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The Pennsylvania Lottery and Virginia Lottery have introduced the industry's first multi-state instant progressive jackpot. This is after the two lottery operators inked a deal with Instant Win Gaming (IWG), a recognized provider of e-Instant games worldwide.

The Powerball Jackpot has created instant millionaires since launching in the US in 1992. The game is currently on course to create another historic win after Monday's drawing ended without a winner. Following this, the Powerball prize has increased to an estimated $900 million.

Winning a lottery is a dream for most players who spend years chasing the prize with long odds. But sometimes regulated lottery operators must wait for days or weeks before lucky players come forth to claim their prize.

Scientific Games (SG) has sealed an arrangement with Warner Bros Discovery to launch a new lottery game with the Game of Thrones brand. Following this announcement, Scientific Games now has limited global rights to the iconic entertainment brand.

IGT (International Game Technology), a leading supplier of slots and lottery games in the United States, has confirmed the sudden death of Fabio Cairoli, CEO of IGT's Global Lottery. The gaming business praised Cairoli as an outstanding executive with unmatched enthusiasm, drive, genuineness, commitment to outcomes, and creativity.

Greentube USA, a subsidiary of Greentube and a branch of Novomatic, has announced the release of its ground-breaking iLottery game Drop The Balls. It's a thrilling lottery game that combines unique elements of several casino games. According to Greentube USA, this game has been created with a broader audience in mind.

The National Lottery has urged players in Ireland to check their tickets after a lucky player won a significant sum of money in Saturday night's draw on July 1. During the draw, no player hit the Lotto jackpot worth over €3 million. However, 99,000 players won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws, including one anonymous individual who took home the €135,820 Match 5 + Bonus prize.

Can you imagine winning a life-changing lottery jackpot only for store workers to steal it from you? That's what Paul Little, a diesel mechanic from Massachusetts, United States, has been going through for the last six months.

Sweden has lately been introducing new measures to make the market safer for everyone involved. The latest move is the country's Finansdepartementet (Swedish Ministry of Finance) proposal to ban credit card transactions for all types of gambling, including lottery games.

June is usually one of the luckiest months for lottery players in Poland. This is after the player recently won the Thursday Lotto draw to produce this month's seventh lucky winner. The player placed the winning wager worth PLN 2,337,828.20 (around $572,677) at the UL. Łukasińskiego 110 C in Szczecin.

The Ministry of Finance in Sweden (Finansdepartementet) has launched a probe into the rules governing party political lottery games. This follows public indignation over the transparency and sincerity of political funding.

The Arizona Lottery was recently pleased to announce its newest lottery prize winner, an unnamed player who won the "Set for Life Scratchers" game. This is the latest seven-figure payout by the lottery operator in the United States.

The Arizona Lottery, a state lottery operator in Arizona, United States, has debuted Lucky Lounge, a unique online sweepstakes platform. The organization says this platform will allow players to engage in multiple lottery games and win tokens and cash prizes.

Any lottery player's dream is to strike luck and win a life-changing payout. That's especially true if the lottery game in question is the National Lottery, known for creating instant millionaires.

The Mega Millions Jackpot has been creating new millionaires, with Johnnie Taylor (aged 71) from New York, United States, being the latest lucky player. Taylor claimed the record-breaking $476 million Mega Millions jackpot played on April 14, 2023. This win is the biggest Mega Millions prize in The Empire State since the game's introduction in 2002.

IGT, a famous gaming entertainment company from the United Kingdom, and Sony Pictures Television have a 10-year contract from January 2025 to December 2034. Under the agreement, the London-based, NYSE-registered entertainment company will have exclusive Wheel of Fortune brand rights.