Lottery

Playing the Mega Millions lottery will get more expensive come April of next year, when Mega Millions raises its ticket price to $5, according to a Monday press release.

The lucky winner of the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in New Jersey earlier this year has just over half a year left to claim their windfall or it will expire.

The Mega Millions' estimated $800 million jackpot was won during Tuesday night's drawing after a ticket purchased in Texas matched the winning numbers.

The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to an estimated $800 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing held Friday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $740 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing on Tuesday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $681 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing on Friday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot rose to an estimated $527 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers to take home the grand prize during Tuesday night's drawing.

A Michigan man matched all five numbers in the state's Fantasy 5 game and won the nearly $800,000 jackpot. The night before, he won $100 after matching four out of the five numbers.

A lottery winner in Massachusetts scored a $1 million Powerball ticket last year, but didn't claim the prize until three weeks before the winnings were set to expire.

A man from Plymouth, Massachusetts recently won $1 million in an instant -win lottery game. The night before his win, he had a dream he bought a lottery ticket.

A South Carolina couple is now $200,000 richer after the husband noticed that the "losing" lottery ticket his wife had thrown away was actually a winner.

Latoya Burke of Chesapeake, Virginia, won six times in one drawing, after her exact five Pick 5 numbers were drawn. She bought six tickets, winning $180,000.

Donna Osborne recently won a $5 million lottery prize after unfortunate airport delays prompted her to drive to a Pennsylvania Speedway and get a scratch-off ticket.

Lori Sailors, a Lincoln, Nebraska, woman, recently won $220,000 in the Nebraska Pick 5 lottery game after buying a ticket that was printed by mistake.

A Maryland man who has a specific method of selecting his lottery numbers recently won a $50,000 jackpot in the state's Pick 5 game. He uses random license plates to pick his numbers.

A lucky lottery player in Washington state recently won a $1.3 jackpot – but the prize remains unclaimed a week after the drawing. Washington's Lottery hopes people check their tickets.

A Maryland woman was bored at work and bought lottery tickets to pass the time. After the first two were not winners, she tried again – and won big.

A man in Maryland is $32,000 richer after he inadvertently checked off the "bonus" multiplier on his keno game ticket. The $4 bonus quadrupled his prize.

The Michigan Lottery on Tuesday announced a lottery club with three members was lucky enough to win the $842.4 million Powerball jackpot from early January.

A man who buys lottery tickets based on what he feels is "sticking out the furthest" recently won $300,000 after this gut instinct proved to be correct.