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There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut, 1 from South Dakota and 1 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia and 1 from Texas. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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USA Mega Sweepstakes Winners Announced. Today USA Mega announced the winners of the USA Mega Sweepstakes, held in September to celebrate the unveiling of its new Web site. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Mystery winner claims $7 million Ohio lottery jackpot. Someone finally claimed the Ohio Super Lotto Plus $7 million winning ticket sold Dec. 8 at Al's Convenience Store in Tiffin, but the person's identity is still a mystery.
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Oregon Lottery adds slot games to video poker machines. Under prodding from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, the Oregon State Lottery Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to allow slot-machine-style games on the state's network of video-poker terminals.
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N.H. lottery chief says $20 ticket price will not be high enough. A doubling of the top-priced scratch ticket sold by the New Hampshire lottery would trigger increased sales for only the next two to three years, the state’s lottery chief warned Wednesday.
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Will Tennessee's new games cloud Kentucky lottery's future?. For a couple of centuries, there has been a border rivalry between Kentucky and Tennessee as the states have dueled over history and heroes and have had spats over sports and politics. Now the rivalry has become more serious than ever. The Big and the Big Orange are fighting over the Big Green - as in money.
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Kentucky Lottery: More than 'state-sanctioned gambling operation'. The fourth story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Nebraska and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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NJ Teachers just miss $130M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A group of 82 teachers and staff members at School 10 in Paterson, New Jersey came within one number of winning the $130 million jackpot in last week's Mega Millions game.
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Hopes for N.C. lottery still alive. The $1.2 billion revenue shortfall legislators expected to greet them as the General Assembly opened Tuesday may be enough to bring the lottery to North Carolina, area legislators said.
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Seven Days Left Until $14 Million Illinois Lottery Jackpot Expires. A $14 million Illinois Lottery jackpot will expire at midnight on January 31, 2005 if no winner steps forward with the winning ticket.
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Lottery benefits Kentucky students but not its schools. The third story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.
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Group finds winning lottery ticket a month after the drawing. A lottery pool of shop workers who play the UK Lotto spoke today of their delight at discovering that an unchecked lottery ticket left in their office was worth £5 million (US$9.4 million).
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Illinois, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, 1 from Texas and 1 from Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
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Pittsburgh newsstand sold winning Powerball lottery ticket. Saturday's winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $26 million was sold at Nielsen's newsstand, at 2 PNC Plaza in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Two men played key roles in establishing Kentucky Lottery. Two people played key roles in Kentucky's joining the growing ranks of states with lotteries. One of them was a politician who grabbed the headlines. The other was a storekeeper who worked behind the scenes, but his role in the founding of the now 15-year-old Kentucky Lottery Corp. was an important one.
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Lottery thief nabbed. A 41-year-old Lowell, Massachusetts man is facing armed robbery charges after he was nabbed walking away from a Bridge Street convenience store he had just robbed at knifepoint, police said.
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Kentucky lottery sales fall, but still exceed forecast. The year-old Tennessee Lottery continues to have less impact on Kentucky Lottery revenues than expected, with ticket sales for the first six months of fiscal 2004-05 down just 8 percent from the same period last year.
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Survey: One-fourth of retail customers buy lottery tickets. The second story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.
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Tennessee gambler addiction program delayed. Tennessee officials have yet to start a promised $200,000, state-funded treatment program designed to help compulsive gamblers who may be tempted by the Tennessee Lottery, despite hopes by supporters to have the program in place as early as last fall.Kentucky lottery players try to beat the odds. The first story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.
Monday, January 24, 2005
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Is this the year for a Mississippi lottery?. Mississippi State Rep. Alyce Clarke, D-Jackson, introduced a bill last week to institute a lottery, reasoning that many of the state's residents already are buying tickets in Louisiana and Georgia - neighboring states that have lotteries - and Mississippi is losing out on that money.Virginia Lottery Sales Pass the $15 Billion Mark. The Virginia Lottery reached two major milestones as the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 came to a close.
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Florida Lottery set to roll out changes. The Florida Lottery will implement a series of changes January 31, including new lottery machines, changes to the Pick 4 game, and new game called Grouper.
