911 centers, plow roads and train firefighters.Financials, Illinois, Government, Budget

Just moments after winning $1,000 on a California Lottery scratch-off ticket, a Modesto man learned that he was the winner of a $10 million prize.Winner Stories, California, Scratch Games, Won multiple times

Just moments after winning $1,000 on a California Lottery scratch-off ticket, a Modesto man learned that he was the winner of a $10 million prize.Winner Stories, California, Scratch Games, Won multiple times

A state judge is giving the Wyoming Lottery Corporation 15 days to amend its lawsuit that seeks to block a local man from criticizing the corporation.Legal, Wyoming, Lawsuit

A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners.Ohio, Theft, Crime, Court

Arkansas officials signed a contract Monday with lottery consultant Camelot Global Services, which will develop a business plan for the state lottery and help implement the plan, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration said.Vendors, Arkansas, Contract, Camelot Group

Arkansas officials signed a contract Monday with lottery consultant Camelot Global Services, which will develop a business plan for the state lottery and help implement the plan, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration said.Vendors, Arkansas, Contract, Camelot Group

Although lottery regulations typically state that a claimant’s name, city or town, image, amount of prize, claim date and game are all public record, trusts have become a common tool for winners to skirt the rules and remain their anonymity when claiming a big prize.Massachusetts, General Interest, Anonymous

Although lottery regulations typically state that a claimant’s name, city or town, image, amount of prize, claim date and game are all public record, trusts have become a common tool for winners to skirt the rules and remain their anonymity when claiming a big prize.Massachusetts, General Interest, Anonymous

A North Carolina lottery winner — who was arrested on drug charges just months after she won $188 million earlier this year — has given her church nearly $700,000, an attorney says.Powerball, Winner Stories, North Carolina, After the Big Win, Charity, Religion, Multi-State Game

Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff!Lottery Post, Holiday

One man claimed two tickets in Virginia Beach that matched all six numbers in the Nov. 18 ‘Bank a Million,’ netting him $2 million after the tax withholding.Virginia, Winner Stories

It took a while — and a decision by the state’s highest court — but a 69-year-old Vietnam vet from Brooklyn, New York, can finally enjoy all his 2007 lottery winnings.Legal, Winner Stories, New York, Scratch Games, Court

A $1.2 million jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in Oklahoma in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of a multi-state lottery vendor accused of rigging lotteries in four different states, a lottery official said Friday.Insider Buzz, Legal, Oklahoma, Hot Lotto, Technology, Law Enforcement, Computerized Drawings, Crime, Multi-State Game

A $1.2 million jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in Oklahoma in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of a multi-state lottery vendor accused of rigging lotteries in four different states, a lottery official said Friday.Insider Buzz, Legal, Oklahoma, Hot Lotto, Technology, Law Enforcement, Computerized Drawings, Crime, Multi-State Game

A Cayuga County, New York, man who won $42.5 million playing the Lotto said the winning numbers represented his parents’ birth dates.Winner Stories, Jackpots, New York, Video