Scratchcard Site Goes Mobile

Scratchcards are very popular online as they are similar to a lottery. Everyone loves to buy lottery tickets so being able to play the lottery online is already a popular option. One website that offers scratchcards is Hopa. Recently the online site has launched a mobile version to allow players to play on the go. (16/03)

Illinois Lottery hit for $325K

The lottery drawing this past Saturday night of the Illinois Lottery’s Little Lotto was successful this past weekend in producing a winner. The jackpot may not be as large as a Powerball or Mega Millions win but this time the jackpot was pretty nice at $325,000. (15/03)

Million dollar lottery ticket still unclaimed

One would think that when a lottery is won, especially a big prize, the winner would claim the win quickly. But that is not always the case. Many times lottery tickets get lost or are set aside and the ticket holders forget they have purchased the ticket. This could be the case in San Jose, as the $20 million lottery ticket was sold last month to a winner and it has yet to be claimed. (11/03)

Ohio Woman Steals $100,000 in lottery tickets

Deborah Strong an employee at the Westwood Kroger in Ohio has been arrested for stealing lottery tickets. Strong was arrested last Thursday on a felony theft charge and then released on bail. Strong stole more than $100,000 in lottery tickets. (08/03)

Mega Millions Continues to Climb

The Mega Millions jackpot has continued to climb to great heights as no winner has been drawn yet. The jackpot currently sits at $113 million for this Friday’s drawing. The top winner was not found at the last drawing but there were two winners for the second place prize on Tuesday’s drawing. (05/03)

Lottery Win Sees No One Claim Ticket

Lotteries are hit almost every day with players winning small amounts of cash to millions of dollars. Everyone who wins is very excited but sometimes players forget to check their tickets and a win goes unclaimed. Most of the time it is small amounts of cash but just recently a $1 million prize went unclaimed. (24/02)

Unclaimed Indiana Jackpot Finally Claimed

The Hoosier Lottery had announced that the August 19th drawing winner of $2.5 million would not be awarded because the time limit had expired. Then the lottery found that they had miscalculated the deadline. This was a wonderful thing for Eric White as he had the winning ticket and he was able to claim the $2.5 million prize. (22/02)

$88 Million Lottery Win for UK Couple

The EuroMillions Lottery was won this past weekend by a British Couple. Justine Laycock and Nigel Page won $87.71million this past Friday which is half of the record-breaking jackpot lottery of $176.98. The other half of the prize went to a person from Spain who has yet to be identified. (18/02)

Large Lottery Win Left Uncashed

Most of the time when a lottery player wins a large jackpot, they don’t waste any time getting to the lottery offices to cash in their ticket. Players have only a certain amount of time to claim their win before it is void. Recently the Hoosier Lotto announced that a winning lottery ticket worth $2.5 million has expired without anyone cashing it in. (15/02)

Man Attacks Girlfriend over winning lottery ticket

Winning the lottery can be an exciting time for a person especially when you have someone to share it with. But what happens when your significant other does not want to share? Sometimes a lottery win can result in jealousy and rage and that is just what happened to one Antioch, California man when he attempted to murder his girlfriend over a winning lottery ticket. (08/02)

Texas Store Sells $144 Million Lottery Ticket

This past Friday the Mega Millions held a drawing and the winning ticket was found for $144 million dollars. The lucky winner purchased the ticket at the Short Stop Market in Katy, Texas yet the winner has yet to come forward. (01/02)

Man wins $1 Million after moving to Texas

Preston Brown moved from Dayton to Texas with his mother and after being in the new state for just a few months, Brown is now a millionaire. Brown purchased a lottery ticket and won the million dollar prize during the latest drawing. (28/01)

Georgia Man Wins $500K playing lottery

Winning the lottery is a dream of almost every person in the world. Who wouldn’t want to win a large cash prize? Recently the Georgia Lottery announced that James Darnell won a large lottery prize. Darnell earned a jackpot of $500,000. (25/01)

Fortune Teller Predicts Lottery Win

Susan Herdman age forty one recently went to have a tarot card reading. The reading said the woman would have wealth and good fortune in 2010. Just weeks after the reading, Herdman won millions through the lottery this past Saturday. (21/01)

$3 Million+ Lottery Ticket Sold in New Mexico

Lottery officials in New Mexico recently announced that the lottery sold the only winning ticket to the Hot Lotto Jackpot. The winning ticket was drawn this past Saturday and was worth around $3.61 million. The winner has yet to come forward. (18/01)

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