Lottery Trivia Question 5: Who Was First State to Have a Lottery?

This week's three part Lottery Trivia Question is about U.S. Lottery History.

Our Trivia Question #5 is:

• Who was the first U.S. State to sponsor a Lottery in the 20th century?
• What was this lottery named?
• When did tickets go on sale?

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We will provide the correct answer next Monday, November 2nd, and will post your name and a URL link back to your site.

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JL.........

Answer to Lottery Trivia Question #4: First Person to Win $5 Million Lottery?

Last week's Lottery Trivia Question #4 was:

• Who was the first person to ever win a $5 million lottery prize?
• When (on what date) did he win it?
• What's he doing now?

Although no one ventured a guess, the Correct Answer is:

• Lou Eisenberg was the first person to ever win a $5 million lottery prize which was the historically largest jackpot in the world.
• Lou won this on Friday the 13th of November 1981.
  
• Today, Lou is in his 70s and lives on his Social Security payments because he spent all of his winnings.
  

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JL.........

Lottery Trivia Question 4: Who Was First $5 Million Winner?

This week's three part Lottery Trivia Question is about New York State Lottery history.

Our Trivia Question #4 is:

• Who was the first person to ever win a $5 million lottery prize?
• When (on what date) did he win it?
• What's he doing now?

Enter your answer by leaving a Comment to this post below. Leave your name, and if you have a website or blog, provide it's URL and name.

We will provide the correct answer next Monday, October 26th, and will post your name and a URL link back to your site.

Have Fun,

JL.........

Answer to Lottery Trivia Question #3 - What State Offers the Megaplier?

Last week's Lottery Trivia Question #3 was:

• What is the only Mega Millions State that offers players a chance to buy a Megaplier?

Although no one ventured a guess, the Correct Answer is:

• The only state that offers the Mega Millions Megaplier is Texas!
  

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JL.........

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Lottery Trivia Question 3: What State Offers the Megaplier?

This week's Lottery Trivia Question relates to Mega Millions.

Our Trivia Question #3 is:

• What is the only Mega Millions State that offers players a chance to buy a Megaplier?
  

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We will provide the correct answer next Monday, October 19th, and will post your name and a URL link back to your site.

Have Fun,

JL.........

Answer to Lottery Trivia Question #2

Last week's Lottery Trivia Question #2 was:

• On what date was the first Powerball drawing held?

Although no one ventured a guess, the Correct Answer is:

• The first Powerball drawing was held on April 22, 1992.

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JL.........

Lottery Trivia Question 2: When was first Powerball drawing?

This week's Lottery Trivia Question pertains to Powerball and is relatively simple.

Our Trivia Question #2 is:

• On what date was the first Powerball drawing held?
  

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We will provide the correct answer next Monday, October 12th, and will post your name and a URL link back to your site.

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JL.........

Lottery Trivia Answer #1

Last week's first ever Lottery Trivia Question was:

• Has any US State(s) ever been a member of both Mega Millions and Powerball? (Yes or No)
• If Yes: Which one (or ones)? And when?

Although no one ventured a guess, the Correct Answers are:

• Yes, one state was a member of both Lotteries.
• It was Georgia, who joined Powerball on July 1st 1995 and left on August 31st 1996 to join the the Mega Millions predecessor!
  

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JL.........