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The winning numbers for the $750 million Mega Millions jackpot, the fifth-largest ever, were announced Friday night. The winning numbers: 3-11-12-38-43 with a Mega Ball of 15 and a Megaplier of 4. The $750 million jackpot refers to the winnings of those who opt for annuities paid out over 30 years. Nearly all jackpot winners actually take the cash option,…

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

Somebody could be starting off the new year with a big pile of cash.

No one won the $550 million multi-state lottery jackpot Wednesday night but a VERY lucky Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in San Diego came close.

Another night, another unclaimed giant lottery jackpot.

Terri Watkins entered the $300,000,000 Supreme Riches second-chance drawing but didn’t think she would actually win. When the state Education Lottery called to congratulate her, Watkins said she was shocked.

Lottery players still have a shot at Mega Millions’ massive $750 million jackpot after Tuesday night’s drawing ended without a winner.

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

The winning numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot worth of an estimated $520 million were announced Friday night. The winning numbers: 3-6-16-18-58 and the Mega Ball number is 11 with a Mega Plier number of 2. The $520 million prize refers to the annuity option. Most winners opt for cash, which for Tuesday’s drawing would be $383.4 million. The jackpot has…

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The Mega Millions lottery game climbed to an estimated $447 million jackpot for Tuesday’s night’s drawing.

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.

Fortune has shined on the lucky holders of tickets with the number 72897 that took top prize in the Spain’s huge Christmas lottery, known as “EL Gordo” (the fat one)

A woman in San Francisco recently claimed a $10 million jackpot on a Scratchers ticket she bought at an Arco gas station in the city, according to the California Lottery.

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...

A man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket

Arizona lottery officials say a sole winning ticket for Tuesday’s $410 million Mega Millions drawing was sold at a convenience store in a Phoenix suburb

The owner of a ticket with all six numbers in the latest SuperLotto Plus drawing sold at a National City 7-Eleven store has not yet come forward, the California Lottery announced. The owner has 180 days from the date of the ticket’s purchase to claim the $28 million prize. The drawing was the 22nd since the last time a ticket…

If daydreaming about scoring a windfall would help you escape the coronavirus doldrums, you might want to buy a Mega Millions ticket. The lottery game’s jackpot has reached the $200 million mark for the first time in almost three months amid slowing sales. And if all six numbers are matched in Friday night’s drawing, it could be a while...

With a little bit of luck and persistence, a Colorado man has hit the jackpot twice after playing the same numbers for 30 years.

Lottery jackpots are going to shrink as the coronavirus pandemic tamps down lottery sales