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A computer glitch caused a delay in the live TV broadcast of a Powerball drawing on July 2, 2008. This occurred around the same time that Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Trust claimed an $85 million Powerball win from a ticket purchased in Oklahoma, sparking suspicions of fraud, according to Grok on X. While the timing and secrecy fueled speculation, no direct evidence of rigging or fraud has been found to date. The Powerball drawing was eventually held, revealing a single winning ticket sold in Al
Jul 29, 2025, 8:19 pm - Justing618 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oregon lottery winners can now remain anonymousReply
Knowing a million-dollar winner in Florida and how easy it was to locate him through searching the county Tax Appraiser's database, I'm glad to see another state acknowledge that winning a jackpot is both a blessing and a curse. The vultures started landing on my friend's doorstep in no time flat. Florida allows winners to remain anonymous for only 90 days. Just long enough to pack up and leave your friends and neighbors and start over again somewhere far, far away. A hefty price to pay for
May 9, 2025, 11:52 pm - play4shekels - Lottery News

Oregon lottery winners can now remain anonymousNews Story
Governor signs bill into law granting full anonymity to winners of any prize amount By Kate Northrop On Thursday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill into law that grants full anonymity to all Oregon lottery winners, regardless of the prize amount. Oregon lottery winners will now be able to keep their identity private thanks to the passage of House Bill 3115, which stipulates that the only way the Oregon Lottery can publicly release a player's name is if the winner grants permis
May 9, 2025, 4:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan man buried $1 million winning lottery ticket to keep it safeNews Story
Million-dollar ticket finds temporary home underground By Kate Northrop A Michigan man won a $1 million prize in the lottery and then buried the winning ticket in the backyard of his home to keep it safe. That's one way to dig up buried treasure a Michigan lottery player instinctively buried his winning ticket worth $1 million in the backyard to prevent any harm from coming its way. Hopefully, there aren't too many holes in one Van Buren County man's yard, but it's likely nothing
May 1, 2025, 9:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Kentucky lottery winner of $167.3 million Powerball jackpot claims prize two days after drawingReply
Am guessing am not going to see all thoes Crying California Again Life is what it is Congratulations Like l said over and over forget anonymous forget lawyers pickup your check and go on well deserved vacation Be 100 percent transparent with a million dollar smile. What goes around comes around
Apr 28, 2025, 8:56 pm - Powerball765 - Lottery News

Michigan woman buys lottery tickets for Christmas gifts, wins $1M on the one she saved for herselfNews Story
The best Christmas gift was the one she kept By Kate Northrop A generous Michigan woman bought several lottery tickets to give to her family members as Christmas gifts and won $1 million from the ticket she kept for herself. One Michigan resident had her family in mind when she purchased a bunch of lottery tickets for them as presents, but she was not expecting to give herself $1 million instead. The 66-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, visited Ox's Smoked Meats on
Jan 29, 2025, 8:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

20-year-old promises to continue working after £7.5 million Lotto jackpot winReply
Yes, having a big family can be great. However, if you let the world know that you now have millions, many family members, plus many strangers, will start asking for help . If James Clarkson is not strong enough to say no, his 7.5 million jackpot disappear very quickly. If lottery winners aren't smart enough to remain anonymous, are they smart enough to manage the money for their long-term financial security?
Jan 21, 2025, 4:48 pm - dannyct - Lottery News

20-year-old promises to continue working after £7.5 million Lotto jackpot winReply
One issue on choosing to go public that many lottery winners don't consider, is the repeated and publicity. Everytime there is a future UK lottery jackpot win, especially if the winner chooses to remain anonymous, James Clarkson's story will be republished. When lottery winners choose to go public about their win, they are deciding to become public people and whatever they do in the future will be covered by the media.
Jan 19, 2025, 11:42 pm - dannyct - Lottery News

20-year-old promises to continue working after £7.5 million Lotto jackpot winReply
Congratulations to James Clarkson and he sounds like a very level headed young man. However, he should have sought out independent, professional legal and financial advice before the claimed his win. The first piece of advice they have given him, is to remain anonymous. There is absolutely no benefit to going public with a lottery win, but there are plenty of disadvantage in doing so. I hope he is strong enough to resist the endless requests he will receive asking for help . If not, he
Jan 19, 2025, 5:29 am - dannyct - Lottery News

One California ticket wins $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
You're technically correct that a winning ticket has never been sold in Detroit proper. But if you recall, back in November 2010, a $129 million Powerball ticket was sold at Uptown Bookstore, which is literally just yards outside of Detroit's border in Highland Park (which is even more economically depressed than Detroit proper). The jackpot was eventually split amongst a (mostly anonymous) syndicate, but I'm wiling to bet some of the folks in that syndicate were also residents of Detroi
Dec 28, 2024, 1:33 pm - dfwjackpot - Lottery News