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Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
I haven't paid any attention to this game nut I just saw it on the NY lottery's home page for the first time. Obviously everybody gets to decide whether or not they want to play, but here are a couple of thoughts. The first is largely about playing this or playing PB (or MM) when the jackpot is still small. Generally, at least 8 to 10 million people (5 to 7 isn't unusual for Monday drawings) spend $2 when the annuity is $20 to $30 million (even if you die before the drawing) and the cash val
Feb 23, 2026, 3:50 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

80-year-old UK man's £2.4 million lottery win bankrolled drug empireNews Story
Elderly man arrested after using prize to finance 288 million drug operation By Kate Northrop An elderly lottery winner was jailed after using a 2.4 million (US$3.3 million) windfall to build a 288 million (US$394 million) drug empire. An 80-year-old lottery winner ran a counterfeit drug ring from the quiet, rural comfort of his home after he reinvested a 2.4 million prize in the endeavor. John Eric Spiby, 80, won 2.4 million in the National Lottery in 2010. Rather than invest in
Jan 31, 2026, 7:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery discontinues Lotto, introduces new MO Millions draw gameNews Story
New draw game coming this week for Missouri lottery players By Kate Northrop The Missouri Lottery's Lotto game was discontinued over the weekend, but there's a new game coming this week to replace it: MO Millions. Saturday marked the last and final Lotto drawing in Missouri, but lottery players in the state will soon get to try out the newest game in the lineup, MO Millions. The first MO Millions drawing will take place this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Players who participate in th
Oct 21, 2025, 9:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois lottery winner uses numbers from old, forgotten ticket and wins $1 million in PowerballNews Story
Those numbers might come in handy someday By Kate Northrop An Illinois lottery player rediscovered an old, forgotten lottery ticket sitting in his drawer and decided to repurpose them for another Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize. An Illinois resident wasn't about to pass up the chance to play for a billion-dollar lottery jackpot, so he dug out an old ticket from his drawer and decided to put it to use. The winner, who calls himself Rex to Illinois Lottery staff, does
Sep 29, 2025, 1:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingReply
This Jackpot has heavy momentum, and could land well beyond the $2 Billion and change Castro won Castro, like almost all sensible people, took the $997.6 million cash. There's a tiny chance that with the help of higher interest rates the inflated annuity value could reach $2 billion, but unless people absolutely lose their minds there's zero chance that Saturday's total will be even close to Castro's haul. Even if it rolls on Saturday it may not be big enough. I need a winning strategy
Sep 5, 2025, 2:34 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotNews Story
Numbers drawn corresponded to patterns on play slips By Kate Northrop There was an unusually large number of winners in last night's Powerball drawing, including Indiana and Kansas winners who split the $143.4 million jackpot, and 89 tickets that won the $1 million second-tier prize. Wednesday's Powerball drawing was a frenzy, with 89 winners across the US raking in a second-tier prize and two jackpot winners sharing a $143.4 million jackpot. The April 29 draw produced results 3,
Apr 30, 2026, 3:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Zealand Lottery to change its Powerball game and simplify online spendingNews Story
Lottery officials want to see larger jackpots By Kate Northrop The New Zealand Lottery announced fundamental changes that will impact the flexibility players will have to spend on tickets online, with a potential increase in difficulty to winning the nation's flagship Powerball game in the coming years. Later this month, Lotto NZ will be introducing some major changes as part of its system upgrade, which includes a simplified spending limit, new customer-facing terminals in-store, an
Sep 15, 2025, 3:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKNews Story
United Kingdom lottery players will soon participate for massive billion-dollar jackpots By Kate Northrop The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and the UK National Lottery have jointly announced that the US-based Powerball multi-state lottery game will be expanding to the UK. It's official: Powerball is growing beyond North America into the United Kingdom, where lottery players overseas will soon have the opportunity to play for the billion-dollar jackpots that only US lottery p
Apr 14, 2026, 6:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot closes in on $1 billionNews Story
14th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game continued its jackpot run last night now approaching $1 billion when no tickets matched all six numbers. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $965 million with a cash value of $445.3 million. To get to this massive size, the jackpot has been growing since it started on July 1 as a $50
Nov 13, 2025, 10:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Millionaire for Life multi-state game coming in 2026News Story
New For Life game has been in the works for years, state lotteries confirm participation By Kate Northrop There's a new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life that is set to make its debut in some states in early 2026. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is moving forward with a brand-new multi-state game called Millionaire for Life, which is intended to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in several states. At the La Fleur's Lottery World Conference in Austin, Texa
Oct 22, 2025, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News