Lottery

A local convenience store sold a million dollar Mega Millions ticket.

According to the Iowa Lottery someone in Davenport has a ticket worth nearly $4.4 million.

I'd like to know: Why do you play the lottery?

Someone won Saturday night's Powerball with a ticket worth $50,000. Could it have been you? The winning ticket was purchased at the Hy-Vee on Edgewood Road in Cedar Rapids and matched four out of the five numbers including the Powerball...

A local TV station is reporting that a winning number in last night's Powerball draw was purchased in Avoca, a city just off I-80 in Pottawattamie County.
The winner only matched 5 numbers though, so the jackpot is still up for grabs for tomorrow night's draw...

The Cities of Moline, East Moline and Silvis have been awarded a Single Family Rehabilitation grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority and are coordinating a lottery to select households for program participation.
According to the Quad City Times, the Single Family Rehabilitation Program…

Last day of June. Halfway point of 2017. Holiday weekend.  Woohoo!
1 - Today will be a mixed bag. We'll see peaks of sunshine and the humidity will slowly drop. Chance of a shower can't be ruled out. WQAD Meteorologist Eric Sorensen has the forecast details here...

I've seem some political stalemates in my day, but what's going on now in Illinois is a dumpster fire of epic proportions.
Tonight will be the last chance Illinoisans have to play the Mega Millions lottery. Once the numbers are drawn around 10pm, Mega Millions will go the way of the Dodo in…

Many people buy lottery scratch tickets as a stocking stuffer at this time of year. It's a simple, easy gift idea, but it may be a waste of money.
A recent investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that over 40% of scratch lottery game prizes were never awarded...

Since the Powerball is no longer 700 trillion dollars, lottery talk has died down here in the U.S.
Perfect timing for Riley McBride to swoop in and win himself and nice chunk of change!