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NJ Lottery may use environmentalist's idea for new game. The Department of Environmental Protection commissioner has promised to discuss with the New Jersey state treasurer an idea for a lottery game to benefit the environment, but he cannot promise that the game will receive approval, according to a letter from the DEP.
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Lottery dealer opens his books to show he's not getting rich. The Oregon Lottery Commission is expected to vote Wednesday to add slot-machine-style games to its network of video-poker terminals housed in bars and restaurants across the state. In exchange, the Oregon Lottery is pressuring retailers to revise six-year contracts signed last year by lowering their share of video-poker profits.
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Loyal Staff Stays on the Job after Lottery Jackpot Win. A group of 25 factory workers today pledged to finish an important order for their bosses, despite scooping a UK National Lottery jackpot of more than £14 million (US$26.3 million).
Sunday, January 23, 2005
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Powerball Jackpot Winner! There was one $26 million jackpot winner from Pennsylvania in the Saturday, January 22, 2005 Powerball drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Missouri, 1 from New Mexico, 2 from Pennsylvania (2 with Power Play) and 2 from Tennessee. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from New Jersey and 1 from New York. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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New Delaware Lotto Game to be Launched Amid Concerns Over Drawings. While the Delaware Lottery is launching its new Multi-Win Lotto on Thursday, lawmakers will be continuing work on a measure stipulating that the lottery must convert back to mechanical drawing machines and live television broadcasts.
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Nevada lawmakers propose lottery to fund education. Top Nevada Democratic lawmakers said Friday they're betting the time is right for the nation's No. 1 gambling state to create a lottery to solve what they called a "crisis" in education funding.
Friday, January 21, 2005
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Iowa Lottery Unveils Chocolate-Scented Tickets. The Iowa Lottery will begin selling chocolate-scented "Sweet Rewards" instant scratch-off cards Monday.
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For Mega Millions lottery winners, $130 million is surreal. "If you ain't never had nothing, how can you expect to behave when you have something," James F. Jones said Wednesday afternoon as he stood behind the counter of his shop, surrounded by tires, valves and the pervasive smell of grease.
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California liquor store waiting for mystery lottery winner. Millions of dollars were awaiting an anonymous lotto ticket holder Thursday as the owners of Valencia Liquor made preparations to greet California's latest midweek SuperLotto Plus winner.
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Suspicious lottery player wins big Powerball prize. The possibility of winning big has kept Rod Jacobs buying Powerball tickets for years, even though he's always wondered if the lottery is rigged - that is, until last week when he and his roommate, Marian Mathewson, won $100,000 off a ticket Mathewson purchased at an Idaho gas station.
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Tennessee lottery sales lower than other first-year sales. Tennessee's lottery had a ho-hum first year in sales when measuring its results against lotteries in other states.
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Illinois looking for $175,000 Mega Millions lottery winner. An Edwardsville, Illinois convenience store sold a Mega Millions lottery ticket that has made someone $175,000 richer.
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Georgia couple has $130 million Mega Millions lottery ticket. A couple that lives just outside Washington, Georgia says they have the winning Mega Millions ticket, which is worth $130 million.
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Washington Mega Millions lottery player is lucky 10 times over. Archie Herring of Seattle, Washington just missed winning this week's huge $130 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, correctly guessing five of the six numbers drawn but missing the all-important Mega Ball number. But lucky for him, Herring won second prize ten times for a $1.75 million payday.
Thursday, January 20, 2005
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Jackpot runner-up says lottery officials reneged on settlement offer. A 57-year-old Fayetteville, Tenn., man who sued the Tennessee Lottery after its first, and to date only, $1 million drawing last summer said he feels doubly cheated after a series of talks with lottery officials left him with no settlement agreement.
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Newport Beach Man Claims $81 Million California Lottery Jackpot. A 25-year-old Newport Beach man was identified Tuesday as the sole winner of last Wednesday's $81 million California SuperLotto Plus lottery jackpot.
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Jury rules lottery pool members entitled to share Mega Millions prize. A jury found that a postal employee must share a $175,000 Mega Millions lottery prize with co-workers who accused him of cheating them out of their cut.
