Lottery

The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.7 billion after no tickets matched the numbers drawn for the $1.4 billion grand prize on Wednesday.

The Powerball jackpot reached an estimated $1.4 billion after no winner emerged from Monday night's drawing. The jackpot is now the fourth-largest in the game's history.

A man in Massachusetts claimed two prizes collectively worth $2 million after his two tickets won money in the same Powerball drawing earlier this month.

An error at Norway’s state-owned Norsk Tipping caused some people in the Scandinavian country to believe they had scored bigger lottery prizes than reality.

The lucky person who landed an over $1.2 billion Mega Millions jackpot in California has been revealed. The California Lottery said her name was Rosemary Casarotti.

Kelly Lindsay won a lottery game prize of $2 million after being given the "wrong" ticket at a gas station, according to the Virginia Lottery.

The winning ticket for the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot sold in California, the first time the grand prize was won in more than three months.

Mega Millions’ jackpot swelled past the billion-dollar mark after its latest drawing brought no grand-prize winner. The jackpot stands at $1.15 billon.

Lottery players in 45 states hope for good luck when Powerball holds its three drawings each week and, according to a GambleSpot report, some states have had more wins than others over the years.

A woman in Illinois won $1 million from a forgotten lottery ticket she rediscovered in her purse, according to a recent announcement from the Illinois Lottery.

A North Carolina man received an unexpected windfall last week from a scratch-off lottery ticket he bought with $20 dollars that he found on the ground.

A lottery player in Georgia had a lucky day on Wednesday after a Powerball ticket they purchased landed them a $478.2 million jackpot during the evening’s drawing.

An Illinois lottery player is $9.2 million richer after playing the wrong game when at a local grocery store when a machine malfunctioned and he was forced to play the lottery instead.

Playing the Mega Millions lottery will get more expensive come April of next year, when Mega Millions raises its ticket price to $5, according to a Monday press release.

The lucky winner of the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in New Jersey earlier this year has just over half a year left to claim their windfall or it will expire.

The Mega Millions' estimated $800 million jackpot was won during Tuesday night's drawing after a ticket purchased in Texas matched the winning numbers.

The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to an estimated $800 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing held Friday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $740 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing on Tuesday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $681 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing on Friday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot rose to an estimated $527 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers to take home the grand prize during Tuesday night's drawing.