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Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraudNews Story
20 players share the jackpot after consecutive numbers are drawn By Kate Northrop An unusually perfect series of sequential numbers that came up in South Africa's most recent PowerBall drawing has led to accusations of fraud, while others jumped in to defend the integrity of a game based on pure luck and chance. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday, Dec. 1 were all consecutive numbers, including the PowerBall itself 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and PowerBall 10. 20 people purchased a ticket with t
Dec 3, 2020, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

Lottery nightmare: Florida woman's prize is forfeited after postal service loses winning ticketNews Story
Winner doesn't have much hope of claiming her prize after messy debacle By Kate Northrop It's every lottery winner's worst nightmare in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic your winning ticket getting lost in the mail. Sadly, that's exactly what happened to a Florida woman whose certified mail containing a ticket worth $1,000 was lost by the U.S. Postal Service. Worse, the Florida Lottery said her prize was forfeited and awarded to someone else. Since claim offices have closed or limited
Sep 30, 2020, 5:19 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery winners charged in string of robberiesNews Story
Stephanie Harvell's luck seemed to have dried up before she bought a scratch-off lottery ticket in early 2016. She and her husband had recently lost a car, and that same morning, they had received an eviction notice from their home in Bay City, Mich. Then, she scraped away at that ticket and realized she had won $500,000. I cried like a baby when I saw what I'd won, Harvell said, according to the Michigan Lottery, adding that she had visions of putting the cash toward a new home and a car.
Sep 4, 2019, 12:13 pm - Lottery News

UK Lottery's first £10k a month for life winner goes public as he reveals bucket listNews Story
A 24-year-old Amazon worker is celebrating after becoming the first person to win the National Lottery's 10,000 a month for the next 30 years. This will total to 3.6 million (US$4.4 million), and he has already quit working for the tech giant in the hopes of becoming a script writer, as well as fulfilling items on his unusual bucket list. Dean Weymes scooped the huge top prize while playing Set For Life for the first time on the national lottery website on Monday last week. He said he c
Aug 7, 2019, 2:39 pm - Lottery News

Lucky CT man wins $100,000 lottery prize for second timeNews Story
Oh baby, I can't believe I did it again A Connecticut man just won a $100,000 lottery, barely a year after winning the same jackpot. Bruce Rosa won the top prize in the Connecticut Cash 5 on July 5. He previously won $100,000 prize in the same lottery on April 27, 2018. Oh baby, I can't believe I did it again, Rosa said, according to a press release from the Connecticut Lottery. Of the 4,000 winning tickets this week, Rosa's was the only one with all five numbers matching. The Sta
Jul 15, 2019, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Australian man wins lotto jackpot twiceNews Story
A Melbourne, Australia, man is busy counting more than $46 million after he won the top prize in Oz Lotto twice. The St Albans man had forgotten he had two entries in Tuesday's $70 million draw, each marked with the same numbers. I'm speechless. I can't believe it, he told officials, who alerted him to his double bounty. Both tickets had the same marked numbers which he'd been playing for 30 years. I play every week. I have always marked my entries, but I have never chosen the numb
May 6, 2019, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Fortune cookie's advice leads man to $100,000 jackpotNews Story
A Maryland man said a piece of advice from a fortune cookie turned out to be prescient when he won a $100,000 lottery jackpot. Diego Caceres, 25, of Riverdale, told Maryland Lottery officials he was eating lunch at a Chinese buffet with his brother, Domingo, when a fortune cookie informed him that it was his lucky day. The brothers went to a 7-Eleven store in Riverdale a short time later and Diego, remembering the fortune cookie's message, borrowed some money from his brother to buy a $10
Feb 26, 2019, 8:40 am - Lottery News

Bill to allow lottery winners to remain anonymous passes Virginia SenateNews Story
A bill that would allow lottery winners in Virginia to remain anonymous has cleared one hurdle toward becoming a law. The bill passed in the Senate Friday morning, but still has to be approved by the House of Delegates. It passed with a 33-7 vote. Sen. Lionell Spruill, Sr. (D-Chesapeake) helped introduced the bill, which would let winners submit a notice to the Virginia Lottery that they do not wish to have their name or personal information disclosed. The bill would not, however, preve
Jan 20, 2019, 10:27 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket leads FBI to Illinois bank robbery suspectNews Story
Sometimes when you win, you really lose. Such is the case for Arlington Heights resident Dexter L. Riley, whose good fortune in the Illinois lottery helped the FBI link him to a bank robbery last month in Palatine. The FBI on Thursday announced Riley, 38, is charged with holding up the Chase Bank at 1131 E. Dundee Road on Sept. 28, getting away with more than $8,250 in the heist. It's what authorities say Riley left behind a scratch-off lottery ticket that led to his undoing. A crimi
Oct 9, 2018, 12:04 pm - Lottery News

WV Lottery Commission establishes rules for sports bettingNews Story
The West Virginia Lottery Commission has set its rules for sports betting in the state, following an emergency meeting Thursday. West Virginia Lottery Director Alan Larrick said the commission passed the sports betting rules, effective Thursday, to give the state's five casinos plenty of time to familiarize themselves with the various regulations outlined in the rules. We're trying to do everything we can to get sports betting available by football season that's what our goal is, Larrick
Jun 22, 2018, 9:41 am - Lottery News