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.

A Michigan man matched all five numbers in the state's Fantasy 5 game and won the nearly $800,000 jackpot. The night before, he won $100 after matching four out of the five numbers.

A lottery winner in Massachusetts scored a $1 million Powerball ticket last year, but didn't claim the prize until three weeks before the winnings were set to expire.

A man from Plymouth, Massachusetts recently won $1 million in an instant -win lottery game. The night before his win, he had a dream he bought a lottery ticket.

A South Carolina couple is now $200,000 richer after the husband noticed that the "losing" lottery ticket his wife had thrown away was actually a winner.

Latoya Burke of Chesapeake, Virginia, won six times in one drawing, after her exact five Pick 5 numbers were drawn. She bought six tickets, winning $180,000.

Donna Osborne recently won a $5 million lottery prize after unfortunate airport delays prompted her to drive to a Pennsylvania Speedway and get a scratch-off ticket.