Lottery news stories

A bill legalizing an online lottery in Indiana will not be considered further, preventing the state from joining several other jurisdictions that already conduct digital ticket sales.

The Arkansas player who won a $5.123 million Lotto jackpot — the largest prize in the in-state game's history — revealed that he was skeptical the win was a "hoax."

A New Jersey construction worker, whose body he says is "falling apart," is grateful to have finally won a $1.7 million Cash 5 jackpot after decades of trying.

Persistence paid off for one North Carolina man who won a $1 million grand prize in a second-chance lottery drawing after exclusively buying tickets that offer second-chance promotions.

A Michigan man's interesting scratch-off play style almost led him to losing out on a $4 million lottery prize.

The Wisconsin Lottery announced that players have a chance to receive a free Megabucks ticket in a month-long "EZ Match Mania" promotion.

A Powerball ticket purchased in Indiana won $100,000 last year, but whoever owns it has until the end of the day to validate it before it expires.

The Tennessee Lottery has quietly launched its online platform to sell tickets directly to players online in a bid to compete with growing competition from sports betting.

The South Carolina Senate passed a bill Tuesday allowing low-income parents of private school children to receive financial support, similar to what public school kids have been receiving for years from the state lottery.

A Nebraska man was arrested for allegedly stealing lottery tickets from his workplace and fraudulently claiming a $300,000 prize.

A casual text message conversation between co-workers prompted a California man to check the results of a Mega Millions lottery drawing, only to discover he had won $1.2 million.

A bill allowing the digital sale of lottery tickets by the Hoosier Lottery has passed an Indiana House committee vote 9-2 and will advance in the current legislative session.

A generous Michigan woman bought several lottery tickets to give to her family members as Christmas gifts and won $1 million from the ticket she kept for herself.

Last week, the California Lottery's first $40 scratch-off game, its most expensive ticket, made its debut to celebrate the Lottery's 40-year history.

A Michigan man's persistence playing the lottery once a week for the past ten years has finally paid off when he won a $1 million Powerball prize last month.

Lottery Post's exclusive investigative report on a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot buyout was published in La Fleur's magazine, a publication dedicated to serving news, analysis, and data about the lottery industry worldwide.

A South Carolina man overcame immense pressure to win a $500,000 prize in The Big Spin live lottery event.

In an effort to increase state revenue and target younger generations, South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill that, if passed, would allow residents to purchase lottery tickets with debit cards.

While multi-state games Powerball and Mega Millions traditionally top the charts for the largest prizes in the United States at any given time, two in-state jackpots currently hold the top two spots: the Lotto Texas jackpot at $71 million and the Hoosier Lotto jackpot at $38.2 million.

The Pennsylvania Lottery awarded the state's first-ever $7 million Cash4Life top prize to a hardworking couple — a McDonald's manager and nurse practitioner — whose lives will tremendously change for the better thanks to the win.