Lottery

A lucky lottery player in Washington state recently won a $1.3 jackpot – but the prize remains unclaimed a week after the drawing. Washington's Lottery hopes people check their tickets.

A Maryland woman was bored at work and bought lottery tickets to pass the time. After the first two were not winners, she tried again – and won big.

A man in Maryland is $32,000 richer after he inadvertently checked off the "bonus" multiplier on his keno game ticket. The $4 bonus quadrupled his prize.

The Michigan Lottery on Tuesday announced a lottery club with three members was lucky enough to win the $842.4 million Powerball jackpot from early January.

A man who buys lottery tickets based on what he feels is "sticking out the furthest" recently won $300,000 after this gut instinct proved to be correct.

The winner of a $2.9 million Mega Millions draw in December has yet come forward and claim the huge prize and the deadline is set to expire on Friday.

Mega Millions announced a jackpot winner in Tuesday night's estimated $560 million drawing, the ninth-largest prize in the history of the game.

A man from Philadelphia picking up beverages for a Memorial Day party bought a lottery ticket on a whim, and won the jackpot of more than $160,000.

The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to an estimated $560 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing Friday night.

A preschool teacher in Washington known only as "J.C." won $200,000 in a scratch-off game earlier in May, just days after "Teacher Appreciation Week."

A father and daughter each grabbed huge lottery wins just three months apart in Kentucky. The father, William Fannin, won $50,000 in May, and his daughter, Starla Fannin, won $150,000 in February.

A Virginia woman who often plays lottery numbers that she once found in a fortune cookie recently won $50,000 in the Powerball lottery game, said the Virginia Lottery's website.

The Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $489 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing Friday night.

Jaden McLean, 18, of Raleigh, recently won $1 million in a scratch-off lottery game. His sister picked the game after he gave her money to purchase a ticket.

A Virginia man had an incredible stroke of luck after he won the top prize in a scratcher game – which he scratched off with a "lucky penny" he found in a parking lot.

A North Carolina woman won more than $700,000 on an instant win game. The Cary resident said she originally thought the game was in "demo mode" and feels "blessed."

A lucky Lottery player in Virginia has until Tuesday, May 28, 2024 to claim a ticket worth $50,000 before the prize expires and the ticket becomes worthless.

Yoke's Fresh Market, a grocery store in Spokane Valley, Washington, has had plenty to celebrate as of late. The store sold three winning lottery tickets in one week.

A Virginia man's shopping trip for some chicken resulted in more than just dinner: he won $500,000 in a scratch-off ticket that he bought at the store.

A Northborough, Massachusetts, man who is a "huge 'Star Wars' fan" has won a grand lottery prize of $5.37 million on May the 4th — the unofficial Star Wars holiday.