Latest lottery news
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Are lottery borders blurring with aggressive state marketing?States near lottery-free neighbors push tickets hard. Is this fair play or clever profit chasing?
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$1M St. Patrick's Day raffle in Washington - get your ticket fast!Washington Lottery to sell 250,000 raffle tickets for a $1M prize for St. Patrick's Day.
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Lotto 47's largest jackpot winner steps forward to claim record prizeHe thought he won $5, but his wicket was worth $32.9 million.
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The numbers behind New Jersey's broadest year of lottery winsEvery county saw meaningful wins in 2025, driven less by jackpots and more by steady prize volume.
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"It's you": Store clerk predicts Maryland Holiday Raffle winLate mother's birthday brings daughter $1 million holiday raffle prize.
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Why lottery players love systems, even when luck calls the shotsA spreadsheet helped one player win fast, but the real story may be why systems feel so powerful.
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Georgia's biggest winner ever: Anonymous jackpot claimant nabs $983MThe winner played regularly to support HOPE and plans to give back to the community.
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Why do we want our name to be 'lucky'?Lottery winner lists tap into something deeper than odds, the human urge to find signs.
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Nebraska officials clash over lottery fund transferState agency seeks $8M from lottery proceeds, sparking debate over use of trust funds.
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AI made every betting mistake humans warn each other aboutChasing losses, trusting streaks, and betting bigger to “catch up” doomed the models every time.
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Lottery winners face major tax shift under 2026 legislationWhat every lottery winner needs to know before claiming their prize in 2026.
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Lottery fireworks: Raffles deliver big wins to start 2026Players in three states rang in the new year with $1M wins, as the first day of 2026 brought massive wins.
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Million-dollar trash: These lottery players almost threw away jackpotsHow a homeless man almost trashed a $4 million lottery ticket, and other stories of dumpster jackpots.
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This $1M lottery claim came with a ringFresh off his Montana Millionaire win, Dale Goodsell turned a prize claim into a proposal she couldn't refuse.
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Why record lottery sales no longer guarantee record school fundingA surge in ticket buying masked a quieter shift in payouts, profits, and where the lottery's dollars end up.
