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Arizona Lottery delays expiration date of $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket in legal battleReply
Unprecedented move by the AZ lottery, delaying the expiration date of the ticket in question. This opens up a whole lot of questions as to the expiration date of future tickets when there is a dispute in collecting winnings. Did not need to go down this path. Let the ticket expire. End of dispute and controversy.
May 22, 2026, 9:14 am - gvpazkn - Lottery News

Circle K asks judge to delay expiration date for $12.8 million Arizona Lottery jackpot amid disputeNews Story
Multiple parties still embroiled in gooey legal battle over who owns the winning ticket By Kate Northrop With the expiration date just weeks away, a retailer is asking a judge to freeze a ticket that won a $12.8 million Arizona Lottery The Pick jackpot while the court figures out who it belongs to. Circle K is trying to get a judge to stop a $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket from expiring until the legal dispute over ownership is finally determined. In February, the Arizona Lo
May 6, 2026, 7:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Circle K asks judge to delay expiration date for $12.8 million Arizona Lottery jackpot amid disputeReply
Is it even possible that the judge has the authority to ... What does authority mean? Even a town justice has extremely broad authority until a higher court (or the state board of judicial conduct) steps in. The judge can certainly order the lottery to extend the claim period but the lottery can appeal and potentially have a higher court allow them to follow their usual rules almost as soon as the ink is dry on the lower court's order. I doubt the lottery has the ability to extend the claim
May 12, 2026, 11:45 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

South Carolina Lottery begins accepting debit card payments for ticket purchasesReply
99.99% of my transactions are cashless. There are only two reasons why I withdraw cash from my bank account. 1. To play the lottery. 2. To tip hospitality workers. Remember when a fraudulent transactions happens on your DEBIT card, it's harder to stop/dispute those compared to CREDIT card transactions - that's another reason to stay away
Jul 5, 2025, 2:30 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

Canadian man charged with theft, fraud after claiming $1M lottery prize meant for three winnersReply
Any winnings from the original ticket should be divided 3 ways ,including any winnings from the free play ticket. That's absolutely true, but ... When I handed my ticket to the cashier, she asked me if I wanted to add Encore to it, so I said, 'Sure, why not?' I don't know what Encore is, except that it's an extra cost add-on that offers other/more ways/chances to win. If the plain vanilla free ticket wouldn't have won then his decision to buy the Encore option is the reason the tic
Dec 9, 2025, 2:26 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery delays expiration date of $12.8 million jackpot-winning ticket in legal battleReply
Kreamer said that he would sign an order that would compel the bank to come forward with those details so that the key party can be named in the lawsuit. Named in the lawsuit or subpoenaed as a witness? It might be useful to have the original prospective buyer testify that the reports that they requested all of the tickets but chose not to buy some of them are correct, but AFAIK they've never come forward (or why the need to use the debit card to identify them?) to assert a claim of ownersh
May 22, 2026, 2:00 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Judge dismisses $320 million lawsuit for DC Lottery posting wrong Powerball numbersNews Story
Would-be winner's demand of more than $1 billion in damages denied By Kate Northrop A judge dismissed a Washington, D.C. man's case against the lottery after the DC Lottery posted incorrect Powerball numbers on their website that he claimed would have won him a $320.6 million jackpot. A Washington, D.C. man was sure he had won a $320.6 million Powerball jackpot when his ticket matched the numbers published on the DC Lottery's website, but the case was thrown out by a judge after the
Jun 30, 2025, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey resident says no thanks to road rage, wins $600,000 lottery prize insteadNews Story
Potentially sour encounter with other driver is blessing in disguise By Kate Northrop A New Jersey resident was not in the mood to engage with road rage during a traffic stall, and the strategy of avoidance led to a $600,000 lottery win instead. A New Jersey lottery player turned a potentially sour encounter on the road into a positive happenstance when they decided to take a detour to avoid a traffic dispute. On June 3, traffic through Essex County was congested, much to the dis
Jun 26, 2025, 8:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canadian man charged with theft, fraud after claiming $1M lottery prize meant for three winnersNews Story
Winner claims prize while excluding two co-players from winnings By Kate Northrop A Canadian man was accused of claiming a $1 million Lotto Max prize without including two other lottery players who were part of a group play arrangement. A Toronto man presented a winning $1 million Lotto Max lottery ticket to the Ontario Lottery (OLG) as though he were the sole winner, but there were two other players who argue they were owed a share of the prize. Alex Parucha, 70, was arrested by
Dec 9, 2025, 8:30 am - Todd - Lottery News