lottery
An Ontario man sued 24 of his coworkers after they excluded him from a $50 million lottery win because he was on vacation. According to The U.S. Sun, Christopher Bates and his colleagues formed a pool at a Bombardier plant where they would play the lottery together and split the winnings should they take home the jackpot. […]
A mother and son in Massachusetts are feeling lucky after the pair won three $100,000 prizes from the state’s Keno lottery by playing the same numbers. As reported by CBS Boston, Tricia Johnson, a 59-year-old waitress in Falmouth, won $100K on March 22 after playing her usual Keno numbers after work. “I thought someone was messing with me,” she […]
Geraldine Gimblet, a Florida woman from Lakeland, is blessed. On Friday, it was announced by the Florida Lottery that Gimblet won the top prize of $2 million from the $2 million Bonus Cashword scratch-off game. But how she got the winning ticket is a miracle story in itself, where she used her life savings to […]
The winner of California’s record-breaking lottery prize has purchased a luxurious home in the same Hollywood Hills neighborhood as Jimmy Kimmel and Ariana Grande. TMZ reports Edwin Castro, who won the $2.04 billion Powerball lottery ticket at a Mobil gas station in the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, bought a 13,578-square-foot house. The purchase comes just a […]
A California man is disputing the winner of the biggest lottery jackpot ever, saying he should be let in on the prize money. TMZ reports that Jose Rivera has filed a lawsuit after alleging that the winning ticket for the $2.04 billion drawing was swiped from him. According to court documents, River claims that back […]
A Tennessee man is in police custody after he allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house and kidnapped her, thinking she had a winning lottery ticket, per NBC News. An arrest affidavit filed by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office notes that it all started when 43-year-old Dontrell Hanes arrived at his ex-girlfriend’s home in Cordova, Tennessee, […]
Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick are each being sued for $20 million for promoting a fake lottery scam. According to TMZ, people who entered the contest could potentially win high-end prizes like a $100,000 cash prize, first-class tickets to Los Angeles, and a three-night stay in Beverly Hills. Disick—who is alleged as the main organizer—worked […]
The second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history took place Friday night, with the winning ticket bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines, Illinois, a 20-mile drive northwest of downtown Chicago. CNN reports a single ticket sold in the Chicago suburb for the whole $1.337 billion. Friday night’s winning numbers were 13, 36, 45, […]
A Long Island man got unusually lucky after winning the lottery for the second time in three years. Juan Hernandez earned his big prize on Tuesday after buying a ticket for the New York Lottery’s $10 million deluxe scratch-off game, just three years after he already cashed in on a lottery win with the state, NBC News reports. […]
California Lottery invites you to break up every day and enjoy some moments of play. Maybe you crumble up a few pieces of scrap paper to practice your three-point shot, or maybe you pick up Scratchers® to perk up your day. Either way, a little play can go a long way. So, take a play […]
