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Lottery Post's guide to 2020 holiday rafflesNews Story
By Kate Northrop For many lottery players, the upcoming holiday season represents the return of raffle games, many of which offer their best odds of winning $1 million or more. At Lottery Post, we've always held pride in our detailed lottery results reporting, even for special drawings like raffles that are often overlooked. In 2020 we continue that tradition, and we'll publish the winning raffle numbers in each state and country conducting a raffle drawing this year. Back in 2005, when
Nov 11, 2020, 8:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

CT Lottery quiet as uncomfortable allegations pile upNews Story
For a moment it looked like some meaningful information might be released to the public this week about the latest upheaval at the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) this time in the form of an order Monday that lottery Vice President Chelsea Turner be placed on an indefinite leave, six days after disclosing in sworn testimony that she contacted the FBI in about 2014 with suspicions of wrongdoing by a superior. But it hasn't turned out that way. The CLC's board of directors scheduled a specia
Jul 19, 2019, 8:22 am - Todd - Lottery News

The women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per yearReply
A word of warning. A lot of sweepstakes are conducted by charities looking for a donation. Most of them ask for as little as $7 or $10. But once you enter a few, you will be put on a mailing list and will be bombarded with sweepstakes entries. Don't be surprised to get 30 or more a week in your mail box. A lot of them are scams. Look at the official rules to see who is sponsoring the sweepstakes. Here is a list of the 50 worst charities. What makes them the worst is how little money actually
Jul 15, 2019, 8:49 pm - grwurston - Lottery News

You just won a huge lottery jackpot! Now what?News Story
By Todd Northrop This week we are seeing the largest lottery jackpots in history up for grabs to anyone spending as little as $2 for a ticket. The $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot is certainly getting most of the attention, but the $620 million Powerball jackpot would be just as life-changing to the winner. That's a total of more than $2.2 billion between the two games. It's not just life-changing money, it's multi-generational wealth. When one or more tickets eventually hit all si
Oct 22, 2018, 8:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts Lottery winners increasingly opting to stay anonymousNews Story
Some people can't believe David Spillane's luck when it comes to the state lottery. People come up to me and say congratulations. How come you win over and over? Spillane, a lawyer from Hanover, said in a recent interview. Five times since Jan. 1, Spillane has gone to Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters in Braintree to claim a winning ticket. The total windfall to date is $6 million. Each time, the state Lottery has distributed to the press and posted on its website the standard g
May 14, 2018, 8:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

More millennials than seniors losing money to scamsReply
Wow,I Haven't Seen One Of These In Awhile. Found These 2 In My Spam Folder The Other Day I Wonder How Many E-Mail Recipients Actually Sent $$$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: YOUR PACKAGE HAVE JUST ARRIVED ATTN: BENEFICIARY I'm Diplomatic Agent Mr. Chris Ibeh; I have been trying to reach you on your Email about few hours ago, just to inform you about my successful arrival in Austin-Bergstrom Int
Mar 17, 2018, 12:21 pm - LottoBux - Lottery News

Maryland's No. 1 lottery retailer revealedNews Story
The regulars at the Soda Pop Shop Mart had heard the story before how Bill Jenkins accidentally played the same set of Keno numbers twice in 2012, leaving him with two $10,000 winning tickets instead of one. So there were knowing smiles inside the Catonsville convenience store last week as the retired truck driver recounted how the terminal initially seemed to reject the first $10 ticket, prompting him to select the eight charmed numbers again. And he ain't won $15 since! another player s
Sep 8, 2015, 7:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

California lottery retailers investigated for massive prize claimsNews Story
Are California Lottery retailers beating the odds, or is there something more going on? A local media investigation found some store owners cashing in winning lottery tickets at surprising rates. It's one of the winningest lottery stores in the Bay Area: Dolce Espresso in San Jose has reported 212 winning tickets worth $600 or more in the past decade. The luckiest winner is owner Minh Nguyen. He's claimed 87 of them. At the Jelly Donut in Daly City, owner Frank Huynh claimed 15 winning
Oct 31, 2014, 1:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$14.3 million Hot Lotto prize claim withdrawnNews Story
Includes video report Someone really doesn't want to be a multimillionaire. Crawford Shaw, the enigmatic 76-year-old New York attorney who represented a trust attempting to claim a Hot Lotto jackpot worth as much as $14.3 million, abruptly withdrew any claim to the money Thursday evening. Apparently even Shaw doesn't know the identity of the person or persons behind Hexham Investments Trust, the group that sought the prize. Shaw told Iowa Lottery officials that the trust was a corporati
Jan 27, 2012, 7:16 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery begins todayNews Story
Less than a year from voter approval to first ticket sales Includes video report Arkansas has officially become the 42nd state to operate a government lottery the 43rd jurisdiction, counting Washington, D.C. Arkansas Lottery scratch-off tickets are now on sale at nearly 1,500 retailers throughout the state with the proceeds going towards funding college scholarships. Retailers were allowed to begin selling scratch-off lottery tickets just after midnight today, and at least one lo
Sep 28, 2009, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News