Lottery

A Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, man has won a lottery prize of $1 million from the "Jaws" instant game. The ticket was inspired by the Steven Spielberg-directed, 1975 thriller.

A Yorktown, Virginia woman bought her first-ever lottery ticket in April and came away a big winner: She won the $50,000 jackpot in the "Pick 5" game.

A Massachusetts woman has won two, $1 million grand lottery prizes in less than three months, and this time, she plans on depositing her winnings into savings.

A North Carolina man hit the jackpot in the state's "Cash 5" game, winning over $800,000. His sister had previously dreamed that he had "found a bunch of gold."

The public now knows the identities of Oregonians who had the winning lottery ticket for the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot drawn earlier in April.

A Michigan man was inspired to buy a lottery ticket after seeing a movie character he resembled win a big prize in a movie. He, too, won big: $500,000.

A Bowie, Maryland man is now $50,000 richer after he won the top prize in a scratch-off ticket. Normally, the man plays the lottery to convert his losing tickets into "points."

The Powerball jackpot sat at an estimated $1.3 billion ahead of Saturday night's drawing. This is the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history.

The lottery jackpot was an estimated $1.09 billion with a cash option of $527.3 million for Wednesday night's drawing, according to the Powerball website.

The Powerball jumped to an estimated $1.09 billion after no player won the grand prize during Monday night's drawing, making it the fourth largest jackpot in the game's history.

After no grand prize winner from Wednesday's drawing, the Powerball jackpot for Saturday grew to $935 million with a cash value of $452.3 million.

A Michigan man's weekly tradition for a burger and some lottery tickets at his local bar and grill resulted in a huge win of a $200,000 prize in the game Club Keno.

A player on the slot machines at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas took home the jackpot three times in one 24-hour period bringing home more than 600K.

Supersized lottery jackpots may have some people fantasizing about what they would do with the funds if they won, whether that would be buying a home, paying off debt or saving.

After no grand prize winner from Monday's drawing, the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday grew to $865 million with a cash value of $416.1 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot has a winner after Tuesday night's drawing for the estimated $1.13 billion grand prize, the fifth-largest prize in the history of the game.

The Powerball jackpot continues to rise after no tickets matched the winning numbers in Saturday's drawing, with the grand prize now sitting at an estimated $800 million.

A Maryland man looking to distract himself from a stressful workday bought a few lottery tickets and won the second-tier prize of $50,000. He plans on buying a house.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.1 billion after no tickets matched the winning numbers during the drawing Friday night.

A Maryland man recently won $50,000 in the Maryland Lottery's "Pick 5" game. It was the first time the man had ever bought a ticket for that particular game.