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Former Mississippi Lottery VP sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to embezzlementNews Story
Embezzling funds from a state lottery is no joke By Kate Northrop A former Vice President at the Mississippi Lottery pleaded guilty to embezzlement of over $187,000 and was sentenced to 20 years in state custody. On Thursday, the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor announced that a former Mississippi Lottery Vice President pleaded guilty to embezzlement. According to State Auditor Shad White's press release, Hope Bishop, who served as the Vice President of Human Resources at
Jun 17, 2024, 12:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Technical difficulty with New Jersey Lottery Pick 4 drawing results in two sets of winning numbersNews Story
Physical error causes incomplete draw By Kate Northrop The New Jersey Lottery had to conduct a second Pick 4 evening drawing last night after a mechanical problem caused the first draw to fail, the Lottery announced today. A technical error involving the New Jersey Lottery's ball drawing machine led to an incomplete draw in the Pick 4 evening drawing on Thurs., March 14. All of the balls did not release into the chamber of the drawing machine before the winning numbers were sele
Mar 15, 2024, 12:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

VA man wins $132,000 in two Pick 3 drawingsNews Story
Played massive number of tickets with same numbers One very lucky Virginia man collected a six-figure lottery win in Virginia, after all 264 of his tickets came up winners in two separate drawings, Virginia Lottery officials say. Yes, 264 tickets. Jalen Taylor of Charlottesville won $132,000 when each ticket proved to be worth $500, Virginia Lottery officials said in a press release. The prize came after Taylor went big and bought two large batches of Pick 3 tickets over a two-m
Feb 5, 2022, 1:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Powerball feature coming to some statesNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Powerball Product Group announced Monday that a new add-on feature will accompany the game in some states when it launches its third weekly drawing, starting Mon., Aug. 23. The feature is called Double Play, and it gives players in certain jurisdictions another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a second drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million, a press release says. America's jackpot game is picking up the pace to keep up with player demand going fr
Aug 5, 2021, 2:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Florida considers partial lottery winner anonymityNews Story
Bill passes in the House, moves to the Senate By Kate Northrop Florida lawmakers introduced a new bill that could grant lottery winners of $250,000 or more a three-month period of anonymity before their identity is revealed to the public. A bill granting temporary anonymity to lottery winners of big prizes passed Wednesday in the House by a vote of 117 to 1. Now the measure heads to the Senate, but with little time left in the current legislative session, it is unlikely that it will bec
Apr 22, 2021, 9:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery to join Cash4Life multi-state gameNews Story
Missouri players can begin playing as soon as this weekend By Kate Northrop The Missouri Lottery announced this morning that it will be adding the Cash4Life multi-state game to its lineup, giving players the chance to win $1,000 a day for life. Missouri players will be able to purchase tickets starting this Sun., Apr. 11 for Cash4Life, a nightly game that features a top prize of $1,000 a day for life and a second-tier prize of $1,000 a week for life. It is currently offered in nine othe
Apr 8, 2021, 1:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Québec Lottery launches first-ever lottery ticket printed on 100% recycled materialsNews Story
Lottery sets an environmentally friendly precedent By Kate Northrop The Qu bec Lottery announced last week that they have just launched the first-ever lottery ticket printed on entirely recycled materials. It's the Lottery's latest step toward a reduced environmental footprint and the first time that any lottery corporation in the world has released a ticket made completely from recycled materials. The environmentally friendly ticket is from the scratch-off game Évasion, which
Jan 29, 2021, 1:28 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. COVID nurse 'in shock' after $1 million second-chance lottery winNews Story
A North Carolina nurse who works in the COVID-19 unit at a long-term care facility just hit a $1 million jackpot. Terri Watkins didn't believe she'd actually won the North Carolina Education Lottery's Supreme Riches second-chance lottery drawing last week but she did. I thought that it was a scam. I was a little upset actually! she said in a press release. I thought that it was not real, couldn't be real, Watkins added. It's still something that I really don't believe, I'm still in so
Jan 14, 2021, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery announces new President and CEONews Story
By Kate Northrop The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced the appointment of A. Duncan Hannay as their new President and CEO, whose term will begin Oct. 26, 2020. Today's press release from OLG revealed that Hannay will soon take the reins as the head of the company. Although he will be entering the lottery and gaming industry for the first time, he will be bringing multiple strengths tailored by previous executive leadership roles as well as extensive experience and know
Oct 16, 2020, 1:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Washington Lottery makes new changes to its oldest gameNews Story
After 36 years, the last Daily Game draw will occur on August 29, 2020 By Kate Northrop The Washington Lottery is making new changes to its longest-running game of 36 years, with the final drawing under the name Daily Game to occur on August 29, 2020 at 8:00 pm. The draw game was initially released in 1984 under the name Triple Choice but then changed to Daily Game in 1987. 13,000 drawings later, it will be going through a rebranding once more. Starting August 30, the Daily Game will
Aug 11, 2020, 5:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News