Winner Or Loser? Rhode Island Lottery App Error Discovered, Addressed
The app deemed winning scratch-off tickets to be losers at certain times of day, but the RI Lottery quickly acted to remedy the problem.
April 10, 2024
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Oregon Powerball Billionaire Promptly Comes Forward, Vetting Process Underway
“We’re taking every precaution to verify the winner before awarding the prize money," said Oregon Lottery Director Mike Wells.
April 9, 2024
Fourth-Biggest Powerball Jackpot Win Ever, $1.326 Billion, Hit Sunday Morning (Not Saturday Night)
One ticket, sold on Friday, matched all six numbers to win the grand prize and end a streak of futility that had lasted 40 straight drawings.
April 8, 2024
Easy As 1-2-3: Powerball Jackpot Climbs To $1.23 Billion For Saturday’s Drawing
If someone wins, it would be the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot ever claimed, and the eighth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
April 4, 2024
Lotto.com Launches In Nebraska, Digital Courier’s 9th State
The company arrives with 1.8 million customers, providing them online access to purchase scratch tickets or tickets for lottery draw games.
April 3, 2024
Power-Billion: Jackpot Estimate For Monday Powerball Drawing Inflated To An Even $1B
With ticket sales running a bit hotter than anticipated, Powerball officials announced Monday that the estimate had been adjusted upward.
April 1, 2024
Overwhelming Bipartisan Support For Lottery Legalization In Nevada, Poll Indicates
There was mild variance based on party affiliation, but left, right, and center all came out in favor of lottery legalization in the state.
April 1, 2024
Lucky Ticket Sold In New Jersey Hits $1.13 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot, 8th Biggest In U.S. History
The anonymous (at least for now ) winner will claim an estimated $1.13 billion prize — $537.5 million if taken as a lump-sum cash payment.
March 27, 2024
$1.9 Billion Up Top For Monday And Tuesday’s Powerball And Mega Millions Drawings
The Powerball jackpot sits at $800 million, while Mega Millions has soared into the three-comma club, estimated at $1.1 billion.
March 25, 2024
Mega Millions Jackpot Rises To $1.1 Billion, 10th U.S. Lottery Prize Ever To Cross Into Billions
Friday’s estimated jackpot was just shy of a billion bucks at $997 million, and none of the tickets sold went a perfect six-for-six.
March 23, 2024
Math Professor Calculates Jackpot ‘+EV’ Point — And It’s Way Beyond The All-Time Record
USC professor was compelled to consider the problem more carefully and devise a formula that could best approximate where the +EV point lies.
March 22, 2024
Mega Millions Jackpot Nearly $1B, Powerball Up To $750M For Weekend Lottery Drawings
The Mega Millions estimate makes it the 10th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, while the Powerball figure is good for 15th on the list.
March 21, 2024