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Ticket Alert: Someone in Florida is About to Loser $251,493 (So Check Your Tickets)

Someone who reads this blog religiously suggested to me that we should sometimes alert viewers to jackpots that are about to expire (and go back into the general fund of a state). We can’t let that happen. Y’know? The Florida Lottery announced today that a FANTASY 5® top-prize ticket worth $251,493.08 remains unclaimed. The 180-day [...]

Jackpots Through the Roof: Powerball Jackpot Tops $200 Million; Mega Millions at $122 Million

Jackpots are soaring in America. Both Multi-state lotteries are soaring after this week’s draw. Powerball is now at $212 million, with the next draw on April 17. Mega Millions is offering up a $122 million jackpot on April 16. I play both games. What do you do? We’ll keep a close eye on both games…and [...]

Mega Millions Jackpot Soars to $121 Million; Powerball at $65 Million; Euro Millions Rolls Over to 28 Million Euros ($39.6 Million USD)

There were no jackpot winners in the Jan. 22 Mega Millions game so the top prize rolls over to a VERY attractive $121 million. Helluva way to start the new year, by winning that, eh? The Jan. 22 numbers are: 8,13,27,28,52 and Mega ball 9. 9 tickets matched the first five numbers (but not the [...]

Merry Christmas …. and a Happy Lottery New Year

To the thousands of viewers who have come to this site over the past year… a very Merry Christmas to you all. It’s been a tough economic year around the world. Let’s make this next decade one of prosperity and joy. May everyone reading this win a lottery game. Jackpots. Top scratch game prizes. I’ll [...]

A National Indian Lottery in the Works; Jackpots Projected to Start at $50 Million

This sounds pretty cool. Even as Powerball and the Mega Millions states scramble to work together (is a national lottery far behind…I think now)…the Indian nations are already there. A small northern Idaho Indian tribe has announced what might be the most audacious venture yet in the rapidly expanding world of Indian gaming: a weekly [...]

London Teen Blows Through Nearly All of Her $3 Million Lottery Winnings

A few years ago, I was on CNN talking about my first book. All they wanted to talk about was lottery winners who lost it all. I told them the truth. That far more lottery winners have financial advice…and don’t throw it all away. Or blow it all away, as British teen lottery winner Callie [...]

$1 Million Instant Ticket Winner is “Rich”

Caroline Rich, from Marietta, Georgia, is rich in more ways than just her name. A real estate recruiter, she recently won $1 million playing a game called “World Class Millions.” One recent day, she was feeling lucky, so she asked her son-in-law to run to the store and purchase a ticket. Old Mountain Park CITGO,  [...]

Georgia Contractor Hits $12 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

Four days after two players shared a $33 million jackpot, a Georgia contractor, Wayne Reese, hit a $12 million Mega Millions jackpot. He discovered the win while checking the lottery’s web site. ”I said, ‘Whew’ like wrestler Ric Flair,” he said with excitement. “I shouted out to my family, ‘Y’all won¹t believe what¹s right here!’” [...]

Military Justice: Supervisor Salutes $250,000 Mega Millions Prize

I love it when the men and women in our military win big lottery prizes. A quarter-million dollar lottery win is the latest hire for one military supervisor. Shirley Devlin, a resident of Sharpsburg, Georgia, matched the first five winning numbers in the Aug. 14 Mega Millions drawing, winning a second prize of $250,000. ”It’s [...]

Lottery Winners: Check Your Tickets; Sign the Back of Your Tickets

Jackpot and lottery winners: Did any of you happen to catch the report on Aug. 2′s DATELINE TV program about a lottery scam pulled off by a lottery clerk? It may have been news to the TV audience, but I’ve been talking about it for years. Briefly, California man matched 5 of 6 numbers playing [...]

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