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Nebraska Lottery will join Lotto America in MayNews Story
Multi-state game to be offered in yet another state By Kate Northrop The Nebraska Lottery officially announced today that it will begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America. The Mississippi Lottery is not the only state lottery to recently announce its decision to join the multi-state game . Just today, the Nebraska Lottery revealed that it will start offering the game, too. In addition to Mega Millions and Powerball, Nebraska lottery players will soon have ano
Apr 21, 2024, 8:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Nebraska Lottery to make changes to Pick 5 gameReply
Lotteries exist to generate revenue for the states. And for the most part, they haven't had to make changes that benefit the players, because players would play whatever was available. Nebraska Lottery may be experiencing the shape of things to come, though, as Nebraska Lottery Scratch ticket sales for fiscal year 2022 decreased 5% over the previous year. In contrast Florida Lottery sales from scratchers has gone from 60% of total lottery sales in 2012, to a whopping 75% in 2022. So if Nebraska
May 20, 2023, 12:03 pm - Sum Buddy - Lottery News

Nebraska single father's salad run results in $1 million Mega Millions lottery winNews Story
Occasional player only buys tickets when the conditions are right By Kate Northrop A single father played the lottery in the right place at the right time, since his decision to hang out at the store a little longer to buy Mega Millions tickets resulted in a $1 million prize. While making a stop for a pre-made salad, a Nebraska man felt that the conditions were right to play the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game, and his feeling was right on the money. Brant Edgington of Fre
Apr 10, 2024, 2:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball welcomes 2024 with an $810 million New Year's Day jackpotReply
If it's gonna be anyone other than my family or other lottery posters winning on monday night I hope it goes to say North or South Dakota, Nebraska (so long as it isn't warren Buffett) or Oklahoma or Mississippi or some state not named New York , Texas or California or Florida. You know what I mean.
Dec 31, 2023, 9:55 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Nebraska Lottery to make changes to Pick 5 gameReply
I would run from this Cash 5 game. Too many numbers in the matrix as it was. It would have to be more than 100k before I dove in to this one. Only one reason I am glad I am not living in Nebraska. Yet, I like corn on the cob.
May 21, 2023, 12:05 am - billybucks - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery to add Double Play add-on feature to PowerballNews Story
Iowa players will have access to additional Powerball Double Play drawing By Kate Northrop The Iowa Lottery has announced that it has approved a plan to allow players to add the Double Play add-on feature to their Powerball tickets. There are plans in the works to add the Double Play feature to Powerball in Iowa, an add-on that has gained popularity in other states since it was launched last August . Speaking on Radio Iowa, Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer explained the logisti
Aug 17, 2023, 4:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpotReply
Dude stop spouting things you know nothing about. The lottery is not a scam. So what California had two big jackpot winners recently. FYI the top 10 winning states for Powerball winners are: California is #10 on the list!!! 1. Indiana -39 2. Missouri-31 3. Minnesota-22 4. Pennsylvania-19 5. Wisconsin-19 6. Kentucky-18 7. Louisiana-17 8. Florida-16 9. Arizona-14 10. CALIFORNIA-13 11. New York-12 12. Kansas -12 13. New Hampshire-11 14. New
Jul 21, 2023, 8:43 am - winterhug - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in historyNews Story
Powerball jackpot simultaneously offers massive wealth By Todd Northrop For the eighth time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $525.8 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kicks off Tuesday n
Mar 23, 2024, 8:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2023 holiday raffles across the USANews Story
U.S. states to host annual holiday raffles this year Montana Millionaire raffle tickets sell out in five hours By Kate Northrop Within a mere five hours of sales for Montana's Millionaire raffle going live, all 380,000 tickets were sold out. This year marked an unheard-of demand for the Montana Millionaire raffle, even more so than the unprecedented response that Montana Lottery officials saw to their statewide raffle last year. For reference, tickets sold out in 29 hours after g
Nov 2, 2023, 7:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayNews Story
Third-largest lottery jackpot in history Cash value is more than three-quarters of a billion dollars By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced no top winner for the 31st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to $1.55 billion the largest jackpot in the game's 27-year history. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $757.2 million three-quarters of a billion dollars in cash! It'
Aug 5, 2023, 6:58 am - Todd - Lottery News