Lottery News
- Winning 'Fantasy 5' Lottery ticket sold in Naples
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $117,754.43 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
- First person: 'I lost a 3m winning lottery ticket'
Tott says: 'As the winning numbers flashed on the TV screen, my wife and I screamed.
- Lottery Ticket' has its moments
A A AoeLottery TicketA A A may not win an award, but it is still a welcome addition to the few and seemingly far-in-between urban comedies now dominated by Tyler Perry.
- Missing NC Powerball Winning Ticket Worth $200,000
North Carolina lottery officials say time is running out for the holder of a winning Powerball ticket to claim their $200,000 prize.
- Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game
The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 10-13-20-28-36, Mega Ball: 9 Estimated jackpot: $16 million More articles in Conn.
- Mail fraud victim repeatedly fell for tales of lottery prize
A Vallejo senior fell for a mail fraud scam not once, not twice, but 18 times before realizing he wasn't really the winner of millions of dollars.
- Augusta store sells $100,000 lottery ticket
An Augusta resident bought a lottery ticket worth $100,000, lottery officials announced Thursday.
- Lottery for governor debate tickets
There are two lotteries - one free, one not - for tickets to attend the debates between gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown .
- Government makes mistakes, too
Dave Lieber Ronald K. Smith watched a TV commercial for the Texas Lottery and cried foul.
- $10M Edmonton lottery win a all a dreama
Seeing is believing, so when the Ticket Checker machine at an Edmonton 7-Eleven told Liz Kennedy she had won $10 million for matching all seven numbers on the recent Lotto Max draw, she asked the clerk for a printout.
- Public watchdog groups fault secrecy around bidding for lucrative Illinois Lottery contract
In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off the Veteran's Cash scratch-off lottery ticket, the Stars & Stripes, in Springfield, Ill.
- Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy
With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, some are criticizing the selection process as too secretive and questioning whether it favors one powerful bidder.
- Candler man wins $250,000 in lottery
James Rice of Candler in Buncombe County matched five white balls but not the Mega Ball in the Aug.
- Group warns stores of backlash from lottery machines
A group that has fought against the lottery in Arkansas is sending letters out to stores in the state warning owners that they will lose business if they have the lottery ticket machines, saying they are "that unpopular." Family Council Action Committee President Jerry Cox mailed around 420 letters to Dollar General, Family Dollar, Freda s ...
- Winning Powerball Lottery ticket about to expire
Time is running out for the holder to claim the prize from a Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball ticket worth $200,000. The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing, Sept.
- Despite critics, Feinberg says he's paid $17 million in 3,000 emergency oil-spill checks
Independent claims administrator Ken Feinberg and Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., conduct a town hall meeting for residents economically impacted from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Kenner, La., Wednesday, Aug.
- IA Lottery
These Iowa lotteries were drawn Wednesday: 100K Cash 05-09-12-22-26 Hot Lotto 12-13-18-30-36, Hot Ball: 15 Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $16 million Pick Three-Midday 0-4-9 Pick Four-Midday 6-0-5-7 Pick Three-Evening 2-9-0 Pick Four-Evening 0-9-1-6 Powerball 17-20-21-40-51, Powerball: 19, Power Play: 3 APNP 09-01-10 2209CDT save this article / ...
- No Jackpot Winner
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: Powerball: 19 Power Play: 3 Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $34.7 Million jackpot.
- 'Thanks for the millions'
A 48-year-old North-West man had his daughter to thank for winning Saturday's R10 million jackpot, National Lottery operator, Gidani said on Wednesday.
- Weight surgery 'a postcode lottery'
Thousands of patients who want weight-loss surgery are facing a postcode lottery on the NHS, data suggests.
