Lottery

Wells Fargo Advice & Planning managing director Emily Irwin’s do’s and don’ts if you win the billion-dollar Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.1 billion with a cash prize totaling $586.7 million after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn.

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $1.1 billion, with a cash prize option of $568.7 million, after no one matched all six numbers on Friday.

The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to an estimated $940 million this week after no lottery ticket matched all of the six numbers drawn on Tuesday night.

Friday's Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $940 million, with a cash prize option of $483.5 million, after no one matched all six numbers on Tuesday.

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $785 million after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn last week. The next drawing is on Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET.

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $785 million, with a cash prize option of $395 million, after no one matched all six numbers on Friday.

Friday's Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $640 million, with a cash prize option of $328.3 million, after no one matched all six numbers on Tuesday.

As the 2023 New Year approaches, here are 10 lottery stories that made national and international headlines in 2022. From scratch-off tickets to the Powerball and Mega Millions.

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $565 million, making it the sixth-largest prize in the game's history. The jackpot has a cash prize of $293.6 million.

The estimated prize for Friday night would be the 11th largest jackpot in the history of the game

A New Jersey woman on Saturday nabbed the largest jackpot payout on a progressive poker game in Caesars Entertainment’s Atlantic City history. Her initial bet was $5.

Dalton Radford, an 18-year-old man with two jobs won $1 million from a North Carolina Education Lottery scratch-off. Here's what he plans to do with his winnings.

A woman from Florida says a scammer fooled her into believing she was going to receive $90,000 from an Arizona lottery winner who won the Powerball. It reportedly cost her $11,000.

The winning Powerball ticket worth $92.9 million remains unclaimed two days after the lottery jackpot was hit in northeastern Kansas on Saturday night.

Powerball players who still have their losing tickets have a chance at winning a JCPenney $20-off coupon, which will be given out to 20,000 lucky social media users.

A jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold in California at a store owned by the father-in-law of a former NFL defensive player for a record $2.04 billion grand prize.

The southern California store owner who sold the Powerball ticket worth a record $2.04 billion earlier this week will receive a maximum bonus of $1 million.

Powerball winners can either to receive their prize as a lump sum cash payment or as a 30-payment annuity. Most winners take the cash option, but the annuity may produce more future wealth.

A man in China anonymously claimed a grand prize from the Guangxi Welfare Lottery while in costume and he's reportedly keeping it a secret from his family, the lottery center reports.