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A woman who won an $83.5 million Texas lottery jackpot in February has filed a lawsuit after allegedly not receiving her prize amid controversy over the use of third-party couriers for buying tickets. Howry, Breen & Herman, LLP, an Austin-based law firm representing the woman, who chose to remain anonymous, announced the suit on Wednesday, May 21, against Sergio Rey in his official capacity as acting deputy executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission. “It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to get paid when you win the lottery,” according to the complaint, which was filed in Travis County District Court and...

Millions drawing for $2. Friday, April 4, is the final Mega drawing before the lottery rolls out a new version and prize structure in its next drawing on Tuesday, April 8. Going forward, tickets will cost $5 instead of $2, but the lottery says players will have improved odds to win, along with larger starting and faster-growing jackpots. The average jackpot is expected to top $800 million, up from around $450 million. Every ticket has a random multiplier, and there's one less gold Mega ball.

Last month, one Texas lottery winner got lucky, scoring an $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot. Maybe a little too lucky, in Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's opinion. The winner purchased her ticket Feb. 17 through Jackpocket, a third-party lottery "courier" service that sells tickets to customers through an app online and processes them at a brick-and-mortar storefront called Winner's Corner. The Texas location sits at 7817 Rockwood Ln #101b in Austin. Here's a rundown of the legal issues preventing this Texas lottery winner from claiming her prize. Patrick's investigation On Feb. 18, Patrick conducted an in-person investigation at the Winner's Corner...

A delivery driver has won $50 million in a lawsuit after being seriously burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a California drive-through, court records show. A Los Angeles County jury found Friday for Michael Garcia, who underwent skin grafts and other procedures on his genitals after a venti-sized tea drink spilled instants after he collected it on Feb. 8, 2020. He has suffered permanent and life-changing disfigurement, according to his attorneys. Garcia's negligence lawsuit blamed his injuries on Starbucks, saying that an employee didn't wedge the scalding-hot tea firmly enough into a takeout tray. “This jury...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is conducting his own investigation into the Texas Lottery. This comes after a winning $83.5 million lottery ticket was bought at a retail store in North Austin. What we know: The lucky winner matched all six numbers in Monday's Lotto Texas drawing; 19, 21, 25, 45, 47, 52. The winning ticket was sold at the Winners Corner TX LLC store on Rockwood Lane. The winner picked their own numbers and chose the cash option. RELATED: Lotto Texas ticket sold in Austin wins $83.5 million prize The estimated $83.5 million jackpot was the fifth-largest in the history...

Golden State wait. A California lottery fanatic claimed he hasn’t seen a dime of his Powerball jackpot winnings worth $44 million in the over two months since he matched all six numbers. Jerry, an everyday lotto player who “plays all the games,” tried his luck at the Aug. 19 drawing. Armed with his lucky number 10, Jerry, whose last name remained unknown, purchased a ticket at a Ralphs grocery store in southern Orange County and became the sole winner of the $44.3 million top prize.

A spokesperson for Mega Millions announced that the price of tickets will soon cost $5 instead of $2, also adding that the starting jackpot will increase from $20 million to $50 million and will continue to grow based on sales. Additionally, the odds of winning the jackpot will go up from 1 in 302 million to 1 in 290 million. Every ticket will have a built in “randomly generated multiplier” to increase non-jackpot wins, with multipliers ranging from 2X to 10X, according to the spokesperson. The new price to play is set to debut sometime in 2025, promising to “bring...

A Tennessee store clerk was allegedly caught on surveillance footage celebrating after he stole a customer's $1million lottery ticket. Police say the lucky winner purchased two winning Diamond & Gold scratch-off tickets from a Shell gas station in Murfreesboro...Patel then allegedly paid the unidentified Antioch father for the $40 ticket, and told him the other ticket lost and threw it in the garbage - when in reality it was actually a $1million winner, News Channel 5 reports....What he apparently did not realize is that lottery officials vet all of the major winners - including by checking security video from the...

Kira Enders and her boyfriend Dakota Jones allegedly attempted to trick lottery officials into giving them a $1 million prize with two torn scratch-off tickets spliced together to form a winning ticket, according to authorities. The two tickets were ripped horizontally with the top half of one ticket and the bottom half of the other then “carefully pieced together” to show the $1 million prize winner, according to a police report cited by the Pensacola News Journal.