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Landmark bill would ban computerized lottery drawings in Delaware. A bipartisan duo of lawmakers said Wednesday they intend to push a bill to require the Delaware state lottery to abandon a computer that picks winning lottery numbers.Wash. Lottery considers adding third weekly drawing. The Washington Lottery Commission will meet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today to consider adding a drawing on Mondays for their flagship Lotto and Quinto games.
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NY Gov. proposes new lottery games. In his budget released Tuesday, Gov. George E. Pataki projected profits will grow to more than $2 billion next year with the help of new games and expanded hours.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Kansas, 1 from Minnesota and 1 from Rhode Island (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There was one $130 million jackpot winner from Georgia in the Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 23 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Michigan, 3 from New Jersey, 3 from New York, 2 from Ohio and 10 from Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Misssissippi lottery proposals filed. Among hundreds of proposals filed in Mississippi by lawmakers hoping to beat the midnight filing deadline were two separate bills to create a state lottery.
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Ex-cop told to lie to claim Illinois Lottery prize. Ron Smith was surprised and amazed when an Illinois Lottery staffer asked him if he wanted to claim a lottery prize on a wink-and-nod basis, even though his position has rules against claiming lottery prizes.
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The NC lottery debate continues. North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's support for a lottery is backed in varying degrees among local legislators from his own party and from Republicans who support a voter referendum on a lottery because they say it's favored by a majority of their constituents.
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Lottery yields $6, new heart for Missouri man. A timely winning lottery ticket was a harbinger for a sick man's new heart.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
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There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Iowa, 1 from Kansas and 1 from South Carolina. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 15, 2005
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 12 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Texas and 4 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Friday, January 14, 2005
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Ohio man claims $20 million Super Lotto jackpot. The winner of a $20 million Super Lotto jackpot from Nov. 24 has come forward to claim the prize, said Mardele Cohen, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery Commission.
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Ohio lottery pool lawsuit focuses on time of purchase. In a lawsuit brought by lottery pool members who claim to be cheated by the ticket buyer, Lottery records showing how many tickets were bought, and when they were bought, prompted the Defendant to change his story.
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Tenn. Gov. wants to use lottery funds for preschools. Tennessee Governor Bredesen plans to funnel some lottery money into his preschool education initiative when he unveils his budget to lawmakers in the coming weeks.
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Indiana gets new gaming and lottery chiefs. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on Thursday appointed marketing executive and political fund-raiser Esther Q. Schneider to lead the State Lottery Commission.
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One ticket wins $81M California lottery jackpot. One ticket purchased in Orange had all the numbers drawn for an $81 million jackpot in the mid-week SuperLotto Plus game, California Lottery officials said Thursday.
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N.H. Lottery Proposes $25 Scratch Tickets. New Hampshire's lottery chief warned House and Senate tax experts Thursday that revenue will remain flat unless lawmakers agree to raise the price of instant scratch tickets.
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Texas Lottery recalls 'Set For Life' tickets. The Texas Lottery Commission announced today that, effective immediately, it is recalling all Set For Life instant tickets (Game #499) from Texas Lottery retail locations.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
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Powerball Lottery Jackpot Increased To $14 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $14 million, with a cash option of $7.5 million.
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Nebraska Powerball winner shares $30.9 million jackpot. A man who turned two one-dollar bills into a multi-million-dollar windfall in Nebraska has claimed the prize -- more than two weeks after learning he'd won.
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Arizona couple claims one-third of $31 million Powerball lottery prize. An Arizona couple says they will invest the $3.9 million — after taxes — they won in a recent Powerball drawing.
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Penn. woman wins $1 million with scratch-off lottery ticket. Donna Goeppert kissed a copy of her winning lottery ticket Wednesday, a day after the game had given her a big, fat, million-dollar smooch.
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Woman and two children claim $171 million Powerball lottery jackpot. Florence Ayers, a Jackson, Pennsylvania bookkeeper who claimed the $93.4 million lump-sum cash prize from a $171.4 million Powerball jackpot, knows how to keep a secret.
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Tennessee Lottery to finally reveal Lotto 5 jackpots. The Tennessee Lottery announced that it will remove some of the mystery from its Lotto 5 computerized game by giving players an estimated jackpot before each of the tri-weekly drawings.
