Lottery

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.

A winning Powerball ticket for the $2.09 billion grand prize was sold in California, lottery officials said Tuesday afternoon following an hours-long delay in the drawing.

The Powerball jackpot ballooned to $1.9 billion, following 40 consecutive drawings without a winner. But, how do players know what numbers are hot or not?

The winning Powerball numbers in the record $1.9 billion drawing were released Tuesday morning after a delay over a security protocol issue, according to officials.

A massive $1.9 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the latest record Powerball jackpot drawing. The highly-anticipated drawing was delayed over security protocols.

The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated record $1.9 billion after no ticket matched all six winning numbers on Saturday night.

Iowa lottery winner Timothy Schultz reveals what won't change after a lottery win. You may have a hard time trusting people or still have a devastating health diagnosis, for example.