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Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for monthsNews Story
Powerball ticket sales ramping up as game seeks to create billionaire By Todd Northrop Arriving together with the year's holiday season, the current Powerball jackpot of $1 billion could make the winner into the ultimate real-life Santa Claus. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 41 consecutive drawings since the last winner on September 6 , when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.7874 billion jackpot the second-largest lottery jackpot in history. Both tickets h
Dec 12, 2025, 10:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingNews Story
3rd-largest lottery jackpot in world history By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 41st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.7 billion. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $770.3 million three-quarters of a billion dollars in cash! It's the stuff that a lottery player's dreams are made of holding a lottery ticket for an upcoming Power
Sep 4, 2025, 7:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game historyNews Story
Powerball ticket-buying frenzy this week as game seeks to create billionaire By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1.3 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 40 consecutive drawings since the last winner on May 31 , when one ticket from California won a $204.5 million jackpot. The ticket was sold at the 7
Sep 2, 2025, 6:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025News Story
Largest Powerball grand prize in more than a year surpasses half-billion mark By Kate Northrop The Powerball jackpot continues its reign as the highest lottery prize of 2025 after it reached an estimated $643 million following the drawing on Monday night. After no one won the grand prize in the drawing on Aug. 18, the Powerball jackpot climbed well over the half-billion threshold, making it the biggest lottery jackpot this year so far. Ever since Cheng Charlie Saephan won the $1.
Aug 20, 2025, 8:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

US Powerball multi-state lottery game expanding to the UKReply
In the UK the game is different 1) The ticket will cost 4 pounds or $5.00 at today's exchange rate 2) If you get (2) of the white ball numbers you get 8 pounds or $10.00 3) if you win the jackpot you can't get the cash option only the annuity (You can sell that annuity to an insurance company for NPV (Net Present Value) in a heartbeat. ) 4) In the US - lottery sales are $100 billion a year but only $10 billion in the UK. 5) US Powerball ticket prices in the UK will be the mos
Apr 15, 2026, 10:55 am - JohnGalt3 - Lottery News

MUSL to launch "X's and O's," a new multi-state Powerball NFL gameReply
The Powerball Group underwent a massive, nationwide research study in preparation for X's and O's, which revealed that adults aged 18-34 would be more interested in playing Powerball if the brand aligned with the NFL, according to Finks For $12 I'm not interested and I am not into sports or the NFL personally. Why do they need an app, just check numbers? I was hoping ALL state lotteries in America would allow ticket buying through an app or online as they do in the UK, Australia, Europe, an
Jan 17, 2026, 9:58 pm - Kandiapple - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery bans Fast Play bulk ticket purchasesReply
Congratulations to the Arizona Lottery for instituting this rule. This is exactly what we have been advocating for the past year, when the situation in Texas starting cropping up, and officials there wrongly blamed courier services. We strongly advocated for a bulk ticket limit to solve all these issues back in October of 2024: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/352288 Instead of doing that, the Texas Lottery doubled down on wrongly blaming couriers and banned them . The predictable resul
Jul 7, 2025, 8:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery proposes rules regulating courier services to allow them to operateReply
My experience as a foreigner living outside USA.. My courier service allows me to buy tickets in overseas lotteries. I play worldwide over the Internet Some services buy your ticket (your order) and scan it (to prove that they bought it :)). Some (My service) just seem to add the lines I buy to their total order. If your ticket wins anything, they claim the prize (but your account is credited immediately.. It may take time to actually get the cash for larger wins). The courier p
Jun 15, 2025, 7:49 pm - kao1632 - Lottery News

North Carolina Lottery launches Celebrate America Raffle to commemorate 250 yearsNews Story
Online-only raffle to honor 250-year milestone By Kate Northrop As the United States celebrates a quarter-millennium of independence, the North Carolina Lottery is joining the nationwide commemoration with a special Celebrate America Raffle, featuring prize amounts that honor the milestone. North Carolina lottery players can now participate in a patriotic celebration with the exclusive Celebrate America Raffle, honoring the United States' 250th anniversary with a limited number of co
May 28, 2026, 9:10 am - Todd - Lottery News

UK National Lottery scratch-off tickets can be delivered to your doorstepNews Story
Players can have tickets delivered in 15 minutes with new service By Kate Northrop The UK National Lottery has partnered with a third-party company to allow their scratch-off tickets to be purchased from the comfort of home and delivered right to your doorstep. The UK National Lottery has authorized physical ticket delivery services, allowing players from 16 cities across England and Wales to get their scratch-off tickets in the most convenient way possible. Delivery services com
Jan 28, 2026, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News