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Lottery courier exits New Mexico amid growing scrutinyNews Story
Courier company pushed out of a second state as criticism heightens By Kate Northrop A lottery courier has ceased operations in New Mexico following a negative legal opinion from the State Attorney General, making the state the latest flashpoint in the mounting scrutiny of courier services. New Mexico is the latest state to voice a negative opinion on lottery couriers, which has prompted the state's largest lottery courier to back out. Negative sentiment against lottery courier s
Mar 7, 2025, 7:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas trust claims second half $1.8 billion Powerball lottery jackpotReply
Interesting tidbit, Woodlands Texas, 7 bridges Capitol Partners with offices in Mexico, Columbia and Brazil. Congrats to whomever won the money.
Oct 14, 2025, 7:06 pm - sully16 - Lottery News

$2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's Malibu mansion destroyed in LA Palisades FireReply
I live in California and the fires are horrible, whole neighborhoods gone. Some insurance companies canceled policies recently. Our largest school district LAUSD, closed schools Friday due to the smoke ashes. We live 35 miles south of the fires and can smell the fire as well as ashes on our car. Other states Nevada countries...Canada Mexico have sent firefighters planes to assist. Hope the fires are under control soon.
Jan 12, 2025, 1:08 pm - LemonDrop - Lottery News

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeNews Story
Certain combinations had no chance of winning for three weeks By Kate Northrop Following independent observations by Lottery Post members of an unlikely statistical anomaly in Washington, D.C. draw outcomes, the DC Lottery identified a software problem that meant certain combinations had no shot at winning prizes in three games. The DC Lottery has implemented a fix for a coding error that prevented some tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for three weeks. After
Apr 22, 2026, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DC Lottery offers compensation for players affected by computerized draw errorNews Story
DC Lottery offers several pathways for remediation after programming error caused untold tickets to lose out By Kate Northrop After Lottery Post alerted the DC Lottery to a possible error that prevented tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for weeks, the DC Lottery has announced several different forms of compensation for players who may have been impacted by the computerized drawing glitch. Last week, Lottery Post reached out to the DC Lottery after Lottery Post mem
Apr 27, 2026, 7:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lotto Texas winner sues betting company and couriers, claims he was cheated out of $100M jackpotReply
You wasted a whole post on proving you have very little knowledge of the entire situation. I said meeting but if you knew anything about it you would have known there was testimony as well. And would have pointed out those were hearings as well. To say that no laws were broken is ignorance. In the state of Texas laws are written by the legislature. Those head of departments/commissions are expected to abide by those laws which means Gary Grief had no legal ability to change those laws. H
Apr 13, 2025, 1:38 pm - garyo1954 - Lottery News

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USANews Story
Massive sales triggers jackpot increase to #2 all-time 4th-largest cash value in history By Todd Northrop Due to a ticket-buying frenzy for Saturday's Powerball drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate to $1.8 billion, making it the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history. The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to $826.4 million, which is the fourth-largest lottery cash val
Sep 5, 2025, 11:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?News Story
Now the 4th-largest jackpot in world history By Todd Northrop Will someone give a Christmas gift worth billions this week? It's actually a possibility, as the next Powerball drawing on Christmas Eve is set to deliver a faint-inducing prize worth $1.7 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for a record 46 consecutive drawings since the last winner on Sept. 6, 2025 , when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.7874 billion jackpot after 41 draws without a winne
Dec 23, 2025, 12:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Epic Powerball winless streak marches onNews 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 $1.25 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for a record 43 consecutive drawings since the last winner on September 6 , when two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas split a $1.7874 billion jackpot
Dec 16, 2025, 10:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Powerball jackpot increased in longest-ever winless streakNews Story
6th-largest jackpot in game's history By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 42nd consecutive drawing, setting a new record for the longest-ever jackpot run in the game's history, and prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.1 billion. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $503.4 million more than a half-billion dollars in cash! It's the stuff that a lottery pla
Dec 14, 2025, 9:41 am - Todd - Lottery News