Mega Millions

MegaMillions mania as jackpot hits £1.1billion… here's how to get a slice of the action with Lottoland

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Friday, January 13, 2023

The next MegaMillions draw will take place on Saturday 14th January at 4am GMT.

Key Points: 
  • The next MegaMillions draw will take place on Saturday 14th January at 4am GMT.
  • If a player's ticket matches all six of the winning numbers from the drawing, they'll win the jackpot.
  • Which is just as well considering that our research shows most of us could really use something to get excited about right now!
  • In November last year, one Lottoland customer pocketed over £500k*, after matching five of the six numbers required to hit the US Powerball jackpot.

MegaMillions mania as jackpot hits £1.1billion… here's how to get a slice of the action with Lottoland

Retrieved on: 
Friday, January 13, 2023

The next MegaMillions draw will take place on Saturday 14th January at 4am GMT.

Key Points: 
  • The next MegaMillions draw will take place on Saturday 14th January at 4am GMT.
  • If a player's ticket matches all six of the winning numbers from the drawing, they'll win the jackpot.
  • Which is just as well considering that our research shows most of us could really use something to get excited about right now!
  • In November last year, one Lottoland customer pocketed over £500k*, after matching five of the six numbers required to hit the US Powerball jackpot.

Online Lottery Ticket Platform Jackpot.com Launches in Texas With $42 Million in Funding

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Monday, January 9, 2023

Jackpot.com, the online lottery ticket platform, launched today in Texas with $42M in funding from some of the country’s top professional sports franchises and marketing partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs.

Key Points: 
  • Jackpot.com, the online lottery ticket platform, launched today in Texas with $42M in funding from some of the country’s top professional sports franchises and marketing partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs.
  • Texans can instantly play the Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, and Texas Two Step, then view scanned copies of their purchased tickets in their account.
  • The Texas Lottery is the third largest in the US, generating more than $8 billion in record-breaking sales in the 2022 fiscal year, according to the Texas Lottery Commission .
  • Over the last 30 years, the Texas Lottery has contributed over $35 billion to supporting public education in Texas.

For Second Year in a Row, Jackpocket Named One of Built In's Best Places To Work

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

NEW YORK CITY , Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, the leading third-party lottery courier app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, was recognized today as one of Built In's "Best Places To Work In 2023." Jackpocket's offices in New York and Santa Barbara received placements on four lists: New York City Best Places to Work, Los Angeles Best Places to Work, New York City Best Midsize Places to Work and Los Angeles Best Midsize Places to Work. This is the second year in a row Jackpocket has received recognition for its New York headquarters, and the first year that its new West Coast office was added to the list.

Key Points: 
  • Jackpocket's offices in New York and Santa Barbara received placements on four lists: New York City Best Places to Work, Los Angeles Best Places to Work, New York City Best Midsize Places to Work and Los Angeles Best Midsize Places to Work.
  • "This incredible honor caps off yet another year of major growth for Jackpocket.
  • We're thrilled to be recognized for the collaborative culture we've built that makes it all possible," said Peter Sullivan, founder and CEO of Jackpocket.
  • "It's my honor to congratulate Jackpocket as one of this year's Best Places to Work winners," says Sheridan Orr, Chief Marketing Officer for Built In.

theLotter Texas Reports String of Online Lottery Winners, as Mega Millions Hits $1.1 Billion

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Saturday, January 7, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- theLotter Texas, which operates the state's premier online lottery ticket purchasing service, reports increased website traffic with the Mega Millions jackpot on the rise.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- theLotter Texas, which operates the state's premier online lottery ticket purchasing service, reports increased website traffic with the Mega Millions jackpot on the rise.
  • With every story of a big lottery jackpot winner, one question typically comes to mind: "Where did they buy the winning ticket?"
  • In Texas, the answer is increasingly becoming familiar: they got it from theLotter Texas!
  • Since launching in 2020, theLotter Texas has been on a steady roll with lottery winners around the state .

Jackpocket, #1 Lottery App in the US, Launches into Arizona

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Friday, January 6, 2023

PHOENIX, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, the #1 lottery app in the U.S.*, today announced its launch in Arizona in partnership with Circle K, one of the largest convenience store brands in the U.S., as Mega Millions nears $1 billion.

