It’s been 100 years since this South Dakota ranch town lived up to its name, but it has done so in a big way for whoever bought a online lottery powerball ticket worth $232.1 million.

Word spread quickly that the winning ticket had been sold this community of about 3,000 people. The winner’s identity won’t be disclosed until the ticket is validated and the prize is officially claimed, he said.

The winner has 180 days to reveal his or her identity and is encouraged to sign the ticket and hire a good lawyer first. The ticket holder will claim the largest powerball jackpot paid out in South Dakota. It’s the third time the

winning ticket has been sold in the state since the online Lottery began selling the game in April 1992.

Here’s a sad story about an unfortunate lottery winner.

An elderly man who decided against buying his lottery tickets online was taken to Danville Regional Medical Center after he won $100 from the Virginia Lottery only to be beaten and robbed of the money when he left the store, police say.

The 74-year-old man, who police declined to identify, had cashed in his jackpot lotto ticket from a scratch ticket purchased at Ma Hollins on South Main Street at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was crossing the store’s parking lot when a man approached, assaulted him and took his lottery winnings, according to a news release from the Danville Police Department.

Winnings of up to $600 can be claimed at a Virginia Lottery retailer, but higher amounts must be cashed in at one of several regional lottery offices across the state, Hagerty said.

And so the moral to this sad story is that it’s always safer to buy your lotto tickets online so you can also claim the winnings online!

The SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot starts at $7 million, and has reached a record $193 million because the jackpot grows each time there is no winner. To win, all you have to do is pick five numbers from 1 to 47 and one MEGA number from 1 to 27 and match them to the numbers drawn by the Super Lotto Lottery. Winning numbers are drawn every

Wednesday and Saturday at 7:57 PM.

California began offering lotto style games in 1986 with the 6-49 game that suffered several changes throughout the years. The current 47/27 variant began in year 2000 and continues until now with the name Super Lotto Plus.

The Romanian Loto aims to maximize the income for financing projects for national public service.  This is done by offering high quality and fun games meant to meet the high expectations of players.

The Romania Lottery – Loto Romana – is a fairly recent game and was first launched in 1993 and is hugely popular in Romania and in neighbouring countries, being operated by the Compania Nationala Loteria Romana.

The Romania Lottery – Loto Romana 6/49 – is a traditional jackpot, draw-style, lotto game and is the flagship game offered by Loteria Romana, the national lottery and gaming company in Romania.

The Romania Lottery uses what’s called a matrix of 6/49 which means that when playing the Loto Romania, you will need to select 6 numbers out of a pool of balls numbered from 1 to 49.

If you match all 6 of the main numbers drawn then you will be a winner of the first division prize – the Romania Lottery jackpot.

Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina warns consumers to use caution if they receive winning lottery letter notifications from the Australian Lottery games. A local consumer in Dunn, N.C. has received a “winning notification” letter mailed as part of the Lottery Winners International program.

The letter urges the consumer not to reveal winnings to public officials and to call the fake organization for further details.

Foreign lottery game scams are a growing problem, and many consumers who are unaware of such traps may have their personal identification or account information stolen. Such scams may be solicited through the internet or the postal service.

BBB recommends that consumers not respond to these letters, but instead contact BBB through its Web site at www.bbb.org to report the issue.

6 balls are drawn fin the Hong Kong Lottery, from a total of 49; each uniquely numbered 1,2,3 through to 49. Paddy power.com clients can bet on any 1,2,3 or 4 numbers being drawn by the HK Mark Six Lottery.

The draw takes place every Tuesday and Thursday during racing season and every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdayduring non-racing season. Draw times are 8am GMT. Clients may bet up until 7am GMT. Times may vary during non-racing season.

- Viking Lotto, Viking loto -

Viking Lotto (known in Denmark as Onsdags Lotto)  is a joint venture between the national lotteries in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Estonia. Viking Lotto started in 1993 and was the first of its kind in Europe.

Draws are held every Wednesday evening.  The rules are simple, select 6 numbers which can be any number between 1 to 48, called a combination. During the draw, 6 initial and 2 extra numbers are drawn from the cage of 48. The first prize is won by the ticket with 6 correct numbers and the remaining prizes are decided matching 5, 4, and 3 numbers respectively.

El Gordo de la Primitiva Lottery International Promotions Programmes is a lottery scam e-mail or letter, which comes with a payment processing or registration form.

“La Primitiva Lottery is  a legitimate Spanish lottery

But the letters and emails that consumers receive are fake and commonly known as advance fee frauds or Nigerian scams.

The letters and emails use various plays on the words “La Primitiva Lottery” and other terms related to legitimate lotteries. Thus scams are typically called “Primitiva Award Notice”, “El-Mundo de la Primitiva”, “International Lottery de la Primitiva”, “El Gordo La Primitiva International” and “Loteria La Primitiva”.

The names might vary but the method of operation is the same.

The victim is asked to send money by wire transfer to various individuals claiming to be lawyers and/or bank executives. Contact can be made by email, fax or phone. Advance fee frauds are very sophisticated operations and the operators are experts in convincing victims that they are legitimate.

If you want to enter the REAL “La Primitiva Lottery” ensure you visit an approved online lottery store.

South Dakota Lottery officials have suggested that the winner of the Powerball jackpot contact an attorney before they come forward. So, what advice would an attorney give someone that just hit the jackpot?

If you play lottery online and win there’s a lot to consider depending on the size of the jackpot. “There is a certain amount of coaching and there is a great deal of planning. If you’re going to bring a CPA, a financial advisor, and investment adviser on board that they are going to need the time to develop a plan for that specific person,” Miller said.

The decisions aren’t over once the jackpot is claimed. The winner can either get 30 payments over the next 29 years or they can take an up-front payment of 118 million dollars. Financial planner Dan Olson says the winner should try and invest some of the money, and make money off the money.

“With that amount of money she’ll be able to probably live off just the interest and dividend alone she’s receiving on a monthly basis,” Dan Olson with First Financial said.

To win you must play lotto online, to play online you must first find a reputable online store and choose which game you want to play. There’s hundreds of options to choose carefully and you too could soon be wondering what to do with your lotto jackpot!

The famous Quebec Loto is based in Canada and has been an instant hit since its launch over 10 years ago. Specific games include; Lotto 6/49, Super 7, Quebec 49, Banco,  3 digit, 4  digit, Spiel,

Over the year 2000-2001, Loto-Qu?bec returned approximately $1.3 billion in dividends to government of Quebec.