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Lotto Fever: Beware of Scammers as Mega Millions Jackpot Soars
As fervor builds in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, with hundreds of millions up for grabs for jackpot winning tickets, the California Lottery is warning the public to be wary of scams.
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Hard-Luck Maryland Town Gets a $731.1 Million Powerball Win
Someone hit it very big in a hard-luck Appalachian coal-mining community, where a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $731 million was sold this week
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Winning Ticket for $730M Powerball Prize Sold in Maryland
There has been a jackpot winner in the $730 million Powerball, the first to get the top prize in months.
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Mega Millions Jackpot Now $865M; Powerball Up to $730M
Lottery players are getting another shot at the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history
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Powerball Jackpot Grows to $730M; Mega Millions to Be $850M
The Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $730 million after there were no winners Saturday for the lottery’s top prize
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Mega Millions Jackpot Swells to $750 Million Ahead of Friday's Drawing
It could be a profitable weekend for lucky lottery players as two of the largest jackpots in U.S. history will be on the line
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Mega Millions and Powerball Jackpots Surge: Here's How to Stay Anonymous If You Win
Somebody could be starting off the new year with a big pile of cash.
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5-Number Powerball Ticket Worth $2.7M Sold in San Jose
Although there was no jackpot winner in Wednesday night’s Powerball draw, one of two 5/5 winning tickets worth $2.7 million was sold at a market in San Jose, according to the California Lottery.
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Powerball Jackpot Hits $640M as Mega Millions Grows to $750M
Another night, another unclaimed giant lottery jackpot.
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5 Number Lotto Winner in San Jose
Although there was no jackpot winner in California for this draw, there was a 5/5 winning ticket sold at Paul’s Market in San Jose worth over $2 million.
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No More Puny Prizes: Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots Soar
After a long stretch of relatively paltry prizes, U.S. lottery players now have a choice of jackpots that offer combined prizes of more than $1 billion
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Lottery Fever Heats Up With Massive Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots
Between the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, nearly $1 billion is up for grabs ahead of the next drawings starting Friday night. Damian Trujillo reports.
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Lottery Fever Heats Up With Massive Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots
Between the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, nearly $1 billion is up for grabs ahead of the next drawings starting Friday night.
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You're More Likely to Be the Next LeBron or POTUS Than Win the Lottery
Think you have a chance at winning the Lottery? Well, you do! But its a very, very small chance. Here are some things that are more likely to happen to you.
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Here's Why Powerball and Mega Millions Jackpots Aren't Reaching Giant Amounts Anymore
If you’re one of those people who only buys a lottery ticket when the jackpot climbs into the stratosphere, you could be waiting a while. The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing is $86 million, and Powerball’s top prize is $91 million for its drawing on Wednesday. While those would be life-changing windfalls for most winners, the amounts pale...
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Man Splits $22 Million Jackpot Win With Friend, Keeping Nearly 30-Year Promise
A western Wisconsin man will share his millions in lottery winnings with a longtime friend because of a promise they made to each other nearly three decades ago.
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Colorado Man Wins Two $1M Lottery Prizes in One Day Using Same Numbers
With a little bit of luck and persistence, a Colorado man has hit the jackpot twice after playing the same numbers for 30 years.
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$7 Million 5-of-5 Powerball Ticket Sold in San Leandro
Someone in the East Bay is $7 million richer after matching five numbers in the Wednesday Powerball draw, according to the California Lottery.
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Wisc. Man Wins 3rd Largest Lottery in History at $768M
Manuel Franco, the Wisconsin 24-year-old who won a $768.4 million Powerball jackpot, stepped out to claim the third-largest jackpot in history.
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'It's a Dream': Wisconsin Man Claims $768M Powerball Jackpot
Manuel Franco said he felt lucky when he purchased five Powerball games last month at a Wisconsin gas station. The 24-year-old West Allis resident’s hunch was right. Franco matched all six Powerball numbers to win the $768.4 million prize, the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. “It feels like a dream,” Franco told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.