$1.04 billion Powerball jackpot tempts players to brave long odds

The prize is the world’s ninth-largest lottery prize behind earlier drawings of Powerball and Mega Millions, the other nearly nationwide lottery game.

Florida woman's $2900 lottery win taken by state because it overpaid her unemployment during pandemic

A woman in Kissimmee won nearly $3,000 on a Florida lottery ticket only to learn the state would not pay her. She was told it was because she was overpaid in unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

Powerball jackpot now up to $925 million after no grand-prize winners

The search continues for Powerball's jackpot winner. Powerball's jackpot will be just short of $1 billion after no one got all six winning numbers for Wednesday's drawing.

Pennsylvania medical workers strike gold with $1M Mega Millions win

A group of 15 medical workers from UPMC, known as the "Million Dollar Medicals," struck it rich by winning $1 million in the August Mega Millions drawing.

Two lottery tickets worth $2.68 billion combined remain unclaimed

The recent billion-dollar Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots have not had the lucky players holding the winning tickets officially linked to them yet.

Powerball hits third-largest jackpot of the year

The Powerball jackpot reached a level ahead of Monday night’s drawing making it one of the biggest that the game has seen so far in 2023. 

Arkansas woman nearly gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law

An Arkansas woman, Paula Penn of Texarkana, narrowly avoided giving away a winning lottery ticket to her ex-father-in-law, almost missing out on a $75,000 prize from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

$2 billion Powerball winner buys large Bel Air mansion; take a look inside

People often ponder what they would do if they won the lottery. Having won the largest-ever Powerball jackpot of $2 billion in November, a California man had more reason to dwell it.

$1.58 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in Florida

The winning numbers have been drawn for the Aug. 8 Mega Millions drawing -- where the top prize winner can score up to $1.58 billion.

Here's how hard it is to win Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing

There may be a lot of excitement over the Mega Millions drawing for Aug. 8, but as far as winning the jackpot is concerned, experts say don't bank on that happening. Here's what you should know about your chances of winning it all.