- Data Breaches
- By Bogdan Popa
- November 30th, 2016
UK National Lottery Hacked, over 26,000 Accounts Accessed
No data stolen and the lottery is unaffected, officials says
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 13th, 2016
Hacked DLL Allowed Lottery Boss to Manipulate and Predict Winning Tickets
Lottery security director won $16.5 million in six years
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 25th, 2016
Irish National Lottery Shut Down via DDoS Attack, Right Before Big Draw
Cyber-attack shuts down Irish Lottery ticket sales
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 31st, 2015
Lottery Shows Winning Number Before It Gets Drawn, People Cry Foul
Lottery officials insist it was just an odd technical error
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 23rd, 2015
Mega Millions “Winners,” Beware
Victims receive messages informing of bogus lottery win
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 26th, 2015
Lottery Ticket in Get-Well Card Lands Man $7 Million (€6.4 Million)
46-year-old Joseph Amorese got the card with the lottery ticket inside it while recovering from a hernia surgery
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 21st, 2015
Bizarre Lottery Tickets Smell like Bacon When You Scratch Them
The scratch-n-sniff tickets are the brainchild of the New Hampshire state lottery, have “I Heart Bacon” written on them
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 12th, 2014
Child Molester Wins $3M (€2.4M) Lottery Jackpot, Will Keep the Money
Current laws in Florida, US, do not prevent people convicted of a crime from keeping money won at the lottery
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 27th, 2014
Men Throw Out $1M (€0.73) Winning Ticket, Sue the Lottery
The men claim the lottery took too long to post the winning numbers on its website
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Ancuta Iosub
- June 6th, 2014
Unemployed Man Spends £250 ($420/€308) of His Benefits on Spot-the-Ball Tickets, Wins Porsche
Andrew Boyce also landed a £10,000 ($16,800/€12,330) cash prize
- Oddiverse
- By Ancuta Iosub
- May 9th, 2014
Chicago Man Wins $2.5/€1.8 Million from Lottery Ticket Bought on April Fool's Day
Daniel Stojak credits his mother for his big win, as she purchased the scratch-off ticket
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Ancuta Iosub
- April 25th, 2014
Lucky Chicago Resident Wins the Lottery Three Times in Three Weeks
Christopher Kaelin can consider himself the luckiest man in the world
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 8th, 2014
Sea Shepherd Wins €900,000 ($1,234,660) from the Dutch Postcode Lottery
The Dutch Postcode Lottery has until now donated €6.3M ($8.64M) to the organization
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Ancuta Iosub
- March 31st, 2014
California Man Wins Big Lottery Prize One Day After His Wife's Death
Timothy McDaniel thinks that winning the lottery is a sign from his wife
- Oddiverse
- By Ancuta Iosub
- March 18th, 2014
Car Mechanic Neil Trotter Revealed as £107.9M ($179.3/€128,8M) EuroMillions Jackpot Winner
The winner has even made an eerie prediction before the draw
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Ancuta Iosub
- February 21st, 2014
Powerball Ticket Sold in California Wins the $425 Million Jackpot
According to lottery officials, the winner hasn't showed up yet
- Oddiverse
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- January 13th, 2014
Possible Millionaire Is Selling Unscratched 100,000 Lottery Tickets Collection
42-year-old Dave Mannix owns the world's biggest scratch ticket collection ever