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Former Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief indicted on charge related to $95M Lotto Texas jackpotNews Story
Lottery industry spearhead charged with felony abuse of office By Kate Northrop A grand jury has indicted former Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief on a felony charge accusing him of abusing his position in events tied directly to the $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot buyout in 2023. Lottery industry pioneer Gary Grief was indicted and reindicted on a felony charge that accuses him of collaborating with a foreign purchasing group, an alleged partnership that state personnel ar
May 18, 2026, 3:25 pm - Lottery News

Illinois man's $1 million lottery win was inspired by a "sign" from fatherNews Story
Multiple uncanny events occur before experiencing life-changing win By Kate Northrop An Illinois man experienced a myriad of signs related to his late father before winning a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket. A $1 million win in the lottery awaited an Illinois man at the end of a series of spiritual coincidences that all reminded him of his late father. The Illinois resident named John, who went by the nickname Music Man when collecting his prize, told Illinois Lottery offici
Apr 16, 2026, 7:46 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery doles out $7.9 million in winnings after Daily 4 draws 7-7-7-7 on April Fool's DayNews Story
Not a joke: thousands of players paid out handsomely By Kate Northrop Thousands of lottery players won a total of $7.9 million in an April Fool's Day Daily 4 drawing in Texas after the game drew a rare number combination. The Texas Lottery announced last week that it tallied up nearly $8 million in winnings in a single Daily 4 draw after the game produced a rare but popular result. The April 1 Daily 4 Night drawing resulted in a payout that was far from a joke: identical quadrupl
Apr 7, 2026, 1:26 pm - Lottery News

Australian man deletes email from lottery about $50 million Powerball jackpot winNews Story
Multiple attempts to get ahold of winner within the span of one hour By Kate Northrop It took multiple attempts for the Australian Lottery to get ahold of a $50 million (US$35.35 million) Powerball jackpot winner, who had previously deleted a very-real email alerting him to the win. An Australian man was none the wiser that he had actually won a $50 million Powerball jackpot since he had deleted the initial email informing him that he should claim the prize. Thankfully, it didn't
Mar 18, 2026, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Maryland man wins $1 million lottery prize after letting another customer ahead of him in lineNews Story
Customer unknowingly repays his kindness with a million bucks By Kate Northrop A Maryland man won a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket as a result of allowing a woman to go ahead of him in line at the store. Sometimes it pays to be nice, and sometimes it can earn you a million dollars. One Maryland man was rewarded handsomely for one such pleasant gesture when it placed him on a path to win big. A lottery winner by the name of Ryan was shopping at the Walmart on George Clauss B
Mar 3, 2026, 8:43 am - Lottery News

New Jersey man emerges as sole winner of $1 million at Jets game in second chance drawingNews Story
Winner knew something great was headed his way By Kate Northrop One single lottery player was crowned the biggest winner in the MetLife Stadium on Sunday when he won the $1 million grand prize in the final draw of the New Jersey Lottery's second chance promotion. At the culmination of a second chance promotion for the New Jersey Lottery's Jersey Cash 5 game, one player beat out all the rest to win a $1 million prize at the heart of the MetLife Stadium. After the New Jersey Lotter
Dec 2, 2025, 2:07 pm - Lottery News

Three $1 million winning Powerball lottery tickets sold at the same New York storeNews Story
New York Lottery Commissioner says event is infrequent By Kate Northrop One lottery retailer in New York sold three $1 million winning tickets for a single Powerball drawing, an occurrence that the New York Lottery says is infrequent. There were three winning Powerball tickets for the second-tier prize in a drawing last week, and all three came from the same store in New York. On Tuesday last week, the New York Lottery announced that there were three second-tier prize-winning tic
Oct 27, 2025, 5:56 pm - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery alerts retailers to possible bulk buying attempt over $877,800 Idaho Cash jackpotNews Story
No evidence of couriers involved By Kate Northrop When an Idaho Cash lottery jackpot jumped up $126,000 overnight to $877,800 and was subsequently won, the Idaho Lottery had a suspicion a bulk buyer was at play. On Tuesday, Sept 30, the Idaho Lottery witnessed their Idaho Cash draw game jackpot reach a record level of $877,800, the highest prize the in-state draw game has ever seen. Based on sales figures, familiar signs from other similar recent activity , and reports from local Ida
Oct 18, 2025, 9:33 am - Lottery News

Data breach at lottery tech vendor Brightstar exposes personal info of over 100,000 individualsNews Story
Social Security numbers, financial data compromised in multi-state breach By Kate Northrop A data breach in a lottery technology supplier's internal system last year exposed sensitive information of over 100,000 individuals, including social security numbers. Thousands of people across several states had their data exposed after Brightstar, a leading lottery technology company, was hit with a breach in November 2024. On Oct. 3, Brightstar, formerly IGT, alerted Rhode Island Attor
Oct 10, 2025, 8:28 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner of £1 million lands in emergency room: "It was a massive wakeup call"News Story
Nonstop partying comes to an end after health incident scares winner straight By Kate Northrop A U.K. lottery winner who instantly became a millionaire overnight went from partying for months to spending eight long days in the hospital after a health scare gave him the wakeup call he said he needed. A serious health incident wound a U.K. lottery winner of 1 million (US$1.3 million) in the hospital for eight days, an experience he said he would never forget. Adam Lopez, 39, experi
Oct 9, 2025, 8:06 am - Lottery News