Key Points: 
  • The mobile experience allows all Arizona players to conveniently order and view their tickets, check lottery results, receive prizes up to $599, and make payouts directly through the app.
  • And when Arizonans win BIG, winning tickets can be picked up or securely delivered so players can claim their prizes from the Arizona Lottery.
  • As a third-party lottery courier service, Jackpocket aims to broaden access to the Arizona Lottery through a seamless, digital experience for a mobile-first demographic.
  • Arizona is now the 15th state available for lottery play using the Jackpocket app.

Jackpocket Releases Q3 Report: Digital Lottery Courier Orders Up Nationwide

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, the leading third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, today released its Q3 2022 report on lottery participation through its digital lottery courier app. With Jackpocket now in 14 states, digital lottery courier orders have increased in all states where the app is available since Q2 2022, with major quarterly growth in newer states like New Mexico (over 185% increase) and Montana (over 955% increase).

Key Points: 
  • Lottery courier app makes 3 new millionaires in Q3, tops $35M in overall prizeswon by users
    NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket , the leading third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, today released its Q3 2022 report on lottery participation through its digital lottery courier app.
  • With Jackpocket now in 14 states, digital lottery courier orders have increased in all states where the app is available since Q2 2022, with major quarterly growth in newer states like New Mexico (over 185% increase) and Montana (over 955% increase).
  • "With each new quarter, we continue to see remarkable growth and more opportunity in the digital lottery courier space," said Jackpocket Founder and CEO Peter Sullivan.
  • Jackpocket's data is pulled from the lottery habits of its millions of users over the course of Q3 2022.

NeoPollard Interactive Congratulates the Virginia Lottery for Its "Lottery Operator of the Year" Award From EGR

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Monday, December 5, 2022

"This award represents the hard work Lottery employees, in partnership with the NPi team, have done to achieve such strong results and notable growth," said Kelly T. Gee, Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery.

Key Points: 
  • "This award represents the hard work Lottery employees, in partnership with the NPi team, have done to achieve such strong results and notable growth," said Kelly T. Gee, Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery.
  • By reaching $1.37 billion in FY 2022 top-line sales in its second year of operation, the Virginia Lottery secured its position as the fastest-growing U.S. iLottery program ever.
  • These new games are powered by NPi's NeoDraw Interactive Central Gaming System, a core component of the company's best-in-class iLottery solution.
  • Born in the digital domain, NeoPollard Interactive LLC ("NPi") is an award-winning supplier of best-in-class iLottery solutions to the North American lottery market.

Jackpocket Announces NHL Partnership With Dallas Stars As Official Digital Lottery Courier Partner

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, the first third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, and the NHL's Dallas Stars today announced a new partnership making Jackpocket the team's Official Digital Lottery Courier Partner. The deal, which starts in the 2022-23 hockey season and will then run for the next three years, is an exclusive arrangement with the NHL team located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Key Points: 
  • "We're thrilled to announce our latest major sports franchise partnership with the Dallas Stars, the only NHL team in Texas," said Jackpocket founder and CEO Peter Sullivan.
  • "As the team's Official Digital Lottery Courier, we're excited to start this new partnership and look forward to seeing our logo featured on the Stars scoreboard at Dallas' American Airlines Center."
  • "We are excited to launch this new partnership with Jackpocket and bring the excitement and convenience of its digital lottery courier app to our great fans," said Dallas Stars President and Chief Executive Officer Brad Alberts.
  • The first licensed third-party lottery courier app in the United States, Jackpocket provides an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets.

Jackpocket Lottery Courier App Reports Record Participation in Historic Powerball Run

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

NEW YORK , Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, the leading third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, today announced record participation in the run up to the $2.04 billion Powerball through its lottery courier app. From August 6, 2022 to November 7, 2022, Jackpocket notably was used for 2% of national Powerball ticket sales for particular drawings while being available in just 14 out of 48 Powerball states and jurisdictions.

Key Points: 
  • Since Jackpocket launched in 2013, lottery players have won over $200 million in lottery prizes using the app.
  • Jackpocket ranked as the #3 Entertainment app in the App Store for the $2.04 billion Powerball drawing.
  • It ranked as the #1 free app in the entire App Store during the July 2022 Mega Millions run.
  • The first licensed third-party lottery courier app in the United States, Jackpocket provides an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets.