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Changelog and corrections log

A dated record of what we changed and why. Corrections are listed here as well as on the page they affect.

Editorial log

  • November 3, 2026Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All data pages now carry a method note, a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, a citation line and a corrections address.
  • November 3, 2026More data pages and a CSV download. Added datasets for online sales, winner anonymity, where lottery money goes, courier apps by state and lottery start years, plus one master table of state rules with a CSV download.
  • November 3, 2026Data pages added. Published sourced datasets for prize claim deadlines, state tax on winnings and minimum age, by state.
  • November 3, 2026Written reviews for every brand. All reviewed brands now have a full written review alongside the fact sheet and scores.
  • November 3, 2026State fields verified. Minimum age, tax, claim window, beneficiary and online-sales fields were checked against official pages for FL, VA, WA, GA, NC, MI, NY, IL, CA and MA. Fields we could not verify stay blank.
  • November 3, 2026Georgia anonymity removed. The anonymity entry for Georgia cited a news article rather than an official page, so it was removed until an official source is found.
  • November 3, 2026Massachusetts online sales corrected. Online sales changed from "no" to "yes": the Massachusetts Lottery’s history page says online sales launched on 27 July 2026.
  • November 2, 2026Site launched. First release: 36 brand reviews, 54 state pages, guides and the six-criterion scoring method.

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