Lottery

The Texas Lottery starts a new scratch-off game that will specifically benefit veteran charities, in accordance with a 2009 Senate bill. Each ticket will be priced at $2.

The Powerball jackpot remains on the rise after no tickets matched all six numbers Wednesday night, marking the 27th consecutive drawing with no grand-prize winner.

The Powerball jackpot now sits at an estimated $672 million, with a one-time cash payout of over $320 million, after no winners were announced in Monday night's drawing.

The Powerball jackpot is now the 10th largest in the game's history at $638 million, $304.2 cash value, after 25 consecutive drawings have produced no winners.

The recent eye-popping Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots have not had the lucky players holding the winning tickets officially linked to them as of Friday.

The Powerball's grand prize climbed to $522 million after there were no winners in Saturday's drawing. Its one-time cash value, meanwhile, totaled $252.4 million.

A Maryland woman has claimed one lottery prize right before she wins a second. She plans on taking her family to Disney World with her new earnings, according to the Maryland Lottery.

A 70-year-old Maryland woman took home a top lottery prize after reportedly joking about winning big with her husband. The anonymous winner is a grandma of 12.

A Maryland resident in Prince George County has won a grand prize of $750,000 after his 15 lottery tickets, each with identical numbers, hit in a single drawing.

A woman from New Hampshire has won a $25,000-a-year-for-life prize from the multi-state Lucky for Life lottery game, and it happened around the time of her 43rd wedding anniversary.

A Mega Millions player in Florida claimed the massive $1.58 billion jackpot after Tuesday night's drawing, marking the largest prize ever offered in the game.

Mega Millions has created plenty of winners — and even made some millionaires — in the more than three months that a drawing hasn't produced a jackpot winner.

The Mega Millions jackpot surpassed the previous record to an estimated $1.55 billion after the Friday evening drawing resulted in no ticket matching all six numbers.

People who tried who played the lottery and came out unsuccessful can get a free sugary snack from Krispy Kreme, the doughnut chain said. The offer ends Wednesday.

The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to an estimated $1.25 billion after the Tuesday evening drawing resulted in no ticket matching all six numbers.

The options through which Mega Millions lottery winners can receive their windfalls have garnered attention in recent days in light of how massive the jackpot has grown now over $1 billion.

The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $1.05 billion, an estimated $527.9 million, after no players claimed the winning ticket following Friday night's drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $910 million after no players claimed to have the winning ticket following Tuesday night's drawing.

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $820 million, an estimated cash value of $422 million, as the game continues with no winner since April.

Greg Escue, a Michigan native, has taken home a lottery jackpot worth nearly $193,000 after he said he lost his winning tickets in his car. He feared they were "nowhere to be found."