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Texas attorney general gives up pursuit of lottery funds. The Texas attorney general's office has dropped efforts to make the state lottery commission reimburse it for $176,000 paid to a Las Vegas law firm hired by the state to draft a bill to legalize video slot machines.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Idaho, 1 from Minnesota, 1 from Oregon and 2 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $111 million. The multistate Mega Millions lottery jackpot has grown to $111 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in the latest drawing.
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Unclaimed $14 M In Jeopardy Of Disappearing. Someone out there has won $14 million in the Illinois Lottery and has yet to claim the money. If the winner does not come forward in the next three weeks, that fortune is gone forever.
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111 on 1-11 means one big loss for Ohio Lottery. The Ohio Lottery Pick 3 Numbers day drawing was 111 on Tuesday, forcing the lottery to pay out more than $3.9 million to winners despite only $427,094.50 in sales.
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Lottery winner evaded taxes, fined $375,000. The winner of a CDN$12.5 million lottery prize who runs a benefit plan consulting firm is a little less rich today after admitting he fabricated expense claims and service invoices involving his business.Oregon school backers, retailers spar over lottery profits. Bar and tavern owners are squaring off with school advocates over the surge of new revenue that's expected to come from the Oregon Lottery's expansion into electronic slot machines.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from Ohio, 1 from Virginia and 2 from Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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MITCH ALBOM: Win the big lottery, spoil the marriage. Columnist Mitch Albom explores the connections of winning the lottery and failed marriages.
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S.C. Lottery marks 3rd anniversary. $2.4 billion in sales have generated $713 million for education since the South Carolina Education Lottery got started three years ago.
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Couple claims $15.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot. A Rushville, Indiana couple on Monday claimed a $15.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot, 12 days after the winning numbers were drawn.
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Triple 8's Still Hot in Virginia Lottery. Just two weeks to the day since "8-8-8" was drawn in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 game, the exact same order combination was drawn in Monday's Pick 3 day drawing.
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Maine governor defends lottery capitalization plan. Maine Gov. John Baldacci pointed to several other states that have swapped future revenue streams for up-front cash Monday as he defended his plan to capitalize up to $40 million a year in lottery revenues for $250 million in the upcoming budget.
Monday, January 10, 2005
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Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $92 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $92 million Saturday.
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Virginia lottery players won $750 million in 2004. The Virginia Lottery says players won just under $750 million dollars in prizes during the last calendar year.
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Connecticut Lottery raises, bonuses rankle lawmakers. Raises of between 3 percent and 6 percent and cash bonuses of 11 percent to several Connecticut lottery officials last summer have prompted a call by some lawmakers to review salaries at Connecticut's quasi-public agencies.
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Maine lawmakers suspicious of plan to borrow against lottery funds. Maine Governor John E. Baldacci reportedly is planning on exchanging the state's proceeds from online games such as Powerball and Megabucks with a Wall Street brokerage firm for 10 years for an upfront payment of $250 million.
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N.C. man charged in lottery theft. A North Carolina man was arrested last week in connection with stealing lottery tickets from a Hilton Head Island convenience store, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office incident report.
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Tennessee Senator pushes for bigger lottery scholarships. Under a bill to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session by Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, the basic scholarship to a four-year college or university would climb from $3,000 to $4,000 a year.Wisconsin has double lottery jackpots for the first time ever. Two big lottery jackpots were won in Wisconsin Saturday, the first time that winning tickets for the top prizes in Powerball and Megabucks were sold in the state on the same day, lottery officials said.
Saturday, January 8, 2005
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Jackpot Winner! There was one $37 million jackpot winner from Wisconsin in the Saturday, January 08, 2005 Powerball drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Missouri (1 with Power Play), 1 from Nebraska, 1 from Oregon (1 with Power Play) and 1 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 11 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 2 from Texas, 1 from Virginia and 2 from Washington. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Thursday, January 6, 2005
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Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $37 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $37 million, with a cash option of $20.4 million.
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Bangladeshi housemaid wins record Jordan lottery jackpot. A Bangladeshi housemaid was reportedly the sole winner of Jordan's New Year lottery, netting record pre-tax prize money of 350,000 dollars.
