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Michigan $733,968 Fantasy 5 jackpot winner wins again, this time a $1M Millionaire Raffle prizeNews Story
Lucky streak: second major win in just over a year By Kate Northrop As if winning part of a $733,968 jackpot in the Fantasy 5 draw game wasn't cool enough, one Michigan man won the $1 million top prize in the Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle just over a year later. Luck hasn't stopped flowing for one Michigan lottery player, who has now won the highest-tier prizes in two of the games Michigan Lottery has to offer. The 47-year-old Michigan resident opted to remain anonymous w
Apr 27, 2026, 7:13 am - Lottery News

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Lottery News

UK lottery winner misses claims deadline for £10.6 million jackpotNews Story
Lottery officials scratching their heads wondering why prize wasn't claimed By Kate Northrop The lottery player who won a 10.6 million (US$14.2 million) Lotto jackpot missed out on the opportunity to collect their winnings, a rare occurrence for the UK National Lottery. In what National Lottery officials are calling an unusual circumstance, the winner of the 10.6 million Lotto jackpot missed their chance to claim a lifechanging sum of money. Lottery winners in the UK have 180 day
Apr 13, 2026, 7:46 am - 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 - Lottery News

California Lottery accidentally publishes winner's address instead of retailer's in press releaseNews Story
$12 million jackpot winner's privacy jeopardized in blunder By Kate Northrop The California Lottery has issued a statement after they accidentally exposed a $12 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot winner's personal address in a press release. A $12 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot winner's privacy was jeopardized after the California Lottery inadvertently revealed their home address in a news release instead of the retailer's. On Friday, the California Lottery issued a press release v
Apr 6, 2026, 1:10 pm - Lottery News

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 - Lottery News

Illinois mom uses children's birthdays to win $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpotNews Story
Mother's plans for the prize are fitting By Kate Northrop An Illinois mother is glad she used her children's birthdays for her lottery numbers, since they just won her an $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot in the Illinois Lottery. With a check for her prize secured, one Illinois woman will put her winnings towards the very thing that inspired her $800,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot win: her children. Something magical happened that day, the winner said in a press release. Everything c
Mar 27, 2026, 8:33 am - Lottery News