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Iowa Lottery has delivered $6.1B in prizes since 1985News Story
Iowa Lottery celebrates 40 years Sales of the first Iowa Lottery tickets began in 1985 with a kickoff celebration at the Iowa State Fair. Forty years later, state fairgoers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people 1,380 to scratch lottery cards simultaneously, demonstrating the lottery's journey from $1 scratch tickets to a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Since its launch was approved by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Terry Branstad, the lottery has gen
Dec 5, 2025, 10:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

$110,000 Michigan Lottery Fantasy 5 Double Play winner has one month left to claimNews Story
Player buys add-on feature with ticket but may miss out on prize By Kate Northrop Someone in Michigan purchased a Fantasy 5 lottery ticket with the Double Play add-on feature, but the $110,000 prize will go by the wayside if they don't step forward in a month to claim it. Whoever is holding the winning ticket for a $110,000 Fantasy 5 Double Play prize must validate it with the Michigan Lottery in one month or risk losing it all. A Michigan lottery player purchased a Fantasy 5 tic
Apr 21, 2026, 8:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

So if you find a winning formula, it's considered fraud?Reply
Pick one digit to repeat. If it does and the next draw is a single, guaranteed win. Except when one or both of the other two digits repeat with your one key digit and you lose $21. And the last time I looked there are 120 ways to make a straight by keying your one repeat digit with the remaining seven digits in 6-way combos. You have a 1 in 3 chance of a guaranteed win. Really? There are 21 ways to win and 99 ways to miss and a 16.6% probability of getting a straight win guarantee
Oct 21, 2025, 9:39 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Mega Millions and Powerball RaceReply
Where are they putting the additional unexpected $2M in sales? They're putting it in the same places as every other $5 in sales. They skim half off the top and the rest goes into the prize pools. The ads are only for estimated jackpots, and higher sales increase it. They're not going to change the advertised amount unless sales are substantially higher than expected, and if you got those numbers from the site that shall not be named (which you must have, because the Texas worksheet doesn't
Sep 20, 2025, 12:35 am - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
It is a fluke but it came in on row 5 this time. Just to be clear, there are plenty of patterns and lots of people playing them so the fluke is that the 5 winning numbers happened to match one of the relatively few combinations that can be played by using a pattern. I'm not going to try to count how many possibilities there are, but if we include all of the sequential possibilities, simple/obvious multiples or skips, and straight and diagonal lines I'll guess at about 150 to 200, but call i
May 3, 2026, 4:45 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Michigan woman who played Lotto 47 since it launched decades ago wins $1.1 million jackpotNews Story
Persistent winner played twice a week for years, now she finally won By Kate Northrop A Michigan lottery player said she's faithfully played Lotto 47 in the max two drawings a week since the game began decades ago, and she couldn't believe it when a $1.1 million jackpot finally came her way. A Michigan woman devoted herself to the Michigan Lottery's Lotto 47 draw game since the day it launched years ago, and after all this time, a $1.1 million jackpot is hers. The 65-year-old wom
Apr 9, 2026, 10:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

Final Cash4Life and Lucky for Life drawings taking place SaturdayNews Story
Millionaire for Life to replace both games starting Sunday By Kate Northrop Players who want one last shot at playing Cash4Life or Lucky for Life should get their tickets now before the games' final drawings take place Saturday night. Once Saturday's Cash4Life and Lucky for Life drawings take place, that's it Millionaire for Life will be coming in as their replacement. Feb. 21 is the final day to play either of the multi-state games in your jurisdiction. On Feb. 22, tickets go on
Feb 20, 2026, 8:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryNews Story
Here's what we know about the upcoming for life draw game By Kate Northrop The new Millionaire for Life multi-state draw game is just around the corner, which will offer the jackpot of a lifetime. Millionaire for Life is set to debut in just a month, as Lottery Post first announced last October. As we say goodbye to Lucky for Life and Cash4Life for good, here's what we know so far about the new multi-state for life game that will replace them. Players in 31 jurisdictions will ha
Jan 24, 2026, 8:52 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan man claims record $32.9 million Lotto 47 jackpot with numbers he's used for 20 yearsNews Story
First purchase after multi-million-dollar win? A new pair of shoes By Kate Northrop A dedicated Michigan lottery player won the biggest Lotto 47 jackpot in history at $32.91 million with numbers he's used consistently for 20 years. The Michigan winner of the record $32.91 million Lotto 47 jackpot has never strayed from playing the same sets of numbers for 20 years, and it finally paid off. The 73-year-old, who chose to remain anonymous when collecting his record-breaking prize, m
Jan 13, 2026, 9:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan woman claims $131,121 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot weeks before it expiresNews Story
82-year-old player holds onto ticket for longer than planned By Kate Northrop A Michigan woman waited nearly until the last minute to claim a $131,121 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot, just weeks before it was due to expire. An 82-year-old Michigan resident brought in a winning ticket for a $131,121 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot to the Michigan Lottery just weeks away from its expiration ticket. The player, who requested to remain anonymous, purchased a Fantasy 5 ticket last year at Pike F
Dec 1, 2025, 11:52 am - Todd - Lottery News