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Home just got sweeter for lottery winners. In the town of Sweet Home, Orgeon, four residents have claimed a $1.8 million jackpot after picking the correct numbers in Oregon Lottery's Megabucks game on Saturday.
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Audit finds gaps in Oregon Lottery security. A state audit has concluded that the Oregon Lottery should tighten user access to computer data and improve security at employee workstations.
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Maine to use lottery proceeds instead of raising taxes. Maine Governor John Baldacci may draw from future lottery proceeds and delay pension costs as part of his approach to financing a new two-year state budget without raising taxes.
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R.I. Governor Replaces Entire Lottery Commission. Rhode Island Governor Carcieri yesterday asserted the recently passed separation-of-powers constitutional amendment gives him the right to immediately replace all legislators and legislative appointees on the Lottery Commission and Coastal Resources Management Council.
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UK National Lottery gives $22.5 million to tsunami appeal. The UK National Lottery today pledged £12 million towards reconstruction projects in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Washington, D.C. and 1 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
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Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $80 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $80 million Wednesday.
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Lottery company keeping Jamaica on hold. Four years after being granted a lottery licence, and after one false start, Telefun International is yet to begin operating in the Jamaican market, the directors apparently having failed so far to raise the capital to float their games.
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New South Dakota Lottery Chief Named. Norm Lingle of Pierre has been named the new director of South Dakota Lottery.
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NY woman loses $25,000 through phone lottery scam. A 71-year-old Clarkstown, New York woman was cheated out of $25,000 through a phony telephone lottery scam, Clarkstown police said yesterday.
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Mass. Lottery sponsors Red Sox trophy tour. The Red Sox and the Massachusetts State Lottery held a press conference at Fenway Park on Tuesday to announce a partnership in which the Lottery will be the presenting sponsor of the World Series Trophy tour.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 12 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 2 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 2 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 3 from New York, 1 from Ohio and 1 from Texas. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
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Kansas Man Claims $258,207 Super Kansas Cash Jackpot. A recent trip to the grocery store was a good reminder to check lottery tickets for one Cimarron, Kansas resident, because when he did, he discovered he had a Super Kansas Cash lottery ticket worth $258,207.
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A couple of NY Lottery millionaires. Kicking off the New Year, the New York Lottery made two instant millionaires: Louise and Hamed Ganemtore, winners of a $1 million instant game, and Cliff and Arlene Maxwell, who hit Lotto for $40 million on Quick Pick ticket four days before Christmas.
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'El Gordo' Lottery Scams Target Elderly. Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower today warned older Pennsylvanians to beware of an international lottery scam that adopts the name of Spain's largest lottery prize, "El Gordo."
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Ohio player nets $208,000 in Rolling Cash 5 lottery game. James Gray of Campbell, Ohio won the top $291,000 prize in the Dec. 28 Rolling Cash 5 game.
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UK officials consider donating unclaimed lottery prizes to tsunami aid. Calls are growing for national lottery operator Camelot to donate the £16.3 million (US$30.9 million) worth of unclaimed winnings from last year to Asia's tsunami appeal.
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Tennessee lawmakers eyeing surplus lottery money for pre-K initiative. With millions of dollars in surplus lottery money projected this year, Tennessee lawmakers are debating how much should be used for pre-kindergarten programs, even though Gov. Phil Bredesen has said that he wants most of the money to go toward college scholarships.
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Divorced couple to split Florida Lotto jackpot. Before Robert G. Swofford Jr. could come forward and claim his $60 million Lotto prize, he had to take care of some unfinished business: his divorce.
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Huge UK Lotto prizes yet to be claimed. The UK National Lottery operator Camelot has launched a New Year search for the winners of £16.3 million (US$30.9 million) in unclaimed prize money from last year.
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There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $100,000 prize: 1 from Indiana, 3 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play) and 1 from South Carolina (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 1, 2005
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There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $175,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 1 from New York and 1 from Ohio. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Happy New Year 2005. To all our loyal members and visitors who have helped us to become the Internet's most active lottery community, we wish you a happy, prosperous, and lucky 2005!