We're not really sure how to categorize the latest craziness out of the state of Washington. Is it government incompetence? The dangers of artificial intelligence? 'Come to Seattle for hot, sexy singles'? Maybe we should just go with 'all of the above.' (OK, not that last one, that wasn't nice.) Yes, just when you thought the state that brought us 'CHAZ' back in 2020 couldn't get any more batpoop insane, a new report from local radio host Jason Rantz shows us that Washington has not yet begun to plumb the depths of its depravity. EXCLUSIVE: Washington Lottery was forced to...

The billion dollar Powerball is still up for grabs after no ticket matched all six numbers, launching the lottery to a grand prize of $1.09 billion for Wednesday's drawing. If a player wins the jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1.09 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $527.3 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by five percent each year.

A Washington DC man who thought he won a jackpot worth $340m (£270m) has sued Powerball and the DC Lottery, who claim they published his numbers by mistake. John Cheeks said he felt "numb" when he first saw Powerball's winning numbers matched his ticket in January 2023. But when Mr Cheeks presented his ticket to the Office of Lottery and Gaming (OLG), his claim was denied. "One of the claims agents told me my ticket was no good, just to throw it in the trash can," he told the BBC. Instead, Mr Cheeks held on to that ticket and found...

Following a bombshell $83.3 million award against Donald Trump, his rape accuser E. Jean Carroll, whose case was bankrolled by his enemies, couldn’t remember basic facts of her own claim, once described rape as “sexy,” and whose “off the rails” tweets weren’t allowed to be shown to the jury – just put on an absurd display. When asked by MSNBC‘s Rachael Maddow on Monday night how she’ll spend “Trump’s money” to help “women’s rights,” Carroll did her best impression of a “Price is Right” winner – like rape victims do, telling Maddow: “First thing Rachel, you and I are gonna...

LOS ANGELES - Two Southern California residents are bound to be feeling very lucky today. According to the California lottery, two Mega Millions jackpot tickets were sold at the same Encino gas station on Friday night. The Chevron gas station is located on Ventura Blvd near Lindley Ave. The two tickets held the winning numbers of 21-26-53-66-70 with a jackpot number of lucky 13. The unique win earned the ticket holders a grand prize of $395 million to share.

A lucky Brooklyn man went on a joyride in a pricey, brand-spanking-new silver Range Rover on Friday morning after having just won $10 million in the lottery — again. Wayne Murray, 63, was spotted leaving his $800,000 East Flatbush home in the luxury top-of-the-line wheels after scoring $10 million on a scratch-off ticket this week — and having previously won $10 million playing the New York Lottery just a little over a year ago. Murray, whose home rings in at $815,400 on Zillow, drove off in a 2024 Range Rover SV, which start at $209,000 and can top over $234,000,...

New York’s luckiest man strikes again. A Brooklyn man won $10 million on a scratch-off this week — a little over a year after he won his first $10 million playing the New York Lottery, the lottery said. Wayne Murray got a top prize Tuesday while playing the New York Lottery’s 200X scratch-off game. Last year, he won $10 million playing the Black Titanium game, lottery officials said. Both of his winning tickets were purchased at the same store, H&A Gas & Convenience on Avenue H in Flatbush. For his latest win, Murray opted to take home his cash prize...

A Massachusetts father and his two sons used a covert network of convenience stores and tax-shy scratch-off winners to defraud the lottery of more than $20 million, officials said. Ali Jaafar, 63, of Watertown, had tried to pass off his winning streak as luck — but the lottery commission launched an investigation into the “factually or statistically improbable” results, according to the Boston Globe’s reporting on the saga Tuesday.

Edwin Castro, who won Powerball’s record-breaking $2 billion jackpot this February, isn’t quite done spending his newfound cash on luxury real estate. The lucky lotto player has already purchased at least two other California mansions since coming into the money this past winter — and now he has splurged yet again, this time on a $47 million compound in Bel Air. Castro’s newest crib brags seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and an infinity pool with panoramic views of Los Angeles, the Daily Mail first reported. The 31-year-old’s newest home further boasts DJ turntables, a champagne tasting room, a suspended glass walkway,...

The Powerball jackpot swelled to an estimated $1.55 billion for Monday night’s drawing after weeks with no grand prize winner. The new mammoth prize up for grabs Monday ranks as the third largest Powerball jackpot and fourth largest among US lottery jackpots, according to Powerball’s website. If a lucky player matches all six numbers to win the jackpot, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1.55 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $679.8 million – both before taxes, Powerball said. The grand prize grew Saturday after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn,...

Cash Out Value - $679.8 Million. Take home pay after 37% federal income tax - $428 Million. State and local income taxes may apply.