Lottery

Powerball players will have the opportunity to play for the seventh-largest jackpot on Wednesday. That value is estimated at $680 million, or $326.1 million cash.

There are still no winners in the Powerball lottery game following Monday's $480 million drawing. The next drawing will be held on Wednesday night.

The jackpot for Monday's Powerball drawing is $480 million with a cash value of $242.2 million.

There were two winners in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing worth $494 million with a cash option value of $248.7 million.

A North Carolina woman purchased a lottery ticket just before it closed has won its $500,000 prize. The woman said she felt an urge to purchase the ticked and followed it.

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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing is $454 million with a cash value of $232.6 million.

There was no winner in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. Friday's jackpot will be an estimated of $494 million. The cash option would be $248.7 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $445 million ahead of a Tuesday drawing while the Powerball jackpot has surged to $420 million before a Wednesday drawing.

Lottery officials in the Philippines are standing by a highly unusual outcome in their Grand Lotto jackpot after over 400 people claimed the top prize.

A man in North Carolina learned he won the Lucky for Life Lottery nearly a month after he played his winning ticket. The ticket was in his truck the whole time.

Illinois lottery officials said two people who wished to remain anonymous claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The winning ticket was sold on July 29.

Mary Starks, of Davenport, Iowa, won $100,000 playing a lottery scratcher game. She also previously won $100,000 in the lottery back in March of 2020.

Tiffany Griffin, 42, of Charlotte, North Carolina, won $150,000 in the lottery after playing a crossword puzzle-themed scratch-off lottery game this month.

Douglas Hurlock, of Havelock, North Carolina, won $100,000 in the lottery, just a few months before he becomes a father for the first time. His child is due to be born in late November.

Jose Flores Velasquez, of Annandale, Virginia, thought he had won just $600, but when he went to redeem his prize, he learned he had won the top, $1 million prize.

Sherod Hawkins, of Palmyra, Virginia, won the top prize of $500,000 in a lottery scratch-off game, which he purchased while he was buying cigars. He said he didn’t believe he had won, at first.

The historic Mega Millions jackpot ticket sold in Illinois and worth over a billion dollars still has not been claimed, according to lottery officials.

Malcolm Meredith, of Manassas, Virginia, won $1 million in the Mega Millions drawing from May 20. He matched the first five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball number.

Mega Millions winners in Illinois are allowed to remain anonymous, and no one has yet come forward to say that they bought the winning ticket.