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March 24, 2021

Florida lottery player wins first $15M prize in state's newest scratch-off game

A Florida lottery player became the first person to claim the top prize in the state's new Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme scratch-off game, officials said.

March 21, 2021

Tennessee man loses $1M lottery ticket, finds it in parking lot

A Tennessee man who won more than $1 million from the state lottery this month, nearly missed out on the massive prize when he briefly lost his ticket.

March 17, 2021

Unclaimed $1M Mega Millions ticket expires Wednesday

Players have one year from the drawing to claim their prizes or it gets handed over to the state, lottery officials say.

March 15, 2021

SC convenience store owner who sold $1.5B lottery ticket arrested for tax evasion: officials

A South Carolina man was arrested for failing to report more than $2 million in sales made at his Simpsonville convenience store, where a billion-dollar lottery ticket was sold in 2018, officials said.

March 12, 2021

$1.05B Mega Millions jackpot winners announced from January drawing

Four members of the Detroit-based Wolverine FLL Club, whose names were not released, hit the big winnings during the historic Jan. 22 drawing. 

February 28, 2021

Man wins $500G Powerball prize with numbers from his fortune cookie

Ernesto Sorzano’s Chinese-takeout dinner paid off big-time when he played the set of lucky numbers in his fortune cookie on a North Carolina Powerball ticket

February 4, 2021

Idaho man wins 6th major lottery prize – here's his strategy

His latest win, in which he nabbed $250,000 from an Idaho Lottery Scratch Game Crossword at an ExtraMile convenience store in Meridian last Thursday, was by far his largest yet.

February 4, 2021

Lottery lightning strikes twice: Idaho woman claims 2 big jackpots in 2 days

How’s this for a lucky streak: A lottery player in Idaho won a $200,000 scratch-off prize last Friday – then won a $300,000 prize the very next day, according to a report.

February 1, 2021

Idaho man wins lottery -- for the sixth time

Bryan Moss, who owns Newko Sport and Nutrition health store in Meridian won $250,000 from a crossword scratch game on Thursday, according to a news release from the Idaho Lottery.

January 27, 2021

North Carolina man wins $2 million Mega Millions prize after hitting deer with new car

This man’s story shows that no matter how terrible and no good your very bad day is, it could always improve.