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Two Illinois best friends focus on high jackpot lottery games and win $518,309 in FastPlayNews Story
Lottery duo's intentional strategy rewards them with six-figure win By Kate Northrop In a neighborhood community of avid lottery fans, two Illinois best friends decided to put their heads (and wallets) together to try to win a $518,309 FastPlay jackpot, not realizing that they'd end up winning it all. Two is better than one that's how one pair of Illinois friends like to think of their lottery play in their spare time, and it's also how they won a FastPlay jackpot totaling $518,309.
Apr 24, 2026, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeReply
I have a bit of sympathy about that response that players were getting from the lottery, mainly because the lotteries all get accused by angry gamblers daily of being rigged. So the handful of messages they might have received as a result of this drawing error were likely dwarfed by the daily onslaught of similar messages that do not have a shred of proof. You really can't expect a customer service rep to sort all that out, and the result is a canned response, because most of the time what they
Apr 22, 2026, 6:41 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DC 5 Lottery needs to be audited immediately. The same thing that happened to Tennessee in 2007Reply
Likely a MISTAKE, rather than inside job (suggesting intent).
Apr 22, 2026, 4:18 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeReply
I think it goes without saying that this is a failure for the industry, and specifically for SmartPlay. The reason is that this specific error has happened so many times before, so not only the fact that their systems are allowing these kind of simple mistakes over the course of many years, but the fact that they do not have any monitoring software running that continually examines drawing results for easily-detectable patterns that should be investigated. Why does SmartPlay not have AI
Apr 22, 2026, 2:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DC 5 Lottery needs to be audited immediately. The same thing that happened to Tennessee in 2007Reply
We have confirmed the problem and published an exclusive news story: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/358976 Many thanks to Newkids06 for finding and documenting here, and thanks to all who analyzed and published findings here. The DC Lottery confirmed that Lottery Post was the first to identify the problem, which would have continued if we had not made them aware. Nicely done! The DC Lottery has implemented temporary fixes and will be announcing the error and fixes shortly.
Apr 22, 2026, 1:52 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeNews Story
Certain combinations had no chance of winning for three weeks By Kate Northrop Following independent observations by Lottery Post members of an unlikely statistical anomaly in Washington, D.C. draw outcomes, the DC Lottery identified a software problem that meant certain combinations had no shot at winning prizes in three games. The DC Lottery has implemented a fix for a coding error that prevented some tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for three weeks. After
Apr 22, 2026, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Over $9.5 million in unclaimed lottery winnings expiring soon in WashingtonNews Story
Lottery officials sounding the alarm on millions in unclaimed prizes One of the big prizes expires today By Kate Northrop The Washington Lottery is putting out a call for players to come forward and collect their prizes after officials tallied over $9.5 million in unclaimed winnings due to expire in the coming months. More than $9.5 million in Washington Lottery prizes is slated to expire over the course of the next few months if players don't come forward to collect their winni
Apr 22, 2026, 8:27 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

New lottery number experiment pays off for North Carolina woman with $212,371 Cash 5 jackpotNews Story
Player tries random strategy for first time and wins big on the first attempt By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman went with a new approach in picking her lottery numbers, and she came out on top with a $212,371 Cash 5 jackpot on the first try. The North Carolina Lottery announced that a $212,371 Cash 5 jackpot winner employed a unique strategy to win the prize. Dorothy Chester of Cedar Grove decided to try picking out her lottery numbers a different way one day, so she made a
Apr 20, 2026, 7:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

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Apr 19, 2026, 3:49 pm - Todd - Mystical Forum