Lottery Post

Every night the Pennsylvania Lottery performs an intricate series of steps and checks to ensure fair and safe lottery drawings.

Texas Lottery players will be getting a brand new game to play, starting next week. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/294137

A pair of lottery winners have filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Lottery, which still is selling tickets despite its inability to pay prizes greater than $25,000 until state lawmakers pass a budget. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/293790

A Washington, D.C. woman is taking on the Virginia Lottery after she bought a winning ticket worth $20,000 but is not getting the money. The lottery said the ticket was issued in error. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/293750

If you've ever imagined what it must be like to win a Colorado Lottery Second-Chance Drawing, get ready to experience all of those winning moments. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/292974

A Brevard County, Florida, man said he had a winning lottery ticket only to have the state deny him his winnings. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/292955

The Lottery Places mobile app for iPhone, Android, and Windows was featured on the Discovery Channel Friday morning, Aug. 7, on the 7:00 AM program NewsWatch TV. News story: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/292567

The head of Serbia's national lottery has resigned after a television graphic during this week's draw appeared to predict a winning number.

The defense rested its case Thursday afternoon about an hour after starting to call witnesses in the trial of a man accused of rigging a Hot Lotto computerized lottery drawing. News story: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/291812

The first witnesses, including the lottery's vice president of security, took the stand Tuesday after opening statements in the trial of a former lottery worker charged in the Hot Lotto mystery winner case.

Carlos Zavala of Tyler, Texas, is the winner of $500,000 to build a dream home at any D.R. Horton Community in Texas, thanks to his selection of a key in a special event Friday. See news story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/289559

The North Carolina woman holding one of three winning tickets for the Feb. 11 Powerball drawing has cashed in her ticket. News story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/286543

New Jersey Lottery players now have the opportunity to increase their non-jackpot prizes by up to five times on the long-time favorite game, Pick 6, with the addition of the new Xtra feature.

The new multi-state Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game begins ticket sales on Sunday, October 19, 2014, with the first weekly drawing on Friday, October 24. Full story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/281732

To pick up his giant check worth 520 million yuan (US$84.8 million) in lottery winnings, a Shanxi man disguised himself in a silly cartoon bear costume yesterday morning, providing perhaps the most delightful-looking press conference of the year. Full story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/281624

Iowa investigators are asking the public for help in identifying the person who bought a lottery ticket worth $14.3 million that spawned a bizarre, two-year fraud investigation. Full story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/281479

After Poul Hjortbøl won 15 million kroner (about US$2.7 million) playing the lottery in Denmark, he decided to unveil his winnings to his sons in the most suspenseful way possible. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/280859

For the first time in its 25 year history, the Kentucky Lottery is advertising where proceeds from the sale of its games are spent.

The winner of the largest lottery jackpot in Colorado history claimed his prize in Grand Junction on Wednesday afternoon. Full news story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/279279

A Wisconsin man thought he had two $1,000 dollar winning crossword scratch tickets back on July 20th, but when he tried to cash them in, he was told there was an error and that the tickets were misprints.

The Wyoming Lottery Corporation today kicked off a comprehensive, statewide, multimedia marketing campaign as part of the countdown toward the initial sale of lottery tickets in Wyoming on August 24. News story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/278392

An Alabama man fell victim to one of the most successful scams in the country that is destroying the lives of thousands of people.

Where does the North Carolina Education Lottery money go? You know, you buy a ticket, you put money into the education lottery, and you think all that money goes to North Carolina schools. But that is not quite how it works.

A woman in Texas says she was the victim of a well-worn scam, but what was unique in her case was that the fraudulent pitch came to her through a Facebook "friend" and was allegedly endorsed by President Obama. News story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/276053

The Florida Lottery, suspecting fraud, has suspended sales at 11 more stores, bringing the total to 14 since a Palm Beach Post investigation revealed startling patterns of winners. News story: http://www.lotterypost.com/news/275846