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Powerball changes/Monday drawReply
I received this email from the Mississippi Lottery: Powerball Group Announces Drawing Results Delays JACKSON, MISS. The official results of the Powerball drawing on Monday, Aug. 23, have been delayed due to two lotteries outside of Mississippi needing additional time to complete the required security protocols. Powerball has strict security requirements that must be met by all 48 lotteries before and after each drawing to produce official draw results. Without the draw results, the
Aug 24, 2021, 9:21 pm - Big Joey - Jackpot Games Forum

Wait times for lottery prize payouts doubled in CaliforniaReply
About 4 years ago I played my birthday on the Cash4 drawing game in my state and ended up winning $5,000. I took the ticket to the Lottery Headquarters in Nashville, checked in at the security desk, went into the payout room, identified myself, presented them with the signed ticket, sat down and waited about 9 or 10 minutes before they called me up to the window and issued me a check for 5 grand. I said thank you and left the buiding. Not sure why it would take any state 3 or 4 months to issue a
Aug 12, 2021, 3:49 pm - Mata Garbo - Lottery News

Happy Birthday USCG
On August 4, 1790, the U.S. Coast Guard was created by Congress, which authorized Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to build a small fleet of 10 cutters to protect the coast. As the Coast Guard marks its birthday and continues to serve a critical role under the Department of Homeland Security, we at The Patriot Post offer our thanks for a job well done. Happy Birthday and Semper Paratus! 231 today!
Aug 4, 2021, 3:11 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

The transformation of Lucky for Life into a computerized daily drawingReply
* If PB MM went the RNG route Jeff, it would die on the vine as it should! Serious lottery players are not going to settle for that l think you'll see a serious pushback. All you need is for another Eddie Tipton security chief to be caught down the line the games will implode. *Why risk it?
Jul 29, 2021, 10:57 am - noise-gate - Lottery News

Saddest Lottery Stories? :(Reply
Karen Nathan For sad lottery stories jackpot winners who get murdered are certainly sad stories but the woman in NJ who won two jackpots, blew them all and wound up living in a trailer park on social security is also a sad lottery story.
Mar 10, 2021, 5:56 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery courier service pioneers online sales model in TexasNews Story
Massive multi-state jackpots fuel surge in online ticket sales By Kate Northrop Lottery courier service theLotter is changing the way people in the state of Texas are buying lottery tickets, and two multi-state mega jackpots combined with pandemic-driven online sales are proving to be the perfect storm. As 2021 kicks off with two multi-state lottery jackpots swelling over $1 billion combined, players are buying up their tickets in a frenzy any which way. Online ticket sales are surging
Jan 14, 2021, 6:59 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Is this flu scam stopping you from running your lottery tickets?Reply
Thee of little faith... ABC news. The director of the White House security office, Crede Bailey, was in an intensive care unit for three months and had part of his leg amputated after contracting COVID-19 several months ago, according to a fundraising campaign set up to help him. Bailey, who recently moved to a full-time rehabilitation facility, now faces significant medical bills, according to the online fundraiser. He was hospitalized in September after falling ill with the coronaviru
Dec 29, 2020, 5:39 pm - noise-gate - Lottery Discussion Forum

Take5 NYReply
Well in two years, if you haven't taken Social Security yet, you're gonna get a whopper of a monthly check! Wish I could have delayed it til age 70 but that wasn't even in the cards. G5
Dec 25, 2020, 1:43 pm - GiveFive - Pick 5 Forum

After 12 hours, why is Mega still pending?Reply
Possible cyber attack. Google Solarwinds and Sunburst for information about the latest computer security compromise. I suspect at least one state was hit and they are having difficulty searching their database of purchased tickets with a comparison of the winning numbers.
Dec 19, 2020, 11:51 am - winoneday - Lottery Discussion Forum

Total number of scratch off tickets by game in FLReply
Florida uses Scientific Games...latest contract renewal was last year, but here in FL the book count discrepancies are noted as well. At least here the FL Lotto publishes odds and number of prizes at each level. Both the website and app show remaining prizes as well. My biggest beef is the apparent lack of updates to remaining prizes for destroyed/lost books, and I've yet to get a winning ticket #...they advertise an open govt atmosphere but then easy cloak info in Info not avail due to secur
Dec 15, 2020, 11:21 am - Cape $cratcher - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum