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Arkansas lottery winner of $250.8 million Powerball jackpot claims prizeNews Story
Two significant Powerball winners from Arkansas claim big jackpots a few months apart By Kate Northrop The Arkansas Lottery announced that the winner of a $250.8 million Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their lottery winnings, just months after the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot winner claimed theirs. A $250.8 million Powerball prize won in Arkansas has been claimed by a lottery winner who purchased their jackpot-winning ticket through a courier. The winner opted to re
Apr 3, 2026, 10:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Retired Ohio firefighter to pay for daughter's wedding with $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 lottery jackpotNews Story
Extraordinary coincidence of numbers and dates By Kate Northrop A retired firefighter will be able to contribute to his daughter's wedding after a $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 lottery jackpot came his way through coincidental means. An Ohio man stayed consistent and true to his lottery play for years, and now he has a $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 jackpot to show for it. J.R. of Dublin has played the same lottery numbers for years, inspired by a concoction of important and special dates in
Mar 19, 2026, 9:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
I haven't paid any attention to this game nut I just saw it on the NY lottery's home page for the first time. Obviously everybody gets to decide whether or not they want to play, but here are a couple of thoughts. The first is largely about playing this or playing PB (or MM) when the jackpot is still small. Generally, at least 8 to 10 million people (5 to 7 isn't unusual for Monday drawings) spend $2 when the annuity is $20 to $30 million (even if you die before the drawing) and the cash val
Feb 23, 2026, 3:50 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forwardNews Story
Anonymous winner sought financial and legal advice before claiming lifechanging wealth By Kate Northrop The Arkansas Lottery announced today that the winner of the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their lifechanging prize. The Arkansas lottery player who held the only winning ticket in the nation for a $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has officially been validated by the Arkansas Lottery as the true winner. The winner opted to remain anonymous and chose to r
Jan 22, 2026, 4:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USAReply
At the risk of generating a post generating obsessive, unreadable, tiresome and useless nonsense about memos and such, I would like to suggest that the Poisson distribution for probability of numbers of winners, based on the estimated number of sales for this drawing as posted on the Texas Lottery website $507,200,684 (corresponding to 253,600,342 tickets) suggests the percent probability of the following number of winners: k, number of winners p(m,k) 0 40.55%
Sep 6, 2025, 7:41 pm - Prob988 - Lottery News

New York Lottery launches new Million Dollar Raffle with best odds of winning $1 millionNews Story
More than a dozen million-dollar prizes up for grabs in brand-new raffle By Kate Northrop The New York Lottery has launched a brand-new Million Dollar Raffle, giving New York players the best odds at winning $1 million in any New York Lottery game. To commemorate the Erie Canal's 200th anniversary, the New York Lottery has debuted a statewide Million Dollar Raffle bursting with 15 $1 million top prizes and more. This year, the Erie Canal turns 200 years old, and to celebrate, the
Aug 7, 2025, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

U.K. National Lottery going on 36-hour break for huge technology upgradeNews Story
Massive technology refresh brings National Lottery into modern era By Kate Northrop As the U.K. National Lottery gets ready to undergo its most massive technology upgrade in three decades, ticket sales, ticket checkers, and prize claims will all experience a 36-hour blackout. The U.K. National Lottery is going on a 36-hour break starting this weekend, and officials are strongly recommending that players plan ahead. In a huge undertaking to modernize the technology that powers the
Aug 1, 2025, 7:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey teacher receives $500,000 winning lottery ticket as gift from parentNews Story
Teacher's summer surprise: forgotten ticket worth half a million By Kate Northrop A New Jersey teacher received a variety of gifts from their students' parents at the end of the school year, but one stood out among the rest: a lottery ticket worth $500,000. Late June is the time parents usually give their children's teachers a thank-you present in New Jersey public schools, and one teacher was lucky to find out that their gifted lottery ticket was worth more than expected. At the
Jul 21, 2025, 12:42 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul to retire after 23 years of leadershipNews Story
The gold standard : more than four decades of pioneering the lottery industry By Kate Northrop Lottery industry spearhead and Tennessee Lottery President and CEO Rebecca Paul announced her retirement after 23 years in the leadership position and four decades in the field. With more than forty years of serving the lottery industry under her belt, someone else will have to fill big shoes that Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul is leaving behind. Her final day as President and CEO w
Jun 5, 2026, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
Occurrence Interval Draws Jackpot Index Date Days Year Month Day A B C D E MB Annuity Cash Sales 99 740060 2026 3 20 11 20 51 55 63 04 $50,000,000 $22,600,000 $19,875,885 100 740064 2026 3 24 04 13 52 53 69 10 $60,000,000 $27,000,000 $19,353,580 101 740067 2026 3 27 13 27 28 41 62 16 $70,000,000 $31,500,000 $19,755,795 102 740071 2026 3 31 18 35 45 60 65 17 $80,000,000 $35,600,000 $19,621,740 103 740074 2026 4 3 31 45 62 63 68 15 $90,000,000 $40,100,000 $20,800,875
May 27, 2026, 3:16 pm - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum