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Online Lottery News
Pennsylvania lottery raffle sold out
22 Dec 2006
Tickets for the
Pennsylvania Lottery's Dec. 30 Millionaire Raffle have sold out in less
than five weeks.
Ontario lottery outpaces other gaming
21 Dec 2006
News Brief: Lotteries are still the biggest source of gambling revenue for the Ontario government, far outpacing casinos and slot machines at racetracks.
Australia may change lottery ticket rules
21 Dec 2006
International News Brief: Scratch tickets could be sold at Victoria, Australia, supermarkets under a Bracks Government plan to loosen Tattersall's $1.2 billion-a-year lotteries monopoly.
Powerball jackpot hits $65 million
21 Dec 2006
Powerball will go to an estimated
$65 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening.
Mega Millions jackpot reaches $50 million
20 Dec 2006
Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, the
jackpot grows to an estimated $50 million for the Friday, December 22, 2006
drawing.
Probe ordered into B.C. Lottery Corp.
19 Dec 2006
News Brief: The ombudsman began an investigation yesterday into how the B.C. Lottery Corp. ensures its lotteries are fair.
Powerball jackpot rises to $53 million
18 Dec 2006
The Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, December 20th drawing will be $53
million with the cash option at $25.9 million.
Crowds go wild over lotto tickets
15 Dec 2006
News Brief: The outgoing director of the Hoosier Lottery was scratched in a melee that broke out this afternoon as people scrambled to snag free lottery tickets.
Powerball reaches $43 million
14 Dec 2006
Powerball will reach an estimated
$43 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not
hit Wednesday evening.
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $30 million
13 Dec 2006
Since no ticket matched all six numbers to take home the $22 million jackpot, that jackpot grows to an estimated $30 million for the Friday, December 15, 2006 drawing.
Powerball rises to $33 million
11 Dec 2006
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing
The Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $33 million.
Mega Millions jackpot rises
11 Dec 2006
The jackpot for the Tuesday,
December 12, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $22 million.
Hoosier Lottery head resigns
8 Dec 2006
News Brief: Hoosier Lottery Executive Director Esther Schneider has resigned and will leave the job in mid-January.
Mega Millions jackpot rises
6 Dec 2006
Since no
Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for the Friday, December 8 Mega
Millions drawing grows to an estimated $15 million.
Millionaire Raffle Lottery tickets selling fast
5 Dec 2006
More than half of the
Pennsylvania Lottery's Millionaire Raffle tickets have been sold for the
Dec. 30 drawing.
Powerball jackpot rises
4 Dec 2006
Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot will grow to an estimated $20 million.
Ohio ticket wins $40 million jackpot
4 Dec 2006
One Ohio ticket matched all six Mega Millions numbers and now players are checking their tickets to see who won the estimated $40 million jackpot.
North Carolina ticket wins Powerball jackpot
30 Nov 2006
One lucky ticket in North Carolina matched all 6 Powerball numbers
and walked away with the $74.5 million jackpot.
Ex-lovers settle fight over lottery win
29 Nov 2006
News Brief: The once-happy couple have settled a legal dispute over the lottery winnings, cutting short what could have been a bitter and messy legal battle involving love and money.
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $40 million
29 Nov 2006
No ticket matched all six numbers to win
Tuesday's jackpot, so the jackpot for the Friday, December 1, 2006 Mega
Millions drawing grows to an estimated $40 million.
Powerball rises to $74 million
27 Nov 2006
Since no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing
the jackpot will grow to an estimated $74 million.
Mega Millions grows to $31 million
27 Nov 2006
The jackpot for the Tuesday,
November 28, 2006 Mega Millions drawing grows to an estimated $31 million.
Warnings suggested for lottery tickets
24 Nov 2006
News Brief: An addictions expert at Dalhousie University in Halifax has called on the federal government to put some sort of warning labels on lottery tickets, similar to the ones on tobacco products.
Powerball rises to $64 million
23 Nov 2006
Powerball will reach an estimated
$64 million jackpot for Saturday night's draw as the grand prize was not
hit Wednesday evening.
Thai official wants lottery law delayed
22 Nov 2006
International News Brief: National Legislative Assembly member Chamlong Srimuang handed a letter to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont this afternoon, asking him to slow down the process to make two- and three-digit lottery operations lawful.
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