Category Archives: Lottery

Canadian player splits jackpot with himself after buying two identical lottery tickets

A player from Alberta, Canada, accidentally purchased two Lotto 6/49 tickets that had the same exact numbers, but he’s not sweating the trivial amount he spent on that extra ticket. Instead, he won the entire $5 million (US$3.8 million) jackpot, split into an identical pair of $2.5 million (US$1.9 million) jackpots.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Western Canada, Canada, Canada Lotto 6/49, Won multiple times, Multi-Province Game

Texas sheriff who won $85 million lottery jackpot arrested for tampering with video evidence

A lottery winner famous for his role as Sheriff on the now-canceled A&E television show “Live PD” was indicted and arrested for allegedly tampering with video footage that captured crucial moments of the death of a suspect in police custody.Texas, Winner Stories, Jackpots, After the Big Win, Politics, Law Enforcement, Arrest, Crime

UPDATE: Florida winner whose ticket was lost in mail gets her prize

Every lottery player’s worst nightmare came true for a Florida woman whose ticket was supposedly lost in the mail by the United States Postal Service over a month ago. After telling her she would have to forfeit her $1,000 prize and then awarding it to another player, the Florida Lottery looked again and discovered the winning ticket was in their possession after all.Florida, Winner Stories, Error, Second chance drawing

Brazil’s Supreme Court says feds can’t block state lotteries

Brazil’s national lottery monopoly is history after the nation’s top court declared that individual states had the right to offer their own products.

On Wednesday, the nine ministers on Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court unanimously ruled that while the Union (federal government) has the right to pass laws that govern lottery operations, there’s nothing in the law that prevents states from operating their own lotteries under these rules.

The Court was responding to a suit filed by the state of Rio de Janeiro, which took exception when the federal government ordered the state lottery to shut down a couple years ago. The state estimated that this would put a major hole in its operating budget and decided to take the feds to court.

In 1967, the federal government approved Decree 204/67, which granted it the exclusive right to operate lotteries, under the guise of preventing “the emergence and proliferation of prohibited games.” But this decree didn’t formally repeal a 1944 decree that permitted both state and federal lotteries.   

Mississippi Lottery could begin funding education by 2021

The Mississippi Lottery’s first year in operation has been an eventful one, from selling its first-ever lottery ticket in November 2019 to battling sales dips caused by COVID-19 just four months later. Yet, it’s currently traveling down the road to success, having transferred $70.7 million to the state treasury in less than one year in operation.Financials, Education, Mississippi, Sales

State lotteries exceed expectations in 2020

In previous months defined by economic hardship brought on by the global pandemic, the lottery industry has proven to be a beacon of light, with some state lotteries defying expectations and exhibiting record sales.Texas, Insider Buzz, Georgia, Arizona, Financials, Minnesota, Scratch Games, Kentucky, North Carolina, Sales, Online Ticket Sales, Multi-State Game, Medical